A three-km long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway on Friday morning after a truck went out of order on the Meghna Bridge in Gazaria upazila, causing immense sufferings to the commuters. In-charge of Bhaberchar Police Camp sub-inspector M Kamruzzaman…
The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 of Dhaka on Thursday took into cognizance the charge sheet of the case against cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nitto in a case filed for allegedly torturing their domestic help.Judge of the…
Special Correspondent A court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 23 BNP leaders including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee members Barrister Moudud and Mirza Abbas in a case filed…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed four people, on remand for different terms to quiz them in connection with the killing of an eleven-year old schoolboy after abduction in Keraniganj of the district.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni for crimes against humanity in 1971 in Netrakona.The three-member ICT, headed by its chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, passed the order in presence of…
As authorities scramble for effective and advanced ways to counter the increasing number of rogue drones buzzing around our skies, Dutch National Police have come up with something a little more unusual: the mighty eagle.In what Dutch company “Guard from…
A Sub-Inspector of Adabar Police Station in the city was on Monday suspended as he faces charges of harassing a female private university student. Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Division) of Metropolitan Police Biplob Kumar Sarkar, told newsmen that they took the…
BNP standing committee member Brig Gen (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah yesterday said the party’s national council is likely to be held on March 19. “So far I understand, the council date has been fixed for March 19. Preparation has already…
Amid diplomatic row between Bangladesh and Pakistan, detectives here on Monday detained an official of Pakistan High Commission for his ‘suspicious movement’.
Court Correspondent The report on serving summon on Begum Khaleda Zia, in the sedition case filed against her, was submitted to the court on Sunday.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday once again deferred the submission of the probe report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting the religious sentiments of the people. Magistrate Shamsul Arefin of the Chief…
The bodies of four people, who went missing in the trawler capsize in the Meghna River on Tuesday, were recovered from the river in Haimchar upazila on Sunday.
Staff Reporter BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed yesterday said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would not have been killed if he did not establish one-party rule in the country.
France intends to make another push at trying to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has warned that if its efforts failed, it would recognise a Palestinian State.”France will engage in the coming weeks in the preparation of an international conference…
A two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) begins in the city on Saturday.The Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU), Bangladesh Parliament and Washington-based organisation Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK) are jointly arranging the summit at Pan Pacific…
Several hundred youths staged demonstrations at Shahbagh intersection in the city on Friday afternoon demanding that the upper age limit for entering the government job be raised to 35 years.Witnesses said the youths under the banner of ‘Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra…
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the government is planning to enact a liberation war denial crimes law. “Formation of a liberation war denial crimes law is the demand of time and the Law Commission is working…
Dhaka – Accusing the government of trying to annihilate Zia family, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday warned that any move to relocate their founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area would turn into a…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday unveiled the cover of the ‘Unfinished Memoirs of Bangabandhu’ (Bangabandhur Asamapto Attajiboni) in Chinese language.
Court Correspondent Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) President Rajib Ahsan was released on Wednesday from jail on bail after six moths of his arrest from Patuakhali. Rajib walked out of Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday night after his bail order reached…
Court Correspondent Another accused in the case filed in connection with collapse of Rana Plaza building was on Wednesday sent to the jail after he surrendered to the court in the case.
Standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Gayeshwar Chandra Roy asked to write down the names of three million liberation war martyrs.“History needs to be written correctly. It does not matter who puts whatever figure. Publish the names of…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the members of Bangladesh Police to be the servants of people facing all the challenges and stand beside the helpless and endangered ones as their trusted friends.
A ferry boat carrying about 60 passengers on board capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila, about 200 kilometres southeast of Capital Dhaka, on Tuesday morning.
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday said BNP will be thrown into the dustbin of history if it fails to accept the truth. “The formation of a party doesn’t mean it’ll survive forever. A party…
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has turned down the call of Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and party’s senior presidium member Begum Raushan Ershad to ‘reconsider’ his decision that brought changes in top posts.
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday said Facebook authorities will respond within 48 hours to the complaints of Bangladesh government over issues relating to violence against women and militant acts through the social networking site.
Md Akteruzzaman Liton, Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil Defence at Gazipur, said the explosion occurred around 4:30pm at Smart Metal and Chemical Industries Ltd in Gazipur city area.He said five people died on the spot.Their identy of those…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday informed diplomats from different missions about the rigging and irregularities during the recently concluded municipal polls.
STAFF REPORTER Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad yesterday said he wanted to make his wife Raushan Ershad as party co-chairman but she has become older.