Bangladeshi border guards have sent back 136 Rohingya Muslims from Burma after a clash with a group of illegal migrants who had crossed into Bangladesh on Friday. The deportees include women and children. Reuters reported, a local commander from the…
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Bomb attack on six Jessore Bnp leaders’ homes
The houses of six BNP leaders, including its standing committee member Tariqul Islam, came under crude bomb attacks here early Friday. At least 30 crude bombs were blasted targeting the houses of the BNP leaders at Ghop, Karbala road, Dharmatala…
US FBI team visit spot spot of blogger Avijit Killing
A team of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which arrived in the capital on Wednesday, started its activities on Friday for giving support to Bangladeshi investigators to find out the killers of writer Avijit Roy, who was murdered…
Khoka, Manna charged with sedition
A sedition case has been filed against BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna. The case was filed this evening with Gulshan Police Station, police sources said. Manna was arrested following the leakage of…
Tarique, Fakhrul arrest warrant report for slander April 30
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday fixed April 30 as the date for submission of progress report in the execution of arrest warrants against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul…
Rizvi on unprecedented 7th remand for two days
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka once again placed BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on a fresh remand for two days on Wednesday, in a separate case, filed for hurling petrol bomb on a bus…
4 injured a crude bomb blast at 14-Party rally in capital
At least four people, including a local Swechhasebak League leader, were injured as a crude bomb was exploded in a protest rally of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance in the city’s Hazaribagh area on Wednesday. Police said miscreants blasted…
Hearing for retracting Khaleda arrest warrant Wednesday
Hearing on two petitions of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for withdrawal of arrest warrant is scheduled to be held Wednesday. Special Judge-3 of Dhaka, Abu Ahmed Jamadar passed the order on Tuesday noon. He will hear the petitions at…
S Jaishankar’s visit conveyed Delhi’s will to resolve problems
The visit of Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to Dhaka on the first led of his ‘Saarc Jatra’ has been marked for the change in Delhi’s policy towards its neigbours in that he communicated Delhi’s desire to ressolve problems with…
Why blockade, shutdown should not be declared illegal: HC
The High Court has issued a rule asking why the government as to why blockade and shutdown would not be declared ‘illegal’. In another rule, the bench of justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman has also…
3 die after taking toxic liquor in Bogra
Three people died reportedly after taking toxic liquor at a marriage ceremony at Bhagabanpur village in Palashbari upazila of the district. The deceased were identified as Mukhlal Das, 48, son of Motilal Das of the village, Robilal Das, 35, son…
Indian foreign secretary comes on first leg of ‘Saarc Jatra’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sending his new Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to Dhaka on Monday to reach out to the neighbours to strengthen bilateral ties. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque was scheduled to receive him at the airport…
Ctg judges leave court as lawyers protest proceedings on hartal day
Two judges in Chittagong were forced to leave the courtroom when lawyers belonging to the Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad protested against attempts to resume proceedings. Chittagong District and Sessions Judge Nurul Huda and Divisional Special Judge Ataur Rahman entered the…
Sri Lanka thrashes England, Pakistan keeps hope alive
Sri Lanka inflicted England’s third crushing defeat by a Test nation at this World Cup with a nine-wicket win on Sunday that left their opponents’ quarter-final hopes hanging by a thread as Pakistan revived their bid for a place in…
Ershad asks JP-men to prepare for polls
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday asked his party leaders and workers to prepare for the next parliament election. He said JP does not believe in going to power by killing people and it wants to go to…
Culture of impunity to blame for Avijit murder – CPJ
US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has blamed the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy on a ‘culture of impunity’ persisting in Bangladesh and called for a swift and effective probe to bring the murderers to justice. Bangladeshi authorities should swiftly…
Avijit murder case investigation given to Detective Branch
The case filed with Shahbagh police station over the gruesome killing of blogger Avijit Roy on Friday morning, has been transferred to Detective Branch (DB) of police. Contacted, officer-in-charge of the Shahbagh police Sirajul Islam said the case was shifted…
EU condemns Avijit murder, British HC shocked
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson on Friday expressed deep shock at the savage murder of Avijit Roy. The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh on Friday condemned the brutal assault and killing of blogger Avijit…
Avijit’s father Prof. Ajoy Roy files murder case
A case has been filed at city’s Shahbagh police station this morning regarding the murder of writer and blogger Abhijit Roy last night. Prof Dr Ajoy Roy, retired professor of Dhaka University physics department, and also father of the slain…
Syeed Khokan, Anisul Huq AL candidates for DCC Mayors
Awmi League has nominated Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon as mayor candidates for Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations respectively. Online portal bdnews24.com has published a news item quoting top Ganabhaban sources about the nomination of former BGMEA chief…
Tigers fall short of big lankan target, lose by 92 runs
Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed an unbeaten 161 off 146 balls and Kumar Sangakkara marked his 400th one-dayer with a century as Sri Lanka whipped butter-fingered Bangladesh by 92 runs in the World Cup on Thursday. Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for…
Motaza looks forwars to match with Sri Lanka Thursday
Bangladesh go into Thursday’s World Cup clash against Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground confident of doing well despite an uninspiring record against the former champions. Bangladesh have lost 32 of their 37 one-day internationals against Sri Lanka and…
Ongoing destructive activities led to Taka 1.2 lakh crore loss: PM
The ongoing ‘destructive activities unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat alliance’ have so far caused a loss of over Tk 1.20 lakh crore to the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. Responding to a question from M Monirul Islam…
Another dead in Magura ‘gunfight’ with police
One Daud Ali alias Tiger Daud (45), was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police in Magura in the early hours of Wednesday, according to a report reaching Dhaka. Son of Babar Ali, Daud Ali hailed from Gaiducharanpur village under…
Manna given to DB by Rab ater 21 hours, facing sedition case
Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagorik Oikya, was handed over to Detective Branch police by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday midnight. He has been shown arrested in a sedition case filed with Gulshan Police Station, according to sources.…
7 killed as autorickshaw crashed under bus in Comilla
Seven people, including two children, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chouddagram upazila on Tuesday evening. The six of the deceased were identified as Kulsum, 35, Rozina, 25, and…