A Dhaka court here on Tuesday sent sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique to jail in a case filed for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims through his blasphemous remarks on Prophet (sm) Hajj and Tablig Jamaat. Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman…
Police have clashed with protesters in Missouri, after a grand jury refused to charge a policeman over the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Announcing the decision, state prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the jury exhaustively examined evidence.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the date to November 30 for passing an order on an appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that had upheld the charge framing order against her in Zia…
Six people were killed and four others injured as a truck crashed into a human hauler carrying a group of farm labourers in Kahalu upazila in Bogra on Monday night. The deceased could not be identified. Witnesses said 10 farm…
A Dhaka court Monday evening directed police to arrest the Former Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Minister Abdul Latif Siddique following an appeal filed by Advocate Abed Razda. Magistrate Atiqur Rahman of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka gave…
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday rejected the view of State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Kamal that taking prior permission from the Speaker is needed to arrest the removed minister Abdul Latif Siddique from outside the parliament premises. “What…
Criticising the government for not taking action against Biman chairman Jamal Uddin Ahmed despite his involvement in various irregularities, including gold smuggling, BNP on Monday wondered why the Prime Minister has been so soft about him and in which interest.…
The three-day People’s SAARC Regional Convergence-2014 concluded in Lalitpur district adjacent to Kathmandu here on Monday adopting a 24-point declaration. “We’ve come together to challenge the systematic and structural marginalisation and exclusion of people through the dominant neo-liberal economic model…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 39,000 pieces of Senegra tablets and 692 bottles of contraband Phensidyl worth Tk 1.20 crore from Daulatpur border point here on Sunday night.
BNP on Monday alleged that sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique who had been staying abroad since his blasphemous remarks against Islam safely came out of the airport on Sunday night with the government’s help despite having arrest warrants. “It’s clear…
A man was killed in an accident at Mohajon Potty area in city on Sunday night.
Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Monday threatened to enforce a daylong countrywide hartal on Thursday if sacked minister Abdul Latif is not arrested by Wednesday for his disparaging remarks against Islam. Hefajat organising secretary Maulana Azizul Haque Islamabadi said that they have…
Robbers looted valuables worth TK 7 lakh including gold, cash, laptop and mobile sets from an expatriate’s house at Gopsohor area in Dakkin Surma upazila early Monday.
A man was killed as he was allegedly beaten and chopped by the robbers when he tried to resist the dacoits of village Provakorpara in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna early Sunday.
Assailants shot dead Mollah Oliar Rahman, 59, Nawapara bureau chief; Khulna based Daily Janmabhumi, councilor, ward number 7, joint secretary, Abhaynagar upazila Awami League and also president, a co-ordination committee of different labour organization at around 7am on Sunday.
A man was killed in a bomb explosion at Pathanpaikpara under Bagharpara in Jessore early Sunday.
A court in Rajshahi on Monday placed eight people on a fresh one-day remand in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. Magistrate of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter passed the order when…
More than six thousand examinees absent in PSC examination in Barisal division started from Sunday.
Minister for road communication and bridge Obaidul Quader on Sunday noon in Barisal said that we have successfully overcame the main challenges like construction Padma Bridge, Elevated Expressway, Metrorail under this ministry by the successful leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh…
Two assistant proctors of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) tendered their resignations on Sunday, three days into the killing of a student in Bangladesh Chchatra League (BCL) infighting on the campus on Thursday.
A youth died falling from a tree at Churmonkati village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 993 bottles of contraband phensidyl from Jamtala area in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
A fire broke out at Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) office in Bhadughar area of the district town on Monday morning.
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her son from their house at Deulia village in Bagmara upazila on Monday morning.
A court here on Monday sentenced two people to death and another one to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2011.
The body of a Bangladesh national, who was allegedly killed by people of Indian Khasia community at Guabari border point in Jaintapur upazila on Friday, was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on…
A sexagenarian woman was crushed to death under the wheels of train in Dry-ice Factory area in Rajbari sadar on Sunday.
Police arrested a young man from Abhaynagar upazila in Jessore district on Sunday evening for his alleged involvement in the killing of Oliar Rahman, councillor of Noapara municipality and also joint general secretary of the Abhaynagar upazila unit of Awami…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 10 people, including two women and a child, while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point in Jessore on Sunday night.
Beans cultivation has become an effective means of bringing fortune for many farmers in the vast Barind tract comprising Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts.