Narsingdi, June 26 (UNB) – Teenage girl Fulan Rani Barman, who was set afire by miscreants here on June 13, died on Wednesday morning after fighting for her life for 12 days. She succumbed to her burn injuries at Dhaka…
Category: Governance
Atrocities against Rohingyas: ICC forms pre-trial chamber
Dhaka, June 26 (UNB) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has constituted pre-trial Chamber-III demonstrating further progress over ongoing process to look into the atrocities committed against the Rohingyas. The Chamber is composed of Judge Robert Fremr, Judge Olga Herrera…
Question leakage: Warrant against 78 including DU students
Dhaka, June 26 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against 78 persons including several students of Dhaka University on the charge of leaking question papers in the Dhaka University admission test. Later,…
HC summons Special Tribunal Judge for defying its stay
Dhaka, June 26 –The High Court on Wednesday summoned the judge of Dhaka’s metropolitan special tribunal-2 for defying its stay order on proceedings of a murder case. The HC bench comprising Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin…
Anti-graft body finds proof its director Basir took bribes
Dhaka, June 26 – After getting preliminary evidence of bribery allegations, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sent a letter to the department of immigration so that its suspended director Enamul Basir could not leave the country. ACC director Sheikh Md…
High Court for revival of a murder case stayed 28 years ago
Dhaka, June 26 – After lifting a 28-year old stay order on the trial proceeding of a murder case, the High Court yesterday directed the registrar general to prepare a list of the criminal cases which have been stayed following…
Conduct surveys on road-rail bridges: PM
Dhaka, Jun 25 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed the authorities concerned to conduct surveys on dilapidated rail and road bridges in the country so that necessary repair works could be done before monsoon. The Prime Minister…
BD Standards Instt contradicts DU report on ‘harmful milk’
Dhaka, June 25 – Bangladesh Standards Testing Institute (BSTI) yesterday in a report submitted before the High Court said that it did not find any harmful elements after conducting test of 18 samples of 14 brand packed-milk from the market.…
Woman police constable commits suicide in Chittagong
Chattogram, June 24 (UNB) – A police constable committed suicide at her residence under Bayazid Bostami Police Station area in the city on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Kabita Rani, 22, wife of Mithun Kuri, also a police…
UN expert fears for civilians after Burma Internet shutdown
Dhaka, June 24 (UNB) – The Myanmar government’s shutdown of mobile data networks in nine townships could have serious implications for human rights and humanitarian monitoring in the conflict areas of Rakhine and Chin States, a UN expert warned on…
Opposition BNP candidate GM Siraj wings Bogra – 6 by-election
BNP candidate GM Siraj wins the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary constituency BNP candidate GM Siraj has secured a seat in the 11th parliament after winning the by-election to the Bogura-6 (Sadar) constituency. Senior election officer Mahabub Alam Shah announced the…
Warrant against Artist Mila for not testifying before court
Dhaka, June 24 – A court of Dhaka on Sunday issued warrant of arresst against singer Mila as she did not appear in the court to testify for a long time.Judge Md Sharif Uddin of the Women and Children Repression…
Low turnout of voters mark Bogra-6 by-election
Bogura, June 24 (UNB) –Voting in the by-election to Bogura-6 constituency is underway on Monday amid a very poor response from voters at many polling stations. The balloting began at 9 am and will continue till 4 pm without any…
Opposition win in Istanbul a blow to Turkey’s Erdogan
Istanbul, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) — The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul celebrated a landmark win Sunday in a closely watched repeat election that ended weeks of political tension and broke the long hold President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party had…
By-election to BNP’s Fakhrul-vacated Bogra-6 seat Monday
Bogura, June 23 (UNB) – The by-election to Bogura-6 constituency will be held on Monday. Voting will begin at 9am and continue till 5pm without any break. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has completed all the preparations to smoothly hold the…
BD Minorities demand equal per capital allocation in budget
Dhaka, June 23 (UNB)- Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad, an umbrella platform for the country’s religious minorities, on Sunday urged the government to allocate the budget equally on a per capita basis between both the majority and minority groups…
Banani highrise fire case, Rupayan Group chairman secures bail
Dhaka, June 23 – Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group, yesterday secured bail in a case filed over the deadly fire that ripped through 22-storey FR Tower in the city’s Banani area on March 28. Magistrate Sadbir…
125 including 87 DU students charged for question paper leakage
Dhaka, June 23 – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police yesterday pressed charges against 125 people including 87 students of Dhaka University (DU) in a case filed over their alleged involvement in question paper leak. Of the accused, 47…
Budget to disparately increase living cost of low-income people
Dhaka, June 23 – Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Sunday said the proposed measures in the budget for 2019-20 fiscal year(FY) are likely to disproportionately increase the cost of living for low- and medium- income groups compared to the…
Integrity not practiced properly for lack of will: TIB
Dhaka, June 23 – Exercise of integrity is not done properly due to lack of political willingness which creates obstacles to prevent corruption, the establishment of good governance and accountability. Despite hiking allowances and salaries of the public servants—but corruption…
Two including a Rohingya killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, June 23 (UNB) – Two people, including a Rohingya man accused of human trafficking, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katabunia in Teknaf upazila on early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Md Rubel Hossain,…
300 top loan defaulters fail to repay Tk 509bn: Minister
Dhaka, Jun 22 – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday placed in Parliament the list of 300 top loan defaulters of the country involving Tk 50,942 crore (Tk 509bn). The Finance Minister made the disclosure while responding to a…
BNP to announce action programmes for Khaleda’s release
‘PM’s remarks in JS on pillow scam ‘untrue’, says Fakhrul Dhaka, June 22 – BNP on Saturday decided to announce action programmes at different divisions by a month in a bid to intensify its movement for having its chairperson Khaleda…
Put gender violence survivors in front and centre
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jun 20 2019 (IPS) – Sexual violence is still all too common and continues to threaten peace and security worldwide. How can we do better? Put survivors at the centre. Marking the International Day for the…
A half-hour away: How Trump opted against Iran strike
Washington, June 22 (AP/UNB) — The planes were ready — their deadly cargo poised for delivery within a half-hour. President Donald Trump had been given a series of options Thursday night on how to respond to Iran’s downing of an…
Suspected robber’ killed in Gazipur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) –A suspected robber and a ‘drug trader’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in Gazipur and Meherpur districts early Friday. In Gazipur, a suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members at…
Doctors reveal what Nicaragua tries to hide: HRW
Amy Braunschweiger When colleagues told him the Nicaraguan government had ordered the country’s public hospitals to turn away injured protesters, Dr Josmar Ulises Briones Montalván was shocked. “The duty of a doctor is to save lives,” he said. Briones is…
BD admin file 370 cases against shops keeping expired drugs
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Director General of the Directorate of Drug Administration Major General Md Mahbubur Rahman on Thursday said 370 cases were filed and Tk 58.57 lakh was realised in fine for keeping expired medicines in pharmacies across…
UK arms sales to Saudis suspended after court ruling
The court holds the government failed to consider violations in Yemen London – The Court of Appeal in London ruled on June 20, 2019, that the United Kingdom government’s refusal to consider Saudi Arabia’s laws-of-war violations in Yemen before licensing…
Marginal communities must increase socio-political capabilities: Rehman Sobhan
He calls for incorporating their voices in the national budget Dhaka, June 20 – Chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue Prof Rehman Sobhan on Thursday said marginal communities have to gain political power along with increasing their capabilities to end…