Dhaka, Apr 13 – Three convicts in the Sylhet grenade attack case who were hanged on Wednesday night were buried at their village homes early Thursday. They were Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two otyhers Delwar Alias Ripon…
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Attack on SUST journalists: BAUJA wear black badges
Mymensingh – Journalists of different dailies working on Bangladesh Agricultural University wear black badges in front of TSC to protest the attack on SUST journalists.
RU iournalists seek trial of attackers on SUST journos
Rajshahi – Demanding punishment of BCL activists over attack on two Journalists of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), the reporters of Rajshahi University (RU) formed a human chain in front of central library of the university at 12:00…
SC refuses to drop ACC case against Zubaida
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Wednesday) rejected the petition of Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, to drop a case filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).…
Review, modification of university rules urged
Anas Uddin Ovi Workshop on ‘Review and Modification of University Rules, Regulations and Ordinances for Good Governances’ organised by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of Jahangirnagar University (JU), held here on the campus Wednesday.
PM accuses Khaleda for giving ‘false info’ about her India tour
Dhaka, Apr 12 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said no one will be able to show Khaleda Zia anything if she keeps her eyes closed. The premier strongly criticised the BNP chief for giving ‘false’ and ‘confusing’ information…
Khaleda on PM’s Delhi visit: ‘only giving not getting anything’
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent India visit as totally failed in terms of “only giving away and not getting anything” as many agreements and memorandum of understandings (MoUs) were signed on…
Melania wins damages from Daily Mail publisher
London – US first lady Melania Trump has accepted an apology and damages from the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper for reporting rumors about her time as a model, the two parties in the lawsuit said Wednesday. Trump sued…
Mufti Hannan 2 others hanged for Sylhet grenade attack
Dhaka – Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his associates — Delwar Alias Ripon and Sharif Shahedul Alam alias Bipul — were hanged on Wednesday night over the grenade attack on ex-British envoy Anwar Choudhury in Sylhet in 2004.…
Hasina declares Qawmi Madrasa Dawrae Hadith recognition
Dhaka, April 12 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday declared recognition of certificates of Dawrae Hadith under Qawmi Madrasa Education Boards as equivalent to Masters Degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic.
No binding in defence MoU: None can obstruct water flow – PM
Dhaka, Apr 11 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said there is nothing obligatory to purchase arms from any particular country as per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on defence cooperation between Bangladesh and India. “It’s not binding…
Appellate Division upholds Barrister Fakhrul’s bail order
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a High Court order that allowed one-year bail to Barrister AKM Fakhrul Islam, convicted in the case lodged against him in connection with the leakage of the draft…
Khaleda’s press confce on PM’s Delhi visit Wednesday
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has called a press conference for Wednesday afternoon to give party’s formal reaction over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India visit.
85 including six Jamaat activists held in Jhenidah
Dhaka, Apr 11 – Police arrested 85 more people, including six activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, in a special drive from different parts of Jhenidah district on Tuesday.
Hasina gave new direction to Indo-Bangla ties: Pranab
New Delhi, Apr 10 – Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has said India deeply appreciates Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s role in giving a new direction to the India-Bangladesh relationship and making it what it is today — a strong, vibrant and exemplary…
Nasim slates Khaleda for saying Hasina sells out country
Dhaka – Awami League presidium member and Health minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday criticised the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for saying that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sold the country to India by signing anti-state pacts during her four-day…
Trumps secret weapon to replace Obama legacy
On February 28, President Donald Trump signed three bills into law. He held an Oval Office ceremony to spotlight two of them, H.R. 321 and H.R. 255, both of them feel-good symbolic resolutions declaring the importance of women in science…
SC clears Habiganj mayor Gaus to resume office
Dhaka – The Supreme Court yesterday (Sunday) cleared the way for Habiganj municipality Mayor GK Gaus to resume his official duties.
HC stays arson case against Khaleda for six months
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the trial proceedings of two arson cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia with Darus Salam Police Station in the city for six months.
President rejects clemency for Mufti Hannan
Militant leader Mufti Mohammad Abdul Hannan will have to walk the gallows over the 2004 grenade attack on the then UK envoy as the president has rejected his clemency plea.The Harkat-ul-Jihadi al Islami (HuJI) leader’s accomplices Sharif Shahedul Alam alias…
Proclamation of Independence Day Monday
Bangladesh is set to recall April 10 as part of revisiting the history as on this day in 1971 the nation saw installation of its first sovereign government with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The provisional government was…
Hasina offers munajat at Khwaja Moinuddin Chisty mazar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in India on a four-day official visit, offered ziarat at the dargah (shrine) of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (RA) in Ajmer Sharif here this morning. Sheikh Hasina along with a few members of her delegation arrived…
BNP accuses PM of ‘selling’ Bangladesh for power
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has complained that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ‘selling’ Bangladesh to India to translate her ‘dream of staying in power for life’ into reality.
JU Socialist Students Front protests Tuition fees hike bid
Savar, Dhaka – Denouncing govt’s bid to hike tuition fees, Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit, brought out a procession here on the campus yesterday (Saturday).
Hasina optimistic about solution of all outstanding issues
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today compared Bangladesh-India relations with a flowing river and expressed her optimism to solve all pending issues. “Mexican Nobel Laureate Octavio said ‘Friendship is a river’. I think that the friendship between Bangladesh and India is…
Modi says he and Hasina would take relations to new heights
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are determined to take the relationship between the two nations to a new level. “(Bangladesh) PM Sheikh Hasina and I are determined to take the relationship…
What future? Seven big questions needing urgent response
By Baher Kamal Rone, Apr 6 (IPS) – Around the world, profound changes in the nature of work are underway, that’s clear. So it is a fact that the on-going transformations in the world of labour are disrupting the connection…
‘2001 national polls had conspiratorial outcome’
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the 2001 national election had a result of a huge conspiracy against her party and she was a witness to it. “I was the direct witness to that incident…
PM off to Delhi on four-day visit: 33 deals signing likely
Dhaka, Apr 7 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New Delhi on Friday morning on a four-day official visit when a host of bilateral deals are expected to be signed between Bangladesh and India. There are possibilities to…
Commuters suffer as roads closed for ulema rally
Dhaka – Dhaka city residents on Thursday experienced huge sufferings due to the closure of roads enforced for congregation of Ulema, Imams and Islamists in the city’s Suhrawardi Udyan.