Thai army chief and coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha has declared himself the acting prime minister until the new coup regime announced on Thursday can find someone to serve in the post full time. According to reports, the National Peace and…
Day: May 23, 2014
Kejriwal’s custody extended until June 6
A Delhi court Friday extended the judicial custody of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal until June 6 in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha extended Kejriwal’s judicial custody by 14 more days after he refused to furnish a…
Attack on Indian consulate in Herat
India’s security establishment and intelligence agencies suspect an ISI hand in the attack on the country’s consulate in Herat.”We have reasons to believe the Haqqani network is involved in the attack and they have strong rapport with the ISI. This…
BNP countrywide demo Sunday: ‘Killings, abductions galore’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstrations across the country on Sunday protesting the police action on the BNP preventing them from holding their scheduled rally at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) on Thursday. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul…
Dhaka not to contest for UNSC membership
Bangladesh may not contest election the UN Security Council as Japan want to be a member of the UN body this time the US Global Post reported quoting the Japanese Kyodo news service. The news has been sourced to a…
B’desh sees Thai army takeover as internal matter
Bangladesh has described the army takeover in Thailand as their ‘internal affairs’ and refrained from making any comment. “It’s their internal affairs,” said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam after a function at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the…
Basic Bank’s Gulshan branch to be shut: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the operation of Basic Bank’s Gulshan branch will be closed because of corruption. “I must stop the operation of the Basic Bank’s Gulshan branch which got involved in massive corruption. The whole bank’s…
Fire wreaks havocs on Sundarbans East Zone
The fire that broke out in the Sundarbans East Zone under Morelganj upazila on Wednesday have burnt down several acres of the mangrove forest. Forest guards first spotted the fire near Gulishakhali Camp under Chandpai Range on Wednesday afternoon. This…
US immigrants are too scared to call the police
Amy Braunschweiger For years Claudia lived a clandestine life in Nashville’s Clairmont Apartment complex – a clutch of buildings on the city’s south side that had become home to hundreds of low-income immigrants. Claudia rarely ventured outside the lines of…
Philippines: Death squad linked to hundreds of killings
Manila – The Philippine government should investigate an alleged “death squad” implicated in several hundred killings in Tagum City on the southern island of Mindanao, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Official police records obtained by…
Fakhrul among 29 BNP leaders charged
Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Thursday pressed charges against 29 BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam, in a case filed in connection with the violence on March 2, 2013.
Zubair murder hearing deferred for sixth time
A Dhaka court once again deferred the recording of the depositions of witnesses in the sensational Zubair murder case for the sixth time on Thursday. Judge ABM Nijamul Haque of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka deferred the hearing on…
Nobel laureate Prof Yunus inspires French youths
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed a convention of French youth, titled as SenseMorning organized by Danone Communities and youth organization MakeSense. French Minister of Youth and Sports were among the youth attending the convention. The goal of the meeting…
Khaleda for high-powered probe of all killings, abductions
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday demanded formation of a commission to investigate all the incidents of killing, forced disappearance and abduction taken place recently across the country. She came up with the demand while addressing a press conference at…
PM urges entrepreneurs to export more processed fish
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the private entrepreneurs to go for more processed fish export, including shrimp, with value addition alongside exporting Halal meat and other items to grab the greater international market. “We’ve a great scope…
Police stop BNP rally: Proof of no democracy – Fakhrul
Police on Thursday stopped a rally organised by BNP’s Dhaka metropolitan chapter in protest against a spate of abductions and murders. The rally was to start at 4pm on Thursday at the auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) and…
Chinese firm’s tender for Padma Bridge work okayed
The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Thursday approved a Chinese company’s tender proposal for the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project involving Tk 12,133 crore. China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd has submitted the proposal for the construction work of the…
Nizam Hazari blames Joynal Hazari for Ekram murder
District Awami League general secretary and MP of Feni-2 constituency Nizamuddin Hazari on Thursday alleged that Joynal Hazari was involved in the murder of Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram. Nizamuddin Hazari blamed Joynal Hazari in a written statement…
Mozena for credible probe of alleged abuses by Rab men
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Thursday urged the government to conduct thorough, timely and credible investigations into all alleged human rights violations and abuses, including allegations against members of Rab for committing abuses and misconducts. “I continue…
Ex RAB officers Tareque, Arif shown arrested
A court here on Thursday placed former Rab officials — Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Arif Hossain — on a fresh eight-day remand in connection with the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mahiuddin passed the order when Detective…