Thirty-eight intellectuals in a joint statement yesterday demanded punishment of persons those were involved in the killing of writers and publishers. “The killers are being encouraged as the trials of perpetrators are somehow being escaped,” said the statement. The statement…
The government has initiated a registration process for online newspapers, aiming to ensure various government facilities for those and also check yellow journalism.
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday felicitated Noble Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for sweeping Myanmar’s general election by her National League for Democracy (NLD)
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday issued warrant of against BNP Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a sedition case.
A court here on Sunday granted ad interim bail to Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, in a case filed for shooting a minor boy.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman “Pakbandhu” (Friend of Pakistan) at a discussion in East London.
Three members of Savar industrial police have been suspended for dereliction of duty during a sudden attack on their colleagues at a check-post in Ashulia on Wednesday that left a constable killed and another injured.
DU Correspondent………….. Two thousand and 224 hartal days have been observed in Bangladesh in the last 7 decades in which 6 hundred and 55 people died and twenty five thousands injured.
The Sector Commanders’ Forum on Friday demanded withdrawal of its press statement by Amnesty International issued on October 27 or to correct it with suitable logical words. The Sector Commanders’ Forum, an organisation of the Bangladesh Liberation War veterans and…
STAFF REPORTER The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that declared illegal the use of national anthem as a ringtone or welcome tune by the mobile operators.
Dhaka – Five people, including an unidentified woman, were killed in separate accidents in the city’s Darus Salam, Pallabi, Khilkhet and Malibagh areas on Thursday.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the date for submission of a probe report to December 30 in a case filed against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tareque Rahman for making derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Court Correspondent Russel Chowdhury alias Chakti Russel, accused in the Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case was placed on a fresh remand for five days to quiz him more about the incident.
Court Correspondent The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday fixed November 12 to pronounce the verdict in the Police Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman murder case.
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque said Bangladesh has achieved a visible success by substantially curbing religious extremist groups “Police have been taken vigorous efforts to roll back any kind of resurface of this socio-global menace,’ he…
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) issued arrest warrant against 35 BNP leaders including its Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a murder case.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed December 7 for submission of inquiry report in Publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case.
The government has suspended BNP-backed Khulna City Corporation mayor Moniruzzaman Moni as he has been charged in two violence cases.
Court Correspondent Another accused in the Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case made confessional statement yesterday (Monday) admitting his involvement in the murder and that rose the number such accused to 3.
Six cut wounds were found on the body of Faisal Arefin Dipan, publisher of Jagriti Prokashony, a publication house, who was hacked to death by miscreants on Saturday, the autopsy report says.
The speakers at a seminar titled ‘Problems and Prospects of Chittagong’ opined for undergoing development work in Chittagong on basis of consensus irrespective party affiliations for greater national interests.
The Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, has in a facebook status deplored the latest attacks against freedom of expression. A status given on the EU facebook page on Sunday is as follows:
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) cancelled the High Court judgment that acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, a close friend and business associate of BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, in a case for accumulating wealth beyond…
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson on Saturday condemned the latest attack on bloggers and publishers.
Police have found evidence over the involvement of Ariful Islam Sohel, owner of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’, in the killing of its employee Riyad.
A court here on Friday placed an employee of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’, named Jasim alias Grill Jasim, on a 7-day remand over the killing of co-worker Riyad.
Dhaka-Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in their separate drives in different areas of the capital arrested 22 people on charges of selling ‘fake question papers’ for admission to Dhaka University (DU) in last 24 hours ended at 6:00…
The Speedy Trail Tribunal-1 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) sentenced four BNP leaders and activists to death in a case lodged for killing two Awami League activists in 2003.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to ten years’ imprisonment in a case filed in connection with serial bomb blasts in Gopalganj on August 17, 2005.
BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury announces to go on retirement from politics resigning from all posts of the party on health ground. “I am a war-wounded freedom fighter. At present, I am very sick. Now, I am not in a…