Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday recovered the body of a Bangladeshi young man, who died from electrocution, on Boikari border in Sadar upazila early Sunday.
Category: Governance
2 held with pistol, bullets in Gopalganj
Detective Branch (DB) of police on Sunday evening arrested two young men along with a pistol and two rounds of bullet in bus stand area of Kashiani upazila.
Appeals for Oishy rejected
All of the pleas filed on behalf of Oishy Rahman, arrested over the murders of her parents, have been scrapped.
Gen (retd) Mahbub alleges Int’l conspiracy in Hill Districts
DHAKA – BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday said national and international conspiracy is being hatched with the hill tracts and he called the political parties to face the conspiracy.
Nine ‘ABT Islamists’ on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed nine members of the Islamist outfit ‘Ansarulla Bangla Team’ on a five-day remand each in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorist Act.
India ‘casually’ inked land deal: BJP
India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Congress-led coalition government in New Delhi of ignoring ‘emotions’ of people living near the border with Bangladesh to ‘casually’ ink the additional protocol to the Land Boundary Agreement in September 2011.
Prosecution Witness testifies against Nizami in ICT
A freedom fighter prosecution witness on Sunday said Pakistan occupation army in association with Razakar and Al Badr, led by Motiur Rahman Nizami, had launched a horrendous operation at three villages in Pabna on May 14, 1971, killing 450 unarmed…
Arms, explosives seized in Bogra
Police seized huge arms and explosives from a students’ hostel at Malgram Adarsha College para in the district town and arrested two people in this connection on Saturday a day after the arrest of three suspected militants of new militant…
4 held in Lalmonirhat for distributing Jihadi books
Police arrested five people, including four women, along with huge banned books on Jihad from the district town on Saturday.
Militancy to be reined in: MKA
Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday said the present government is strongly committed to reining in militancy with an iron hand.
JU teachers hoist black flag
Agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) hoisted black flag on the campus on Saturday demanding resignation of Vice-Chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain.
3 held with 27,550 Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug traders along with 27,550 pieces of Yaba tablet in Ukhia bus stand area in Ukhia upazila on Friday night.
UP member among 2 held with Yaba in Comilla
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two people, including a union parishad member, along with 52 pieces of Yaba tablet at Amratoli village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
PM attends milad arranged for Ivy Rahman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday joined a Milad Mahfil held at IVY Tower at Gulshan-2 on the occasion of the 9th death anniversary of former Mohila Awami League leader Ivy Rahman.
Bangladesh-India’s IT initiatives
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is willing to set up a ‘skill development institute’ in Bangladesh partnering with the government to, what its Chairman of Eastern Region has said, “match industry requirements”. “This would be useful for industrial training…
8 suspected Islamic militants sent to Jhalakati jail
Eight of the nine suspected Islamic militants of HUJI were sent to Jhalakati jail after interrogation in Dhaka for four days during their remand.
RU BCL leader hacking: 15 Shibir activists arrested
Motihar Police arrested 15 Islami Chhatra Shibir activists suspecting their involvement in the attack on the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi University unit on Thursday night.
Ideal Cooperatives MD lands in jail
A court here on Friday sent managing director of Ideal Cooperatives Ltd (ICL) HNM Shafiqur Rahman to jail in a case filed for embezzling Tk 84.50 lakh.
5 girls back home serving 2 years in Indian jail
Five teenage girls returned home on Friday after serving two years in Indian jail.
G Azam report: Prosecutors fire broadside at HRW
The prosecutors fired a broadside at the New York-based global rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) for publishing a ‘contemptuous’ report over the International Crimes Tribunal’s judgment on former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam, a 1971 war crimes convict.
Hall Mark scam prove report in seven days
DHAKA – The report of the investigation on the Hallmark-Sonali Bank loan scandal will be submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission in seven days, said ACC secretary Md Fayzur Rahman Chowdhury on Thursday.
MK Anwar secures bail
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar in a case filed under the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Act, 2006.
Cheap politicians, land grabbers threat to Bangladesh: Mozena
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Thursday said cheap politicians and greedy land grabbers are a threat to a nation like Bangladesh.
ACC to grill eleven ICL Group officials
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will quiz 11 top officials of ICL Group, including its chairman, in connection with the alleged swindling of client’s money amounting to around Tk 7,000 crore by the Ideal Cooperative Society Limited, a sister concern…
Biswajit murder: 4 more witnesses testify
Four more prosecution witnesses gave their depositions before a Dhaka court on Wednesday in the sensational tailoring shop employee Biswajit murder case.
No decision yet on RPO change: CEC
The Election Commission has not yet taken any decision over the abolition of the clause 91 (E) of the Representation of the People Order (RPO) that empowers it to cancel the candidature of any contestant for severe violation of the…
Rony’s no objection to final report in Salman case
Awami League MP Gulam Maula Rony on Wednesday declared his no objection about the final report of police in the case he filed against the chairman of The Independent TB Salman F Rahman and two journalists of the private TV…
Fakhrul 18 other opposition leaders secure bail
Dhaka,s Additional Metropolitan Session Judges Court on Wednesday granted bail to 19 opposition BNP leaders including its Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other leaders Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Amanullah Aman and Gayes Chandra Roy in a case,…
Fakhruddin’s caretaker Govt committed big corruption: MKA
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Tuesday said the Fakhruddin-led caretaker government committed massive corruption by illegally staying in power for two years.
Army consultant on Padma project
The Bangladesh Army will oversee, as consultants, three aspects of the Padma bridge project, the Communication Minister has said.