Plainclothes police detained two ‘members of the banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)’ here on Thursday evening in connection with blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy murder. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy commissioner (media) Muntasirul Islam said members of Detective Branch…
Two people were killed and two others injured in a gun attack in the city’s Madhya Badda area on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Shamsu and Manik and the injured as Gama and Salam. Further details about the…
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed November 12 for submission of the further investigation report for the last time in the Mazoor murder case. Judge SM Saiful Islam of Dhaka’s First Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court set the new…
In a dramatic turn around BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has postponed her visit to London for treatment of her eye problems due to pressuring need to be at home for political and personal reasons, according to party sources. Though she…
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced the daily Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to three years imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2010. Dhaka’s Third Special Court, Judge of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Thursday alleged that the government wants to suppress the movement of the coalition by using guns. “Obstructions were also created during anti-Ayub and anti-Ershad movements in the past but people rose against them surpassing all…Wait…
At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China’s northern city of Tianjin. Twelve firefighters were among the dead, China’s official Xinhua news agency said as it reported…
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat on Wednesday said the US will restore Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for Bangladesh if it fully implements specific measures listed in the GSP Action Plan for it. She made the remark…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday fined publisher as well as editor of the Bangla daily Janakantha Atikullah Khan Masud and its executive editor Shawdesh Roy Tk10,000 each for contempt of court. A six-member bench of…
On a still evening somewhere in an average South African suburb, a die-hard sports fan is in dreamland, where everything is moving. He sees men running, jumping, and even leaping. He sees a ball hit into a black velvet sky…
By Christina Lin Erdogan’s latest feat in beguiling US/NATO to back his demands regarding Syria is a masterpiece. Employing a familiar Chinese stratagem of (m¡n tin gu² ) often associated with Emperor Liu Bei’s (161-230 AD) military strategist Zhuge Liang…
The Rajshahi University Teachers Association (RUTA) on Wednesday brought out a condolence rally on the campus on the occasion of upcoming National Mourning day of August 15. The rally was started at 11.00 am from the Senate Building that went…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday held a meeting with top leaders of 20-party opposition alliance dispelling the remours about disunity within the coalition. “The unity of 20-party alliance is there and it will remain intact in future also. There is…
A mobile court here on Wednesday fined two people, including a factory owner, of Tk 1.50 lakh, in default sentenced two months simple jail to each for their involvement in making adulterated lozenges without BSTI approval at Old Dhaka.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher Ruhul Amin Khondokar to three years in prison for wishing the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nazmul Haque Shyamol passed the…
Police in their anti-drug drives arrested 37 alleged drug dealers from the capital in 24 hours till 6am on Wednesday. Besides, law enforcers arrested three robbers along with four sharp weapons from Motijheel area during the period. Sources at the…