Dhaka – The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of ‘The Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority Bill, 2016′, aiming to upgrade the country’s all airports to international standard ones.
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‘Punishing ministers a message for all’
The Supreme Court has said that its verdict punishing two Cabinet members for contempt is a warning for all over undermining the judiciary’s dignity. Food Minister Md Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq have been found…
Interpol lifts red alert, BNP plans legally fight Tarique ban in the media
The BNP has said it will move the court against a ban on publishing Tarique Rahman’s comments in the media, said the party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He claimed that the Interpol has withdrawn its arrest warrant…
SC fines Qamrul, Mozammel Tk 50,000 for contempt
Dhaka – The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday fined Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq Tk 50,000 each for their controversial comments about Chief Justice SK Sinha’s reported remarks during the appeal hearing of…
Further musings on the ‘Trump doctrine’
“Today one must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.” — John le Carré By John R. Haines* This essay is the companion to an earlier one[1] in which the author attempted to divine a…
AL-backed panel wins Supreme Court Bar election
STAFF REPORTER Awami League-backed Sammilita Ainjibi Samannaya Parishad known as white panel won eight posts, including the president post while BNP-Jamaat-backed lawyers’ body Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad known as blue panel bagged six posts, including the secretary post in the…
Radovan Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
The Hague — A UN court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout Bosnia’s 1992-95 war that left 100,000 people…
Angolan separatist group says it killed 30 soldiers
Reports from Angola say separatist fighters in northern Cabinda province have killed 30 soldiers in two ambushes this month.
EC asks to file cases regarding anomalies in 51 polling stations.
The Election Commission has issued directives for the presiding officers concerned to lodge cases in connection with election irregularities in 51 polling stations. “The EC issued the directives to file cases regarding anomalies in 51 polling stations on Thursday,” Deputy…
Family meets death sentenced Nizami at Kashimpur Jail
Dhaka – Family members of convicted Jamaat-e-Islami leader Matiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur jail about 20 kilometres north of the capital on Thursday. The Super of Kashimpur Jail part-2 Proshanto Kumar Banik said Nizami’s wife Samsunnahar, his two…
BNP leader hacked to death in Jessore
Dhaka – A BNP leader was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Lohapatti in Jessore district town on Wednesday night, UNB news agency reported.
HC summoned tannery owners to explain reasons of not shifting
STAFF REPORTER The High Court yesterday summoned 10 tannery owners to appear in person before it on April 10 to explain their position for not implementing its earlier order in shifting the tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar.
Post-election violence throughout the country,death roll reaches to 13
STAFF REPORTER Stray incidents of violence marked the post elections in the Union Parishad (UP) polls in different districts across the country and two more people succumbed to injuries due to election violence on Tuesday, raising the number of death…
Report submission date fixed against Khalea Zia’s case of ‘hurting religious sentiments’
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ((CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed April 18 for submission of the probe report in the case filed against Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiments of the people.
We’re changing climate at an unprecedented’ rate
By Elaisha Stokes Hardly a week goes by anymore without some scientific agency reporting that Earth has surpassed some sort of alarming threshold: biggest monthly temperature anomaly, lowest amount of sea ice in the Arctic, highest wind speeds of any…
Govt. is making a farce in the name of election: BNP
STAFF REPORTER The BNP yesterday alleged that the elections in most of the polling centres in the first phase of Union Parishad polls were rigged amid occupation of centres and stuffing of ballots.
Two election officials shot at Noakhali centre
Dhaka – An assistant presiding officer and a polling officer received injuries as miscreants opened shots at a polling centre in Char King union of Hatiya upazila on Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Two shot for ‘ballot snatching bid’ in Satkhira
Dhaka – Two people were injured in police firing during their alleged attempt to snatch ballots at Bhaghbah polling centre in Kumira union of Tala upazila on Tuesday morning, news agency UNB reported from Satkhira. Election officer AHM Qamrul Hasan…
Draft industrial policy gets cabinet clearance
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The National Industrial Policy 2016’, aiming to facilitate the rapid industrialisation in the country through updating the existing one.
Charge Sheet against Mirza Fakhrul; 33 BNP leaders
Court Correspondent Police on yesterday (Monday) submitted the charge sheet of a case against 33 BNP men, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a violence case lodged with Paltan Police Station in the capital.
Drastic fall in Ganges flow this season, says minister
Dhaka – Water resources minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Sunday said Bangladesh experienced a drastic fall in the Padma River’s water flow during this dry season. ‘Generally, we get at least 65,000 Cusec (cubic feet per second) of water in…
AL has re-fixed their Central Council session on July 10
Staff reporter The ruling Awami League yesterday re-fixed its upcoming 20th triennial Central Council session on July 10 despite the council session was supposed to hold on March 28.
Fresh contempt hearing against two ministers Mar 27
Dhaka –The Supreme Court on Sunday adjourned the hearing until March 27 on the contempt rule against two ministers for their controversial comments about Chief Justice SK Sinha in connection with the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem…
Protesters block main road to Trump rally in Arizona
Phoenix — Protesters blocked a main highway leading into the Phoenix suburb where Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump staged a campaign rally Saturday just days ahead of the Arizona primary. Tempers flared at the rally itself, but without the violence…
‘Tree man’ undergoes another surgery
Dhaka – ‘Tree Man’ Abul Bajandar, who was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with a rare skin disease, underwent another surgery on his left hand on Saturday, a month after a ‘successful’ surgery on his right hand. Burn and…
Training of 75,000 IT professionals in 3 years: Joy
Dhaka – Describing the shortage of skilled manpower as the ” biggest challenge” for Bangladesh’s further development in the IT sector, Prime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the government targeted to train up 75,000…
Cyber security expert Tanvir Hassan Zoha remain untgraced
Tanvir Hassan Zoha, who talked to the media as a cyber security specialist after the recent heist from Bangladesh Bank reserve account, has remained missing since Wednesday night. A family member of Tanvir told the Prothom Alo on Friday that…
Say no to a bad deal with Turkey
By Kenneth Roth, Salil Shetty & Catherine Woollard Let’s not confuse desperation for legality when it comes to Europe’s proposed refugee deal with Turkey. No one should be under any illusion – the very principle of international protection for those…
Kurdish separatists claim Ankara car bomb that killed 35
The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK), an offshoot of the separatist group PKK, claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in the Turkish capital city that claimed the lives of at least 35 people. The bombing in Ankara on Sunday was…
Bangabandhu’s 96th birth anniversary Thursday
Dhaka –The 96th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being celebrated across the country on Thursday with due respect. On March 17 in 1920, the architect of the nation was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj district.