Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon has formally inaugurated the first of 50 promised ‘hotspots’ – limited zones offering free WiFi internet paid for by the city corporation – in the areas covered by DSCC. Dhaka, UNB News Agency…
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ACC arrests 2 more graft suspects
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested two graft suspects from Narayanganj in a graft case. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
4 JMB men including Dhaka Ameer held
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected members of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from the city’s Khilgaon and Kamalapur areas on Wednesday night.
Khaleda, 25 others charge-sheeted in violence case
Police on Wednesday afternoon submitted two charge-sheets to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 26 others in two cases filed with Darussalam Police Station of the city on the charges of…
Germany to expand its army
Germany is marching towards rebuilding what was once western Europe’s largest army, with a “long overdue” decision to recruit 14,300 additional soldiers over the next seven years, to counter modern threats and overcome pressures “in all areas.”
Nizami hanged for war crimes early Wednesday
Dhaka – War crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged in the erly hours of Wednesday for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. After long six years of trial, the 73-year-old Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was hanged…
Schoolboy beaten dead by classmates in Narsingdi
Narsingd – A schoolboy was beaten to death allegedly by two of his classmates at Khalpar in the district town on Tuesday afternoon over previous enmity.The deceased was identified as Parvez Miah, 13, son of Sattar Miah of Bilasdi in…
Decision to drop 22 FFs’ names from gazette why not illegal: HC
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision to drop the names of 22 freedom fighters of Gaibandha from the list of 479 listed freedom fighters should not be declared illegal.…
Security beefed up in Dhaka jail
Dhaka – Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail has been beefed up after the full verdict of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami reached the jail on Monday evening, unb news agency reported.…
Verdict read out, Nizami could be hanged anytime if no clemency: AG
Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Monday said jail authorities can execute war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami anytime as per the government’s order if he does not seek presidential clemency, unb news agency reported. “Nizami can be executed anytime…
HC judge feels embarrassed to hear rule against Eng Mosharraf
Dhaka – A High Court judge on Monday felt embarrassed to hear a rule issued earlier in connection with case filed against Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain for concealing information in the wealth statement, unb news agency…
Mahmudur Rahman walks to the jail
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday sent Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
5 to die for murder in Habiganj
Habiganj – A court here on Monday sentenced five people to death for killing a teenage boy in Baniachong upazila 22 years ago.The condemned convicted are Ali Haider, Habib Miah, Renu Miah and Ranju Miah of Agua village and Abdul…
Four robbers held in Manikganj
Manikganj – Police arrested four suspected robbers following an aborted robbery attempt in Gongadhorpatti area of the district town early Monday.The arrestees were identified as Piar Ali Shikder of Joymontop village, Iman Ali of Sonatengra village of Singair upazila; Liakot…
Proposal to expand Dhaka city approved
Dhaka – The government decided on Monday to incorporate 16 more unions into the two city corporations of Dhaka, expanding the area of the city by more than double. The decision was taken at the meeting of the National Implementation…
Jamaat Ameer Nizami in Dhaka Central Jail, verdict text released
Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, convicted and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in 1971 was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Sunday night, unb news agency reported.
Mirza Fakhrul granted bail in crude bomb explosion case
Dhaka – A court here on Monday granted bail to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station over crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’ s Naya Paltan office in the city,…
Mirza Fakhrul granted bail in crude bomb explosion case
Dhaka – A court here on Monday granted bail to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station over crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’ s Naya Paltan office in the city,…
MPs’ reaction to HC verdict just emotion: Anisul
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said the reaction of members of parliament to the High Court order declaring the 16th amendment illegal is an expression of emotion. “The reaction of some MPs to the High Court order…
SC overturns HC’s acquital of Engr Mosharraf from graft charges
The Supreme Court Sunday overturned a High Court verdict that acquitted housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain from a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice…
Law to be amended to gear up CHT Land Reform Com: PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government will amend the Land Reform Act, 2001 to gear up the activities of the CHT Land Reform Commission, unb news agency reported. “We’re constituting and reconstituting the Land Reform…
SC overturned a High Court verdict against minister Eng. Mosharraf Hossain
STAFF REPORTER The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a High Court verdict that acquitted housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain from a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.
BNP ridicules CEC’s fair election remark
BNP on Sunday slammed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad for his remark that the fourth phase of the Union Parishad (UP) election was fair, saying his statements and activities sound like of a clown. “The entire nation was…
Khaleda deserves death sentence for killing people: Inu
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to be condemned to death for burning people to death in the name of a movement as Jamaat leaders were sentenced to death for their war crimes, said Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on…
Grocer hacked dead in Gazipur
Gazipur -A grocery shop owner was hacked to death by miscreants at Khalpara village in Kaliganj upazila on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Sharif Hossain.
Jamaat’s 24-hr hartal underway
Dhaka – The countrywide 24-hour hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court order upholding the death penalty of its ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, is underway peacefully today (Sunday).In a jointly statement, Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmad and acting secretary…
Violence marks 4th phase rural Union Pariahad polls; 4 killed
Dhaka – Voting in the 4th phase election to 703 union parishads in 87 upazilas of the country’s 46 districts concluded amid stray incidents of violence that left two people dead and over 100 others injured in different parts of…
10,000 police to be deployed in city during Jamaat’s hartal Sunday
Around 10,000 additional police personnel will be deployed in the capital from 6:00 am on Sunday to maintain law and order during Jamaat-e-Islami’s countrywide 24-hour hartal.
Confessional statement of AUST teacher recorded over sexual harassment case
A court here on Saturday recorded the confessional statement of Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), in a case filed over sexual harassment of female students of the university.
Voting postponed in 51 UP polling stations: EC
The Election Commission on Saturday postponed balloting in 51 polling stations in phase four of the Union Parishad (UP) election held on Saturday.