STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday accused the present government of plunging the country towards an “uncivilised darkness”.
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Zia Orphanage graft case on May 19
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed May 19 to cross-examine complainant Harun-or-Rashid on behalf of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tareque Rahman in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Report against Khaleda Zia on hurting religious sentiments
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the date for submission of the probe report in case filed for Begum Khaleda Zia’s alleged hurting of religious sentiments of the people in 2014.
Ershad for changes election system to hold fair UP polls
STAFF REPORTER Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday underscored the need for bringing changes in the electoral system of local government elections, in a bid to hold its elections in a free, fair and credible manner. “The ongoing Union…
Online admission of class XI will begin on May 26
STAFF REPORTER The online admission process for the Class-XI for the session 2016-17 would begin on May 26 like the previous year and the classes would begin on July 10, education ministry said yesterday.
Fakhrul gets bail in Paltan PS case
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station for crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan…
Mahmudur Rahman walks to the jail
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday sent Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Police sergeant sued on charge of extortion
Court Correspondent A lawyer of the Supreme Court on Monday morning sued police sergeant Selim of Motijheel Traffic Zone (east) on the charge of extortion while the court ordered judicial inquiry into the incident.
SC overturned a High Court verdict against minister Eng. Mosharraf Hossain
STAFF REPORTER The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a High Court verdict that acquitted housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain from a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.
Islami Bank’s agreement with BURO Bangladesh
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited signed an agreement with micro credit organization BURO Bangladesh to provide mobile financial services through IBBL mCash on May 8, 2016 at Islami Bank Tower.
10,000 police to be deployed in city during Jamaat’s hartal Sunday
Around 10,000 additional police personnel will be deployed in the capital from 6:00 am on Sunday to maintain law and order during Jamaat-e-Islami’s countrywide 24-hour hartal.
Confessional statement of AUST teacher recorded over sexual harassment case
A court here on Saturday recorded the confessional statement of Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), in a case filed over sexual harassment of female students of the university.
Voting postponed in 51 UP polling stations: EC
The Election Commission on Saturday postponed balloting in 51 polling stations in phase four of the Union Parishad (UP) election held on Saturday.
Inu for making broadcasting laws more time-befitting ones
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Saturday underscored the need for making the existing laws on broadcasting media more time-befitting ones to further strengthen democracy and ensure independence of mass media.
13 members of Iran’s elite force killed in Syria
More than a dozen members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards were killed this week during an attack by militants in northern Syria in what shows Tehran’s deep involvement in the Syrian civil war.
PM accuses BNP of plotting to kill Joy
Reiterating her firm vow not to give any room to terrorism and militancy on the soil of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said no one would be allowed to play with the fate of the country in the…
11 return after languishing in Indian jail for 2 yrs
Eleven Bangladeshi nationals returned home from India on Thursday after languishing in a jail there for two years.
Family meets Nizami at jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday.
BB Heist: RCBC chief quits taking moral responsibility
Taking the moral responsibility for Bangladesh Bank’s reserve heist, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) President and CEO Lorenzo Tan has resigned giving the board a free hand in directing the course of the bank’s future.
Lightning kills couple in Chandpur
A couple was killed by a lightning strike at Sikirchar in Chhengarchar municipality of Matlab Uttar upazila here on Friday evening.
EC reminds Home Ministry about SP Harun issue
The Election Commission has reminded the Home Ministry of the legal provisions regarding its recent notification issued to reinstated Harun-Ur Rashid as Superintendent of Police (SP) of Gazipur district.
6 election staff receive death threat in Natore
Three officers and three employees of the election offices here reportedly received death threat from Purba Banglar Communist Party on Friday. The threat was issued in separate calls over the mobile phones of the victims.
BNP smells contempt in Law Minister’s remark over HC verdict
BNP on Friday questioned whether Law Minister Anisul Huq has committed a contempt of court by calling illegal a High Court verdict that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution.
Law minister, DU VC leave Saifur’s sponsored programme
Staff Reporter Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday left a programme at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) as he saw the programme was sponsored by Saifur’s coaching centre.
Investigation of violence at Hefazat-e-Islam rally not yet complete
STAFF REPORTER Investigation in most of the cases relating to the violence centering Hefazat-e-Islam rally at the city’s Shapla Chhatra has not yet been completed even after three years of the incident.
SC upholds Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a review petition paving the way for the execution of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971.