BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has appeared in court on Sunday. She has been accused in accused in two cases of corruption for alleged defalcation of money of Zia Orphanage Trust. She left her Gulshan home around 10am for Old Dhaka,…
Category: Governance
Main accused in Burdwan blast arrested?
West Bengal police have reportedly arrested the main accused in Burdwan blast, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and chief commander of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangaldesh (JMB). Sajid was arrested by sleuths of Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate on Saturday afternoon from the Airport…
India nabs women suspected ‘plotting to kill Hasina-Khaleda
Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old woman who is suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The arrest came days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a…
Bangladeshi lynched on other side of Comilla border
A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death by Indian civilians along Katakbazar border in Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ershad Hossain, 30, son of Ayat Ali of Aranyapur village in the upazila. This is the…
Bank officer kills wife, son: Sequel to affair alleged
Bank officer Aman Ullan Aman allegedly chocked his wife Arju and his son Sabid to death. Aman was having an illegal affair with a friend of his own wife Arju. An uncle of Arju, Younus Hawladar filed a case against…
Dhaka sending JMB alerts for a year: Times of India
Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN New Delhi: Both the Centre and West Bengal government are currently working with great alacrity to neutralize the widespread network of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the state and rest of the country. However, had the same alertness…
The Gangs of Iraq destroy opposition in name of ISIS
Tirana Hassan ERBIL, Iraq — Marauding pro-government militias are using the fight against the Islamic State as a pretext to destroy Sunni Arab communities across the country. Behind the relative safety of the large concrete blast walls, a Kurdish Peshmerga…
President Hamid off to Beijing
President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka on Thursday night for Beijing to attend the Dialogue on Strengthening Connectivity Partnership at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. A regular flight of Singapore Airlines carrying the President took off from HazratShahjalalInternationalAirport at…
Ansarullah media wing chief on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court yesterday (Thursday) placed Ansarullah Bangla Team media wing chief, Morshed Alam alias Masum on a five-day remand after hearing on a ten-day remand plea. Magistrate M Hasibul Haque of Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court passed the…
BGB subedar beaten dead by smugglers in Satkhira
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member was beaten to death by smugglers at Laxmidanri border point in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Subedar Nazrul Islam, in-charge of Bhomra BGB camp.
EU calls on Dhaka to put on hold all pending executions
Reiterating its call for a moratorium on the use of death penalty as a first step towards its abolition, the European Union (EU) urged Bangladesh authorities on Thursday to stay all the pending executions. “We’re closely following judicial proceedings in…
Non-confirmation of HC judge: SC allows leave-to-appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed applications for leave-to-appeal against the High Court orders that had rejected two writ petitions filed seeking its directives for regularisation of the service of ABM Altaf Hossain, an unconfirmed judge. The eight-member Appellate Division…
Halt Kamaruzzaman’s execution: UN rights experts
Two United Nations human rights experts on Thursday urged the government of Bangladesh to halt the execution of war crimes convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, condemned to death for crimes against humanity. UN Special Rapporteurs on summary executions Christof…
Alleged Huji leader held in city
The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested an alleged leader of banned Islamist militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) from the city’s Syedabad area on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as M Ibrahim, 40, a leader of the…
Youngman’s body found at Dhaka’s Gulshan Lake
Police have recovered the body of a youth from the capital’s Gulshan Lake beside the deplomatic enclave and posh residential areas of Baridhar and Gulshan on Wednesday. Gulshan police OC Rafiqul Islam said locals informed police after spotting the body…
‘Jail prepares for execution’: Family members visit Kamaruzzaman
The members of the family of Jamaat’s Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Kamaruzzaman who has been convicted of crimes against humanity by the International Crimes Tribunal and sentenced to death, saw him Wednesday morning, according to various sources. Kamaruzzaman was earlier…
EU sticks to tansparent, inclusive, credible polls: Envoy
The new ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation in Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Wednesday reiterated their position for a transparent inclusive and credible election in Bangladesh putting the interests of the people first. The newly appointed Ambassador and Head…
President to leave for China Thursday
President Abdul Hamid leaves Dhaka for Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) night to attend a dialogue on strengthening connectivity partnership at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. “The President will leave Dhaka for Beijing at 11.55 pm by a regular flight…
Alleged Huji leader held in city
The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested an alleged leader of banned Islamist militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) from the city’s Syedabad area on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as M Ibrahim, 40, a leader of the…
Muslims facing problems in Australia for IS sting
Muslim immigrants in Australia are going through a tough time as some young Australian Muslims who joined IS posted some threatening videos on the internet. It has become hard for peace loving Muslim immigrants as they are facing racial abuses…
Schoolgirl hangs herself in Dhaka city
A secondary schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kodomtali in the Bashabo area of the capital on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Sadia Salam Shipun, 11, a student of class-VI of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College.
BSF detains Bangladeshi from Naogaon border
India’s Border Security Force has detained a Bangladeshi from the Naogaon border. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) identified the man as Omar Ali, 42, of Porsha Upazila’s Nitpur village. Ali was fishing along the Nitpur border on Tuesday afternoon and strayed…
BGB deployed in capital, outlying districts
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the capital as well as different parts of the country since Tuesday evening, ahead of the 48-hour hartal to be enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Wednesday. Members oftThe paramilitary force…
Review petition to follow: Defence. No scope: AG
Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam today said there is no scope for filing any petition to review the Appellate Division verdict upholding the death penalty to Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2. “I don’t think…
Maritime boundary verdict reflects India’s will: BNP
Claiming that the maritime boundary verdict reflects India’s will, BNP on Thursday alleged that Bangladesh has lost around 6,000 square kilometres of sea areas with the judgement. The party also alleged that the verdict will help India establish its absolute…
Rosatom’s Mikerin arrest in US: Russia sees political motive
Russia’s state nuclear corporation – ROSATOM suspect political motivation behind arrest of Vadim Mikerin, Head of TENAM Corporation by US FBI. TENAM Corp is the US subsidiary of, Russia’s state owned exporter of enriched uranium and products- Techsnabexport, a sister…
BSF nabs cattle trader in Baghadanga frontier
The border security force of India on Monday morning nabbed a Bangladeshi cattle trader from the Baghadanga frontier under Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah. The arrestee was identified as Tufan Hossain, 22, son of Enamul Haque of village Baghadanga under Moheshpur…
Charge-sheet against Moudud for land possession
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday submitted charge sheet to a Dhaka court in a case against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed for occupying government land abusing power. ACC Deputy Director Harun-ur-Rashid submitted charge…
US Pacific-BAF ‘Exercise Pacific Angel’ Jun 1
The US Pacific and Bangladesh air forces will jointly provide humanitarian help in an exercise in northern Bangladesh from June 1. The Bangladesh Army, Sri Lanka Air Force, Indian Air Force and different government and non-government organisations will also participate…
JMB’s Mizan sentenced to 20 years in prison
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced fugitive, Jama’at-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB) militant Jahidul Islam Sumon alias Boma Mizan to 20 years’ in prison while his life Halima Begum was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in a case filed under the…