Dhaka, May 21 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday asked the ruling Awami League government to arrest the drug dealers first from its own home and take action against them.
Category: Governance
Man gets life term for killing Netrokona teacher
Dhaka – A court here on Monday awarded life term imprisonment to a man in a case filed for killing a retired teacher of Barhatta upazila in Netrokona in 2008.
Rights org ASK worried at growing extrajudicial killings
Around 27 people, mostly suspected drug peddlers or drug addicts, were killed in ‘so-called gunfights’ with law enforcers across the country in the last 21 days as of Monday, said human rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).
Crack down on drug dealers to continue: Home Minister
Amid the killings of drug dealers in growing ‘gunfights’, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said the crackdown on the drug dealers will continue.
The trust deficit and the Barisan Nasional defeat
By Chandra Muzaffar The significance of the fourteenth General Election goes beyond Malaysian shores. 9th May will be remembered as the day when the multi-ethnic population of a country ousted the world’s longest ruling coalition through the ballot-box in a…
Man drives into restaurant, killing 2 including daughter
Bessemer City, May 21 (AP/UNB) — Witnesses say the lunchtime scene at the Surf and Turf Lodge in Bessemer City was comfortable, with families eating, until a vehicle crashed into the building.
8 suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfights’ in districts
Dhaka, May 21 – Eight suspected drug traders were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Narsingdi, Jhenidah, Tangail and Jashore districts early Monday.
Xulhaz murder case report now on June 26
Dhaka, May 20 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday fixed June 26 for submission of the investigation reports in Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tanoy murder case and another report about the same murder under the…
Report in case for making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu
Dhaka, May 20 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday deferred the submission of the investigation report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for making derogatory comments about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the…
Six killed in ‘gunfights’ in 6 districts
Dhaka – Four suspected drug peddlers, a ‘robber’ and a ‘mugger’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Dinajpur, Jashore and Tangail districts early Sunday. With the latest figures, a total of 20 people were…
13 held in Benapole while entering into B’desh from India
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 13 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, while entering the country from India illegally through Putkhali bordering area here in Benapole on Sunday.
3 to die, 7 get life in prison for killing Keraniganj businessman
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday awarded death penalty to three people and life imprisonment to seven others for killing a businessman for extortion in Keraniganj in 2006.
51pc women linked to social media vulnerable to cybercrimes
Social network has become a den of crimes and around 73.71 percent victims of cybercrimes – both male and female – are aged between 18 and 30 years, according to a recent survey conducted by Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation.
Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in 3 cases
The lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday filed separate petitions with the High Court (HC) seeking her bail in three cases.
100 dwelling houses evicted from Chittagong hillocks
Chattogram District Administration in the backdrop of heavy shower today started eviction of the residents of 100 unauthorized makeshift houses on the hillocks and risky places at Railway Toton Housing area in the city.
Law enforcers on a killing-spree: BNP
Voicing deep concern over the growing incidents of extrajudicial killing, BNP Sunday said it seems law enforcers are on a killing spree.
Santa Fe school shooter ‘spared victims to tell his story’
The Santa Fe High School shooting suspect told police he spared certain students he liked “so he could have his story told”, a court document shows. Dimitrios Pagourtzis has been charged with murder after 10 people were shot dead on…
Raid for Customs duty: Mobile phone traders take to street
Dhaka, May 19 – Mobile phone traders of Bashundhora City Shopping Complex agitated on the street protesting the drive on their shops at complex by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) on Saturday.
One held for killing two ethnic girls in Chattogram
Dhaka – Police arrested a man from Mahdebpur area in Sitakunda sadar upazila early Saturday in connection with the murders of two teenage girls of ethnic minority whose hanging bodies were recovered on Friday night.
N Korea military officer defects to S Korea
A North Korean military officer, accompanied by a civilian, defected to the South across the Yellow Sea on Saturday, a South Korean news report said, citing a government source.
Quota protesters postpone exams boycott
Leaders of quota reform movement on Saturday decided to withdraw their decision of boycotting exams, but to continue with class boycott for indefinite period at all university and colleges across the country.
9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border
Eight civilians, including a husband and wife and four members of another family, were killed when Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at border posts and villages along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday. An Indian soldier…
Govt trying to keep Khaleda away from election: Fakhrul
BNP on Friday alleged that the government is trying to promptly dispose of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by the High Court to keep her away from the national election.
Militant-turned-populist cleric Sadr wins Iraqi election
Baghdad, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won the most seats in Iraq’s national parliamentary elections, according to complete results released by Iraq’s electoral commission early Saturday.
3 suspected BD drug traders killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Dhaka, May 19 – Three suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Paira-Noapara road in Abhaynagar Upazila of Jashore early Saturday.
What if you shoot to kill unarmed men not of instant threat?
By Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Geneva, May 18 (IPS) – Appalling recent events in Gaza have called this Council into Special Session. Since the protests began on 30 March, 87 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli security forces in…
Alleged smuggler killed in Shibganj gun fight with RAB
Dhaka, May 18 – An alleged smuggler was killed in a said ‘gunfight’ with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 at Tantipara Ghat area near 4 No.Beribandh under Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district in the early hours on Friday.
‘Drug peddler’ killed in C’nawabganj ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at no 4-Beribadh Ghat area of Padma River in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Friday.
27 held in Jhenidah
Dhaka- Police in a special drive arrested 27 people from different upazilas in the district from Thursday night to Friday morning.
‘Drug peddler’ killed in C’nawabganj ‘gunfight’
Dhaka- An alleged drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at no 4-Beribadh Ghat area ofPadma River in Shibganjupazila early Friday.