Bangladesh Bar Council vice chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain on Monday said the people of the country are not safe in the hands of the current ‘illegitimate government’. “This government has assumed office illegally through holding a farcical election on January…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved a charge sheet against 40 people including some Prime Bank officials and businessmen over their alleged involvement with embezzlement of about Tk 93 crore from the bank, according to sources. “The ACC approved the…
The Election Commission said Sunday 196 candidates will contest in the election of 13 upazila parishads on May 19.
The wife of slain Narayanganj city Councillor Nazrul Islam has alleged that the police operation at prime accused Nur Hossain’s house is an eyewash. Selina Islam Beauty told bdnews24.com on Saturday that police’s failure to react immediately after the abduction…
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Saturday said Bangladesh and India must invest for each other’s futures and work together to make the best use of India’s northeast’s potential ensuring a win-win situation. “The destinies of our two people are…
Veteran Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar says he believes Narendra Modi will not be the next Prime Minister of India and that he has reasons to believe that. Speaking at a roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday he said even if Modi…
The two-day biennial German-Bangladesh consultation, 2014 will be held in the capital on May 7-8 to review the implementation of the existing German-funded projects in Bangladesh as well as their possible future funding. “The two-day consultation will focus on review…
After the local Human Chains at Road 8A and Satmasjid Road in Dhanmandi, foot overbridge on Elephant Road and BCSIR Laboratory, in front of National Museum at Shahbagh, ICDDR,B gate at Mohakhali and on Aricha Road near Jatiyo Smriti Shoudho…
Unknown miscreants have abducted a businessman in Noakhali’s Begumganj Upazila, his family says. Abul Bashar, 42, of the Upazila’s Alaiyapur village, was abducted around 10am on Friday. The family notified police in the afternoon, but declined to share details on…
Two policemen have been arrested for the alleged kidnapping of an NGO official and extortion in Kurigram. Maidul Islam, 40, was abducted on Wednesday evening. His younger brother ‘Liton’ filed an extortion case with the Kurigram Sadar Police on Thursday,…
A young man was shot to death by some miscreants at Karaitala in Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ripon Hossain, son of Helal Uddin of Baintala village in the upazila. The victim’s father said Ripon had…
Police have recovered the body of a middle-aged man on the Mirpur end of the Mirpur-Airport flyover. The man, apparently well-built physically before killing, was stripped of clothes.
Speakers at a dialogue here on Wednesday said political crisis, corruption and lack of good governance are the key barriers to elimination of poverty and inequalities from the country. Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP) in association with Global Call to Action…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP Vice-Chairman M Morshed Khan, his wife Nasrin Khan and son Faisal Morshed Khan in a money laundering case. Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman of Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court passed the…
The Election Commission will hold a coordination meeting with the government agencies concerned on May 4 to discuss the countrywide voter list updating exercise that will begin on May 15.
Women activist Shirin Huq and Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Zafarullah Chowdhury on Wednesday called all citizens to come down to streets and stage candle light protests against abductions and murders. In a message sent through email they said, “The bodies of…
Family members and relatives have indentified the bodies of three people including panel mayor Nazrul Islam that of six bodies recovered from Shitalakkhya River on Wednesday. The deceased along with Nazrul were identified as Swapon and Ibrahim, driver of…
The visiting German Parliamentary Delegation led by Member of Parliament Dagmar Woehrl, Chair of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, met Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday in Dhaka. Ms Woehrl is Chair of the Committee since 2009.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry on Tuesday recommended appointing an adequate number of judges to reduce the backlog of cases. The committee made the recommendations at its second meeting held at the Sangsad Bhaban…
Two alleged forest robbers were killed in a gunfight between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in Pashur Channel area in the Sundarbans under Mongla upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Dhalu, 28, chief of notorious…
The High Court on Sunday granted six months’ bail to BNP leader Amanullah Aman in a case filed in connection with the killing of an Islami Chhatra Shibir man in the capital last year. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima…
An alleged member of a gang involved in kidney trade has been arrested after he removed both of the kidneys of a six-year-old boy who subsequently died at Ullahparah Upazila in Sirajganj district. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Khalil,…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed June 8 for hearing on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 26 other leaders and activists of the party in three separate car vandalising cases filed with Paltan…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has revoked its ongoing probe into the non-funded part of the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam as the anti-graft body found it out of its jurisdiction. “Sonali Bank and Bangladesh Bank will conduct probes in…
Stressing that the court is the last resort to justice seekers, Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday called upon the newly-appointed judges to be careful about miscarriage of justice. “It’s the responsibility of the judges to prevent crimes providing exemplary…
A Chittagong court has sentenced eight men to life for killing a former Union Parishad (UP) member in Comilla. Judge Reza Ahmed Tarek let off one Alauddin and absolved him of the charges of murder on Sunday. Those given life…
Two persons, believed to be drug peddlers, have been killed in an encounter with RAB and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in Teknaf. The gun battle took place near the Damdamia Natural Park around 5am on Sunday, BGB 42 battalion…
A slum dweller drowned in a water body after being ‘chased by cops’ at a slum in the capital’s Mirpur area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khaleque, 40, son of late Abul Kalam of Rangpur Sadar upazila…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said Bangladesh’s relation with the United States is not ‘comfortable’ politically though the ties in economic field are okay. “Politically, their (US) pressures aren’t comfortable, not good either, and beyond norms,” he told reporters…
Police rescued a trader from Chhongachha in Sadar upazila early Friday after eight days into his abduction. The rescued is Jilur Rahman, 31, son of Abul Hossain of the area. He has an electronics goods shop at Chhangachha Bazar.