Bangladesh, as an active member of OIC contact group on Rohingya issue, has emphasised a collective role of international community to address the issue.
Category: Governance
Three convicts in Kazi Aref murder case hanged
Jessore – Three condemned killers of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) founder president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other party men were hanged at Jessore Central Jail on Thursday night.
ICT takes cognizance of case against two for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday took the charges against two Kishoreganj war crimes suspects – Syed Mohammad Hossain and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan – into cognizance for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the War of…
Zia Charitable trust graft case, ACC deposition has been recorded
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday completed recording the depositions of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Harun-ur-Rashid in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case and fixed January 14 for his cross-examination. He is also the…
ICT take cognizance against two Razakars
STAFF REPORTER The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday took the charges against two Kishoreganj war crimes suspects – Syed Mohammad Hossain and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan – into cognizance for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the War…
3 to hang for Kazi Aref’s murder
Death sentences of three convicted for the 1999 killings of five JaSad leaders, including its founding president Kazi Aref, will be executed on Thursday.Executions of Safayet Hossain Habib, Anwar Hossain and Rashedul Islam Jhantu will take place at midnight at…
North Korea says it tested hydrogen bomb
NK News North Korea claimed it carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test on Wednesday, in a broadcast at midday Pyongyang time on Korean Central Television (KCTV). The announcement followed the detection of an artificial earthquake which took place two…
North Korea claims successful explosion of a Hydrogen Bomb
By Keegan Hamilton North Korea has announced that it successfully detonated a small hydrogen bomb, a declaration that followed a suspicious earthquake Wednesday near a site where the country previously conducted three nuclear weapons tests. A hydrogen bomb, also known…
Police arrests Biman employee in gold smuggling case
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested an employee of Bangladesh Biman Airlines from Uttara in the city on Tuesday night in connection with recovery of 14.5 kg gold from the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal…
Obama meets US Attorney Gen to take gun control into his own hands
By Olivia Becker President Barack Obama, officially fed up with trying to get any gun control measures through the Republican-controlled Congress, is taking matters into his own hands to enact gun control measures during his last year in office. Obama…
SC clears Nizami death penalty
The Supreme Court has cleared the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami who was earlier awarded the sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.A four-member top appeals court bench led by Chief Justice…
State to seek review of judgement against Sayedee
Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said on Tuesday the state would file a plea seeking review of the Appellate Division judgement that commuted death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee to life imprisonment. The chief state counsel said this while…
Charge-sheet submitted in Kibria murder case
A court of Habiganj on Tuesday afternoon accepted the charge sheet against 32 accused, including former State Minister Lutfozzaman Babar, in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act in connection with the grenade attack that killed former Finance Minister…
Bnp’s Jan 5 rally in city conditional, same applies to AL rally: Police
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Awami League are holding separate rallies in different areas of Dhaka on Tuesday, marking the second anniversary of the 5 January elections. Awami League has arranged two rallies at Bangabandu Avenue and another…
Cabinet approves the draft of Jute Bill, 2016
The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the Jute Bill, 2016 with a provision of maximum three years’ imprisonment or maximum Tk one lakh fine or both for the violation of the law.
Vandalism arson attack case hearing on Feb 3
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 3 for hearing on charge framing against 23 leaders and activists, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Operation to flush out attackers from Indian airbase enters second night
Pathankot, India – Indian security forces battled into Sunday evening to secure an air base near the border with Pakistan, a day after a militant attack that has killed seven military personnel and wounded another 20. As night fell, it…
No way to hold conflicting programme on January 5: DMP
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said the DMP will not allow any political party to hold any conflicting programme on January 5.
Sayedee’s verdict of death penalty reaches at Tribunal’s end
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday received the copy of the full verdict on war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee that commuted his death penalty to imprisonment until death.
7 murder accused Lt. Col Tareq takes admission in DMC
Staff Reporter Narayanganj seven murder prime accused expelled Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officer Lt Col Tareq Sayeed was admitted into the Dhaka Medical College Hospital with illness.
Five Jamaat leaders on 10-day remand
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday placed five detained leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh on a ten-day remand each in two cases filed with Rampura Police Station in the capital.
Probe report submission of 42 burn victims death on March 3
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the Submission of the probe report to March 3, 2016 in a case filed against four persons including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for the deaths of…
PM to take initiatives to rehabilitate beggers
Terming begging a mean job, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday directed the Social Welfare Ministry to take steps for the rehabilitation of those living in the streets and put an end to begging across the country.
Two sisters gang-raped in Noakhali
Noakhali – In a nefarious act, two sisters were gang-raped by a group of youths at Noannoi village in Sadar upazila on Thursday night. A case has been filed against 11 identified people and 3-4 unidentified ones with Sudharam Police…
Jammu highway on alert as Punjab air force base attack kills 6
High alert was sounded on Pathankot-Jammu highway on Saturday after terror attack in neighbouring Punjab reports, NDTV. “High alert has been sounded in Kathua district and entry into the state from neighbouring Punjab at Lakhanpur is being monitored and checked”,…
3 mirpur militant den men in remand again
A court here on Friday placed three suspected JMB members, who were arrested during a 14-hour nerve-wracking drive at a militant den in the city’s Mirpur area on December 24, on a four-day fresh remand in a case filed under…
2 walk to gallows for killing blogger Rajib
Court Correspondent The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Sunday handed death sentence to two, life term imprisonment to another convict and five-year imprisonment to Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, and various terms of imprisonment were pronounced for…
Zia Charitable Trust graft case hearing on Jan 7
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed January 7, 2016 for hearing in Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed against four people including Begum Khaleda Zia.
Bangladeshis found in Costa Rica cattle truck
Officials in Costa Rica discovered 51 migrants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq and Pakistan in a cattle truck driven by suspected people-smugglers Wednesday, authorities said.Nine migrants were from Bangladesh, twenty-six of the from Nepal, nine from Somalia, four from…
2 get death, 1 life Rajib murder
The verdict on the murder case of blogger and Ganajagaran Mancha activist Ahmed Rajib Haider will be delivered on Thursday, three years after the killing.Judge Sayeed Ahmed of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 fixed the date on Monday after the arguments…