Dhaka – A police officer was injured in an attack by some miscreants in Gulistan area in the city on Saturday morning, unb news agency reported. Mozammel Haque, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital police camp, said some miscreants swooped…
Category: Governance
Groups exchange fire at Feni polling centre: Four shot
Feni – Four people were shot in a clash between the supporters of two member candidates over taking control of a polling centre in Shuvopur union of Chhagolnaiya upazila on Saturday morning.
Process begins for Nizami verdict execution: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said the government will follow all legal procedures for executing the verdict against Matiur Rahman Nizami sentences to death for war crimes, unb news agency reeported.
Govt official assaulted for ‘showing no respect’ to Feni AL leader
Dhaka – Parshuram Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) HM Rakib Haider was assaulted allegedly by a local Awami League leader and his men for not showing respect to him, unb news agency reported.
PM accuses BNP of plotting to kill Joy
Reiterating her firm vow not to give any room to terrorism and militancy on the soil of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said no one would be allowed to play with the fate of the country in the…
Family meets Nizami at jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday.
Highest in tax payment, yet under NBR scanner!
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has prepared a list of 50 highest taxpayers in its each tax zone and deeply monitor whether they properly paid taxes or not. “We have already started the process,” a senior NBR official told…
HC verdict over 16th amendment historical: BNP
Terming historical the High Court verdict that declared the 16th constitutional amendment illegal BNP on Friday said it has strengthened people’s confidence in the judiciary . Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail
Family members of death-row war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday. Jail sources said six members of Nizami’s family-his wife Samsunnahar Nizami, two sons– Barrister Najib Momen and Khadiza Mohsina, daughter-in-laws…
Keraniganj sweetmeat shops fined by mobile court
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) organised a mobile court which fined five sweetmeat shops of Tk 6 lakh on charge of making low quality sweetmeat in Keranigonj,on the outskirts of the capital, on Thursday. Sources at the Rab-10…
Uproar in BD Parliament as HC scraps assumed power to remove judges
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday declared the 16th amendment establishing Parliament’s power to remove the Supreme Court judges illegal and contradictory to the national Constitution. Noting that parliament members cannot go against the party decision as per the…
Investigation of violence at Hefazat-e-Islam rally not yet complete
STAFF REPORTER Investigation in most of the cases relating to the violence centering Hefazat-e-Islam rally at the city’s Shapla Chhatra has not yet been completed even after three years of the incident.
225 bottles of Phensidyl seized in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj -Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 225 bottes of Indian Pensidyl surup from a bus at Rahampur bus stand in Gomostapur upazila on Wednesday night.
Interpol experts helping CID to investigate Bangladesh Bank heist
Dhaka – A 6-member IT Forensic Expert of Interpol has started its work to help local experts of CID in connection with heist of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve Bank. The Interpol team, led…
Police suspects JMB involvement in Tangail Hindu tailor killing
Dhaka – Police suspects JMB militants were involved in minority tailor Nikhil Joarder killing in Tangail, about 100 kilometres north of here. Clue of the murder is yet to be revealed though five days have passed and the list of…
No more occupational stickers in vehicles: DMP
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah declared on Wednesday that no extra stickers containing phrases like ‘Press’, ‘Police’, ‘DMP’ or ‘Advocate’ credentials can be used in private vehicles from now on. He informed this to reporters during…
HC order on 16th Amendment Thursday
The High Court will deliver its order today (Thursday) on a writ petition challenging the 16th amendment to the Constitution. The amendment empowers Parliament to remove Supreme Court judges. On March 10, a three-member special bench of the HC, comprising…
Casino operator Wong returns another $5.3m
Dhaka – Casino junket operator Kim Wong yesterday turned over to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) the fourth and final tranche of funds amounting to P250 million ($5.3 million) which was part of the $81-million stolen by hackers from the…
Supreme Court final verdict on Nizami review Thursday
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its final verdict Thursday on a review petition filed by war crimes convict and Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences. The four-member bench…
HC rule seeks explanation on wrong side driving in Dhaka
Dhaka, – The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the authorities concerned should not be directed to stop driving vehicles on the wrong sides of roads in the capital, unb reported.
4 to die for killing man in Pirojpur
Pirojpur – A court here on Wednesday convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a man at Polaran village in Jianagar upazila in 2010. Sheuli Begum, 30, Asad Majhi, 30, Farid Ahmed Foni and Belal Gazi were…
Man found dead in Chuadanga
Chuadanga – Police recovered the body of a man from a field at Nehalpur village of Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately.
Mahmudur Rahman on a 5 day remand
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman on a five-day remand afresh in a case filed in connection with an alleged plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister…
Russia to deploy 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup
Moscow – Russia is to deploy two new divisions in the west and one in the south to counterbalance NATO’s increased military presence near Russian borders, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced. “The Defense Ministry is taking a number of measures…
Occupational stickers in vehicles barred
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah declared on Wednesday that no stickers containing ‘Press’, ‘Police’ or ‘Advocate’ credentials can be used in private vehicles from now on.
AUST teacher held over sexual harassment
Dhaka – Police arrested a teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) early Wednesday in a case filed over sexually harassing two female students of the university.
Recounting the death of Usama bin Laden, five years later
By Nick Rasmussen, Director of US National Counterterrorism Center Five years ago, I watched in the Situation Room along with President Obama, Vice President Biden, and members of the President’s national security team to see if U.S. Special Operations Forces…
EU satellite sheds light on North Korean nuclear test
Eurasia Review Data from the EU’s Sentinel 1-A satellite has revealed both upward and downward rock movements in the region where North Korea has been conducting its nuclear tests. Using images taken from a European radar satellite, researchers have learned…
US Lawmakers suspect Pentagon of lying on military sexual assault cases
By Sarah Mimms and Avi Asher-Schapiro After a night out drinking in 2007, Samantha Jackson and her husband returned home and started fooling around. Then she passed out. When Jackson awoke, she realized he was raping her. According to the…
Ansarullah Team is behind Kalabagan double murder: IGP
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Tuesday claimed that Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) is behind the Kalabagan double murder.