Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the activities of the newly-announced three-member Vice Chancellor panel of Dhaka University for appointing a new VC. The three-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha also…
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Plying of buses remained stopped from Wednesday night on Natore-Bogra and some other routes in Bangladesh’s northern region as the District Bus Owners Association enforced an indefinite bus strike protesting realisation of extortion on the route.
Dhaka – An activist of Jubo League was hacked to death at Joralganj in Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Parvez Hossian, 23, son of Rahim Ullah of Morgang village in Osmanpur union and an activist…
Dhaka – Eight shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Syed Ali Manson Market in Chandina upazila of the district early Wednesday.Fire service officials said the fire might be originated from an electric short circuit at a…
Dhaka- A probe body, formed to investigate the ‘police firing’ on demonstrators in Kalihati upazila of Tangail that left four people dead and 50 others injured in 2015, has suggested terminating four policemen responsible for the incident.On conclusion of the…
A teenager has been detained after opening the emergency door of a passenger plane and sliding down a wing onto the tarmac minutes after touching down in San Francisco, officials say. The boy, 17, shocked passengers on board the Copa…
Moscow, Aug 1 (AP/UNB)- Five defendants at a Moscow courthouse attacked their guards in a bungled escape attempt, leading to a shootout that killed three people and wounded five others, officials said Tuesday.
Dhaka, Aug 2 – Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of two sisters from their house at Deoliabari village of Sadar Upazila of Jamalpur on Wednesday morning.
Brahmanbaria, Aug 2 – Two suspected extortionists were lynched and another was injured by a mob at Bholanagar village in Bancharampur Upazila of the district on Tuesday evening.
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by rivals in Jhautola Sarder Bahadur Nagar area under Khulshi Police Station on Monday night over love affairs.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Masum, 20, son of Md Julfikar Ali.
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death in a murder case.The court also fined condemned convict Ratan Hossain, 26, son of Saidur Rahman of Boalia area of the city, Tk 20,000. He…
Dhaka – Amid the outcry over the rape of a female student by a Sramik League leader and subsequent torture on the girl and her mother, a drunk Jubo League leader tried to rape a housewife in Dhunat upazila in…
A total of 340 children, including 24 physically challenged ones, were violated in the country in the last seven months of the current year, according to statistics of Child Rights Advocacy Coalition in Bangladesh.Of them, some 46 fell victims to…
Jordanian lawmakers will decide on August 1, 2017, whether to remove or amend an infamous provision in the country’s 1960 penal code that allows people who commit sexual assault to avoid punishment if they marry their victims, Human Rights Watch…
Dhaka – An alleged top terrorist was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Mirerbagh area of Dakhshin Keraniganj early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Mukter Hossain Amir alias Lengra Amir, accused in nine cases including murder, abduction with…
Pabna- A young man was hacked to death and another was injured by some unidentified miscreants in Dilalpur Beltola area in the district town on Monday night.The deceased was identified as SA Raihan Tonmoy, 27, son of AA Ziaul Kabir…
Beijing, Aug 1 (AP/UNB) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a tough line on national sovereignty amid multiple disputes with his country’s neighbours, saying China will never permit any loss of territory.
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a hundi trader along with Tk 6 lakh from Putkhali area of Benapole port on Monday.
Dhaka, Aug 1 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday released the full text of its verdict upholding the High Court decision that repealed the Constitution 16th Amendment that had established Parliament’s authority to remove Supreme Court judges.
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday granted Appellate Division’s former Justice Joynul Abedin right to appeal, challenging the decision of the High Court to scrap his petition to reject graft charge against him.
By Baher Kamal Rome, Jul 28 (IPS) – It is happening now. Millions of humans are forced to flee armed conflicts, climate change, inequalities, and extreme poverty. They fall easy prey to traffickers lurking anyone who can be subjected to…
Pakistan’s premier-designate and three opposition lawmakers have submitted their candidacies for the country’s next head of government.Monday’s development comes ahead of Tuesday’s vote in parliament that will elect a successor to three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was disqualified from…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir has warned the bankers against the bad impact of the ‘corporate default culture’ in the banking sector.“Bankers have to be very cautious about the corporate default culture in the banking sector,” he said while unveiling…
The cost of imported LNG is likely to be Tk 11.50 per unit (each cubic metre) as the government has finally exempted all kinds of duties on it. After a huge debate over duty exemption between the National Board of…
A court here on Monday placed five people, including a female councillor of Bogra municipality, on different terms of remand in two cases filed for shaving the heads of a female student along with her mother after the rape of…
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive have arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 20,000 Yaba pills in the city’s Dakkhinkhan area.
Dhaka – A court here on Monday framed charges against five female ‘members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh’ (JMB) in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act.Judge of the Additional Session’s Court-1 Dr Iman Ali passed the order.
Dhaka – A truck driver was killed as a truck hit another one parked at Kamarpara in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mithu, 30.
Dhaka – Law enforcers arrested three more accused, including a woman, from Savar on Sunday night in a case filed for shaving the heads of a girl and her mother after rape of the girl.On secret information that Asha Sarker,…
Dhaka – A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after slaughtering his minor son in Peyara Bagan area adjacent to Bhogra bypass in Gazipur on Monday morning.Rasedul, 40, a van driver, slaughtered his son Sayedee Hasan, 6, at his…