Dhaka – The National Assembly of Pakistan on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution expressing serious concerns over the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, unb news agency repored. The resolution was moved by Minister for Science and Technology…
Dhaka – State Minister for Social Welfare Promode Mankin, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in India, died early Wednesday. He was 78, unb news agency reported.
Dhaka – Motiur Rahman Nizami, hanged for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, was buried near his ancestral home in Santhia upazila after his execution in the small hours of Wednesday, unb news agency reported.
Dhaka – Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail has been beefed up after the full verdict of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami reached the jail on Monday evening, unb news agency reported.…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station for crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday sent Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Dhaka – Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar arrives here on a brief visit on Wednesday to discuss bilateral issues with high government officials, mainly the security issue, unb news agency reported. During his two-day visit, Jaishankar is likely to meet…
Dhaka – A court here on Monday granted bail to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station over crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’ s Naya Paltan office in the city,…
STAFF REPORTER The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a High Court verdict that acquitted housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain from a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.
BNP on Sunday slammed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad for his remark that the fourth phase of the Union Parishad (UP) election was fair, saying his statements and activities sound like of a clown. “The entire nation was…
Dhaka – The government filed a petition on Sunday to the Supreme Court, seeking a stay on the High Court order that had declared the 16th constitutional amendment illegal and contradictory to the constitution.
The Election Commission on Saturday postponed balloting in 51 polling stations in phase four of the Union Parishad (UP) election held on Saturday.
Dhaka – It is rare in Bangladesh to find a singer who did not sing a song on ‘mother’ sharing love, respect and sorrow, sowing the seeds of eternity, unb news agency reported. But for the first time, a group…
Three officers and three employees of the election offices here reportedly received death threat from Purba Banglar Communist Party on Friday. The threat was issued in separate calls over the mobile phones of the victims.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn to dusk countrywide hartal for Sunday protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty awarded to the party’s chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for his 1971 war crimes. Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmad and…
STAFF REPORTER Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) yesterday said the use of arms publicly in the Union Parishad (UP) polls along with violence and irregularities is ominous for democracy.
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Thursday rejected the plea of veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in a case filed for his alleged involvement in a plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb…
Dhaka – Terming haors, baors and wetlands as the lifeline of the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for proper utilisation of these resources for the betterment of people.
Dhaka, – The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the authorities concerned should not be directed to stop driving vehicles on the wrong sides of roads in the capital, unb reported.
Gazipur – Suspended Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan has been put on a three-day remand in two cases filed for sabotage.Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdul Hye granted a one-day remand when police produced Mannan before the court on Wednesday seeking…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman on a five-day remand afresh in a case filed in connection with an alleged plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister…
Police on Tuesday pressed charges against 43 leaders and activists of the then 19-party alliance, including BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed with Paltan Police Station in 2014.
News Desk The life extension project at Armenian NPP Unit 2 is going full tilt with Rosatom’s involvement. At a meeting held in late April, the project steering committee discussed results of the technical audit that involved systems and individual…
Dhaka – Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Council in a statement on behalf of the EU on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday recalled the principle that “the establishment, maintenance and fostering of an…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has branded BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as a liar and thief, and asked her not to malign Bangabandhu’s grandson, unb news agency reported. Joy, also the Prime Minister’s ICT affairs…
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been criticised online for live-tweeting the killing of Osama Bin Laden as it happened five years ago. It has shared details of the mission and intelligence that led to America’s most wanted man…
Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen has approved a five-year programme for Denmark’s development partnership with Bangladesh.
After nearly two hours of hectic efforts, firefighters brought the fire that broke out at Hasina Market in the city’s Karwan Bazar area under control around 9:55 pm on Sunday.
Dhaka – Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen has approved a five-year programme for Denmark’s development partnership with Bangladesh, unb news agency reported. The programme is aligned to the Bangladeshi government’s 7th Five Year Plan that sets out the…
Dhaka – A case has been filed in connection with the killing of Hindu tailor Nikhil Chandra Joarder, Unb mews agency reported. Victim’s wife Aroti Rani Joardar filed the case against three unidentified people with Gopalpur Police Station on Saturday…