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Law and order good: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday claimed that the country’s overall law-and-order situation is good barring some stray incidents. “Except for several murders, the overall law-and-order situation is quite good,” he said while talking to reporters after distributing food at…
Crude bombs let loose at Shahriar’s Charghat college meet
Miscreants set off two crude bombs during a meeting of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam with a college governing body in Charghat upazila on Friday night.
2 alleged Ansarallah Bangla team held in Niloy case
Plainclothes police detained two ‘members of the banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)’ here on Thursday evening in connection with blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy murder. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy commissioner (media) Muntasirul Islam said members of Detective Branch…
Amar Desh editor given 3 years in prison in ACC case
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced the daily Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to three years imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2010. Dhaka’s Third Special Court, Judge of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3…
Death toll rises to 44 in Tianjin port blasts in China
At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China’s northern city of Tianjin. Twelve firefighters were among the dead, China’s official Xinhua news agency said as it reported…
JU teacher gets 3 years in prison for wishing death of PM
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher Ruhul Amin Khondokar to three years in prison for wishing the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nazmul Haque Shyamol passed the…
37 alleged drug dealers, 3 alleged robbers held in city
Police in their anti-drug drives arrested 37 alleged drug dealers from the capital in 24 hours till 6am on Wednesday. Besides, law enforcers arrested three robbers along with four sharp weapons from Motijheel area during the period. Sources at the…
One to die, another jailed unto death for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Tuesday condemned Sheikh Sirajul Islam to death and sentenced Khan Akram Hossain of Bagerhat to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. A three-member ICT-1 bench, led by…
5 die in Pabna, 4 bodies found in Gaziapur on day before
Five people died of unnatural causes in separate incidents in different places of the Sadar, Atghoriya and Ishwardi upazilas on Tuesday. In Sadar upazila, two primary school students drowned at a water body in Kulunia village in the afternoon. The…
Fakhrul goes to USA from Singrpore for better treatment
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday night left Singapore for the USA for better medical treatment. “Mr Fakhrul Islam, accompanied by his wife Rahat Ara Begum flew to New York on advice of doctors at the…
Four bodies recovered in Gazipur in one day
Police recovered four dead bodies from different areas of the city on Monday night and Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Masum Mia, 38, a textile engineer of Devine Fabrics at Kaliakoir, Raju, 27, a businessman of Tongi BSCIC Fakir…
Order in ICT2 fresh contempt against Dr Zafrullah Aug 30
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Monday fixed August 30 for passing the order on contempt of court charges brought against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury for his derogatory remarks about the tribunal. A 3-member bench of ICT-2, headed…
Newborn dies with aunt in mishap before reaching hospital
Two people, including a new born boy baby, were killed and five others seriously injued when a CNG-run three wheeler skipped off into a roadside ditch in ccapital’s Khilgaon area on Monday evening. The victim was identified as Suraiya, 8,…
17 JMB men imprisoned for series bomb attacks of 2005
A Dhaka court on Monday imprisoned seventeen militants of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) for 10 years each in connection with their involvement in series bomb attack of 2005 in Gazipur. Judge Abdur Rahman Sarder of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka passed…
RU students demand punishment of child killers
The teachers and students of Sociology department of Rajshahi University (RU), under the banner of ‘Child Right Youth Forum’, formed a human chain on Monday demanding stoppage of child killing in the country including Rakib and Rajon murders and bringing…
Alleged robber leader killed in gunfight with cop
The ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Gopalpur village in Pangsha upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified was Abdur Rouf, 28, son of Abdur Rahman, s resident of Faziyadanga village of…
Vessels to transport cargo to northeast via Bangladesh
India and Bangladesh have signed an agreement that will allow river sea vessels (RSVs) to transport cargo to India’s northeastern region via Bangladesh, Minister of State for Shipping P. Radhakrishnan said on Thursday. “India has signed a bilateral Coastal Shipping…
Khaleda won’t appear in trust graft case Monday for illness
BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia will not be able to appear to the court on Monday in Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust graft cases due to her illness. The BNP Chairperson’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia said newsmen on Sunday, “As she…
Savage killing of blogger must not go unpunished – AI
The Bangladeshi authorities must send a strong message that killings aimed at silencing dissenting voices are despicable and will not be tolerated, Amnesty International said in reaction to the news that blogger Niloy Neel was hacked to death at his…
HR Commision chief questions sincerity of law enforcers
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman yesterday questioned the sincerity of law enforcing agencies to take necessary steps to stop killing of bloggers one after another. “How long the law enforcers will be sleeping and watching…
Opposition meetings rallies being obstructed: Gen Mahbub
BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Friday accused the government of obstructing the opposition’s democratic rights to hold rallies and meetings. “Now we have to hold indoor programmes. Our rights to hold rallies, meetings, and other…
UNDP Bangladesh condemns blogger killing
The United Nations in Bangladesh has condemned the killing of blogger Niloy Chakraborty Neel in Dhaka. In a ststement issued late on Friday by Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, UN Resident Coordinator, Robert D. Watkins, described…
BSF beats to death Bangladesh National at Naogaon border
A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Nitpur border in Porsha upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jaria Murmu, 40, a resident of Nitpur village of the upazila.
Noman for talks on fresh polls, EC reconstitution
Renewing his party’s demand for a fresh election, BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Wednesday urged the government to engage in talks for holding a fresh election and reconstitution of the Election Commission. “No undemocratic government could hang onto…
10 Bnp leaders placed on demand for ‘subversive activities’
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday placed 10 leaders of different local units of BNP on one day remand in a case for subversive activities during the hartal-blockade programmes enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance after January 5.
Yet another college girl gang-raped in capital
Yet another college girl was gang-raped by miscreants in the city’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday noon. Sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station Abdullah Biswas said the 20-year-old girl along with her boyfriend came to the house of one of the acquaintances…
83 women victims of rape in July, of them 15 gang raped
A total of 368 women were subjected to different sexual harassments , 83 of them were raped , 15 were gang raped and 9 were raped and killed and 19 came under attempted rape across the country in July. This…
Charge framing against Fakhrul 22 others deferred
A Dhaka court on Monday again deferred the hearing on framing charge against 23 leaders and activists including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to September 3 in a case filed for vandalism and arson.
Amanullah Aman sent to jail, MK Anwar gets bail
Separate courts of Dhaka on Sunday sent BNP leader Amanullah Aman to jail in 56 cases filed for arson attacks and vandalism during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s blockade and shutdown (Hartal) programme, while senior BNP leader MK Anwar was allowed…