Police has submitted the charge sheet of a case for petrol bomb explosion and trying to set fire on vehicles against 36 people including BNP standing committed member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah, its joint-secretary generals Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Amanullah…
The Historic “Farakka Long-March Day” will be observed tomorrow (Saturday) in the country commemorating populist leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s huge long march towards Farakka Dam 39 years back. Different socio-political organisations chalked out various programmes to mark the…
Former Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Emajuddin Ahmed on Friday demanded a judicial probe to unearth as to how Salahuddin had gone missing and reached India’s northeastern state Meghalaya’s capital Shillong. He accused the government of resorting to a…
Jakarta – International military physicians convening in Indonesia should urge President Joko Widodo to abolish discriminatory and invasive “virginity tests” for female recruits and fiancées of military officers in the Indonesian armed forces, Human Rights Watch said today. The International…
Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Thursday alleged that Indian foreign intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was “involved in various terrorist activities” in his country.During an informal interaction with journalists here, Chaudhry said RAW was involved in…
Burglars looted Tk 11 lakh from four offices at Baitul View Tower in the city’s Purana Paltan on Thursday night.
Baltimore is the latest flashpoint involving massive protests and outbreaks of violence in response to police brutality against Black youths in the US. Not too long ago, a similar turn of events unfolded in other American cities as well, like…
Customs Intelligence officials on Thursday night arrested a North Korean national on charge of running a bar illegally in Banani area of the city. They also seized 94 cans of beer, 10 bottles of whisky and 210 sex stimulant capsules…
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital in Shillong, is unlikely to be produced before the court very soon as he developed some problems in his kidneys and screen rashes, according to different sources in Shillong. Independent…
With up to 8000 desperate people – Rohingya Muslims from Burma and economic migrants from Bangladesh – stranded in boats in the Andaman Sea, experts call for an urgent regional, humanitarian response.
Two people, including a minot boy, died of electrocution and two others injured during a heavy rain in the city’s Lalbagh area on Friday afternoon. Torrential rains with lighting strikes lashed the city on Friday afternoon leaving the normal life…
The United States is coming under pressure from human rights groups and some in Congress to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea as Southeast Asian nations refuse to let them come to shore. Washington is stepping up its…
A man allegedly hacked his three minor daughters to death at Badarkhali Chowdhurypara in Chakaria upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Ayesha Siddiqua, 11, Shiru Jannat Sheuli, 9 and Tahura Jannat, 2. Prabash Chandra Dhar, officer-in-charge of Chakaria…
More than 700 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar have been rescued from a sinking boat off Indonesia’s coast. Reports say another boat was turned back by the Indonesian navy. The fate of another vessel of stranded migrants off the coast…
A Dhaka court on Thursday exempted former MP Khan Tipu Sultan, his wife Dr Jesmin Ara Begum and their son from charges in Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin murder case. Magistrate Ashok Kumar Datta of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of…
By Thalif Deen United Nations, May (IPS) – Virtually every major international conference concludes with a “programme of action” (PoA) – described in U.N. jargon as “an outcome document” – preceded by a political declaration where 193 member states religiously…
One College student was killed and three others injured during a clash over land dispute at North Kallshi of Pallabi in the city on Thursday. The victim was identified as Abdur Rahman Chanchal, 26, a 1st year Commerce student of…
A minor girl was found dead inside a reserve water tank at Satmasjit Housing near Mohammadpur embankment in the city on Thursday. The minor baby was identified as Mukta Akhtar, 6, daughter of Mostafizur Rahman of Lalmohon in Bhula district.…
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 4.80 lakh meters contraband current fishing net worth around Tk1.68 lakh from a passenger launch on river Meghna in Chandpur district on early Thursday.
BNP yesterday announced a 14-day programme to mark the 34th death anniversary of late President and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. BNP joint secretary general Md Shajahan announced the programme at a press conference after a joint meeting at party’s central…