Amnesty International, the global human rights watchdog in its annual report for 2014 has said. “The exact number of people who were forcibly disappeared was not known; some estimates suggested over 80. Of the documented cases of 20 people subjected…
Amnesty International has urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases where atrocities are being committed. In its annual report, the rights group said the global response to an…
Over 100 state and non-state partners of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) met in Kathmandu to develop a five-year strategic plan of action on Tuesday. “Our work will contribute to the pathway of limiting global warming to 2°C,…
A special court in Dhaka on Wednesday issued a warrant of arrest against Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the orphanage trust corruption case. Wednesday was the date fixed for hearing witnesses in the case. Khaleda Zia’s counsels prayed for…
One Daud Ali alias Tiger Daud (45), was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police in Magura in the early hours of Wednesday, according to a report reaching Dhaka. Son of Babar Ali, Daud Ali hailed from Gaiducharanpur village under…
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagorik Oikya, was handed over to Detective Branch police by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday midnight. He has been shown arrested in a sedition case filed with Gulshan Police Station, according to sources.…
Leaders of different political parties in separate statements to the press expressed their concern over the personal security of Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman and demanded of the government to clarify its position on his Monday night arrest by plainclothes…
The nation will remember the carnage at BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in the capital where 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in 2009. Relatives of the martyrs, government high-ups, and Border Guard Bangladesh and army officials will pay…
Seven people, including two children, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chouddagram upazila on Tuesday evening. The six of the deceased were identified as Kulsum, 35, Rozina, 25, and…
Expressing its concern over the contents of telephonic conversations of Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna with BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka and an unidentified person, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it expected more responsible role…
A crime suspected was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with law enforcers at Rudrapara village in Srinagar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Shahin. Further details about the victim could not be known yet. Tipped off that a group…
The Editors Council on Tuesday sought more ‘responsible and supportive’ role from the government in preserving the freedom, objectivity and neutrality of all the media, including the newspapers. “We’ve been observing with grave concern that it has become difficult for…
Reitarating Bangladesh’s firm stance aginst all sorts of terrorism, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the country’s armed forces must move forward imbued with the same ideal. “We are committed to international peace and security. Our standpoint against all kinds…
The BNP has expressed its surprise at the police statement that Nagorik Oikya convenor Mahmudur Rahman Manna was not arrested despite his family members’ statement that Manna was picked up by plainclothes police from the home of his nice at…
Some 1,101 doctors in a joint statement yesterday expressed their deep concern over the ongoing political stalemate. The statement said six people have become victims of extrajudicial killing in 24 hours on Monday but police claimed that the victims were…
Miscreants set a vegetable-laden truck ablaze by hurling a petrol bomb in Gokul area on the Bogra-Rangpur Highway on Monday night.
Robbers looted valuables from a house after injuring its four inmates at Ghoshpara in the district town early Tuesday.
Miscreants set fire to the district fishery office in BISIC area of the district town early Tuesday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained nine Bangladeshi nationals, including two children, while going to India illegally through Sadipur border here on Tuesday.
A mobile court fined the owners of 11 brick kilns Tk18 lakh for different irregular and illegal activities, including firing wood instead of coal, in Moheshpur upazila on Monday.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a foreign origin pistol with six rounds live bullets and two magazines from Monirampur border under Birampur upazila in Dinajpur today, BGB sources said.
For the greater interests of mutual benefits coupled with boosting farm outputs, emphasis should be given on establishing cordial relation between bankers and farmers.
The three- day long book fair organized by the local district administration in connection with the observance of Ekushey February’ and International Mother Language day ended here yesterday evening at Zilla Parishad’ premises.
Bangladesh Navy arrested 14 Indian fishermen on Sunday evening as they intruded into Bangladesh water in the Bay of Bengal.
Speakers at a divisional meeting here today said there is no alternative to ending all sorts of repression and violence against women and children through launching vigorous social movement involving every citizen.
The monthly meeting on law and order was held here today at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner (DC).
A day-long seminar on burn management was held at the conference room of the district hospital here today.
A total of 1,875 tuberculosis patients are undergoing treatment at different places in Jessore district till the month of January, 2015.
The number of customers in the restaurants has marked a fall by more than 60 per cent in the Sylhet city and district due to the ongoing blockade and hartal causing heavy loss to the eatery owners as well as…
Joint forces arrested Shibir leader of his residence of Dhoradorpur village Tetly union under Dakshin Surma upazil in Sylhet on Sunday night.