The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday rejected a bail petition of former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed against him for hurting religious sentiments of the Muslims. Magistrate Asaduzzman Nur passed the order and…
An alleged extremist has died in a police encounter at Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila. Enamul Haque, 35, was shot dead near Shahidul’s Brick Field around 3am Sunday, said Mirpur Police OC Kazi Jalaluddin. He was a regional leader of the extremist…
A case was filed against 14 people, including 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, in connection with the seizure of over 124 kgs gold, the biggest-ever gold haul at Shahjalal International Airport, in 2013. Customs Inspector Mustafa Jamal filed the…
Bangladesh urged Bhutan to consider it as a partner in its future hydro-power projects as Dhaka and Thimpu on Saturday agreed to bridge the existing trade gap between two countries through the expansion of trade and commerce. The request came…
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning on a three-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. An aircraft of Royal Bhutan Airlines “Drukair” carried the Bhutanese Premier and the…
Francesco Martone Deforestation and climate change are human rights issues. Indigenous peoples must be at the forefront of future mitigation and adaptation actions. Forests have been at the centre of climate change negotiations for many years now, in particular in…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the USA had tried its best to stop the January 5 election in Bangladesh, which was inevitable to continue democracy and constitutional rule. “They (USA) tried their best to make sure that this…
A alleged ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kaukhali upazila on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Nazir Ahmed Sabuj, 40, allegedly the chief of ‘Sabuj Bahini’.…
Mohammad Zainal Abedin writes from NY Ruling Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on November 28 branded American Assistant Secretary of South Asia & Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal, as minister of ‘dhuee ana’ (two pennies). This is…
Istanbul – Landmines placed decades ago by the Turkish military have killed at least three civilians trying to flee Syria and injured at least nine others, Human Rights Watch said today. The landmines, in a restricted zone along the border…
New York – Iran’s judiciary should vacate the death sentence of a 30-year-old man who faces imminent execution for Facebook posts linked to his account. On November 24, 2014, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a criminal court ruling sentencing Soheil Arabi…
They were picked up a year back by the people who identified themselves as RAB personnel but the police unit never admitted arresting them and yet they are still missing. Families of the eight missing people appealed to the government,…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced her approval to the Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Agreement, brightening the prospect for the implementation of the long-pending deal, saying “the problem will be solved soon”. “A solution is being worked out…
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned recording the depositions of the witnesses in the case filed for killing Special Branch’s Police Officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman last year, as none turned up to testify. In the circumstances,…
A Habiganj court has ordered the resubmission of a supplementary charge sheet in former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria’s murder case, as the previous one got the names and addresses of several accused wrong. The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate…
The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) awarded death sentence to a fugitive convict while imprisoned another for life in Milton Barua murder case. Judge Rezaul Islam of the court pronounced the verdict in presence of the life term…
A court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed Abdur Rauf Daud Merchant, an alleged aid of India’s top terrorist and mafia don Daud Ibrahim, on a three-day remand in a case filed under section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure…
Police have arrested three more personnel of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over the murder of seven at Narayanganj and remanded them for questioning. Assistant Sub-inspectors Abul Kalam Azad, Bazlur Rahman and Havilder Md Nasiruddin were arrested on Monday night,…
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 here on Tuesday sentenced British origin journalist David Bergman, working at national daily the daily New Age, to jail till court hours and fined Tk 5,000 on contempt of court charge. ICT-2 Chairman Obaidul Hasan ordered…
Three alleged members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been arrested from Dhaka and on the suspicion of their being involved in bomb-making in West Bengal’s Burdwan. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman said they arrested the three alleged JMB…
Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s receiving the South-South Cooperation Visionary Award of the United Nations. Ruling Awami League MP Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh placed the motion and initiated discussions on it.
The Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited has defrauded the public of Tk 1448 crore 78 lakh 73,952. LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam informed Parliament of this on Sunday, replying to a question from ruling party MP M Israfil…
The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have taken punitive action against three teachers of the university on various charges. The actions were taken at the 456th meeting of the Syndicate held on Saturday night following recommendations of separate probe committees. RU…
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed December 7 as the date for framing charge against sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed for his blasphemous remarks on Prophet (sm) Hajj and Tablig Jamaat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Asaduzzaman…
Mir Quasem Ali who has been convicted for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, on Sunday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging theath penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-2. Mir Quasem’s lawyers submitted the…
A Jubo League activist was hacked to death and 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami Leauge and BNP in Araihazar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain…
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) has threatened to wage a non-cooperation movement from May 1, 2015, if the government fails to take concrete steps to ensure the full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord 1997 within April 30, 2015.…
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal on Saturday said the United States advocates for a strong and inclusive democracy in Bangladesh and called upon all the political parties to hold political…
Sheikh Hasina has dared her arch political rival Khaleda Zia to prove in court that she did not steal money from the fund for orphans. The prime minister made the suggestion at a meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee…
By Stephen Evans More than 120 former prostitutes who worked near a US military base in South Korea are going to court to seek compensation from the Korean government. They say the authorities actively facilitated their work – and that…