Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam today said there is no scope for filing any petition to review the Appellate Division verdict upholding the death penalty to Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2. “I don’t think…
Claiming that the maritime boundary verdict reflects India’s will, BNP on Thursday alleged that Bangladesh has lost around 6,000 square kilometres of sea areas with the judgement. The party also alleged that the verdict will help India establish its absolute…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said that the Saturday’s countrywide blackout occurred mainly because of the management weakness in domestic transmission and distribution. “Our transmission and distribution is very poor, and perhaps for that reason, such a crisis happened…
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has requested the public to keep patience for next three days to learn about the actual reason behind the national grid failure that plunged the country into darkness for 11 hours on…
Mumbai: Banned Bangladeshi umpire Nadir Shah has again been denied Indian visa on Thursday. The 51-year-old had approached the Office of the Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh on October 28 and had submitted his passport – valid till May 26,…
The man who unleashed a reign of terror in Chittagong against Bangladesh’s Liberation struggle sat unruffled when his verdict was being read out at the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday. Senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, believed to be one…
Power has been restored in most of Bangladesh, a day after the impoverished, energy-starved nation was plunged into a nationwide blackout. THE outage happened after a transmission line from neighbouring India failed, officials said. The blackout swept across Bangladesh at…
By Mark Whitehouse As the U.S. prepares for a new round of congressional elections on Tuesday, it’s worth keeping in mind the huge influence lawmakers can have over the country’s economic well-being. Consider, for example, the role of budgeting decisions…
Russia’s state nuclear corporation – ROSATOM suspect political motivation behind arrest of Vadim Mikerin, Head of TENAM Corporation by US FBI. TENAM Corp is the US subsidiary of, Russia’s state owned exporter of enriched uranium and products- Techsnabexport, a sister…
In a world where growing knowledge confronts as much ignorance, the idea of scarcity offers clues on managing our lives better during abundance. When an economist and a psychologist come together to undertake an intellectual endeavor, the outcome shatters many…
-By Raquib Siddiqi The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for airlines, governments, and industry stakeholders to guide the development of the commercial airline industry into its next century with a global mindset and based on a foundation of…
Masum Billah The planning and developing wing of directorate of secondary and higher education has revealed a report tiled institutional self-assessment summery 2014 at the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) conference hall recently. With a view to finding out…
Robert J. Burrowes The United Nations has just issued a report, ‘Why Children’s Protection from Violence should be at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda’ http://srsg.violenceagainstchildren.org/sites/default/files/publications_final/why_childrens_protection_from_violence_should_be_at_the_heart_of_%20the_post_2015_development_agenda.pdf This is a worthy ideal. Unfortunately, the UN Report does not identify the…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Monday upheld the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 verdict sentencing Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death for committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said some ministries will have separate allocations in the upcoming budget for persons with disabilities. Responding to a demand of a delegation of Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Persons with Disabilities, he said it might be…
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, the chairman of his faction of Jatiya Party, has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of United Hospital after his condition worsened, a spokesman said on Monday. Kazi Zafar’s personal secretary Golam Mostafa said the JP…
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the elections to Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) scheduled to be held on May 31. An HC bench comprising Justice Dr Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altaf…
The council of Awami League district units the tenures of which have already expired will be held by October 30 this year. The decision was taken at a meeting of Awami League joint secretaries and organising secretaries at Awami League…
Narendra Modi has been sworn in as India’s new prime minister in a ceremony in the forecourt of the presidential palace in Delhi. Mr Modi took the oath before thousands of guests, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.…
Dhaka Metropolitan CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Malik Samity Oikya Parishad will go on a 72-hour strike in the city on Tuesday demanding the extension of economic lifespan of the vehicle by four years more. Nearly 13,000 CNG-run three-wheelers are now plying the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in a joint statement issued on Monday affirmed deepening bilateral and multilateral cooperation in peacekeeping and peace-building efforts across the globe. The 21-point joint statement came after a summit-level talk…
The central bank has prohibited three BASIC Bank branches in the capital from disbursing loans on charges of irregularities and corruption. The branches are Dilkusha, Shantinagar and Gulshan branches, a Bangladesh Bank spokesperson said on Monday.
Prof Emeritus of Dhaka University (DU) Serajul Islam Choudhury on Monday observed that the economic disparity is intensifying in the country despite a long struggle and many changes. In his deliberation of the ‘Nazmul Karim Study Centre Lecture 2014’ at…
Jahid Chowdhury alias Jahed, one of the masterminds of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram killing, on Monday told a local court that ruling party leader Jahangir Kabir Adel alias Jahangir Adel had ordered physical assault on Ekram and vandalising…
The bodies of two schoolboys were recovered from separate places in Dinajpur and Natore districts on Monday morning after they had gone missing.
man allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Rangagachhra village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday morning.
A local leader of the Awami League’s youth wing Jubo League sustained injuries in a gun attack by miscreants at Rajarhat in the district town on Sunday night.
A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir sustained bullet wounds in a police firing during a clash in Chauddopai area near Rajshahi University in the city on Sunday night.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 10 live crude bombs, one pistol and 26 bottles of Indian liquor from Pachbhulot border area here early Monday.
Eleven Bangladeshi construction workers have returned home from India upon completion of their two and a half years’ imprisonment in that country.