By Reuters and VICE News Belgium has confirmed the identities of two of the assailants in the Brussels airport and metro attacks that left 31 dead, with the country’s federal prosecutor Frederic van Leeuw naming a pair of brothers among…
Category: Governance
HC summoned tannery owners to explain reasons of not shifting
STAFF REPORTER The High Court yesterday summoned 10 tannery owners to appear in person before it on April 10 to explain their position for not implementing its earlier order in shifting the tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar.
Post-election violence throughout the country,death roll reaches to 13
STAFF REPORTER Stray incidents of violence marked the post elections in the Union Parishad (UP) polls in different districts across the country and two more people succumbed to injuries due to election violence on Tuesday, raising the number of death…
Report submission date fixed against Khalea Zia’s case of ‘hurting religious sentiments’
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ((CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed April 18 for submission of the probe report in the case filed against Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiments of the people.
Boeing builds drone sub
Boeing has built unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) for patrolling the sea. The Echo Voyager is 51-feet long. It the largest in the fleet of autonomous submarines built by the defense contractor. It’s also designed to allow up to six months…
Dozens killed by multiple explosions in Brussels Airport, Subway
Explosions tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing at least 14 people and injuring another 81. Shortly afterwards, a second blast struck a metro station in the Belgian capital, close to European Union (EU) institutions,…
Nine die in rural govt UP post-election violence in Bangladesh
Dhaka – Clashes in four union councils in as many districts during the counting of votes after daylong election have left at least nine people dead, according to reports coming from the districts. All the incidents took place on Tuesday…
Tareque Sayeed’s plea to scrap another case rejected
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by sacked Rab official Tareque Sayeed seeking scrapping of another case in connection with the Narayanganj 7-murder. Selina Islam Beauty, wife of slain Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam, filed…
Polling halted in 14 Satkhira, Barisal centres
Dhaka – Polling at 13 centres was suspended in five upazilas during the first phase union parishad (UP) elections on Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported. The suspension followed an order of the Election Commission over allegations of seizing control…
Two election officials shot at Noakhali centre
Dhaka – An assistant presiding officer and a polling officer received injuries as miscreants opened shots at a polling centre in Char King union of Hatiya upazila on Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Two shot for ‘ballot snatching bid’ in Satkhira
Dhaka – Two people were injured in police firing during their alleged attempt to snatch ballots at Bhaghbah polling centre in Kumira union of Tala upazila on Tuesday morning, news agency UNB reported from Satkhira. Election officer AHM Qamrul Hasan…
All preparation done for UP polls,BNP says Ballot boxes stuffed hours ahead of voting
The countrywide Union Parishad election is going to begin on Tuesday with balloting set to take place in 718 UPs in the first phase.
Draft industrial policy gets cabinet clearance
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The National Industrial Policy 2016’, aiming to facilitate the rapid industrialisation in the country through updating the existing one.
Suspend the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises for peace
Jon Min Dok This article was contributed to NK News by the DPRK’s Institute for Disarmament and Peace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. DPRK think tank argues that nuclear deterrent is necessary as long as joint war games are…
Warrant of arrest against 21 BNP leaders a day after council
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against 21 BNP leaders in a case filed with Paltan Police Station for arson attacks.
AL candidates elected mayors in all 10 municipalities
Dhaka – Awami League candidates were unofficially elected mayors in all 10 municipalities of nine districts that went to polls on Sunday.
bKash agent killed in city
Unidentified miscreants killed a bKash agent and looted Tk 1.25 from him in the Uttar Badda area of Dhaka this morning.
SI sent to jail for harassing female university student
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Sub-Inspector Ratan Kumar Halder of Adabar Police Station to jail after rejecting his bail pleas on the charge of sexually harassing a female ASA University student in the city.
Govt issues guidelines on using social media
Public servants will have to follow social norms and customs as citizens while using the social media networking sites, according to official guidelines.They are allowed to open personal accounts in using social media sites although, the guidelines say, they must…
Fresh date for hearing against two ministers Mar 27
Dhaka-The Supreme Court adjourned on Sunday the hearing until March 27 on the contempt rule against two ministers for their controversial comments about Chief Justice SK Sinha in connection with the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali.
SI Ratan sent to jail over sexual harassment
Dhaka – Ratan Kumar Halder, suspended sub-inspector of Adabar Police Station, was sent to jail by a Dhaka court rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over sexual harassment of a female university student in the city.
Fresh contempt hearing against two ministers Mar 27
Dhaka –The Supreme Court on Sunday adjourned the hearing until March 27 on the contempt rule against two ministers for their controversial comments about Chief Justice SK Sinha in connection with the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem…
‘I led revolt much before Zia declared independence’
Former army chief KM Shafiullah says he led a revolt of Bengali soldiers in Gazipur on Mar 19, 1971, a week before Ziaur Rahman read out the declaration of independence on Mar 26, bdnew24.com reported on Saturday. A major in…
Probe body investigating 24 war crimes cases
Dhaka – The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is probing 24 more war crimes cases from across the country. “We have concluded probing 37 cases so far. Of these, the two tribunals (one is now defunct) have…
IGP for seeking int’l help in probing BB fund heist
Inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque has said if needed, help would be sought from the international agencies dealing with money laundering, for unveiling the clue to the $101 million cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank. He said this to…
Gunmen abduct two BRAC officials in Afghanistan
Two BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) officials working in Afghanistan have been abducted by unidentified gunmen. They were going from Kunduz to Baghlan when their vehicle was intercepted by armed men around 4pm Thursday. The two are BRAC Afghanistan’s chief…
Manila continues inquiry of the accused in BB fund hacking
Following Thursday’s closed door testimony of Maia Deguito, it does not appear to Senate blue ribbon committee chair Teofisto Guingona III that she is the “most guilty” of the US$81 million fund heist. The Senator concludes that more officials of…
Cyber security expert Tanvir Hassan Zoha remain untgraced
Tanvir Hassan Zoha, who talked to the media as a cyber security specialist after the recent heist from Bangladesh Bank reserve account, has remained missing since Wednesday night. A family member of Tanvir told the Prothom Alo on Friday that…
Phensidyle, yaba seized nine arrested
Dhaka – Detectives arrested five alleged criminals and recovered 1400 bottles of contraband phensidyle syrup along with one pistol from Darus Salam area in the city on Wednesday night. They arrested four others on the charge of carrying yaba tablets.…
CID holds meeting with FBI at its head office in Dhaka Friday
Dhaka – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police will hold a meeting with United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at CID headquarters in the city on Friday afternoon to discuss about the much-talked about the $101…