Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that the Bnp-led 20-party combine has turned into a ‘poisonous abscess’ for the nation, she said and urged the people to forge unity being imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation…
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13 killed in devastating plastic factory fire in Mirpur, Dhaka
At least 13 people were killed and three others injured in a devastating fire that raged a plastic factory in the city’s Mirpur area on Saturday afternoon. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, said Salimuzzaman, officer-in-charge…
Cable tv, internet lines to Khaleda’s office cut, power restored
Electricity, cable television and internet connections to Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s party office in the Gulshan Model Town of Dhaka city were snapped Saturday, in an apparent move to disrupt her communication links and also to make her continued…
Bangladesh nuclear infrastructure dev action plan approved
Russia-Bangladesh workgroup of joint coordination committee for implementing Bangladesh nuclear power programme has adopted action plan for nuclear infrastructure development in Bangladesh for next two years. The workgroup met in Dhaka from January 13th to 15th. More than 40 experts…
7 bodies recovered from sunken trawler in Cox’s Bazar
Rescuers on Friday recovered 7 bodies from inside the sunken trawler, which was heading towards Malaysia yesterday with over 50 passengers on board, in Khudiratek area under Kutubdia upazila in the Bay of Bengal, police and locals said. Superintendent of…
3 buses torched in city, 4 receive burn injuries
At least four people, including a former constable, suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in the city’s Khilgaon area on Friday night, the 25th day of the non-stop countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party…
Dr. Kamal, Manna meet Khaleda – united move for fix
Eminent jurist and president of Gano Forum Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said they were trying to resolve the current political impasse unitedly. “We are trying to resolve the crisis together. We have Manna bhai (convenor of Nagorik Oikya) and many…
72-hour hartal from Sunday against killings, attacks, threats
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday called a 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday protesting the threats by leaders of ruling Awami League to blow up BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office, call to arrest her and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives to police…
4 traders killed, 4 injured as truck hits tempo in Jhenidah
From Shahnewaz Khan Sumon Jhenidah – Four betel leaf traders were killed on the spot, four others sustained injuries, three of them critically, when a betel leaf laden tempo was hit head on by a truck on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway under…
Excessive police force not answer to petrol bomb attacks
The Bangladeshi authorities risk exacerbating an already violent situation by giving police carte blanche to use excessive force in response to a recent wave of horrific petrol bomb attacks amid ongoing violent political protests, Amnesty International said on Friday. Media…
Govt protests UN rights body’s 16-Jan statement
The government has protested the statement issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a UN body, over the country’s present situation on 16 January last. A formal letter in this regard has been sent to…
Law enforcers remain unaccountable: Human Rights Watch
Security forces carried out abductions, killings, and arbitrary arrests, particularly targeting opposition leaders and supporters. In a positive development, after years of impunity for the security forces, several members of the notorious Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were arrested following the…
Bnp rolls back plan to invite PM to Koko’s KulKhwani
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to invite Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina at her younger son’s qulkhwani, date of which is yet to be decided. Asked about qulkhwani of Koko, Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas…
Bangladesh-EU joint economic commission likely soon
A Joint Economic Commission (JEC) will be formed between Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) with a view to increasing mutual financial assistance. An EU delegation headed by its Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon informed Speaker of the House Dr Shirin Sharmin…
DU double decker torched, 8 hawkers hurt in blasts
Eight hawkers, including two siblings, suffered splinter injuries as pickets blasted two crude bombs near the city’s New Market on Thursday, the 24th day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. The injured people were…
Hamid asks law enforcers, take stern action against arson
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged the law enforcement agencies to take stern legal actions against those killing people by hurling petrol bombs and torching vehicles as they are the enemies of democracy. “You know the people of Bangladesh are…
Graft, pol pressure bedevil CAG office: TIB
Besides massive internal corruption, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is hobbled by immense political pressure distorting its recruitment process, according to a new study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). It says politicians, including ministers, MPs…
Do PM’s directives to law enforcers mean more killings: Bnp
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has said the statement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take all responsibility of law enforcing agencies to do whatever needed to ‘curb movement’ would complicate the present political situation further. “The statement of the Prime Minister…
Khaleda expresses gratitude to all for prayers, condolences
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday expressed her deep gratitude to the people of all walks of life for offering their condolences to her following the death of her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and joining his janaza across the…
Stop violence at any cost, I take liability: PM tells police
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked police to take stern action to stop violence during the ongoing BNP-sponsored transport blockade across Bangladesh. She told top police officials at a meeting in her office on Tuesday to control the ongoing violence…
Pol leaders, workers being killed on the pretext of ‘gunfight’: Rizvi
Bnp’s joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that opposition young leaders and workers now in movement were being snatched from mothrs’ laps killed by law enforcing agencies spreading manufactured stories of gunfight in the country. He said…
Rajshahi Jamaat leader killed in ‘gunfight’ with DB police
A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police in Nalkhola area under Matihar thana of Rajshahi city early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam Munsi, secretary of…
SC’s warrant of precedence verdict – coordination needed: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for a smooth and precisely better coordination among the country’s three main organs-judiciary, executive and legislative- to run the governance, otherwise a disorder may arise. “The constitution itself has earmarked the status…
Alleged robber leader killed in ‘gunfight’
The ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a gunfight with police at Obaitala in Patkelghata upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam,38, son of Babar Ali, a resident of Nawakata village of the same upazila.…
‘Extreme El Nino and La Nina events to increase in a warming world’
Peter Hannam The global climate is likely to become increasingly prone to extremes with super La Nina and El Nino events in the Pacific to almost double in frequency this century, according to Australian-led research. In a study published on…
14 apologise to ICT, 10 to defend Bergman verdict statement
Fourteen out 50 noted citizens on Tuesday apologised unconditionally before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that deals with the cases of 1971 war crimes, for making a joint statement voicing concern over its judgment punishing British-origin journalist David Bergman for contempt…
PM blames Bnp, Jamaat for terrorism, calls to help police
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the people irrespective of their political belief and opinion to extend their support to the law enforcing agencies to nab criminals and restore peace and stability in the society in the interest of country’s development.…
Koko laid to rest, record Janaza at Baitul Mukarram mosque
Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of late President Ziaur Rahman and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard at about 6:53pm after his namaz-e-janaza at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Tuesday. The body of Koko…
Army graveyard turned down, Koko’s burial at Banani
The application seeking for the burial of Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of late President Ziaur Rahman, also a former army chief, and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, at Banani Army Graveyard in the capital was turned down by the authorities…
Shibir leader under Rab cautody crashed by truck
The Nababganj City College unit Islami Chhatra Shibir president, Asadullah Tuhin, was killed as a truck ran over him at Lalapara in Sadar upazila early Tuesday while members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) along with him were reportedly carrying out…