At least 50 people were injured, including two with bullets, in a series of clashes between a group of farmers and a gang hired by a sand company at Charhogla village in Shambhupur union in Sogargaon upazila on Wednesday.
Category: Governance
DB arrests Jamaat activist over death threat to politicians, intellectuals
Dhaka– Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami for issuing death threat to politicians and intellectuals from the city’s Tejgaon area on Tuesday night.
Drug peddler held with 700 Yaba pills in Benapole
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 700 pieces of Yaba tablet from Sadipur border area here on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Sona Miah, 39, son of Munnaf Ali, a resident of Sadipur village.Rafiqul Islam,…
3 bodies recovered in Gazipur
Police recovered the bodies of three people, including a schoolboy, in the district on Tuesday.Of them, the bodies of a schoolboy and an unidentified young woman were recovered from Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital and that of a man…
Parimal gets life imprisonment
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Viqarunnisa Noon School teacher Parimal Joydhar to lifetime imprisonment over a schoolgirl rape case.He was also fined Tk 50,000, in default to suffer another six months in prison.Saleh Uddin Ahmed, judge of the Women…
Alleged IS supporter caught at Badda
Detectives arrested a suspected member of Middle East-based militant outfit Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from Badda area of the city on Tuesday night.The arrested man was identified as Nahid Hossen.Tipped off, a team of the Detective Branch…
Election Commission calls partisan municipal polls Dec 30
Dhaka – Elections to 234 municipalities across the country will be held on December 30 on party basis as per a new law passed by the government. The Chief Election Commissioner announced the election schedule for the 234 municipalities out…
Oikya Parishad leader hacked
Unknown miscreants swooped on Alok Sen, the Faridpur unit general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad, with sharp weapons in front of his residence in Kamalapur area of Faridpur town on Tuesday afternoon. Alok is now undergoing treatment at Faridpur…
Bangladesh to reopen all roads to India closed in 1965
Dhaka- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on reopening roads through the frontier with India that remained closed since the 1965 India-Pakistan war to bolster Dhaka-Delhi connectivity.
Human rights body of UN calls to abolish death penalty in BD
The UN human rights body on Tuesday renewed its call to the government of Bangladesh to immediately institute a moratorium on the death penalty and ‘abolish’ this ‘inhuman practice’ altogether.
Fakhrul, Rizvi secure bail from Supreme Court
Court Correspondent The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Tuesday) granted three months’ bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three sabotage cases filed with Paltan Police Station of the city.
Youth strangled in Pabna
A young man was strangulated to death by unidentified miscreants at Munibpur village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.Identity of the deceased was could not be known immediately.
Fakhrul granted 3-month bail: Shall this end his jail-bail cycle
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted three months’ bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three arson cases filed with Paltan police station. An HC bench comprising Justice M Rezaul Haque and Justice…
Marijuana ‘shatter’ is dangerous, others say it really gets you high
Police in Illinois are warning the public about an extremely potent drug that is gaining popularity in the state, saying it can “cause users to disconnect from reality” and might even lead to “hallucinations and other types of psychosis.” The…
Bangladesh won’t accept ‘negative reaction’ from any country:Shahriar
Bangladesh will not accept any ‘negative reaction’ from any country in the world on war crimes trial, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday.
Warrent against 21 BNP leaders on Special Power Act
A court here on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of 21 BNP leaders, including BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu, in a case filed under the Special Power Act with Airport Police Station on February 2, last.
One held with firearms, ammo, drugs in Meherpur
Police arrested a man with firearms, ammunition and drugs in a drive last night from Mohammadpur village under Gangni upazila of the district.The arrested man was identified as Idris Ali, 37, a native of Mohammadpur village and son of Abdul…
Pakistan High Commissioner has been asked to visit the ministry
A senior foreign ministry official on Sunday night told that High Commissioner Shuja Alam had been asked to visit the ministry on Today.
High security measures intensified for Jamaat-e-Islami’s shutdown
Security forces on high alert amid Jamaat-e-Islami’s countrywide shutdown
IS claims to have a regional leader in Bangladesh
The Islamic State claims it now has a ‘regional leader’ in Bengal, meaning Bangladesh.
10 hurt in BCL-JCD clash
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on the Bishwanath Degree College campus in Bishwanath upazila on Saturday afternoon.Two of the injured were identified as BCL…
Modernisation of Armed forced to continue: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government is taking all necessary steps for the modernisation and expansion of the armed forces which will continue in the future. The Prime Minister said this at a reception organised at Senakunja,…
US criticizes war criminal execution
The United States is sharpening its criticism of Bangladesh’s tribunal on war crimes after death sentences were upheld this week against two influential opposition leaders, US news said quoting AP.US lawmakers overseeing foreign policy reportedly described the tribunal as “very…
Both were unmoved
War criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were ‘unflustered’ during their execution, a police official has said.BNP leader Chowdhury and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mujahid were hanged simultaneously on a single platform at Dhaka Central…
Salauddin, Mojaheed executed for war crimes
Two senior opposition political leaders, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Mohammad Mojaheed, were hanged for crimes against humanity at the Dhaka Central Central Jail minutes past Saturday midnight. The execution was carried out after their mercy petitions were rejected by the…
SQ Chy & Mojaheed hanged together
After nearly six years of long trial, condemned war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed were finally hanged at Dhaka Central Jail in the early hours of Sunday for the atrocities they had committed during the Liberation…
Security tightened in Dhaka jail
Security has been tightened in and around the Dhaka Central Jail before the execution of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.They are likely to be handed any moment.Two magistrates have reportedly entered the jail to check…
Nov 21 Armed Forces Day being observed in Bangladesh
Armed Forces Day is bring observed in Bangladesh on Saturday November 21. On this day in 1971 the members of Army, Navy and Air force of the Bangladesh liberation war were fully operational and launched a coordinated offensive against the…
HRW for halting executions of war crime convicts
TAFF REPORTER The New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday called upon the Bangladesh government to halt the imminent executions of war crime convicted Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mujaheed and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury.
ASP will face action for assault on journalist: IGP
A ‘drunk’ trainee assistant superintendent of police has assaulted a journalist who was taking photographs at a check post in Shahbagh. Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque has promised that “departmental proceedings” will be initiated against the errant official.The…