In his election manifesto, the 20-party backed mayoral aspirant for Dhaka South City Corporation polls Mirza Abbas has made 98 promises under 10 points with a slogan to “build a livable city”. Afroza Abbas, wife of Mirza Abbas unveiled the…
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Murder convict Shahid Commissioner granted bail
A Dhaka court yesterday (Monday) granted bail to Md Saidur Rahman, alias Shahid Commissioner, in an arms case filed against him with Gandaria Police Station. Judge Ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the…
4th US-Bangla partnership dialogue April 29-30
The fourth Partnership Dialogue between Bangladesh and the United States will be held here on April 29-30 to review the progress and identify areas for cooperation on bilateral, regional and international priorities. It will also focus on the expansion of…
Campaign gains momentum in Dhaka city
The election campaign in Dhaka city gained momentum on Sunday with Mayoral candidates scaling up house to house visits, and addressing voters and well-wishers at different city centres. Campaign posters and banners have filled the capital city. However, people from…
7 hit by bullets in Kazi Zafarullah’s Faridpur meet
At least seven people, including a policeman, were injured by stray bullets at Awami League (AL) presidium member Kazi Zafarullah’s street rally at Kawlibera village in Bhanga upazila on Saturday morning.
7 passengers killed as 2 buses smash car in Dhamrai
Seven people, including three children, were killed as a private car got crushed between two buses on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Barbaria bus stand area of Dhamrai upazila on Saturday. All the seven people, killed in the crash, were the private…
EC discriminates against Bnp-backed candidates: Emajuddin
Convenor of Adarsha Dhaka Andolon Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed yesterday accused the Election Commission of severe discriminatory attitude towards the opposition backed candidates from carrying out their campaign ahead of the city polls in Dhaka and Chittagong on April 28.
Bnp-backed councillor candidate held in ‘sabotage’ case
Police have arrested BNP-endorsed Dhaka councillor aspirant ALM Kawsar Ahmed in Mirpur, who is accused in five cases filed over acts of sabotage. DMP earlier said they would arrest city polls candidates, accused in cases, if they do not secure…
Women take lead at 71st social business design lab
The 71st Social Business Design Lab organised by Yunus Centre took place on 16 April 2015 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. The half day long programme was chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. It brought together more than 130…
BCB XI defeats Pakistan in warm-up match
What should have been Pakistan’s opportunity for match practice turned into a Sabbir Rahman exhibition. His whirlwind 123 and a survival act by the tail-enders gave BCB XI a one-wicket win in Fatullah. The home side needed ten runs when…
Women sexually assaulted at DU Bangla New Year celebrations
Several women have been sexually assaulted by a group of rogue youths at Dhaka University when they went there to join the Bengali New Year celebrations. Bangladesh Students’ Union’s DU chapter President Liton Nandi broke his right arm during an…
Günter Grass obituary: theguardian
Jonathan Steele Günter Grass, who has died aged 87, was Germany’s best-known postwar novelist, a man of titanic energy and zest who, besides his fiction-writing, enjoyed the cut and thrust of political debate and relaxed by drawing, painting and making…
Three on remand in blogger Washiqur killing case
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Zikrullah, Ariful Islam and Saiful on a three-day remand each in the blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu murder case. Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order after Inspector of Detective Branch (DB)…
‘Gunfight’ again: Sirajganj Shibir activist killed
Anisur Rahman, a second-year intermediate student of Moulana Bhashani College, Sirajganj was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police on Sunday night. According to a message received in Dhaka the reported ‘gunfight’ took place in the Dhanmandhi area of Sirajganj…
Bus torched in city ahead of Jamaat hartal Monday
A bus was torched in the Mirpur area of Dhaka city on Sunday evening, ahead of the countrywide daylong hartal called by Jamaat for Monday. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to enforce the nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal protesting for what it said…
Appellate Div sets aside HC stay on Rizvi’s latest remand
The Supreme Court on Sunday stayed a High Court order that had stayed a lower court order placing BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on remand again in a vehicle torching case. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by…
EC decision on Army deployment April 19
The Election Commission will soon take a decision on whether the army will be deployed during the upcoming city corporation elections. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed informed the mayor and councillor candidates about the commission’s position while exchanging views…
Bnp optimistic about getting Salahuddin back alive
BNP joint secretary general Mahbub Uddin Khokon on Saturday said they believe they would get back BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed alive soon. “After a meeting with Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner we’ve become a bit optimistic that Salahuddin Ahmed is…
Upazila Jamaat secretary joins AL in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi Bagmara unit Awami League on Friday welcomed a Jamaat leader to its ranks with garlands. The new entrant to the AL was Maulana Nurul Islam, he secretary of Bagmara Upazila Jamaat. Addressing a press conference he told reporters…
UNHCHR Call to halt execution of Kamaruzzaman
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani made the following statement on Thursday. We urgently call on the Government of Bangladesh to halt the execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, which is reportedly imminent, following…
Stay in khaleda’s coalmine case extended by six months
The High Court has extended its stay order on the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The bench of Justice Md. Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed gave the order, extending the stay by six months on…
Nasir to lead BCB XI in practice match
Allrounder Nasir Hossain will lead the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI in the lone one-day practice match against visiting Pakistan schedule to be held on April 15 at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah. BCB XI squad: Imrul…
Bnp fears abduction of another city student leader
BNP yesterday expressed deep concern over the hauling of Aminul Islam Jakir, general secretary of Tejgaon unit Chhatra Dal what it claimed by members of plainclothes police on Tuesday night. BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu in a statement said…
4 killed in Habiganj auto-rickshaw tractor collision
At least four people, including a woman and a child, were killed as a tractor collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw (locally known as easy-bike) at Umednagar on the Habiganj-Nabiganj Road in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. Three of the deceased…
Appellate authority declares Tabith Awal nomination valid
Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Zillar Rahman, also the Appellate Authority, on Tuesday declared valid the nomination paper of Dhaka North City Corporation polls candidate Tabith Awal turning down an appeal filed by Sonali Bank terming him a loan defaulter. A total…
Charge sheet holds two responsible in Jihad murder case
The Investigation Officer (IO) of the Jihad murder case on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet accusing two persons. The case was filed following the death of four-year old Jihad after falling into Wasa’s deep tubewell pipe in Shahjahanpur area. Shahjahanpur…
Kazi Zafar meets Khaleda before leaving for Australia
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, chairman of the BNP-led 20-party’s component Jatiya Party (Zafar), on Monday night met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and discussed the current political situation and upcoming city polls. Kazi Zafar entered Khaleda’s residence around 6:30pm soon after she…
Bangladesh pacer Rubel exempted from rape charges
Police on Monday submitted the final report exempting cricketer Rubel Hossain from the charge of a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Capital’s Tejgaon Victim Support Centre Inspector Halima Khatun submitted the report to the Chief…
Mintoo moves the High Court to retain nomination
BNP-backed candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation polls Abdul Awal Mintoo filed a writ with the High Court on Sunday challenging the cancellation of his nomination paper. Mintoo’s lawyer Barrister Ehsanur Rahman told UNB that the hearing on the writ…
Khaleda back to her residence after 3 months
Little over two months reaning under undclared confieent at her Gulshan office, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on Sunday following granting of bail in two graft cases. From the special court at Bakshibazar in the capital…