Jashore, Jun 30 – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man from Kayemkhola intersection in Jhikargachha upazila headquarters on Saturday morning.
Category: Governance
3 held with 19000 Yaba tablets in Chattogram
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 19,000 Yaba tablets from a bus in the city on Friday.
Man held with 1.5kg gold at Darshana check-post
Dhaka – Customs officials detained a man along with 13 gold bars weighing around 1.5 kg at Darshana check-post in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Friday.
Bangladesh post 403 against Windies President’s XI in warm-up match
Dhaka – Bangladesh cricket team posted 403 for all against West Indies President’s XI in the 1st day of a two-day warm up match at Stanford Cricket Ground, Coolidge in Antigua on Friday. Batting first after winning the toss, Bangladesh…
Five killed in ‘targeted’ attack on US newspaper in Maryland
A gunman opened fire at a local newspaper office in Maryland, killing five people and injuring others in what police said was a “targeted attack”.
Youth gets life term for rape in Sherpur
Sherpur, Jun 28 – A court on Thursday sentenced a youth to life term imprisonment for raping a teenage girl after the abduction at Akhrapara village in Nalitabari Upazila in Sherpur district.
Don’t leave workplaces without permission, SC asks judges
Dhaka, June 28 – The Supreme Court administration has asked the lower court judges and officials not to leave their workplaces without informing the SC registrar. A circular issued on Thursday in this regard was published on the SC website.
Probe report against Dr Yunus Sept 8
Dhaka, June 28 – A Dhaka court on Thursday set September 8 for submission of probe report against Grameen Telecom Trust Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Md Yunus on the charge of misappropriating Tk seven crore.
Khaleda’s bail extended till July 10 in one case
Dhaka, June 28 – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka on Thursday extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia till July 10 in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Putin: New Russian weapons decades ahead of rivals
Russian President Vladimir Putin is boasting about his country’s prospective nuclear weapons, saying they are years and even decades ahead of foreign designs.
Chargesheet in café attack case in 10 days: DMP
Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Thursday said the chargesheet in Holey Artisan café attack case will be submitted within 10 days.
Govt to fall with forging of national unity: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said this government will not last for even three days if there is a national unity they are looking for.
EWG finds irregularities in 46.5pc Gazipur polling centres
Election Working Group (EWG), an alliance of election observing bodies, has found irregularities in 46.5 percent of the polling centres during the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections.
US wants BD to fulfil its commitments of holding fair polls’
Dhaka, Jul 28 – The United States wants Bangladesh to fulfil its ‘commitment to have a free, fair, credible and participatory national election in the country’.
Shahjahan murder: Main accused killed in ‘gunfight’
Munshiganj, June 28 – The prime accused of freethinking writer and publisher Shahjahan Bachchu murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with police at KKhas mahal Baluchar in Sirajdikhan Upazila early Thursday.
Drive against drugs to continue: PM
Dhaka, Jun 27 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the ongoing anti-narcotic drive will continue to build Bangladesh as a drug-free country.
Double-murder in Eskaton, argument deferred
Dhaka, June 27 – The First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court of Dhaka on Wednesday day deferred the date to hear the arguments in the double-murder case of Eskaton of the city to July 17.
HC to hear Khaleda’s appeal against verdict July 3
Dhaka, June 27 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed July 3 for hearing against the punishment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case in which she was sentenced to five…
Sherpur Neo-JMB militant awarded 21 years jail
Dhaka – A court here in Sherpur on Wednesday sentenced a Neo JMB member to 21 years imprisonment in an explosives case.
BNP leader Major (retd) Mizan remanded
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday put BNP central executive committee member Major (retd) Mizanur Rahman on a 2-day remand in a case filed for his ‘evil efforts’ to make Gazipur election controversial.
Gazipur citizens chose Boat for development: Quader
The ruling Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader in a formal reaction over victory in Gazipur City Corporation(GCC) polls said today the people have voted for their election symbol ‘Boat’being imbued with ongoing development works as well as the…
Gazipur Polls: Experts say EC failed to play its due role
The Election Commission (EC) failed to exert its due constitutional power and play its due role in ensuring a level-playing field and checking various irregularities in Tuesday’s Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls, said election experts and observers.
GCC election “staged” and result “unacceptable”: CPB
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on Wednesday rejected the Gazipur City Corporation Elections terming it “staged” and its result “unacceptable”.
BNP rejects GCC election
BNP on Wednesday turns down the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election results and demanded reelection to it.
Amnesty wants trials of Burma military for Rohingya genocide
United Nations, Jun 27 (AP/UNB) — Amnesty International released a report Wednesday that details new evidence of atrocities inflicted on Myanmar’s Rohingya population and names 13 top military commanders the human rights group says should be prosecuted for crimes against…
Savagery of rapes of minors
By Geetika Dang, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha New Delhi, Jun 22, 2018 (IPS) – Rapes of minors surged from 16 per day in 2001 to 46 per day in 2016. As if this was not horrendous enough, their…
AL candidate unofficially declared elected Gazipur mayor
Gazipur, June 27 – Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam was unofficially declared elected in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election on Tuesday as he defeated his rival BNP contestant Hasan Uddin Sarker by a huge margin of 4.10 lakh…
Two suspected drug peddlers killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’
Khulna, June 27 – Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and police at Bagmara in Khulna city early Wednesday.
Xulhaz murder report deferred to July 24
Dhaka, June 26 – A court of Dhaka yesterday deferred the submission of investigation reports in Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tanoy murder case and another report about the same murder under the Arms Act.
Report on Khaleda hurting religious sentiments July 23
Dhaka, June 26 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday set July 23 for submission of the probe report in the case filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaled Zia for hurting religious sentiments of people and…