Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad joined office on Tuesday after 43 days of stay in the United States. He returned home on Monday. Rakibuddin along with his wife went to the USA on March 3 amid the countrywide staggered…
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12 including cop hurt in Sunamganj ‘gunfight’
At least 12 people, including a policeman, were injured in a gunfight between police and robbers at Bukardanga in Chhatak upazila early Tuesday. Police arrested Raju, an alleged robber of Biswanath upazila in Sylhet, from a local bazaar under Jamalganj…
Tarek, 11 others charge-sheeted in Milky murder case
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted the charge sheet against 12 people for the murder of Juba League leader Riazul Haque Milki on Tuesday noon. Investigation Officer (IO) of RAB-1, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kazemur Rashid submitted the charge…
Snail’s pace trial of Ramna Batamul blast case
A gross mistake by the stateside in placing the documentary evidence in the court has stood in the way of disposing of the sensational Ramna Batamul blast case, already pending for 13 years. The case now lies with the court…
City traffic arrngement for New Year festival
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have imposed traffic restrictions from 5am to 9pm in some parts of the capital on Monday in view of the Bengali New Year — Pahela Baishakh – celebrations. Vehicles will not be allowed on the…
A touch of green in BJP manifesto
From S. Gopikrishna Warrier There is a kind of e-mail that does its rounds of mailboxes frequently. It is a rather long one, extolling the virtues of ancient Indian science and technology, and talking about the glory of Aryabhata, Charaka…
Khaleda-Hasina’s New Year by cards
Bangladesh’s leading ladies just seem to wish each other well by cards on occasions such as the Bangla New Year. That provides some relief to the otherwise tense confrontation that divides the country sharply and often leads to much madness…
CPD to join debate on South-South cooperation
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, will debate on South-South Cooperation at the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) to be held in Mexico on Tuesday. The Southern Voice on…
Alleged Chittagong top terror Ismail held
Police arrested local top terror Ismail Hossain alias Tempo following a gunfight in the city’s Shamserpara area early Friday. Police said they had secret information that Ismail along with his associates was holding a clandestine meeting in the area under…
8 foreigners held while fishing illegally in BD territory
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained eight foreign nationals and their two Bangladeshi watchmen from the Karnaphuli Bridge ghat here on Thursday night for illegally fishing in the Bangladesh waters.
One held for ‘indecent’ posts
A man has been arrested from Dhaka for ‘cyber crimes’, the Rapid Action Battalion says. RAB’s media wing Deputy Director Maj Rummon Mahmud said, the detainee used to post ‘objectionable’ photos on the internet. “He used to carry out propaganda…
Japan assures support for consolidation of peace, dev in CHT
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima on Wednesday visited Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and assured his support for consolidation of peace and development in the CHT region. The envoy visited small-scale irrigation and water management project carried out by Khagrachhari…
PM’s Bangla New Year’s greetings for Khaleda, Raushon, Ershad
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition Begum Raushon Ershad, PM’s Special Envoy and Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on the occasion of Bangla Nabo Borsho 1421.
3 outlaws to die for murder in Bagerhat
A court here on Wednesday sentenced three members of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML) to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a fellow party man in 2005. The condemned convicts are-Shahid Sheikh, 37, son of Mannan…
Father gets life term for raping daughter
A man from Gazipur was handed life imprisonment for raping his own daughter. Gazipur’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Fatema Najib convicted Md Farhad Hossain on Wednesday for the rape of his 19-year old daughter. She also fined him…
ACC interrogares BNP leader Mosharraf’s wife
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday interrogated BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain’s wife in a money-laundering case filed against him on February 6 last. ACC investigation officer and deputy director Ahsan Ali questioned Bilkis Akhter Hossain, wife…
Probe by CID cop’s sexual harassment of girl: HC
The High Court on Tuesday directed for conducting investigation by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police into the sexual harassment of a girl by a policeman in Pirojpur. Passing the order, an HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and…
Case against 5 including 3 cops for lifting seized gold
Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday late night filed a case against three policemen and two other persons in connection with embezzlement of seized gold bars. DB Inspector Fazlur Rahman filed the case with Rampura Police Station, said OC…
Fakhrul Islam Alamgir released on bail
Acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur. Kashimpur Jail’s Senior Superintendent Md Jahangir Kabir said Alamgir’s bail papers reached the jail at 5pm Tuesday. He was released at 7:15pm.…
Charges against Oishee for killing parents accepted
Oishee Rahman and her friends Asaduzzaman Jony and Mizanur Rahman Roni were included in a charge-sheet while the other charge-sheet recommended holding the trial of domestic help Khadiza Khatun at a juvenile court as she is underage. A total of…
18 trafficked kids back from Indian jail after 4 yrs
Indian authorities handed over 18 Bangladeshi children, who languished in jail for four years for entering the country illegally, to Bangladesh authorities at Benapole check post on Monday evening. Border Security Force (BSF) of India and its immigration police formally…
HC summons BNP central leader Gayeshwar Roy
The High Court has summoned BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy for a remark he made which the court considers defamatory. The bench of Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the suo-moto order on Monday. The BNP Standing…
Parliament adopts bills for SC Judges’ special allowances
Parliament on Monday passed the Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2014 with the provision for special allowances to the Supreme Court judges. With the passage of the bill, the chief justice, judges of the appellate and high…
ACC starts inquiry against JS Chief Whip, brother
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an inquiry against Chief Whip of Parliament ASM Feroze and his brother ABM Reza over their alleged involvement with loan forgery. The commission had asked the chief whip and his brother to appear before…
Surplus Public Servants Absorption Bill to replace annulled ordiance
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Surplus Public Servants Absorption Bill, 2014′, subject to the vetting of the Law Ministry, with a view to maintaining the continuity of the Public Servants Absorption Ordinance 1978. The approval was…
Fakhrul gets bail in bomb attack case
The High Court has granted acting BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir bail for six months in a case of bombing. The bench of Justices Borhanuddin and KM Kamrul Kader issued the order on Monday.
WTO DG, Unctad chief due by in mid-year
Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Roberto Azevêdo and Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) Mukhisa Kituyi will visit Bangladesh by the middle of the current year.
US Embassy goes tough against visa fraud; 5 held
Amid increase in submission of fraudulent documents, the US Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday advised Bangladeshi applicants to apply directly for a visa with genuine documents to avert permanent ban from entry into the United States.
Pension in organised non-govt sectoron cards: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said the government will try to introduce a pension system in the non-government organised sector within the five-year tenure of the present government.
Juba Dal chief Sohel sent to jail, JCD scy on remand
Two courts of Dhaka on Sunday sent Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal President Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel to jail rejecting his bail petitions in 11 cases. Metropolitan Magistrates Rezaul Karim and Anwar Sadat passed the order after hearing on his bail petitions.…