The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Tuesday awarded death penalty to assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami ATM Azharul Islam on the charge of crimes against humanity in Rangpur during the War of Liberation of 1971. The three-member tribunal headed by its…
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said Bangladesh’s journey towards progress will get further momentum as soon as it reaches a political consensus. The Chinese Minister made the remark at a meeting with Raushon Ershad at Sonargaon Hotel…
The inspector general of police (IGP) has defended the questioning of ‘Jihad’s father Nasir Fakir but denied allegations that he was tortured in custody. Hassan Mahmood Khandker says they interrogated Fakir in a ‘friendly manner’ to ‘crack the mystery’. Fakir’s…
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its order to form a high-level committee to investigate the failure of government organisations in rescuing minor boy Jihad alive from inside the pipe of a water pump…
China on Sunday proposed signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost trade ties between the two countries, minimising the trade gap against Bangladesh. The Chinese side came up with the proposal at bilateral talks between the two…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused the government of crimes against humanity including enforced disappearance, killing and abduction. “The monster government has destroyed all the achievements of Bangladesh. Carrying out enforced disappearance is treated as crimes…
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy along with three other leaders were put on a three-day remand on Friday, following their arrest from different places in the capital. Earlier in the morning, plainclothes police arrested the senior BNP leader…
A Bangladeshi farmer was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Medinipur frontier in Jibonnagar upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Moshiur Rahman Moshi, 35, son of Abdur Rashid, resident of Harinagar village of…
An alleged mugger and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of gunfight with law enforces in Pabna and Comilla districts early Thursday. In Pabna, a mugger was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Gokulnagar…
Fourteen persons, including executive engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) of Barguna district, have been sued for illegally felling 300 valuable trees in the name of repairing flood protection embankment in Amtali Upazila.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said a process is under way to procure significant amount of military equipment from various countries including China and Serbia to make Army more modern, time befitting and all-round. She stated this while addressing…
In another controversial decision, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has relieved Awami League MP Enamul Haque of graft charges. The Commission recently cleared the ruling party MP from the allegation of illegal wealth accumulation worth Tk 213 crore, ACC officials…
Austalian aniti-terrorism police has arrested two persons in Sydney. One of the suspects was charged with breaching a control order. The arrests were related to a series of counter-terrorism raids in September, officials said. They come after Australia’s prime minister…
President Abdul Hamid returned home tonight from Kolkata after a six-day state visit to India. The President arrived in Dhaka from Kolkata at 10.50pm by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
A court in Mymensingh on Tuesday sent seven suspected activists of the banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to jail in two explosion cases. Judge of the Mymensingh Cognisance Court-2 Mehnaz Siddiqui passed the order after police produced them…
Former Jatiya Party minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 delivered the verdict in Kaiser’s presence on Tuesday. The tribunal found him guilty in 14 of the…
Police in separate drives arrested five suspected activists of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Fulbaria upazila on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Abdul Barek Munshi Bari, 45, teacher of Jorbaria Balika Dakhil Madrasah, Touhiduzzamn…
The man who shot dead two New York police officers told members of the public “watch what I’m going to do” shortly before the attack, police say. Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, had a history of violence and mental instability. Candlelit vigils…
A Dhaka court Saturday rejected bail plea of Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed in connection with his remarks against Hajj and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Metropolitan Magistrate M Rezaul Karim of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka…
A court in Narayanganj on Sunday placed another member of Rapid Action Battalion-11 – Asaduzzaman Nur – on a seven-day remand in a case filed in connection with the Narayanganj seven murders. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mahiuddin passed the order…
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday sentenced seven people upto two years simple jail on charge of manufacturing and marketing fake cosmetics in the city’s Chawkbazar area. Members of Rab-10 in a drive at Khan Market…
Fifty-one noted citiznes, writers and activists from home and abroad have expressed deep concern over the use of contempt of court law in curbing freedom of expression. In a joint statement released globally on Friday, they also expressed concern over…
The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka on Friday evening mourned the death of its citizens, including 132 schoolchildren, in a deadly terror attack in Peshawar the other day. A candle light vigil and a doa mahfil were held at the…
Zama Coursen-Neff The attack on a school in Peshwar in northwestern Pakistan that left at least 145 dead – almost all of them children – sets a new low of depravity for the Pakistani Taliban. Tragically, the attack, while horrific…
DATCO Group chairman Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher on Thursday said the graft allegation raised against him is false, fabricated and baseless and dismissed the allegation of siphoning off money, “The graft allegation raised against me is false, fabricated and baseless.…
The outgoing US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Thursday said he is proud of the current state of partnership between Bangladesh and the USA saying it has never been deeper, broader and stronger than today. “I reviewed the state of…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government has been working to establish a professional and well-trained armed forces and expressed the optimism that the Armed Forces will keep intact its role in future for fulfilling the hopes and…
A Dhaka court on Thursday summoned BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed for calling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘a killer’ and her party Awami League ‘a partyof killers’. Magistrate Adit Kumar Dey of the…
Two alleged robbers, arrested in connection with the robbery attempt in two local jewellery shops, were injured in a gunfight between police and their cohorts in the port city of Chittagong early Wednesday. The injured were identified as M Hasan…
The European Parliament has stopped short of pushing for outright recognition of a Palestinian state, urging renewed peace talks instead. Legislators voted 498-88 Wednesday in favor of a compromise resolution supporting “in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood” — but as…