Saudi security forces neutralises a suspected “terrorist” in the city of Al Bukayriyah, who was wearing what appeared to be an explosive vest. The security spokesman of the Ministry of the Interior said that officials managed to trace Fawaz Abdulrahman…
Savar, Aug 16 – A schoolboy, who remained missing since Tuesday, was found dead at Bhagalpur Balurghat along the Bongshi river in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Thursday.
Dhaka, Aug 16 -A Libyan criminal court has sentenced 45 militiamen to death by firing squad for killing demonstrators in Tripoli in 2011, the justice ministry says, reports the BBC.
Dhaka, Aug 15 – Jukta Front, led by Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury, will carry out a mass campaign and hold mass rallies across the country in September to mobilise public support against ‘undemocratic’ forces.
Dhaka, Aug 15– Now that a protracted student movement for safety on Dhaka roads is long over, 99 people, mostly students, are spending time behind the bar after law enforcers arrested them on charges of violence and spreading of rumours…
Bangladesh authorities are tracking social media accounts and have detained dozens of people across the country for criticizing the government over its violent crackdown on peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. The recent wave of arrests, targeting student protesters…
A total of 606 people could not fly to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year for various reasons, including illness, death and negligence of hajj agencies, said Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman on Wednesday.
Two students – one of a private university and another of a madrasha – have been arrested from two city neighbourhoods in overnight drives conducted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Dhaka, Aug 14 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 7 for delivering judgement on the appeal filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya against his conviction and sentencing him in…
Dhaka, Aug 14 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka Tuesday rejected the bail petitions of three private university students in two separate cases filed with Badda and Bhatara Police Stations.
The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers, even as Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday, trying to flush them out of the city’s…
BNP on Tuesday demanded the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail before Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of Muslims, to be celebrated on August 22.
The nation will observe the National Mourning Day on Wednesday with due reverence and solemnity, marking the 43rd anniversary of assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Dhaka, Aug 13 – BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday said BNP will not join any game in the name of general election. “We’re not a revolutionary party …we’re a democratic party. Our party and alliance want a…
Dhaka, Aug 13 – The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has fixed Tk 0.45 per minute as the uniform minimum call rate for all mobile phone operators.
A dangerous complacency in the response to the global HIV pandemic is likely to see a resurgence of the disease in the coming years. The warning was given in a report by The Lancet, which had convened an international commission…
Dhaka, Aug 13 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday rejected a petition seeking bail for actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for allegedly spreading rumours on…
Dhaka, Aug 13 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday rejected the bail petitions of eight more private university students in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the student movement demanding road…
Dhaka- A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 14 years rigorous imprisonment for torturing his wife for dowry in Faridganj Upazila in 2009.
Dhaka – The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested four suspected active members of banned Islamist outfit JMB from the city’s Abdullahpur area on Sunday night.
The Appellate Division on Monday rejected a petition seeking stay on the High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to send Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment.A four-member bench, led by…
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday sentenced five men from Patuakhali district to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The High Court on Monday granted six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed against her in Narail over her ‘derogatory remarks’ about freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of a bill framed to recognise Dawrae Hadith (Takmil) Certificate in Qawmi Madrasah with the status of post-graduate degrees of Islamic Studies and Arabic.
The committee formed by the government to review the existing quota system proposed abolition of almost all the quotas in public services giving priority to talent, said Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam on Monday.
Dhaka, Aug 12 – Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday revealed he has received some disturbing information relating to former Chief Justice SK Sinha being paid to make statements against the government.
A 10-km tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Fatehpur here on Sunday, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.
The producers of poultry and fish feeds will have to use jute bags for packaging their products from now on as the government made it obligatory.
The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Puget Sound illustrated what aviation experts have long known: One of the biggest potential perils for commercial air travel…
BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Sunday alleged that the government has intensified its repressive acts as its days are numbered.