Gunmen have stormed a college in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least nine people and injuring 36.
Category: Governance
Condolences pour in for mayor Annisul
Ministers, diplomats, politicians, different socio-cultural organisations and people from all walks of life have expressed deep shock at the death of Dhaka North City Corporation(DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq. Annisul, also a successful businessmen and popular television programme host, breathed his…
Zimbabwe’s new President gives key cabinet jobs to military figures
Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa has named his cabinet, appointing senior military figures to high-profile positions.
Drug peddler jailed for 3 yrs in Chandpur
Dhaka -Acourt hereon Thursdaysentenced a drug peddler to three years rigorous imprisonment for taking and selling Phensidyl in Shahrastiupazila of the district.The court also fined the condemned convict, Eshaque Mia, 32, son of Md Shamsul Huq of Katkamta villagein Kochua…
Cricketer Arafat Sunny, mother discharged
Dhaka – The Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal-4 of Dhaka on Thursday discharged cricketer Arafat Sunny and his mother Nargish Akhter in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.
Youth stabbed dead in Kushtia
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his fellows in Trimohini Bazar in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.The victim was Roky Mondol, 25, son of Anis Mondol at Talbaria village of Mirpur upazila and a worker…
2 ‘militants’ held with Jihadi books, leaflets in Ctg
Chittagong, Nov 30 (UNB) -Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday night arrested two suspected militants along with different Jihadi books and leaflets from Fouzdarhat station in Sitakunda upazila of the district.
82 people arrested from Jessore
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested a total of 82 people from different area of the district in various charges from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
Mother, daughter among 3 killed in Bogra road crash
Dhaka -Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and two others injured on Thursday as a soil laden truck collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Suvogasa on Sherpur-Dhunot road in the district.The deceased were identified as Mitu…
Warrant of arrest as Khaleda seeks court adjournment for ‘hartal’
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka on Thursday cancelled the ad interim bail of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and also issued a warrant of arrest against the BNP leader as she failed to appear before the court…
Praljak, Bosnian Croat war criminal dies taking poison in court
A Bosnian Croat war criminal has died after drinking poison during an appeal hearing in The Hague. Slobodan Praljak, 72, died in hospital, with the UN court announcing that the courtroom was now “a crime scene”. On hearing that his…
Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case report deferred
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the date for submission of the investigation report in a case filed in connection with the alleged theft of Bangladesh Bank reserves to January 18, 2018.
Police recover body of abducted boy in Comilla
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a schoolboy on Wednesday, five days after he went missing, from a ditch at Monairkandi village in Homna upazila after five days of his abduction.The deceased was identified as Riad, 12, a sixth…
Jessore youth ‘kills self’ to get rid of illness
Dhaka – A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Bhayna village in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Wednesday morning. Family sources said Abdul Jabbar, 35, son of Golam Sarwar, had long been suffering from stomachache.
Shazneen killer Shahid hanged
Dhaka – Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, the convicted killer of Scholastica student Shazneen Tasnim Rahman,was hanged at Kashimpur High Security Central Jail hereon Wednesday night.The verdict was executed around 9:45pm, said Senior Jail Super Mizanur Rahman.
HRW urges Govt. for new trial of BDR mutiny
The Bangladesh government should agree to new trials meeting international standards for members of the former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) accused of mutiny and murder including 139, whose death sentences were upheld by the High Court, said the Human Rights Watch…
Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah released
Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah has been released more than three weeks after he was detained on allegations of corruption, officials say. Prince Miteb, once seen as a contender to the throne, was freed after agreeing an “acceptable settlement” with…
New missile puts all of US in striking range, says North Korea
North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of the continental United States. State television claimed that Pyongyang had now achieved its mission of becoming a nuclear state. The…
One held with $ 32,000 at Benapole
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Bangladeshi national along with $ 32,000 from passenger terminal area of the Benapole Check post on Wednesday.
Muggers kill man, snatch bike in Satkhira
Dhaka – Miscreants snatched away a motorcycle killing its owner in Nathpara Boropukur Kanda of Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday.Maruf Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said that Iman Ali, 55, son of Zinu Sarder, used to run bike…
11 pistols, 28 bullets recovered in C’nawabganj
Dhaka-Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered 11 pistols, 28 rounds of bullets and six magazines from Namochwakpara frontier area and Raninagar Gopalpurghat area of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj.
Netrakona man surrenders after killing wife
Dhaka – A man surrendered to police after killing his wife at Sukhari village of Atpara upazila on Tuesday morning.Jamal Uddin Sarkar, 42, son of Isar Uddin Sarkar, stabbed his wife Ruma Akter, 32, to death in the early hours…
5 get life in prison for murder in Sherpur
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday sentenced five people, including two brothers, to life imprisonment in the Mahmudul Hasan murder case.The lifers are Abdul Munnaf and Abdul Motaleb, sons of Abdul Hakim from Sadar upazila’s Char Babna village, Hafizur…
Why did intelligence agencies failed in BDR mutiny
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday questioned why the intelligence agencies failed to sense the BDR mutiny beforehand. Addressing a discussion meeting in the capital, the BNP leader also said the reasons of failures…
RAB wraps up anti-militancy raid in C’Nawabganj – 3 killed
Three presumed militants were killed today as elite anti-crime force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) wrapped up their overnight crackdown at a militant den in Sadar upazila of the district, officials said. “We have wrapped up the operation . . .…
Hearing in 11 cases against Khaleda Feb 5
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 5, 2018, for hearing in 11 cases including a sedition case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others.
HC upholds 139 death penalties and life term for 146 in BDR mutiny
The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld the death sentence of 139 people among 152 condemned convicts in the Pilkhana BDR mutiny case. Among the 152 condemned convicts, one died, four were acquitted and the death sentence of eight commuted…
2 shops gutted in Chuadanga fire
Dhaka- Two shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Nicher Bazar of the district town early Monday.
Drug trader jailed in Jessore
Dhaka – A mobile court here sentenced a drug trader to one year’s jail in front of Murgi Bazar of the district town on Sunday night.
Mother hacked dead by ‘son’ in city
Dhaka- A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son in city’s Dakhshin Khan area on Sunday night.The victim was identified as Momtaj Begum, 56, wife of late Amin Uddin Khan, hailing from Chandpur, used to live in the…