Dhaka – Three students of Shamsul Ulum Nurania Hafizia Madrasa in Mirpur area of Bahubal upazila in the district reportedly went missing on Friday noon.
Category: Governance
UN military exercise begins in BD Monday
A multinational exercise on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations named ‘Exercise: Shanti Doot-4’ will be held at Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT) of Rajendrapur Cantonment from Monday.
9th anniversary of BDR carnage Sunday
The 9th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital will be observed on Sunday. A total of 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the carnage beginning on this day in 2009.
Govt never foils peaceful program: Home Mninster
Mentioning that the government never obstructs any peaceful programme, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said law enforcers take necessary steps if anyone intensifies people’s sufferings doing excesses.
Police foils BNP’s black flag rally in capital
Police on Saturday foiled BNP’s black flag demonstration programme in front of its Nayapaltan central office protesting the denial of permission to hold a rally in the city on Thursday last.
3 killed in Keraniganj road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including an auto-rickshaw driver, were killed in a road accident at South Keraniganj earlySaturday.
Myanmar parliament approves $15M for Rakhine border fence
Bangkok, Feb 24 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar’s parliament has approved a budget of about $15 million for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine state, from which about 700,000 members of its persecuted…
Scores of Rohingya villages bulldozed
Rangoon – New satellite imagery reveals the Burmese government has been bulldozing scores of depopulated Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch said Friday. The United Nations Security Council, the UN and its agencies, and Burma’s donors should…
2 Indian citizens held in Benapole
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested two Indian nationals, along with 200 land maps of six districts of Bangladesh from Benapole checkpost on Thursday.
Zia Charitable case: ACC seeks warrant for Khaleda Zia
Dhaka, Feb 22 – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday submitted a petition to Special Court-5 of Dhaka for producing Begum Khaleda Zia before the court in the Zia Charitable graft case.
Four held in Taiwan’s first bitcoin robbery
Taiwan police have arrested four men over a bitcoin robbery worth Twd$5 million ($170,000) in what they said was the first case of its kind on the island.
‘State sponsored hate makes human rights situation precarious’
The world is reaping the terrifying consequences of hate-filled rhetoric that threatens to normalize massive discrimination against marginalized groups, Amnesty International warned today as it launched its annual assessment of human rights.
HC accepts Khaleda appeal against conviction: Bail hearing Sunday
Dhaka, Feb 22 – The High Court on Thursday accepted an appeal filed by the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the trial court verdict sentencing her to five years’ imprisonment in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Influx from BD part of Pak proxy war with China help: Indian Army chief
Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat has claimed that a planned ‘influx of people from Bangladesh’ into India’s north-eastern region is underway as part of a ‘proxy war’ being waged by Pakistan with support from China, report Indian media.
Students across US walk out of class to protest gun violence
Dhaka, Feb 22 (AP/UNB)-In a wave of demonstrations reaching from Arizona to Maine, students at dozens of U.S. high schools walked out of class Wednesday to protest gun violence and honour the victims of last week’s deadly shooting in Florida.
Hospitals overwhelmed by bombing blitz of Damascus suburbs
Beirut, Feb 22 (AP/UNB) — Doctors in Syria’s rebel-controlled suburbs of Damascus said Wednesday they were unable to keep up with the staggering number of casualties, amid a ferocious bombing campaign by government forces that have targeted hospitals, apartment blocks…
Rape suspect killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A rape suspect was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Napitkhali area of Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday.
Bomb blast inside Jessore jail: One injured
A garbage collector (tokai) was injured as a bomb exploded inside the outer boundary of Jessore Central Jail on Wednesday.The injured is Jahidul Biswas alias Kalu, 40, who used to collect garbage pulling his three-wheeler.
UK lawmakers for ICC referral of Burmese general
Over 100 British Parliamentarians have said it is time for the UK to state that Myanmar’s military should be referred to ICC for their appalling ‘security operations’ against the Rohingya, described as ethnic cleansing and possibly genocide by OHCHR.
The incarceration of Tariq Ramadan – a travesty of justice
By Chandra Muzaffar The unjust incarceration of Dr Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University, demeans and disgraces the French legal system. Tariq has been detained in a solitary cell in the high security wing of Paris’s…
Electronic salary transfer system to protect wage in Bahrain
Manama: An electronic salary transfer system will be launched in May to ensure the wages of private sector employees are protected. The salary protection scheme was unveiled yesterday as His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa…
Vatican investigator meets with Chilean sex abuse victims
Santiago, Feb 21 (AP/UNB) — The Vatican’s sex abuse investigator on Tuesday began a series of meetings in Chile with victims and others who have opposed the appointment of a bishop accused of covering up for the country’s most notorious…
Prioritise disposal of cases pending over 5 years: SC
Dhaka, Feb – The Supreme Court of Bangladedsh on Monday directed the country’s lower courts and tribunals to dispose cases pending for more than five years on priority basis.
Father of Palestine’s Icon: Everyone is blaming my daughter
By Erik Larsson As a video clip spread all over the world, so too did the name Ahed Tamimi. For Palestinians, she has become an icon of freedom. Arbetet Global met the father of the teenage girl that kicked and…
Khaleda to be freed through mass upsurge: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia would be freed through a mass-upsurge.
83 arrested in Pabna police drives
Dhaka- Police arrested 83 people from different areas in the district in special drives from Monday evening to Tuesday in Pabna morning.
Indian national held with 2.1 kg gold in Jessore
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian citizen along with four gold bars weighing 2.158 kg from a bus at Benapole in Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Tuesday afternoon.
50 BNP-men hurt in clash with Faridpur police: 20 held
At least 50 BNP leaders and activists were injured in a clash with police in Supermarket Chattar of the district town on Tuesday morning.
Appeal against Khaleda verdict: Hearing Thursday
A day after receiving the certified copy of the lower court verdict, lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia filed an appeal with the High Court challenging her sentence in the Zia Orphanage Trust case on Tuesday afternoon. The HC is…
Newly married housewife found dead in B’baria
Dhaka – A newly married housewife was found hanging at Hirapur village in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday night.