American college student Otto Warmbier only intended to spend five days sightseeing in North Korea in 2016. Instead, he spent 17 months there in detention where his family believes he was tortured into a coma. On Monday, less than a…
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Charge sheet against 9 submitted to BD war crimes tribunal
Dhaka – The prosecution yesterday pressed eight charges against nine persons in a case filed for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War of 1971.
Online media to go under commission
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The National Online Mass Media Policy, 2017’ incorporating a proposal for constituting a National Broadcast Commission to facilitate the operation of online mass media in a well-organised manner. The approval was given…
Declare landslide-hit area disaster zone
Dhaka – BNP on Monday demanded the government immediately declare the hillslide-hit areas of the country as ‘disaster zones’, and stand by the victims with necessary support. The party also demanded that state mourning be announced over the deaths of…
Online media to go under Nat’l Commission
Dhaka – The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The National Online Mass Media Policy, 2017’ incorporating a proposal for constituting a National Broadcast Commission to facilitate the operation of online mass media in a well-organised manner. -UNB
Declare hillslide-hit areas as ‘disaster zones’: BNP
Dhaka – BNP on Monday demanded the government immediately declare the hillslide-hit areas of the country as ‘disaster zones’, and stand by the victims with necessary support. -UNB
Russia issues warning after US coalition downs jet
Russia has warned the US-led coalition fighting in Syria that it will view its aircraft as targets, after a Syrian military plane was shot down. The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian Su-22 after it bombed US-backed fighters…
Davis ‘positive’ as UK enters Brexit negotiations
Brexit Secretary David Davis has said he is entering negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU in a “positive and constructive” frame of mind. As he began talks in Brussels, he said he was determined to build a “strong…
Iran fires missiles at Syria ISIL positions
Iranian Revolutionary Guard says it targeted ISIL bases in Deir Az Zor in retaliation for the June 7 attacks in Tehran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has fired several missiles at ISIL positions in Syria’s Deir Az Zor province in…
Macron’s party wins absolute majority
French President Emmanuel Macron’s party has won a clear parliamentary majority, results show, weeks after his own presidential victory.
Van ploughs into pedestrians near London mosque
A man has died and eight people have been injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians near a north London mosque. The van mounted the pavement and struck a group of people just after midnight near Finsbury Park Mosque in…
Change in Excise Duty on Bank Accounts on cards: Muhith
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith today said the decision on the proposed excise duty on the bank deposits will be changed when the budget will be passed in the Jatiya Sangsad.
Khaleda’s Gatco graft case charge hearing July 23
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing in the Gatco graft case filed against 21 persons including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to July 23.
Manzoor murder case, supplementary report Sept 17
Dhaka – The First Additional District and Session’s Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed September 17 for submission of the supplementary investigation report in Major General Abul Manzoor murder case.
Trump attorney says president not under investigation
Washington – A member of the president’s outside legal team said Sunday that Donald Trump is not under investigation, days after Trump tweeted about being the target of a “witch hunt.” –AP/UNB
Get ready for movement, says Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday urged people to get ready to take to the streets with ‘peaceful sit-in programmes after Eid-ul-Fitr to save the country from Awami League’s grasp. “We call upon people to be aware of Awami League.…
Fakhrul among 4 injured in attack on way to CHT
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and three other party senior leaders were injured as local Awami League supporters allegedly attacked his motorcade at Isakhali in Rangunia upazila on their way to hillslide-hit Rangamati area. Fakhrul along with six…
Fakhrul’s motorcade attacked in Chittagong
Dhaka – The local supporters of ruling Awami League allegedly attacked the motorcade of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Isakhali area of Rangunia upazila in Chittagong while he was going to visit the hillslide spots of Rangamati,…
No Queen’s speech next year
There will be no Queen’s Speech next year to give MPs more time to deal with Brexit laws, the government says. Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom said the next parliamentary session was being doubled in length to two years.…
France votes in second parliamentary round
France is voting in the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, in a run-off between the top candidates from last Sunday’s first round. President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to obtain a strong mandate in parliament to help him pursue…
AL’s boat already sank: Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said Awami League is unable to realise that its boat has already sunk due to the current government’s ‘misrule and failure’ to run the country. -UNB
Will Qatar-Saudi-UAE diplomatic crisis reconfigure Gulf politics?
By Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC) The 5 June decision by Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their allies and proxies – Egypt, Bahrain, the Maldives, Mauritania and rival governments in Libya and Yemen – to sever…
PM back home from Sweden
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Saturdaymorning, wrapping up her three-daybilateralvisit to Sweden. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about9:15 am.
Expert lawyers, investigators join Trump investigation
One hunted terrorists in the 1990s for the FBI and later helped build a case against 9/11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui. Another headed the federal task force investigating the Enron corporate scandal of the 2000s. A third has argued more than…
BD Landslide: Rangamati hill district struggling to get back to normal
Dhaka – The roads connecting the Rangamati the hill town with and port city of Chittagong – badly damaged by last week’s landslide – is likely to be restored from Tuesday, according to sources in the Bangladesh Army.
Two more bodies in Rangamati: Landslide death toll 156
Rangamati, June 17 – Two fresh bodies of hill track massive landslide victims were recovered from Dumdumia area of Jurachhari upazila in the district on Saturday morning, raising the death toll to 156 in five southeastern districts.
ILO wants BD EPZ labour law draft before enactment
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Jun 16 – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for an advance copy of the draft Bangladesh Export-Processing Zones (EPZ) Labour Act after a review through a multi-stakeholder approach. It said the draft…
Khaleda’s comment on PM’s tour ugly rage: Quader
Comilla, Jun 16 – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s comment about Prime Minister’s Sheikh Hasina Sweden tour during the hillslides incident is the ugly manifestation of her blind rage.
Climate change may trigger more landlsides: Experts
Md Rafiqul Islam, UNB staff writer Dhaka, Jun 16 – In the wake of recent devastating landslides in Chittagong region taking more than 150 lives, experts predict that the country’s hilly region will face more landslides in future due to…
BNP happy as PM ‘realises importance’ of its election joining
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is calling upon their party to join the next general election as she has ‘realised’ that no polls will be possible this time keeping…