haka, Mar 11 – Parliament on Saturday unanimously adopted a motion to declare March 25 as Genocide Day, mark the start of atrocities unleashed by the Pakistani occupation forces on the people of then-East Pakistan on this date in 1971.
Category: Governance
Jubadal protests suing Khaleda in Comilla arson case
Dhaka, Mar 11 – Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, BNP’s youth wing, on Saturday staged a demonstration in the city protesting the submission of a chargesheet against party chairperson Khaleda Zia, besides 77 others in an arson attack case in Comilla.
Hezbollah, Israel brace for all-out conflict
By Nicholas Blanford / The Arab Weekly Both parties know that the scale of a new war will dwarf the 2006 conflict, a reality that has helped ensure a mutual deterrence. The renewed focus on Iran by the Trump administration…
4 ‘drug traders’ held in city
Dhaka – Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested four suspected drug traders, including two women, along with one kilogram heroin from different places in the city on Friday.The arrestees were Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman alias Bakul, Mahammad Jahurul Islam, Mita…
Gazipur girl dies falling into manhole
Dhaka – An unidentified teenage girl was killed falling into a manhole at bypass intersection in the city on Saturday morning.Md Jakir Hossain, sub-inspector of Joydebpur Police Station, said the girl was waiting for a bus standing on the slab…
7 ‘JMB men’ held in Rajshahi, Natore
Dhaka –Police arrested seven suspected activists of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Rajshahi and Natore districts on Saturday.In Rajshahi, police arrested five suspected activists of the JMB from different areas of Bagmara upazila early in the…
Newborn baby girl found in city dustbin
Dhaka – She was supposed to be there in her mother’s lap either at home or hospital, but the ill-fated one-day old baby girl was found in a city dustbin on Saturday.Police rescued the baby from the dustbin at Shah…
8 fishermen held in Chandpur with huge current net
Dhaka – Naval police arrested eight fishermen and seized 45,000 meters of current net along with five kg Jatka (hilsa fry) and three boats in a drive on the Meghna River in Sadar upazila in Chandpur on Friday.UNB agency
Indian medicines worth Tk 24 lakh seized at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian medicines worth Tk 24 lakh from Amrakhali at Benapole here in Jessore on Friday.
A look at key criminal defendants in South Korean scandal
Formally removed from office by a historic Constitutional Court ruling Friday, Park Geun-hye has lost her presidential immunity from prosecution over a corruption scandal that has sent dozens of high-profile figures to face criminal trials. They include Park’s friend of…
Sunny secures bail in another case
Dhaka The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Thursday granted one month’s ad-interim bail to national cricketer Arafat Sunny in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. However, Sunny can not walk out as he…
10 hurt in attack on Bagerhat ‘Gaye Holud’ ceremony
Dhaka – Ten people were injured in an attack on a ‘Gaye Holud’ ceremony of a girl at Chingari village in Chitalmari upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday.UNB agency
3 get life term for killing teenage boy in Sherpur
Dhaka– A court here on Thursday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a teenage boy in Sadar upazila in Sherpur in 2011.The lifers are—Nur Hossain, 16, son of Abbas Ali of Gilagaccha village…
2900 kgs polythene seized in Munshiganj
Dhaka – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 2900 kilograms of polythene from Mawa Launch Ghat in Lohajang upazila of Munshiganj on Wednesday night.UNB agency
Arafat Sunny granted bail
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday granted ad-interim bail for one month to national cricketer Arafat Sunny in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Mohamamd Quamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order…
The ‘robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees
A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims, reports BBC. When Joshua Browder developed DoNotPay he called it “the world’s first robot lawyer”. It’s a chatbot – a computer program that carries out…
ICT minister cautions people about app security
Terming a large number of available mobile apps as potential ‘information hacking source’, State Minister for ICT Division, Junaid Ahmed Palak yesterday asked people to be more cautious about downloading and using mobile apps. Palak was speaking as the chief…
Owners seek three years to relocate BGMEA comnplex
Dhaka – Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Wednesday filed a petition before the Appellate Division seeking three years’ time to relocate their 15-storied complex at Hatirjheel in Dhaka, which has been ordered for demolition.
2 sentenced to death for killing RAB officer’s wife
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted two people and sentenced them to death for killing the wife of a RAB officer in 2014. The court also fined the two convicts—Abul Bashar Hawladar, son of Nasir Hawladar, and Harun…
Huge grenades, explosives recovered from Ctg ‘militant den’
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive recovered huge grenades, bombs and bomb-making materials from a ‘militant den’ at Gobhania in Mirsarai upazila early Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements…
5 to walk gallows for killing tax official in city
A speedy tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced five people to death and four others, including two women, to different jail terms for killing former tax commissioner Abu Taher in 2015. The condemned convicts are — Mohammad Nasir, son of Rustom…
HC orders transfer of Khaleda’s graft case to another court
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered the transfer of the case of Zia Orphanage Trust graft to Dhaka Senior Special Judge’s Court (Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court) from Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim…
Release those jailed for no crime: PM
Underscoring the need for releasing those now in jail for no crime, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the victims can also ask for compensation from the authorities concerned. Replying to a tabled question from Jatiya Party MP Nurul…
China calls on N Korea to suspend missile and nuclear tests
China has proposed that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to “defuse a looming crisis”. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that in exchange, the US and South Korea could halt annual joint military drills, which consistently…
Suspected robber killed, 2 cops hurt in Comilla ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 8 – A suspected robber was killed and two detective policemen suffered bullet wounds in a ‘gunfight’ with with detective police at Loribagh in Burichang upazila of Comilla early Wednesday.
Action against private varsities sans own campus after enquiry
Dhaka – Though the government earlier several times said it would take action against the private universities this month that failed to shift to its permanent campuses but now reverted that they would do it after taking the reports of…
Govt mulls meet with Facebook to find pages with unwanted content
Dhaka – State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim at the two-day international workshop on cyber crimes titled “Digital Bangladesh: Focusing on Cybercrime, Safe Internet and Broadband” said that the government is planning on sitting with the social networking…
BNP’s Sohel put on remand in murder case
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un- Nabi Khan Sohel on remand for a day in bomb explosion case.
Death in manhole: HC summons Wasa MD, DSCC official
The High Court on Tuesday summoned the Managing Director of Dhaka Wasa and chief executive officer of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to appear before it on March 19 in connection with the death of a man falling into an…
Tongi prison van ‘attacker’ put on 5-day remand
A court here on Tuesday placed Mostafa Kamal, the suspected attacker on a prison van carrying Huji chief Mufti Hannan and some of his associates, on a five day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Judge of…