A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan and also passed orders to send him to the jail in a case filed for shooting two people with his…
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Man held with 3 for allegedly setting wife to brothel
A court here on Thursday sent a man and his three associates to jail in a case filed for selling his wife to a brothel. The accused are Rana, who sold his wife to a brothel in Daulatdia of Rajbari…
Severe water crisis within next two decades, say experts
Bangladesh will face severe water crisis within next couple of decades due to random contamination of surface and ground water, absence of comprehensive water sharing with neighbouring countries and mismanagement in preserving rain water. According to water experts, although the…
Youths harbour negative impression about politics: TIB study
As the trust of youths in public service is fairly low, the country’s youths show highly negative impression about the level of integrity in politics, according to a new TIB study. It reveals that about 86 percent of youth have…
Suspected mugger killed in reported shootout
A suspected mugger killed in a shootout with police in the city’s North Begunbari on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Yusuf, 38, son of Abdul Ali. Officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Silpanchal Police station Mijanur Rahman said a patrol team challenged…
MP’s son Rony, in fresh remand
A Dhaka on Tuesday again placed Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a two-day fresh remand in the case filed in connection with the killing two people in the city. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Aminul Hoque…
Charge framing against 26 Bnp-men 28 July
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed July 28 to decide on whether to frame charge against 26 BNP men, including its Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for vandalism. Magistrate Md Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan…
Milky murder, further probe report sought
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred the date to submit the probe report on further investigation in the case filed in connection with the killing of Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky. Magistrate Jahangir Hossain of the Chief Metropolitan…
SC turns down petition against HC bail for Fakhrul
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday turned down the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases. A four-member bench of the…
Gas reserve now 14.16 TCF – says energy state minister
The country’s current gas reserve as of June 2015 is 14.16 TCF, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid informed Parliament on Sunday. Hamid said this replying to a starred tabled question from treasury bench member AFM…
Manager of ice cream faqctory gunned down in capital
A manager of a Ice Cream company was gunned down in the city’s Central Road of Kalabagan on early Saturday. The victim was identified as Obaidul Haque, 35, a manager of Kuality Ice cram company, a sister concern of Sanwar…
B’desh might exile Rohingya refugees to a remote island
Annie Gowen Mohammed Islam is a Rohingya Muslim who has lived in a refugee camp in Bangladesh since age 9, after his family fled religious tension in his home country of Burma, also known as Myanmar. His life is one…
Fake stamp worth Taka 61 crore recovered
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recovered fake stamps worth around Tk 60.66 crore raiding a printing press in the city’s Lalkuthi area on Friday. A special team of CID conducted the drive at the printing press located at 157 Lalkuthi of…
EU leaders agree to relocate 40,000 migrants
EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece. Summit chairman Donald Tusk said 40,000 would be relocated to other EU states over the next two…
With monsoon onset land slides down Bandarban hills: 2 killed
Two siblings were killed and their parents injured in a landslide, caused by incessant rainfall for the last four days, at Banarupa Para in Bandarban municipality area early Friday. The deceased were identified as Alif, 12, son of Abdur Razzak…
BCL cadre beat up JU students: 3 hospitalised
At least 3 students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) hospitalised after they were beaten up by Bangladesh Chhatra league (BCL) cadres, student wing of rulling party AL on the JU campus on Thursday. Sources said, Indrojit Voumik Shawon, Md. Shajahan Badsha…
Two alleged Islami militants arrested
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested two suspected Islamic Militants, including the alleged commander of a newly formed Islamic ‘jihadi group,’ from Mohammadpur area in the city on Wednesday. Three foreign made pistols, 16 roubd bullets and…
MP’s son Rony on fresh remand for killing 2
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a fresh remand of four days in a case filed in connection with the killing of two people on road of Dhaka on April…
South-south collaboration fuels uptake in renewable energy
In Asia, India and Bangladesh have the most number of jobs in renewable energy. Anna Valmero reports Innovations in the renewable energy sector will be driven by collaboration among developing countries, signalling a shift from more established economies dominating technology…
Russia-Myanmar MoU for coopin peaceful use of nuke energy
Russia and Myanmar have signed a MoU for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy during the International Economic Forum held at St. Petersburg recently. This document lays the legal foundation for interaction between two countries in the area of…
Warrant against Rafiq, 32 Bnp leaders in bomb case
A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against 33 BNP leaders including Standing Committee Member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and Joint Secretary-General Amanullah Aman in a case filed for hurling petrol bomb on a bus in Mirpur area of…
Bnp leader Papia’s bail petitions rejected
A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the bail petitions of BNP leader and former lawmaker Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia in nine cases filed in connection with the alleged arson attack and sabotage during the BNP-led 20 party alliance’s countrywide shutdown and…
Hearing on police’s 10-day remnd plea for Rony Wednesday
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed Wednesday to hear on the pleas of the detectives to place Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a 10-day remand in a case filed in connection with the shooting incident in Dilu Road of the city on…
4 of Joypurhat indigenous family Killed on hurt in family feud
A woman of an indigenous community and three more members of her family were killed and another was injured allegedly by her son-in-law over a family feud at Bhimpur in Panchbibi upazila early Saturday.
Most kangaroos are ‘left-handed’
Wild kangaroos tend to favour their left hands during common tasks like grooming and feeding, a study suggests. The researchers say this is the first demonstration of population-level “handedness” in a species other than humans, who are mostly right-handed. The…
4 ‘fake DB men’, 4 alleged muggers held in city
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan in separate drives arrested four fake DB police and four muggers from different parts of the city on Thursday night. Police also recovered one fake pistol, one handcuff, a walkie talkie, one bomb and…
One robber suspect killed 5 hurt in Kushtia, Jessore gunfights
A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Katlamari filed on the Kushtia-Meherpur road in Mirpur upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nazmul Islam Sagar, 29, son of Nazrul Islam of Khalishakundi…
Khaleda appears in makeshift court in graft case
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned till July 23 the hearing on Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 passed the order in response…
Amnesty blames Myanmar for intimidating media
Myanmar’s government is using threats, harassment and imprisonment to intimidate the media ahead of national elections later this year, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The London-based human rights group said efforts to restrict freedom of expression have intensified over the past…
HC to decide Thursday on legality of Niko graft case against Khaleda
The High Court is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday on a writ petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the Niko graft case against her after closing arguments in the trial of the case.…