The Election Commission is likely to announce election schedules for some 240 municipalities on Tuesday.
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‘Bangladesh Biodiversity Bill, 2015’ approved in Cabinet
Seeking to strengthen measures for preserving the country’s biodiversity, the Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Bangladesh Biodiversity Bill, 2015’ with a provision of maximum five years jail and Tk 10 lakh fine or both for violation of…
Warrent against 21 BNP leaders on Special Power Act
A court here on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of 21 BNP leaders, including BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu, in a case filed under the Special Power Act with Airport Police Station on February 2, last.
Jamaat’s countrywide hartal passes off peacefully
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the execution of death sentence against its former secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed for his war crimes is underway peacefully on Monday. In the capital, there was no report of any…
Khulna Bnp president sent to jail in ‘subversive’ case
A Khulna court on Monday sent president of Khulna metropolitan unit of BNP Nazrul Islam Manju to jail, turning down his bail petition in a sabotage case. Judge of Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court Amirul Islam passed the order rejecting the…
Salauddin buried at Raozan ancestral home
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, hanged for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, was buried at his Gahira ancestral home in Raozan upazila on Sunday morning. He was buried beside his father Fazlul Quader Chaudhury at the family…
Mojaheed buried at Faridpur ancentral home
Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, hanged for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, was buried at his Paschim Khabashpur ancestral home in Faridpur on Sunday morning. He was buried in front of Ideal Cadet…
Khaleda Zia is returning home today
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperons Khaleda Zia is returning home today after over two months stay in British capital London for treatment.
Manch sit-in until execution of Mojaheed, Salauddin verdicts
DU Correspondent Ganajagaran Mancha announced to continue its sit-in at the Shahbag in the city until Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed and BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury verdict execution.
EU Delegation to Bangladesh condemns on the attack on Italian national
Pierre Mayaudon, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, condemns the attack on the Italian doctor and priest Piero Parolari in Dinajpur.
N. Korea declares no-sail zone on its east coast: Yonhap
Analysts suspect SLBM launch or “new type of ballistic missile” Chad O’Carroll North Korea has declared a no-sail zone along its east coast in advance of a possible missile test, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency claimed on Sunday. The no-sail…
95 hajj-umrah agencies punished for human trafficking
STAFF REPORTER The government has finally taken punitive measures against 95 hajj and umrah agencies out total 104 accused agencies including the agencies of HAAB and ATAB leaders for their involvement in human trafficking in the guise of sending people…
Govt. to build ship building at Barguna: Shahjahan
STAFF REPORTER The government has decided for building a ship building and re-cycling zone in Barguna, shipping minister Shajahan Khan said yesterday.
4 get death penalty for killing a child in Ctg.
Chittagong Bureau: A court in Chittagong convicted four persons with death sentence for alleged involvement in killing of a child Yasin Arafat Abir .
3 placed to remand on Niloy murder case
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed three accused in the blogger Niloy murder case on a five-day remand each to them about the incident.
Two more testifies in Rajeeb murder case
Court Correspondent Two more witnesses testified yesterday (Tuesday) in the blogger Rajeeb murder case. Judge Sayed Ahammed of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 recorded their depositions and they are DNA testing physician Dr Mahmud Hasan and SI Anisur Rahman of Pallabi…
Four walk to gallows in rape & killing case
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced four persons to death for killing a class-9 girl after rape in Faridpur three years back. Judge Abdur Rahman Sarder of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 also fined the Tk 20,000 each. However,…
Democracy must to guard against militancy: Maj Hafiz
BNP vice chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday warned that Bangladesh will turn into a militant country if the government does not restore democracy immediately. Speaking at a discussion, he also hinted that their chairperson Khaleda Zia will wage a fresh…
SC hearing review petitions of death sentenced Salauddin, Mojaheed
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday started hearing review petitions of war crimes convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against its verdicts upholding their death penalties for crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation…
Hearing on cricketer’s wife Nitto’s bail
Senior Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday fixed Thursday for hearing on a bail petition of Jesmin Jahan Nitto, wife of cricketer Shahadat Hossain, in a case filed for torturing their domestic help.
BNP exe-committee member Shahriar Rumy resigned
STAFF REPORTER BNP executive committee member MM Shahriar Rumy yesterday resigned from all posts of the party.
CMM testifies blogger Rajeeb murder case
Rajeeb murder (15-11) Court Correspondent Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka, who recorded the confessional statement of Mufti Mohammad Jasim Uddin Rahmani, accused in the blogger Rajeeb murder case, yesterday (Sunday) testified in the same…
Govt trying to establish one-party politics
BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Saturday alleged that government is trying to establish one-party politics in the country obliterating democracy. “If one-party politics is established in the country, we along with people will restore democracy through a movement,”…
Chittagong city to come under CCTV network soon
Police commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Abdul Jalil Mondol has said the entire city will be brought under CCTV network very soon. He disclosed this while addressing the installation ceremony of CCTV camera in Akbar Shah thana in city recently.
National Comittee on Oil-Gas terms invitation to Ramphal trap, rejects
The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and Natural Resources have rejected an invitation of the Energy and Power Ministry to visit the site of the Rampal coal-fired power plant, all-expenses paid. The committee comprising mostly Marxists, environmentalists and social…
No dialogue with Khaleda, says Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad yesterday said Khaleda is looking for dialogue but she won’t be given any of it. “BNP was called for a dialogue repeatedly but they remain unresponsive. Now they are begging it. I shall never have…
9 students jailed, 4 expelled on 3rd day of RU admission test
Eight students were sentenced to 3 months in jail and another to 6 months on for adopting unfair means in the ongoing admission test in Rajshahi University (RU) after they were produced before a mobile court here on Wednesday. Of…
Viber, WhatsApp messaging aps face closure in Bangladesh
Bangladesh government will indefinitely shut down instant messaging applications such as Viber and WhatsApp as a part of a crackdown on terrorists who uses them as a tool to communicate, Prime Miniser Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday.
Govt. to publish white paper on finance recovery from abroad: Speaker
Dhaka-Speakers at a human chain programme on Wednesday demanded to publish a white paper on illicit finance flow as well as government’s action strategies to recovery from different Tax Heavens countries like Malaysia, Switzerland Canada.
Four imprisoned in RU admission test forgery
A Mobile court on Tuesday sentenced four fake students of Dhaka University (DU) and Jahangirnagar University (JU) to different terms of imprisonment for their alleged involvement in forgery in the admission test of Rajshahi Universities under the 2015-16 academic year.