A two-member probe panel was formed on Sunday to look into Friday’s crude bomb explosions near Khulna City Corporation vehicle in front of the Chamber Bhaban in Khulna city. The vehicle was to carryIndian Commissioner Pankaj Saran.
Category: Governance
‘Govt illegally halts Amar Desh publication’
Amar Desh executive editor Syed Abdal Ahmad on Monday alleged that the government has taken all the measures to illegally stop the publication of the vernacular daily.
Judges’ salary hike: Govt stance irks SC
The Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday for hearing a government petition over the implementation of raising the salary and other allowances of its subordinate court judges as recommended by the Judicial Service Pay Commission (JSPC).
Dhaka for Muslims-Buddhists dialogue in Rakhine
Dhaka has urged the international community to encourage Myanmar to create an environment conducive to dialogue between Muslims and Buddhists in the Rakhine State and other sectarian flashpoints. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said this at the OIC Contact Group Meeting…
PM fails providing security to people: BNP
Adviser to BNP Chairperson Shusuzzaman Dudu on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina failed to provide security to common people and she should quit.
16 killed in attack on Somali Supreme Court
Nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists, most wearing suicide vests, stormed Somalia’s main court complex on Sunday while the Supreme Court was in session, firing a barrage of bullets during a running gun battle with security forces that lasted two hours, officials…
FM blames BNP for inciting Jamaat
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni alleged that Jamaat-Shibir conducted “barbaric violence” in the country as opposition BNP incited them in the last four years.
Stuck in traffic jam, yet the revellers happy
Those came out of their houses with friends and families to welcome the Bangla New Year suffered a lot due to unusual traffic congestions in many parts of the capital.
Tk 1 cr worth heroin recovered in Dinajpur
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovered one kilogram heroin worth one crore taka from a train.
Delhi on blasts near vehicle that was to carry HC
New Delhi has said they have no cause for concern over the explosions near Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran’s vehicle in Khulna. “Since those explosions, High Commissioner has received a large number of calls conveying concern to him and assuring…
Mahmudur’s arrest: Journos’ hunger strike Monday
Journalists will observe a token hunger strike on Monday protesting the arrest of Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman. Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists(BFUJ) announced the programme from a meeting jointly organised…
Hefajat’s Sylhet grand rally held
Hefajat-e-Islam on Saturday held its divisional grand rally in the City Point here to drum up support in favour of its 13-point demand including punishment to ‘atheist bloggers’.
Formalin still being widely used
“No market will ever be ‘completely formalin-free’ despite being declared as such,” said Farid Uddin while buying fish from the capital’s Kaptan Bazar – home to a thriving kitchen market that was declared “formalin-free”.
Blast near car that was to carry Indian HC
Khulna: Bomb blased in front of a car of the Khulna City Corporation, which was to carry Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Pankaj Saran on Friday. Three people were injured in the blast.
Political parities urged not to enforce hartal during O, A-level exams
English Medium School Students-Guardians Forum on Thursday urged the political parties not to enforce any agitation programme like hartal, blockade and long march during the upcoming O-level and A-level examinations beginning on May 7 under the Cambridge and Edexcel syllabuses.
B’desh can go ‘exceptional’ in MDGs: Experts
Bangladesh’s remarkable progress in achieving a number of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the reduction of poverty, primary school enrolment and maternal health, could be the foundation for an exceptional performance across all indicators by 2015, speakers said at…
AHRC concerned at sliding HR situation
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday expressed grave concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh, especially the safety of Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in custody.
PM meets acting President
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on acting President Abdul Hamid at his resident in parliament area on Wednesday.
Next polls to be critical: Dipu Moni
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday said the next general election will be a critical threshold for Bangladesh’s journey onwards.
Shibir set to enforce hartal today
After three consecutive days’ nationwide hartal from Monday, the country goes into the grip of another shutdown as Islami Chhatra Shibir, the associate body of Jamaat-e-Islami, is set to enforce a countrywide daylong general strike on Thursday.
Country faces judicial terrorism: BNP
Dissatisfied over sending top opposition leaders to jail turning down their bail petitions, BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed on Sunday said the country is now facing judicial terrorism.
Prosecution wants ICT to send Alim to safe custody
State counsel filed a petition with International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 seeking to send BNP leader Abdul Alim, who was under trial for crimes against humanity during 1971 liberation war, in safe custody.
Shibir calls hartal for Thursday
Chhatra Shibir, the student organisation backed by Jamaat-e-Islami, called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting torture of its president and demanding release of him.
Security beefed up for Pahela Baishakh: Tuku
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku on Tuesday said additional security measures have been taken across the country, especially at Ramna Batamul, for peaceful holding of different programmes, including rallies at Dhaka University, on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.
Int’l tenders for Padma project by June
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the government would invite international tenders by June next for the construction of the country’s much-hyped 6.15-kilometre long Padma Multipurpose Bridge project.
Top BNP leaders held for subversion: Govt
State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam on Tuesday said it had become inevitable to take legal actions against top BNP leaders as they made an attempt to make the state dysfunctional.
No change in corporate tax, no new tax: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of changing the corporate tax rates in the next budget and said there would not be any new tax.
3 Heart Foundation doctors indicted for wrong treatment
A Dhaka court on Monday framed charges against four people, including three physicians of Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, in a case filed for a patient’s death due to wrong treatment.
Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dies at 87
Margaret Thatcher, the combative “Iron Lady” who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising years as prime minister, has died.
End to political unrest by one month: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday assured ambassadors of the European Union (EU) of overcoming the existing political unrest within a month.