The Special Court-5 of Dhaka on Wednesday fixed February 26 for delivering its judgment in a case filed over the death of four-year old child Jihad in the city’s Shahjahanpur area in 2014.
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President appoints 8 High Court judges
President Abdul Hamid in consultation with Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has appointed eight additional judges of High Court Division as judges of the same division, a law ministry release said. The eight judges are Justice S.M. Mozibur Rahman, Justice…
Somalia’s al-Shabab kills four in Puntland hotel attack
Al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two of the attackers also died, a senior Somali official said. The attack occurred in the port city of Bosasso early on Wednesday,…
Two suspected robbers killed in Bogra ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Panchpir in Kahalu upazila of Bogra district in northern Bangladesh early Wednesday.
UN: Israeli settlement law crosses ‘thick red line’
The United Nations’ Mideast envoy on Tuesday said a new Israeli law legalizing dozens of unlawful West Bank settler outposts crossed a “very thick red line,” while Israeli rights groups said they would fight to overturn the measure in the…
MIT smartwatch app that detects emotions
MIT researchers have developed new smartwatch software that understands the tone of a conversation, and can tell you if the person is happy, sad, or neutral based on their speech patterns and vitals. The researchers demoed this feature on a…
Six-student murder case, Magistrate testifies
Dhaka – A court of Dhaka on Monday fixed February 26 to cross-examine former Senior Trial Magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam in the Savar six students killing case.
DCCI for giving all taxpayers NBR’s ‘Tax Card’
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to give ‘Tax Card’ to all tax payers as an electronic smart card instead of giving it to VIPs. During a meeting with NBR chairman…
Global FDI flows fell 13% last year, bumpy recovery ahead
Geneva, 3 Feb (Kanaga Raja) – Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows declined by 13% in 2016, to reach an estimated US$1.52 trillion, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said. In its latest Global Investment Trends…
Muggers open fire on mother, daughter in Uttara, snatch money
Muggers have snatched Tk 500,000 from two women after opening fire on them in broad daylight at Uttara in the capital.Four men, riding on two motorcycles, opened fire on them in front of Jamuna Bank at Sector-3 on Sunday.
Nepal’s Capital 7th most polluted city in the world
Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has been dubbed as the seventh most polluted city in the world, thanks to rampant air and water pollution. Numbeo recently made public the pollution ranking of 290 cities around the world.With pollution index 97.73, Kathmandu featured…
Israel Arabs and Jews protest house demolitions
Tel Aviv, Feb 5 – Israeli Arabs and Jews marched arm-in-arm through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the government to stop demolishing Arab homes built without permits that it rarely grants.
Bees stop South Africa v Sri Lanka play in third ODI
A swarm of bees stopped play midway through Sri Lanka’s innings in the third one-day international against South Africa in Johannesburg.
Louvre attacker indentified as 29-year-old Egyptian national
Authorities say they believe the man who attacked soldiers in front of Paris’ Louvre Museum on Friday is a 29-year-old Egyptian national who traveled to the French capital from Dubai. Authorities have not yet formally confirmed his name or full…
24 members of ‘Islami Samaj’ held in Chittagong
Dhaka, Feb 4 – Detectives in a drive arrested 24 leaders and activists of ‘Islami Samaj’ from a house in Chittagong city’s Pahartoli area on Friday night.
China blasts Mattis remarks on East China Sea islands
Beijing, Feb 4 (AP/UNB)- China says the U.S. is putting regional stability in East Asia at risk following remarks by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that an island group China claims falls under the U.S.-Japan mutual defense treaty.
28 female Jamaat workers remanded
Dhaka – A Dhaka court has granted police two days for custodial grilling of 28 female activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami, arrested in Mohammadpur over charges of planning sabotage.
‘Island chosen for Rohingya refugees uninhabited, flooded’
The island where Bangladesh is shifting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar is a desolate landscape without buildings or human habitation, reports Reuters. According to the Reuters report titled ‘Pirates, cyclones and mud: Bangladesh’s island solution to Rohingya crisis’ published Friday, the…
Death toll rises to 8 in Khagrachhari road accident
The death toll from the road accident occurred this morning rose to eight as another victim succumed to her injuries at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Earlier, seven people were killed and 15 others injured as a cargo-loaded truck ran…
EU leaders in Malta, hoping to curb African migration
European Union leaders meet on Malta on Friday to endorse plans they hope can forestall a new wave spring of migrants sailing for Italy from Africa, but aware that anarchy in Libya means any quick fix is a long shot.…
Don’t accept child marriage in Britain either
But child marriage is legal in the UK—so why shouldn’t it be allowed here?” Those were the words of a Bangladesh government official who I met to discuss the terrible harm child marriage causes in Bangladesh, like depriving girls of…
Kuwait suspends visa in 5 Muslim-majority countries
Dhaka, Feb 3: Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for nationals of Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
Niko case charge hearing deferred to Feb 28
Dhaka – The Ninth Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the charge hearing in the Niko graft case filed against 11 persons including Begum Khaleda Zia to February 28, following a petition of the former premier, that sought…
Maoist attack kills 8 policemen in eastern India
New Delhi, Feb 2 (AP/UNB) — Police say at least eight policemen have been killed in a land mine blast suspected to have been carried out by Maoist rebels in their stronghold in eastern India.
Court asks Khaleda to appear on Feb 27
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Jude’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday directed BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear in the court on February 27 in 10 cases filed against her and others for sabotage and seditious activities, or order…
Philippine drug war killings, crimes against humanity: Amnesty
Amnesty International has accused the Philippine police of “systematically planning” extrajudicial killings in the controversial war against drugs.
Four suspected JMB men held in capital Dhaka
Dhaka, Feb 1 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected militants of JMB outfit from Dhonia in Jatrabari area of Dhaka City early Wednesday.
Daily Observer editor Iqbal Sobhan Chy sued
Dhaka – Two cases were filed on Tuesday against Prime Minister’s Media Adviser and the Daily Observer Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury for publishing a report in his daily.
EC search committee shortlists 20 names
The search committee, formed by President Abdul Hamid, on Tuesday shortlisted 20 people examining 125 names proposed by 25 political parties to appoint as new election commissioners. Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam came up with the announcement after a meeting…