ICT verdict against five Patuakhali men any day
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will deliver its verdict any day in a case filed against five men from Patuakhali for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB. A three-member bench of the tribunal headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam kept the...
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Power outages intensify Khaleda's agonies: BNP
BNP alleged on Wednesday its chairperson Khaleda Zia is undergoing a terrible ordeal in Old Dhaka Central Jail as she has to use hand fan and candle due to frequent power outages amid sultry weather, reports UNB.Besides, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a press conference at BNP's...
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Miscreants shoot dead BCL leader in Kushtia
A leader of local unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was shot to death by some unidentified miscreants at Faraji Para in Sadar upazila of Kushtia district in the early hours of Wednesday, report agencies.The deceased was identified as Nazmul Hossain, 27, a vice-president of district unit of BCL and...
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Former BASIC Bank chairman Bachchu faces ACC quizzing
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday grilled former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu for the fifth time over the charges of illegal wealth accumulation.Mr Bachchu arrived at the ACC headquarters in the city's Segunbagicha at around 10:00am where he was interrogated by an ACC team led by Director...
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Speaker leaves for Paris to attend confce on Rohingyas
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury left Dhaka for Paris on Wednesday to attend a conference on Rohingya crisis, reports UNB.The conference titled 'International Conference on the Rohingya's situation in Burma and Bangladesh' will be held at the National Assembly in Paris tomorrow (Friday).The Speaker will attend the conference at the...
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Three UPDF leaders on two-day remand
RANGAMATI, May 30 (UNB): A court on Wednesday put three leaders of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) on a two-day remand over the killing of six people.The six include Naniarchar upazila parishad chairman Shaktimaan Chakma and UPDF (Ganotantrik) chief Tapan Jyoti Chakma.Rangamati Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Zahed Ahmed passed the...
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