Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over three Bangladeshi young men through Benapole check post to Bangladesh authorities on Friday. The three youths –- Hashem Mandal, 16, Jasim Uddin, 15, and Yasin Ali, 16 –- hail from Chandpur and Jhenidah…
Month: February 2014
Case delays 34th BCS written tests
Non disposal of a case has kept the 34th BCS written tests hanging for seven months, raising ire of those qualified for the tests and also of those who are expecting to qualify for the next BCS. Irked job seekers…
19-party countrywide demo Saturday Dhaka rally to Sunday
Dhaka – The BNP-led 19-party alliance is set to stage demonstrations across the country on Saturday protesting the law enforcers’ obstruction to their January-29 black-flag processions, killing and forced disappearances of their leaders and activists and repression on them. The…
Young girl’s dismembered body found in city
Dhaka – Police recovered a young girl’s body, sliced into two, in the city’s Uttara area on Friday. The victim, aged about 25, was sliced into two pieces and her body parts were found in two sacks behind a six-storey…
20 senior BNP leaders to find Upazila polls candidates
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has assigned as many as 20 senior leaders to select candidates to contest the ensuing upazila elections. The BNP assigned leaders have already started working in the districts concerned, according to party leaders. The leaders are now…
EC compensating for casualties, injuries on polls duty
The Election Commission has decided to provide compensation from its own fund to the family members of those killed and those suffered injuries while discharging their duties during the violence-hit January 5 parliamentary elections. According to a list prepared by…