Former Election Commissioner Shakhawat Hossain on Monday said now there is no environment in the country to arrange local government elections under the banners of political parties.
Category: Governance
3 suspects on 8-day remand on Tavella killing case
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday put three people on an eight-day remand each in the case filed in connection with the murder of Italian national Tavella Cesare.
Hearing deffered against 26 BNP leaders’ case
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 26 BNP men including the party Acting Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir till November 25 in a sabotage case.
3 pharmacies fined in Ctg
A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration today fined three pharmacies and seized huge quantities of food supplements and physicians’ samples from city’s Chawkbazar area.Assistant Commissioner of Chittagong District Administration Mohammad Ruhul Amin led the mobile court in Chatteshwari Road…
Man beaten to death by miscreants in Gazipur
A man of minority community was beaten to death and two women injured in an attack by miscreants in Bangram area of the city on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Joira Barman, a resident of the area.
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ in Goalundo
An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with police in Daulatdia ghat area of the upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Arshad Bepari, 30, son of Saijuddin Bepari, a resident of Uttar Daulatdia of the upazila. He was…
Rajon murder case: the accused said they are not guilty
All the arrested accused in the teenage boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case pleaded not guilty before a court on Sunday.
Former BNP MP Salauddin & Mayor Refatullah on remand
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday placed BNP Vice-President and former lawmaker Dr Dewan Mohammad Salauddin Babu and Savar Municipality mayor M Refatullah on ten days’ remand in two sabotage cases. .
ASI murder, five accused on remand
Court Correspondent A Dhadka court on Sunday placed five accused in the case filed in connection with the murder of ASI Ibrahim Mia of Darus Salam Police Station in the city on a six-day remand each.
Khijir Khan killing, Confession recorded from Tareq
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday recorded the confessional statement of Tarequl Islam alias Tareq in the murder case filed in connection with the killing of former PDB Chairman Khijir Khan.
Bnp’s ex-MP arrested Dewan Salauddin in sabotage case
Police arrested a BNP leader and former MP of Dhaka-13 contingency from Paribagh area of the city early Sunday in connection with a sabotage case. The arrested MP is Doctor Dewan Mohammad Salauddin, vice-present of Dhaka district BNP. A team…
Panel formed to investigate Ashura blasts, HM says conpiracy
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate bomb blasts at a gathering of Shia Muslim community’s headquarters in the old part of Dhaka that left one person killed.
4 arrested for bomb attack in Husnei Dalan
Police arrested four people suspecting their involvement in the bomb blasts at Huseni Dalan in Old Dhaka early Saturday.
‘Good,solid,accountable and transparent govt. system’ needed to achieve SDG
UN Resident Coordinator to Bangladesh Robert D Watkins here on Saturday laid emphasise on a solid, accountable and transparent governance system making the global efforts meaningful and thus achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Bomb attack on Shia community was pre-planned
Dhaka Metropolitan Police(DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Saturday said the bomb attack on Shia community people in Old Dhaka is a sabotage.
Ashura attack unacceptable: Robert Gibson
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson termed unacceptable the bomb attack on Ashura procession in Old Dhaka that left one killed and more than 100 injured.In a twitter message, the diplomat said he was “horrified at the attack” on…
One killed 100 hurt in crude bomb blasts at old Dhaka Shia gathering
Dhaka – Three successive explosions at a Shia Muslim gathering in Old Dhaka lef one dead and nearly 100 others wounded on early Saturday as they were preparing for a Tazia procession at the Husseini Dalan Road in Nazirabazar. Three…
Suspected criminal killed in the city in gunfight with RAB
Dhaka-A suspected criminal was killed in what law enforcers claimed a gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Satarkul road in the city’s Badda area early Friday.
ASI killernhas been identified: IGP
The Killer of assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ibrahim Mullah of Darus Salam Police Station is a member of a organization, which do not support the country’s independence as well as do not like in stability of the country.
Policeman knifed to death in Dhaka
A police ASI has been stabbed to death at a check post in Dhaka’s Gabtoli amidst heightened security for Durga Puja.The victim was identified as Darussalam Police Station Assistant Sub-Inspector Ibrahim Molla.He was stabbed at the check post in front…
Sweden in shock over deadly school attack
Sweden has reacted with shock to the killing of a teacher and pupil at a school in the west of the country, near Gothenburg, by a sword-wielding man. Police say the attacker, who was shot dead by police, is being…
Supreme court Justice Shamsuddin come under attack in London
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, a former Supreme Court judge, has come under attack in London, says his daughter Nadia Choudhury in her Facebook account.
Miscreants won’t be allowed to raise their heads: Asad
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said that the law enforcement agencies do not allow militants or terrorists to raise their heads in the country. “We have been taking action against extremists, terrorists or miscreants on the…
Parimal denies raping Viqarunnisa Noon school student
Parimal Joydhar, sacked teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College pleaded not guilty of raping his student to a court on Wednesday. Judge Saleh Uddin of Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 earlier, read out the charges brought against…
Khaleda Zia Trust graft case deposition referred to Oct 29
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred recording the depositions of the witnesses in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases to October 29. The two cases were filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and eight others.…
Furniture shop employee stabbed to death in capital
Dhaka – A furniture factory employee was stabbed to death inside the factory in the city’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday night. Being informed, a team of Jatrabari police station went to ‘Sikder Furniture’ at Dhalpur Road at around 11:00 am…
Bnp terms verdict against Khoka in graft case lopsided
BNP has termed lopsided the court verdict jailing its vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka for 13 years’ in a graft case and claimed that he did not get justice. “The main target of the trial was to harass Sadeque Hossain…
Two of ‘outlawed party’ killed in reported ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Two members of the outlawed Sarbahara Party were killed and three others injured in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Maishamara village in Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Akbar Hossain,45, and Manu…
Rajon killing: Court to record depositions of 15 witnesses again
A court here will record the depositions of 15 witnesses again on Wednesday in the teenage boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case.
Japan to withdraw 35-40 volunteers from field areas
Dhaka – Japan has decided to temporarily withdraw some 35-40 volunteers, mostly working in rural areas, as they want to take more time to get back to work, said a diplomatic source on Tuesday.