BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special aide Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas has been released from jail after getting bail in five cases. Dhaka Central Jail’s Superintendent Farman Ali said they had released him on Wednesday evening after receiving the bail documents.
A local leader of Jubo Dal was killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Laskar Taluk in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Golam Sarwar, 32, vice-president of Fazilpur union unit…
Dubai – The International Cricket Council (ICC) is happy with the security situation in Bangladesh ahead of the World Twenty20 slated March 16 to April 6. The ICC in a statement said that its Board Wednesday received a report on…
Dhaka – Terming killings in crossfire militant acts, BNP on Thursday called upon the government to uphold the constitution and the rule of law by stopping extrajudicial killing.
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday said the 10th Parliament is an addition to the march for democracy in the country. Talking to reporters after placing wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mojibur Rahman at Dhanmondi Road No.…
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday fixed February 19 to submit the charge sheet in two cases filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza of Savar, near the city. The investigation was completed in the two cases,…
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir appeared to a Dhaka court on Thursday morning in four separate cases filed with Ramna and Shahjahanpur Police on charges of creating panic and disruption of vehicle movement on the streets.
Sri Lanka 730 for 6 dec (Silva 139, Jayawardene 203*, Mathews 86, Vithanage 103*) beat Bangladesh 232 (Rahim 61, Shakib 55, Eranga 4-49) and 250 (Mominul 50, Perera 5-109) by an innings and 248 runs Sri Lanka recorded their second…
Dhaka – Voicing deep concern over the recent spate of reported extrajudicial killings, President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday urged the government to take prompt action against it.
Dhaka – The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Thursday voiced concern over the banking system liquidity generating from inertia of the businesses to invest in productive sectors.
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional the latest amendment to the Anti Corruption Commission Act curtailing its power. Passing the judgment upon a wit petition, an HC division bench comprising Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Haque and Justice ABM…
Penguin chicks in Argentina are dying as a direct consequence of climate change, according to new research.
After El Comercio’s majority-share purchase of a news organization, it owns 78 percent of the country’s print media, raising questions about freedom of expression.
Protesters in Ukraine have rejected the terms of a new amnesty law aimed at ending the country’s recent unrest.
Tensions between Japan and its neighbours over historical issues haven flared at the UN Security Council, with strong words from top envoys.
Paris — Top-seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia maintained her dominance over Daniela Hantuchova, thrashing the Slovak player 6-0, 6-1 to reach the Open GDF Suez quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Gareth Bale will miss Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey clash against Espanyol on Tuesday evening as a result of a minor calf injury, with Carlo Ancelotti refusing to risk the Welshman ahead of Sunday’s Liga clash against Athletic Bilbao.
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto last month.
A contender for this year’s best song Oscar has had its nomination revoked after it emerged that its composer, an ex-Academy governor, contacted voters.
If you break a magnet in two, you don’t get a north half and a south half – you get two new magnets, each with two poles.
Chittagong –A court here on Thursday sentenced 14 people, including Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and war crimes accused Matiur Rahman Nizami and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar, to death in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case, after 10 years…
Newly appointed Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud has said he wants to ease the ‘discomfort’ between Dhaka and Delhi over Teesta water-sharing. Talking to bdnews24.com at his Secretariat office on Wednesday, Mahmud said resolving the the issue with India…
An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Sutrapur Police Station has been accused of extorting money in public in Dhaka. ASI Saiful Islam had allegedly extorted various sums from pedestrians in Old Dhaka after frisking them on Wednesday evening. He behaved…
Dhaka – A youth, accused in a murder case of a former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, allegedly attempted to commit suicide by slitting his throat in police custody in the city on Wednesday. Police said Motiur Rahman Ripon tried…
A police investigation report submitted to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 on Monday claimed that the allegation of the assault and threat of murder on two Jahangirnagar University (JU) students by six of the accused killers of Zubair Ahmed, a student…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to meet the press very soon to brief about the ‘growing incidents of extrajudicial killing and human rights violation’. “We’ll hold a press conference within a day or two to give you the detailed…
Newly elected Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Deputy Speaker Advocate Fazle Rabbi Mia were sworn in this (Wednesday) evening. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath separately at his Parliament building chamber at 6:38 pm.
Police recovered 12 crude bombs in the city’s Lalmatia area on Wednesday. Sub-Inspector Komol Krishna Saha of Mohammadpur police station said local people noticed a shopping bag containing the crude bombs on the road in the area at noon and…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said that the government would give an outline of its objectives for the next five years in the coming national budget for fiscal 2014-15. Decentralization of power and devolution of government would be the…
Police have baton-charged and dispersed workers of a garment factory blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar, near Dhaka City, demanding their unpaid wages for the months of November and December.