Dhaka – Police arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with ‘7 bombs’ from Narayandpur union in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Friday night.
Category: Governance
Khaleda taken back to jail after medical tests at BSMMU
Dhaka, Apr 7 – Ailing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken back to Dhaka central jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday after medical check-up and tests.
How corruption impedes universal health coverage
Sania Nishtar Islamabad – Half of the planet cannot access essential health services. For many people, paying to see a doctor, obtaining medications, seeking family-planning advice, or even getting immunized against common illnesses is a choice between staying healthy and…
Teenagers in love found bound slain in old mine well
They were teenagers in love, bonding after overcoming personal struggles and dreaming of a family and future together. When they vanished days after Christmas, friends and family combed Utah’s west desert for months in search of answers.
BNP synonympus with corruption: Quader
Claiming that BNP is a ‘self-confessed’ corrupt party, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the party has become synonymous with graft.
Youth stabbed dead in Natore
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by his rivals over a trifling matter at Kholabaria Khamarpara in Sadar upazila in Natore on Thursday night.
‘Robber’ killed in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police near Joy Kali Temple in city’s Wari area early Friday.
VDP man held with ‘Yaba tablets’ in Satkhira
Dhaka – A Village Defence Party (VDP) member was held allegedly along with 20 Yaba tablets from Fultala intersection of the district town on Friday morning.
BNP demands Khaleda’s personal physician treats her
Dhaka, April 6 – The BNP has demanded allowing personal physicians of chairperson Khaleda Zia to visit their indisposed leader at old central jail where she remains interned since February 8.
Russia says Britain is ‘playing with fire’ in spy case
UN, Apr 6 (AP/UNB) — The international furor over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter intensified, with Russia warning Britain that it was “playing with fire.”
Suspected robber killed in BD capital ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Apr 6 – A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police near Joy Kali Temple in city’s Wari area of Capital Dhaka early Friday.
4 motorcyclists killed in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Four motorcyclists were killed when a bus hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Charabagh in Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Friday.
Missing schoolboy found dead in Laxmipur
Dhaka -A schoolboy, who went missing on Saturday, was found dead at a cropland at Charfalkan in Kamalnagar upazila in Missing schoolboy found dead in Laxmipur on Thursday. The deceased, Sharif Hossain, was a class V student of a…
2 get life term for killing Natore teacher
Dhaka – A court hereon Thursdayconvicted two people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a college teacher in 2009.
Court to hear in Zia Charitable graft case Apr 22
Dhaka, April 5 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in the prison, was not produced before the Special Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case due to her illness while the court fixed April 22 for…
Attempt to kill Joy case report submission on arrest May 9
Dhaka, April 5 – A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 9 for submitting the report on execution of the arrest warrant in a case filed for plotting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb…
Case on losing an arm of Rajib: 2 on remand
Dhaka, April 5 – A Dhaka court Thursday placed two drivers on a two-day remand each in a case filed in connection with losing an arm of Titumir college student Rajib Hossain.
Holey Artisan case: Arms supplier confesses
Dhaka, April 5 – Alleged “Neo JMB” member Hadisur Rahman Sagor, arrested allegedly for supplying arms for Holey Artisan Bakery attack yesterday made confessional statement before a Dhaka court yesterday.
3 to die for killing schoolboy in Chattogram
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced three people to death for killing a schoolboy after abduction in Rangunia upazila in Chattogram in 2012.
School teacher killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka- A school teacher was killed as a motorbike hit him while crossing the road at Rajganj Bazar in Manirampur upazila in Jessore on Wednesday night.
3 held with 7,000 Yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested three people along with 7,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth of Tk 21 lakh in Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night.
Man to die for killing wife in Satkhira
Dhaka- A tribunal here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Satkhira in 2009.
2 held with 1.20 lakh Yaba in Chattogram
Dhaka- Detectives in a drive arrested two people and seized 1.20 lakh Yaba tablets from Moizzartek area under Karnaphuli police station in Chattogram on Thursday morning.
US marks Martin Luther King Jr’s death
Bells have tolled in cities across the US to mark the moment 50 years ago that civil rights leader Martin Luther King was gunned down by a white supremacist. They rang out 39 times – one for each of Dr…
Lula must start prison term, rules Brazil Supreme Court
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. He is facing 12 years in jail on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to…
Facebook scandal affected more users than thought: up to 87M
Facebook revealed Wednesday that tens of millions more people might have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal than previously thought and said it will restrict the user data that outsiders can access.
2 killed in Nilphamari crash
Dhaka – Two persons were killed in a head-on collision between two vehicles on the Syedpur Road in Fultala area of the Sadar upazila in Nilphamari on Wednesday night.
BCL leader found hanging in Netrokona
Dhaka – Police recovered the hanging body of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader from his house near Satpai Eye Hospital in the city on Wednesday evening.
Bhola father beaten up for protesting daughter’s harassment
Bhola -A father was beaten up by a group of stalkers as he attempted to protest eve-teasing, writing bad comments regarding his girl on Facebook in Lalmohan upazila on Wednesday morning.
YouTube shooter told family members she ‘hated’ the company
A woman who believed she was being suppressed by YouTube and told her family members she “hated” the company opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in California on Tuesday, wounding three people before taking her own life, police said.