Court Correspondent A woman on Wednesday noon filed a case against five police officials including Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jatrabari Police Station Aboni Shankar Kor and four other police personnel for allegedly assaulting her.
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HC Bail orders stayed by Apex court during last caretaker Govt.
STAFF REPORTER Bail orders of the High Court Division were frequently stayed by the Appellate Division during the initial stage of the last military caretaker government, observed Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader, who went on retirement yesterday.
‘I helped create ISIS’ – story of where did ISIS come from?
A former US Marine who served in Iraq in 2003-05 explains how much ISIS is the product of the accumulated wrongs and horrific crimes committed by the US against the Iraqi people during its genocidal military campaign in that country.…
Sagar-Runi, probe submission on Feb 28
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday once again deferred the submission of the probe report in the Sagar-Runi murder case and set February 28 for submitting the report.
Golden bar came out from human body
Court Correspondent An accused, at the custody of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday brought out four golden bars from inside his body.
BNP to celebrate Zia’s birthday tomorrow
BNP and its associate bodies will celebrate the 80th birth anniversary of party founder Ziaur Rahman across the country on Tuesday.Born on January 19, 1936 at Bagbari in Bogra, Zia had become the country’s 7th president and formed Bangladesh Nationalist…
Tennis match fixing: Evidence of suspected match-fixing revealed
By Simon Cox Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon, can be revealed by the BBC and BuzzFeed News. Over the last decade, 16 players who have ranked in…
Navy, Air Force chiefs’ ranks upgraded
Dhaka – The government has upgraded the rank of the chiefs of Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF). The rank of the Navy chief has been upgraded to Admiral from Vice Admiral while that of BAF to Air Chief…
Govt asks educational institutions to stop taking extra chrages
The government has directed all the educational institutions to immediately stop collecting additional tuition and other fees from their students.The Education Ministry issued an office order in this regard on Sunday.According to the order, many private educational institutions are taking…
Police SI suspended for assaulting Dhaka City Corporation inspector
Dhaka – Sub-inspector Arshad Hossain Akash was suspended on Saturday night for allegedly assaulting DSCC cleaning inspector Bikash Chandra Das. Maruf Hossain Sardar, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP media), said earlier a probe committee was formed to look…
BCL expels its RU unit president
Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League’s student associate on Saturday evening expelled its Rajshahi University president for violating BCL discipline and his feuds that led to several factional clashes. BCL central president Saifur Rahman Sohag confirmed the news over phone…
Asian stocks retreat amid oil plunge below $30
Jeremy Herron Dani Burger Stocks tumbled around the world, with U.S. equities sinking to their lowest levels since August, and bonds and gold jumped as oil’s plunge below $30 sent markets reeling. Treasuries extended gains as economic data and earnings…
Tigers win the first T20 against Zimbabwe
Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead in the four-match T20I series beating visiting Zimbabwe by 4 wickets with 8 balls remaining in the first match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.Replying to Zimbabwe’s 163 runs, hosts Bangladesh…
China too putting sanctions against N.Korea: Seoul
South’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Friday that China has expressed intent to participate in the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions against North Korea.China’s agreement reportedly took place in a working-level defense policy meeting with South Korea.“During the meeting…
Khaleda doesn’t appear to court
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed January 21 for cross-examining the Investigation Officer in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case.
Macro financial, price stability aim of monetary policy: Dr. Atiur Rahman
In 2015, the economy and the financial system made good progress.Despite some initial challenges, we achieved a respectable growth of 6.5 percent, and macro-financial and price stability, reaching the milestone of a lower-middle income country status. Since the last MPS,prices…
Two JMB-men including alleged police killer dead in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – Two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were killed in a gunfight with detectives in the city’s Hazaribagh area on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Hiron, 25, and Abdullah alias Noman, 30.
Sayedee to seek review of his punishment
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee will file a review petition for acquittal even though his death sentence has been reduced to prison until death.His three lawyers and son spoke to journalists of the plans after meeting him at Dhaka Central…
Trial against cricketer Shahadat & wife Nitto
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday started the process for the trial of cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmin Jahan Nitto at the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Dhaka for torturing…
Saudi prince meets Khaleda Zia
Visiting Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdullah Aziz Al Saud and his brother Prince Badar bin Abdullah met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday evening.The 40-minute meeting that began around 7:50pm was held at the BNP chief’s Gulshan residence.President of Islamic…
Delaying aging with nanoparticle in food
A study in flies suggests that iron oxide nanoparticles in food could potentially enhance lifespan by reducing oxidative stress. AsianScientist – Scientists have found that feeding flies nanoparticles can promote longevity. The results of this study have been published in…
Restrictions on power, energy top management foreign training
The Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Monday said that the ministry is planning to put restriction on foreign training and travels of the top management of power and energy sector. He was speaking as the…
Demolish tilted building at Mohammadpur in a week: Rajuk
The authorities have given the owners of a tilted building at Mohammadpur in Dhaka seven days to demolish it. The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), the capital development authority, gave the order on Monday. It declared the four-storied building at Tajmahal…
Four of Adamya BD acquitted
Court Correspondent The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 of Dhaka on Monday acquitted four members of non-profit organization- Adamya Bangladesh in a case filed on the charges of human trafficking.
HC for release of Kh Mosharraf soon
The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court (HC) order that granted a conditional bail BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
14 yrs imprisonment for cyber crimes
Observing that cyber crime is more serious than murder and rape, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday there will be provisions of maximum 14 years’ imprisonment in the proposed ‘Digital Security Act-2016’, aiming to tackle the menace.
Bishwa Ijtema ends tomorrow
The “Akheri Munajat” of the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema on the banks of river Turag at Tongi will be offered tomorrow, ending the three-day annual Muslim congregation.Tens of thousands of the Muslims from home and abroad are participating in…
How Kenya confirmed the deathbed of WTO
When the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle, Washington in 1999, the Africa paper[1] carefully prepared by the Kenya representatives to the WTO in Geneva had set the stage for the rejection of the strict intellectual property rights which…
You give me ‘H-Bomb,’ I raise you K-pop: S Korea resumes propaganda
By VICE News and Reuters Let the propaganda wars (re)begin. South Korea’s birthday gift to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, who is believed to have turned 33 today, was to turn its loudspeakers back on and denigrate his wife. In…
Anti-state criminals must be punished
Apparently referring to BNP, Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif on Friday said those who committed anti-state crimes must be punished.