Awami League (AL) leaders were involved in the 1975 killings of the four national leaders at the Dhaka Central Jail, BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has alleged. “The four leaders were killed at the prison in 1975. We do not…
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Kamaruzzaman shifted to Dhaka central jail
Condemned war crimes convict M Kamaruzzaman was taken to Dhaka central jail from Kashimpur jail on Tuesday. Kamaruzzaman, who was kept at Part-2 condemned cell of Kashimpur jail, was taken to Dhaka in a prison van around 11:45 am amid…
Jamaat to enforce 48-hr hartal from Wednesday
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to enforce another spell of countrywide 48-hour hartal on Wednesday protesting the death sentence awarded to its two leaders for war crimes. The fresh shutdown will begin at 6am on Wednesday and end at 6am on…
BGB deployed in capital, outlying districts
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the capital as well as different parts of the country since Tuesday evening, ahead of the 48-hour hartal to be enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Wednesday. Members oftThe paramilitary force…
Holy Ashura observed recalling Karbala tragedy
The Muslims in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world observed the holy Ashura on Tuesday marking the 10th day of Muharram with due religious solemnity and in a befitting manner. The day was observed as a symbol of “sacrifice and…
Bangladesh amass 433 as Shakib, Tamim hit tons
Famed allrounder Shakib Al Hasan scored a brilliant ton and well supported by opener Tamim Iqbal saw Bangladesh amassed a massive total in their first innings scoring 433 for all in 158.5 overs against Zimbabawe in the second Test of…
Fight with spirit of Ashura to restore democracy: Khaleda
Accusing the government of snatching people’s all rights, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged all to get prepared for a struggle imbued with the spirit of the holy Ashura to ‘restore democracy’ in the country. “The current regime which…
Cut ties with war criminals, Hasina tells Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to cut ties with war criminals, terrorists and militants, saying there will be no place for them in the country. “It is good to wage movement along…
Refusal of midterm polls will bring setback: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday said the ruling Awami League may face mid-term set back if they fail to give a mid-term election. “We want to say that Awami League does not want to leave luxury…
Jamaat adds Wednesday to its hartal series
The Jamaat hartal also included Wednesday, the day after the holy Ashura forcing the educations boards to reschedule the JSC and JDC exams. Jamaat-e-Islami, a major party of the BNP-led political alliance, yesterday called the latest hartal for Wednesday as…
Review petition to follow: Defence. No scope: AG
Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam today said there is no scope for filing any petition to review the Appellate Division verdict upholding the death penalty to Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2. “I don’t think…
Power restored in most of Bangladesh: Questions remain
Power has been restored in most of Bangladesh, a day after the impoverished, energy-starved nation was plunged into a nationwide blackout. THE outage happened after a transmission line from neighbouring India failed, officials said. The blackout swept across Bangladesh at…
SC upholds death penallty against Kamaruzzaman
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Monday upheld the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 verdict sentencing Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death for committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division…
Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian prime minister
Narendra Modi has been sworn in as India’s new prime minister in a ceremony in the forecourt of the presidential palace in Delhi. Mr Modi took the oath before thousands of guests, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.…
CNG auto-rickshaw owners’ 72-hr strike in city Tuesday
Dhaka Metropolitan CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Malik Samity Oikya Parishad will go on a 72-hour strike in the city on Tuesday demanding the extension of economic lifespan of the vehicle by four years more. Nearly 13,000 CNG-run three-wheelers are now plying the…
Hasina, Abe for cooperation in global peace-building
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in a joint statement issued on Monday affirmed deepening bilateral and multilateral cooperation in peacekeeping and peace-building efforts across the globe. The 21-point joint statement came after a summit-level talk…
3 BASIC Bank branches barred from disbursing loans
The central bank has prohibited three BASIC Bank branches in the capital from disbursing loans on charges of irregularities and corruption. The branches are Dilkusha, Shantinagar and Gulshan branches, a Bangladesh Bank spokesperson said on Monday.
Economic disparity is intensifying: Serajul Islam Chy
Prof Emeritus of Dhaka University (DU) Serajul Islam Choudhury on Monday observed that the economic disparity is intensifying in the country despite a long struggle and many changes. In his deliberation of the ‘Nazmul Karim Study Centre Lecture 2014’ at…
Adel ordered attack on Ekram, Jahed tells court
Jahid Chowdhury alias Jahed, one of the masterminds of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram killing, on Monday told a local court that ruling party leader Jahangir Kabir Adel alias Jahangir Adel had ordered physical assault on Ekram and vandalising…
Khaleda’s Munshiganj rally Wednesday: Undeclared emergency: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday alleged that an emergency like situation is prevailing in the country. BNP joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed made the allegation while briefing reporters at party head office at Naya Paltan in the city. “The misrule…
DU sacks teacher, expels over 100 students
The Dhaka University has fired a teacher for falsifying research and expelled 102 students from different departments and affiliate colleges for cheating in examinations. The syndicate took the decisions at a meeting on Sunday night, Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique…
Alleged mastermind Jihad in Ekram murder arrested
Local Awami League leader Jahid Chowdhury alias Jihad, one of the masterminds of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram killing, was arrested at Barahipur in the district town on Sunday. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in…
BNP demos protest police foiling its rally
BNP staged demonstrations across the country on Sunday in protest against police action foiling its scheduled rally at the Engineers’ Institute in the city on Thursday. The party leaders and activists brought out processions in all the cities, including Dhaka,…
Ex-RAB officer Rana shown arrested over N’ganj killings
Disgraced Navy officer MM Rana has been shown arrested in connection with the seven murders in Narayanganj. He is among three former RAB-11 officers accused of abducting and killing Ward-2 Councillor Nazrul Islam and six others in exchange for money…
MK Anwar challenges Hasina to contest polls, test popularity
BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Sunday threw a challenge to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for testing her popularity by contesting polls against him from his constituency in Comilla. “The government’s popularity has gone down to a zero level.…
Safe water crisis in coasts even after 5 years of Aila
Experts and researchers at the consultation meeting yesterday stated that the lack of government will as one of the reasons behind the severe drinking water crisis in the Aila-hit areas in the south-western part of the country even after 5…
Nizam Hazri challenges Zainal Hazari’s allegations
Nizam Uddin Hazari, MP has rejected speculations of his instigating the murder of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque and termed Joynal Hazari’s statement against him false and an attempt to fish in muddy waters, he said in an interview. Talking…
Inability to bring back peace volunteers is my failure: Mozena
Outgoing US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Sunday expressed satisfaction over the progress of US-Bangladesh relation but finds his two failures with one being very ‘personal’. Listing the two failures, the US diplomat said one of them is very personal.…
BNP to see Aawami League rot more: Khaleda
Khaleda Zia has lambasted the government for preventing pro-BNP lawyers from holding a rally, asking it not to ‘go overboard’. “Excesses are not good,” the BNP chairperson said in her address at a rally of the Jatiyabadi Ainjibi Forum at…
AL’s Jihad Chy mastermind of Ekramul murder: RAB
Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haq has been killed as per a blueprint crafted by local Awami League leader Jihad Chowdhury in which over 50 people took part, says the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). “Jihad Chowdhury masterminded the killing of Phulgazi…