Brahmanbaria, July 19 – The assistant loco master of Jayantika Express train was severely injured in an attack by some miscreants in Brahmanbaria on Thursday.
Category: Governance
3 suspected drug traders killed in Comilla, Ctg ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, July 20 – Three suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Chattogram and Cumilla early Friday.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam gets death threat
Dhaka, July 19 – Attorney General of Bangladesh Mahbubey Alam received a ‘death threat’ on Thursday afternoon. The officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station Abul Hasan told UNB that AG’s Personal Secretary Kabir Ahmed registered a general diary with the police…
2 ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
Dhaka- Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Motijharna in the city’s Khulshi area in Chattogram early Friday.
Mother, daughter killed; father found hanging in Gazipur house
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her daughter and the hanging body of the woman’s husband from their house in Haidorabad area in the city on Thursday morning.
BNP gets permission for Friday’s Nayapaltan rally
BNP Thursday said it got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold a rally in the city on Friday demanding the release its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
Missing man found dead in Bagerhat
Dhaka- A day labourer, who went missing on Tuesday, was found dead at a water body insadar upazila in Bagerhat on Wednesday night.
EC plans to procure huge EVMs to ‘manipulate’ next polls: BNP
BNP on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is planning to procure Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) spending Tk 2,600 crore at the ‘behest of the government for manipulating’ the next polls.
4 more held over SB official Mamun killing
Dhaka – Detectives have arrested four more people over the killing of Special Branch (SB) Inspector Mamun Islam Khan.
EC expected to hold inclusive polls: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hoped that the Election Commission will be able to hold an inclusive, fair and neutral general election by the year-end with the support of all political parties, administration and other stakeholders.
No ‘gold loot’ but recording mistake at BB vault: Quader
Gazipur, July 18 – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said there had been no ‘gold heist’ from Bangladesh Bank vault.
Israel approves controversial law, Arabs condemn
Israel’s parliament has passed into law a controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively Jewish state. The “Jewish nation state” bill downgrades Arabic as an official language and says advancing Jewish settlement is a national interest. It also…
Germany wants BD election meet minimum democratic standards
Dhaka, July 18 – German Minister of State Annen, in his first visit to Bangladesh, will discuss trade, investment and international issues that are of great importance to both countries, including the Rohingya crisis.
Two killed in Cox’s Bazar reported ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, July 19 – Two people were killed in a reported gunfight with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Marine Drive road in Himchhari area early Thursday.
Khaleda’s bail in Orphanage Trust graft case extended
Dhaka, July 18 – The High Court Wednesday extended till July 26 its earlier order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
Four to die for murder in N’ganj
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced four people to death and four others to seven years imprisonment each for killing a man at Fatullah in 2014.
Bagerhat youth to die for killing stepdaughter after rape
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to death for killing his step daughter after rape in Sharankhola upazila in 2017 in Bagherhat .
No problem with BB vault gold, claims State Minister Mannan
State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan on Wednesday claimed that the gold kept in Bangladesh Bank vault is fine and the confusion over its adulteration was created due to a clerical mistake.
37,225 people held in anti-drug drives: Amu
A total of 37,225 people were arrested and 25,575 cases were filed in the drives against narcotics across the country so far, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said on Wednesday.
BD Left parties launch alliance to offer political alternative
Eight left parties on Wednesday launched a new platform styled ‘Left Democratic Alliance’ to strengthen the alternative political force against bad politics.
Brazilian plastic surgeon ‘Dr Bumbum’ on run after patient dies
A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has gone on the run after a woman died following injections he gave her to enlarge her bottom. Investigators say Dr Denis Furtado carried out the procedure on Lilian Calixto at…
Hajj of 10,000 intending pilgrims uncertain for agency failure
Uncertainty looms for about 10,000 pilgrims who won’t be able to perform Hajj this year because some agency owners yet to collect tickets from the concerned airlines.
হাতপাখায় ভোট দিয়ে দুর্নীতি ও সন্ত্রাসের বিরুদ্ধে অবস্থান নিন -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, মানুষ সচেতন হচ্ছে, সন্ত্রাস ও দুর্নীতির বিরুদ্ধে জেগে উঠছে। যারা দেশের সম্পদ লুটেপুটে খায়, জনগণকে কষ্ট দেয়, জনগণের দু:খ কষ্ট লাঘব না করে নিজেদের আখের গোছাতে ব্যস্ত…
Minor girl drown in B’baria
Dhaka – A minor girl drowned in a pond at Karuatoli village in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning.
Three killed in city road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and seven others injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a humanhaulerat Beribadh in the city’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning.
Teenage girl ‘gang-raped’ in Cumilla
Dhaka – A teenage worker of a footwear factory has allegedly been gang-raped by four youths at Devpur of Burichang upazila in Cumilla.
Scaring voters was motive behind Rajshahi bomb attack: Rizvi
Dhaka – BNP on Tuesday alleged that ruling party men carried out a crude bomb attack on a rally of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Rajshahi to spread panic for holding ‘voter-less’ city polls there.
BNP condemns ‘gold scam in Bangladesh Bank vault’
BNP on Tuesday strongly denounced the reported gold scam in the central bank’s vault, saying it is another sign of plundering by the government.
UK for fair, peaceful elections in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom has said they will continue to stress long-term importance to Bangladesh’s development of “free, fair, inclusive and peaceful” elections, says a new report.
ICC: Strengthen court on its 20th anniversary
Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should increase their support for the court in the face of increasing challenges to delivering justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted 20 years…