Dhaka – Demanding a judicial probe into the killing of four people in police firing in Chittagong’s Banshkhali area, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said now it has become too common in the country to open fire on demonstrators,…
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Khaleda gets bail in Jatrabari arson case upon surrender
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday was granted bail in five cases after she had appeared to several courts with bail pleas. Of the courts, one allowed her exemption from appearing to it in person. The courts pronounced the…
Mild tremor jolts country
Dhaka – A mild earthquake shook capital Dhaka and other parts of the country on Tuesday.
‘Cultural shutdown if college girl Tanu killers not held’
Dhaka – Sammilita Sangskritik Jote on Tuesday demanded the arrest of Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s killers by April 11 for bringing them to quick justice, the UNB news agency has reported.
Illegal entities have to be removed from residential areas: Cabinet
Dhaka – The Cabinet accepted on Monday four recommendations placed by the Local Government Division to remove unauthorised bars, guesthouses and hotels from residential areas of the cities across the country after giving them a six-month deadline. The Local Government…
‘No rape evidence found’ in Tonu’s 1st autopsy
Comilla -Doctors of Forensic Department at Comilla Medical College Hospital in their first autopsy did not find any evidence of rape before the death of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu. “We didn’t find any evidence of rape and…
Financial dealings of rich, famous revealed
Berlin — An international coalition of media outlets on Sunday published what it said was an extensive investigation into the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous, based on a vast trove of documents provided by an anonymous source.…
One held, 25 gold bars recovered
Dhaka – Railway police arrested a man along with 25 gold bars from Kamalapur Railway Station on Monday morning. The arrestee was identified as Joynal Abedin, 57, hailing from Chittagong. Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Kamalapur Government Railway Police Station said…
Filmmaker Shahidul Islam passes away
Dhaka – Prominent filmmaker Shahidul Islam Khokon died at a hospital in the city on Monday morning. He was at 59. He breathed his last at Uttara Adhunik Hospital at 8:15am, said Mushfiqur Rahman Guljar, gereal secretary of Chalachitra Porichalak…
Indefinite strike by 7 Khulna jute mills workers
Khulna – Workers of seven state owned jute mills in Khulna went on an indefinite strike on Monday to press home their five-point demand. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills — Crescent…
Is the mighty Ganga drying up?
Last month, the NTPC plant near Farakka barrage was shut down after flow dipped. The Ganga that has nourished the Indian civilisation for centuries has recorded a historically low inflow in its lower reaches this year, going by the evidence…
Baseball in Cuba
Sharon Robinson Today is Opening Day — a day that brings back a lot of memories of my father Jackie Robinson. They are memories that my mother and I carried with us when, last week, President Obama and First Lady…
Caribbeans make history, take both T20 World Cup titles
West Indians made history on Sunday as they won both the World T20 and the Women’s World T20 titles. This was the second world cup won by the West Indian team and the first one by the Caribbean women’s team.…
Windies take maiden title dethroning Australia in women’s T20
Dhaka – West Indies notched their maiden title of the Women’s World Twenty20 with an emphatic 8-wicket victory dethroning straight three times champion Australia in the 5th edition final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday. The new powerhouse of Women’s…
First passenger flight leaves as Brussels airport reopens
Brussels — A Brussels Airlines plane heading to the Portuguese city of Faro took off from Brussels Airport on Sunday, the first passenger flight to leave the airport since suicide bombings on March 22 ripped through its check-in counters. Security…
Khaleda surrenders before court Tuesday
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday will surrender before a trial court here and seek bail as the court has issued a warrant for her arrest in a case filed over an arson attack on a bus at…
SC defers Nizami’s review petition hearing for a week
Dhaka –The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday deferred the hearing for a week on the review petition of condemned war criminal Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami against its verdict upholding the International Crimes Tribunal’s judgment that had sentenced him to…
HC directs govt to arrest Tonu’s killers in 24 hrs
Dhaka –A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive on the government to arrest the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu within 24 hours. Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, moved the HC with…
National Film Day being observed Sunday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will observe the National Film Day on Sunday, UNB news agency reported. They have chalked out elaborate programmes for the day.
N’ganj boiler blast kills three workers
Dhaka – Three workers were killed and four others injured as a boiler of an ice factory went off in Kanchpur area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj, about 15 kolomeres east of the capital on Saturday night, UNB news agency…
Another six months needed to relocate tanneries, say owners
Dhaka – Though the government has stopped rawhide supply to Dhaka’s Hazaribagh tanneries to force the entrepreneurs to shift their units to the designated industrial park in Savar, the industry insiders observed that it will take at least 5-6 more…
‘Tonu killing’s quick trial not possible with obsolete laws’
Dhaka –Terming the existing laws of the country obsolete, Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday said it is not possible to arrange the trial of Tonu killing within a short time with the traditional and 18th century’s laws. The Chief…
Obama blames Putin’s military buildup for slowdown in arms control
(RFE/RL) — U.S. President Barack Obama accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of slowing progress on nuclear arms reduction by focusing instead on building up Moscow’s military might. “My preference would be to bring down further our nuclear arsenal,” Obama said…
Hillary’s surprise appearance at ‘Black Girls Rock’
Newark — Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance Saturday at the taping of Black Entertainment Television’s “Black Girls Rock” show in Newark, New Jersey.
Saima addresses UN discussion on autism
Dhaka – Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh and member of the WHO’s Advisory Panel on Mental Health, Saima Wazed Hossain, on Friday said 14 ministries are now working coordinately in Bangladesh to ensure rights of…
Continued risk of violence to press in Pakistan
Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Senior Research Associate “Everyone will get their turn in this war, especially the slave Pakistani media,” warned Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban on Twitter this week. “We are just waiting for the appropriate time.”
3 held on garment worker gang-rape charge in Tangail
Tangail – A female garment worker was rapped in a moving bus allegedly by the vehicle’s driver and his two helpers in Dhanbari upazila on Friday morning, UNB news agency reported. Police arrested the three accused early Saturday.
Obama, leaders urge more action against nuclear terror
Washington — World leaders declared progress Friday in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
Renewable energy sector seeks duty cut in next budget
Dhaka – Entrepreneurs in solar and renewable energy sector have placed a 13-point proposal seeking cut in customs duty (CD) and value added tax (VAT) on different items in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2016-17, UNB Staff Writer,…
North Korea claims attack on US would be worse than 9/11
JH Ahn North Korea’s state-run publication DPRK Today said their attacks on the U.S. mainland will do more damage than the September 11 attacks, in an article published on Friday. The editorial claimed that North Korea’s destructive weapons are all…