Dhaka, Feb 16 – A Bangladeshi lawmaker of Laxmipur constituency Quazi Shaheed Islam has been reportedly found involved in human trafficking to Kuwait.
Category: Governance
‘Catch’ tax-dodging foreign workers: ACC chief
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Sunday asked the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ‘catch’ the identified tax-dodging foreign nationals working in Bangladesh.
Justice for sexual assault must be swift, loud, consistent
By Siddharth Chatterjee NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 14 2020 (IPS) – Every year Valentines Day is celebrated with great relish & celebration. People show their affection for another person or people by sending cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love.…
Appeal Court rules Islamic marriages invalid in UK
A court has reversed a judgment from two years ago which found that a couple who had an Islamic wedding ceremony could legally divorce.
Possible BNP candidates to contest by-election in 3 seats
Dhaka Fev 14 – The opposition BNP is likely to pick Rabiul Islam Robi, Kazi Khairuzzaman Shipon and Mainul Hasan Sadik as party’s candidate respectively to contest the by-election to Dhaka-10, Bagerhat-4 and Gaibandha-3 constituencies, according to party sources.
Woman, 2 children found dead in city
Police on Friday evening recovered the bodies of a woman and two children from a house in city’s Dakshinkhan area.
War crimes convict Abdus Subhan dies at Dhaka hospital
War criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Maulana Abdus Subhan died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday noon.
Defeat evil forces to guard public security: PM to Ansar-VDP
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the members of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) to work with honesty, courage and integrity to defeat evil forces to ensure public security.
Trawler capsize in Bay: Case filed against 19
A case has been filed against 19 people in connection with the trawler capsize near the St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal which left 15 Rohingyas dead and 52 others ‘missing’.
No let up in Rohingya trafficking from Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka, Feb 11 – Trafficking of Rohingya people from the camps of Cox’s Bazar to different countries including Malaysia by sea route is not letting up.
Two TV journos wounded in attack by bond traders
Two journalists of a private television channel were injured in an attack carried out by bond traders in Nayabazar area of the capital on Tuesday.
Top 10 rich people worth more than 85 poorest countries GDP
Data gathered and calculated by Learnbonds.com indicates that the world’s top ten richest people have a combined wealth more than the bottom 85 poorest countries based on GDP. According to the data, the top ten richest people have cumulative wealth…
No report on Sagor-Runi murder case in 8 years
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The authorities failed to submit a report on journalist couple Sagor and Runi even taking times for 71 times from the court in last eight years of their gruesome killing in the capital.
Weinstein rape trial winds down with more defense witneses
Lauren Marie Young says that after Harvey Weinstein groped her in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathroom in 2013, there was another woman there who did nothing to stop it.
Bangladesh HC declares all sorts of gambling illegal
The High Court on Monday declared illegal all sorts of gambling in exchange of money across the country and directed the government to take steps against gambling organisers and gamblers.
JJhalakathi PP murder: HC upholds death sentence of 5 JMB men
The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld a verdict of the subordinate court sentencing five members of Banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for murdering a Jhalakathi Public Prosecutor in 2007.
Suspected robber killed in Comilla ‘gunfight’
Comilla, Feb 10 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in an area near the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway in Burichang upazila early Monday.
Sexual assault on BD children increase dangerously in January
Dhaka, Feb 09 – A recent report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMB) published on Sunday said that the number of rape incidents and child rape and sexual assault on children increased significantly in January.
SC cancels HC verdict for regularizing jobs of 400 employees
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday cancelled a High Court verdict that asked the government to regularize the job of at about 400 employees in revenue sectors, who were working in various projects under Bangladesh Rural Development Board…
Charges against suspended DIG Mizan, ACC Director Basir noted
Dhaka, Feb 09 – A Dhaka court yesterday took into cognizance of charges brought against suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir in a bribery case.
Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest shooting spree in Thailand
A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand’s worst shooting spree before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country’s northeast on Sunday, officials said.
Fakhrul among 35 leaders who get bail
A court here on Sunday granted bail to 35 BNP leaders, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in two cases of violence filed with Shahbagh Police Station last year.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police marking its 45th founding anniversary
Dhaka, afeb 08 – The 45th founding anniversary of the Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) is being celebrated on Saturday amid festivity.
Judicial Academy to train judges on cards, says Law Minister
Dhaka, Feb 07 – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said that the government is planning to set up a National Judicial Academy at Shibchar Upazila in Madaripur considering the importance of providing training to the judges.
Man killed in mass beating after ‘stabbing wife to death’
A man was killed in a mass beating after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death over family feud in Nagarmahal road area near Hakkani Mosque in Dakkhin Keraniganj early Friday.
Bangladeshi jailed in UK for killing wife, daughters
A Bangladesh national has been sentenced to life term imprisonment by a London court for killing his wife and their two daughters on December 31, 2006.
Taliban who shot Malala escapes from Pakistan jail
Ehsanullah Ehsan, the Taliban terrorist responsible for shooting Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and carrying out the deadly Peshawar Army school terror attack in 2014-in which 132 students were killed-has escaped from prison, according to an audio…
ACC appoints investigation officers in 22 districts to nab wrong-doers
Dhaka, Feb 06 – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Thursday said that the commission has appointed investigation officers in 22 districts across the country to nab the terrorists, drug peddlers and godfathers, who were amassing wealth illegally beyond…
Chittagong City Corporation Election likely by March-end
Dhaka, Feb 06 – The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election is likely to be held in the last week of March, Election Commission sources said.
Attack on journalist on election day: Accused put on remand
A court here on Thursday placed a man on a one-day remand in a case over attacking a journalist on the day of Dhaka City Corporations elections.