Lauding the control of acid attacks in the country by ensuring speedy trial of acid throwers, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president B Chowdhury on Friday recommended that the criminals involved in the murder of seven people in Narayanganj should be put…
At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Rajbari-Faridpur Highway at Basantapur in sadar upazila early Friday. Four of the deceased were identified as Alamgir, driver of Eagle Paribahan…
BNP leader Hannan Shah on Thursday alleged the government is desperately trying to hush up the seven-murder incident here as it has a direct link with the killings. “The involvement of Rab in the gruesome killings has proved the government…
A court here on Thursday placed three people arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of seven people on a 10-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Monowara Begum passed the order when police produced them before her court. Those who…
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said the term “forced disappearance” is being wrongly used for missing persons. “There is no word like forced disappearance rather it should be missing. Many people go missing…
BNP alleges the government is plotting to throw Khaleda Zia out of politics by not allowing a rally at Narayanganj that she was to address and by changing court premises in two cases filed against her. On Wednesday Narayanganj Mayor…
The next budget will have no provision to legalise black money, says Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. “There will be no more chance for converting black money into white,” the finance minister said, while addressing the 35th meeting of…
“Justice should prevail”, a European Union delegation in Dhaka says while expressing concerns over Bangladesh’s human rights situation. Ambassador William Hanna, the head of the delegation, also renewed call for dialogue between major parties to solve political crisis as he…
Narayanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has refused the BNP permission to hold a rally in the city in fear of deterioration of law and order. The city has been under the media spotlight after the abduction and killing of seven…
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has brushed aside calls to disband beleaguered Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) following allegations that it was involved in the Narayanganj seven murders.
Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Wednesday said the government will place the regional water issue at the international forum if it fails to realise equitable share of water of trans-boundary rivers through negotiations with India. “We want…
BNP on Wednesday briefed foreign diplomats in Dhaka on the latest political developments, law and order and human rights situation, mainly secret killings and forced disappearances, in Bangladesh. The meeting was held at a Gulshan restaurant in the city. Asked…
More than 50 students fell unconscious after being made to stand under the sun for hours to greet Pirojpur Sadar MP AKMA Awal. The students of Karimunnessa Girls School say they waited at the school’s ground for three hours on…
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has questioned the need to have the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as it faces a pile of criminal charges. “It is time for us to think if we need this outfit we…
Murdered Narayanganj City Councillor Nazrul Islam’s wife has demanded that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials ‘involved’ in her husband’s murder be arrested and brought to justice. The army on Wednesday forced three officers, accused of taking bribes to kill…
Three officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), accused of taking bribes for the multiple murders in Narayanganj, have been discharged from duty, the BBC reported in its Bangla morning news bulletin on Wednesday. Bdndews24.com reported quoting the Inter Service Public…
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against schoolgirl Oishee Rahman and two of her friends- Rony and Jony in the case filed for killing her parents- Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna…
Lawyers in Narayanganj on Tuesday said they would lay a siege on the Rab-11 office on May 11 (Sunday) if the accused in the seven-murder case are not hunted down by the time. President of Narayanganj Bar Association Advocate Sakhawat…
The idea of solving Bangladesh’s energy problem through nuclear power generation is ‘broadly accepted’ by all major political stakeholders in the country, said Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander A Nikolaev on Tuesday. “I think the idea of solving the energy…
The UK chapter BNP’s vice president Mujibur Rahman Mujib and his driver have been missing since Sunday on their way from Sunamganj to Sylhet, their family members said. Mujib, who is also a convening committee member of Sunamganj BNP, set…
Members of parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of home affairs yesterday expressed their strong resentment and dissatisfaction over the abduction and murder of seven people in Narayanganj recently. The resentment was expressed at a meeting of the committee at…
Eminent citizens on Monday expressed deep concerns at frequent incidents of abduction, disappearance and killing and said that the government had miserably failed to tackle law and order and ensure security of lives and property of the people. They said…
Speakers at a seminar held at the Jatiya Press Club today underlined the need for united efforts of all to ensure equitable sharing of the Teesta river to keep it flowing from its source to the outfall. The seminar on…
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has formed a probe body to look into the alleged involvement of its personnel in the abduction and murder of seven people, including a city corporation councillor and a lawyer, at Narayanganj. RAB’s Director General…
Voicing deep concern over the recent spate in killings and abductions, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman on Monday feared that the country’s human rights may be at stake if the law order situation continues…
The death toll from Saturday’s launch capsize in Kolagachia River in Golachipa upazila rose to 17 with recovery of one more body on Monday. The divers found another body at Dharandi Char around 10 am. The identity of the deceased…
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed Monday said absence of political stability and poor infrastructure facilities are the major impediments to boosting FDI (foreign director investment) inflow into Bangladesh. “The…
Police yesterday stopped hundreds of leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) from bringing out a procession from Kamrangirchar Nuria Madrasha to mark the one year of law enforcers action on their sit in programme at Shapla Square in the…
Calling upon the country’s people to wake up, Gonoforum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said it is time to spread strong protests everywhere against the incidents of extrajudicial killing, forced disappearance and abduction to have such acts stopped immediately.…
The High Court on Monday issued a suo moto rule asking the government to form a seven-member committee to investigate the allegation that Rab personnel were involved in the killing of Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others. An…