Dhaka – Customs officials seized nine mounds of firecrackers from a Khulna-bound train here in Benapole on Friday morning.
Category: Governance
Khaleda graft cases adjourned till 22 June
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday adjourned the hearing in two graft cases against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others till June 22.
2 killed in city road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed and five others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after being hit by a tree on Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Saddam Market in Signboard area of the city on Friday.
JMB man jailed for 5 years in Jessore
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced a member of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to five years imprisonment in a case filed over the incident of countrywide near simultaneous bomb blasts on August 17, 2005.The…
4 business establishments fined Tk 24,000 in Sylhet
Dhaka – Members of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (NCRP) on Thursday fined Tk 24,000 to four business establishments for various reasons.
90 arrested in Jessore anti-terrorism drive
Dhaka – Police in a special anti-militancy drive arrested 90 people in Jessore district from Wednesday night in Jessore to Thursday noon.During the drive, two bombs and two jihadi books were also recovered.
HRW alert: Danger from US white phosphorus in Iraq, Syria
Washington, DC – The use of artillery-delivered white phosphorus by the United States-led coalition fighting Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces in Syria and Iraq raises serious questions about the protection of civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. This…
3 held with 37 tonnes fertilizer in Jessore
Dhaka – Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three alleged smugglers and seized a truck with 740 sacks of government subsidised fertilizer from Churamati Bazar of Sadar upazila in Jessore on Wednesday.
30 Jamaat men held in Chapainawabganj
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested 30 alleged members of Jamaat-e-Islami from a multilevel marketing company office in Arambagh area of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.
BCL leader held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Sylhet city unit in an extortion case from his Sagardighi residence in Sylhet on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Moudud alias Aminur Riaz Moudud, an executive member…
India’s home ministry mocked for using Spain border photo
Twitter users are ridiculing India’s home ministry for using a picture from Morocco’s border with a Spanish territory to highlight its work. Alt News website reported on Wednesday that the ministry used the picture in its annual report to show…
US naval warships in Doha for military exercise
Two US Navy vessels arrived in Doha to take part in a joint military exercise with the Qatari Emiri Navy just days after US President Donald Trump accused Qatar of being “a funder of terrorism at a very high level”.…
2 journalists sued under ICT act in Khulna
Khulna – A case was filed against two local journalists under section 57 and 66 of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Act with Khulna Sadar Police station on Wednesday. -UNB
One awarded death for child Abdullah murder
Dhaka – The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing class V student Abdullah of Keraniganj in Dhaka last year.
EU launches legal action against 3 countries over refugees
Brussels- The European Commission on Wednesday launched legal action against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland for failing to respect their commitment to take in refugees. –AP/UNB
2 ‘muggers’ held while fleeing with booty
Dhaka – Police arrested two suspected muggers while fleeing after snatching valuables from a rickshaw passenger in the city’s Uttara area early Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Md Swapan, 32, and Abul Kashem, 40.Three muggers in a private car took…
1 to die, 2 get jail terms for killing Keraniganj boy
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and two other people to separate jail terms for killing a minor boy after abduction in Keraniganj.The condemned convict, Khorshed Alam, was tried in absentia. The court also…
Road crashes killed 888 in 4 months: Quader
Sangsad Bhaban – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday told Parliament that a total of 888 people were killed in road accidents across the country in the first four months of 2017.”Some 888 people were killed and…
2 ‘muggers’ held while fleeing with booty
Dhaka – Police arrested two suspected muggers while fleeing after snatching valuables from a rickshaw passenger in the city’s Uttara area early Wednesday. -UNB
4.6 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Dhaka – Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized 40 gold bars, weighing 4.6 kg, from a flight of Emirates Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Wednesday.
Qatar pulls all its troops from Djibouti-Eritrea border
Doha – Qatar said Wednesday it had pulled all of its troops from the border of Djibouti and Eritrea, East African nations that have a long-running territorial dispute which Doha had helped mediate. -UNB
Jhenidah drug peddler jailed for 8 months
Dhaka – A mobile court on Tuesday sentenced a drug peddler to eight months imprisonment for selling hemp illegally at Bhatai Bazar in Shailkupa upazila.
Schoolgirl commits ‘suicide’ in Benapole
Dhaka – A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Narayanpur village in Benapole Port Police Station in Jessore on Tuesday.The deceased was Asha Basu, 14, a class VII student of Benapole Marium Memorial Girls’ School in Benapole and daughter…
27 appointed Assistant Attorneys General, 23 relieved
Dhaka – The Government yesterday appointed 27 new Assistant Attorney Generals (AAGs) and relieved 23 Assistant Attorney Generals. The newly appointed AAGs will conduct cases in the Supreme Court on behalf of the state.
Legal notice against judicial inquiry of Langadu attacks
Dhaka – Nicolas Chakma, a Supreme Court lawyer on Monday served a legal notice on government for forming a judicial enquiry committee to determine whether there was any negligence of local administration in protecting the people of Longadu Upazila of…
Banani girl rape case hearing on June 19
Dhaka – The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 of Dhaka on Monday fixed June 19 for hearing on whether to take the charges into cognizance against the accused in the case filed about the rape of two private university…
Tech glitch in VVIP plane: Probe report submission 27 July
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed July 27 for submission of the probe report in a case filed over the glitch in a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Budapest.
Hundreds of people held from arrests in Russia
An extraordinary wave of antigovernment protests swept across Russia on Monday, as thousands of demonstrators gathered in more than 100 cities to denounce corruption and political stagnation despite official attempts to stifle the expression of outrage. Riot police officers in…
4000 moved to safety after landslide deaths in BD
About 4,000 people have moved to 18 shelters in areas hit by landslides in Chittagong, Rangamati and Bandarban, says the government. At least 69 have died buried under soil loosened by heavy rains in the wake of a land depression…
Four army men killed in Rangamati hillslide
Four army personnel have been killed in a landslide that hit them during a rescue operation in Rangamati, according to the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate or ISPR. Related Stories The dead are identified as Major Mahfuzul Hoque, Captain Tanvir…