The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) waived on Tuesday the fine imposed by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 upon Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, as he sought unconditional apology for his acts, reports BSS. The...
A Dhaka court rejected on Tuesday both the bail and the remand prayers for BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in two cases filed with the city's Motijheel thana on charges of arson attack, reports UNB. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan...
SYLHET, July 28 (UNB): Another accused reportedly made on Tuesday his confessional statement over the killing of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon. Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Shahedul Karim recorded the statement of Ayez Ali (40) after police produced him before the court...
BENAPOLE, July 28 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested on Monday eleven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from a mosque in Narendrapur Post Office area in Sadar upazila on charges of plotting sabotage act. The arrestees were identified as Abdul...
Condemned war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will walk the gallows as the Supreme Court in the final verdict has confirmed the death penalty of the first international crimes tribunal. The four-strong appeals bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 8.02 points or...
BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will file petition to Supreme Court (SC) for reviewing its verdict that backed capital punishment to him for war crimes. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, on Wednesday upheld SQ...
The appellate division of the Supreme Court (SC) has summoned editor and executive editor of Dainik Janakantha – a national daily – before it on August 3. The editor and the executive editor of the vernacular daily have been asked...
Two people were killed and another injured in a road accident at Mannan Nagar in Tarash upazila in Sirajganj district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Shaheb Ali, 50, and Milon, 32, both residents of Hamkuria village of the...
Paramilitary forces were deployed in key places of the country early Wednesday ahead of the pronouncement of appeal verdict of death row war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Ten platoons of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) personnel have been deployed in...
Prosecutor Barrister Turin Afroz said justice has been established through the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the international crimes tribunal’s verdict of Salauddin Qauder Chowdhury’s death penalty as he indiscriminately killed members of minority community and inhumanly tortured people in...
Rail communications on the Parbotipur-Khulna and Chilahati-Rajshahi routes have remained suspended as a freight train derailed in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district on Wednesday morning. Station master of Joypurhat Railway Station SK Sarkar said four wheels of a goods-laden compartment...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman will unveil the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the period of July to December, 2015, on Thursday (July 30). According to BB sources, the central bank governor will formally announce the policy at 11.00am...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-29 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red on Wednesday after previous day’s marginal gain with falling turnover as investors followed cautious stance. The market opened with a downturn and the negative trend sustained throughout the session. DSEX, the prime index of the...
The monsoon depression over North Bay and has intensified into a deep convection. On Tuesday, the depression remained practically stationary over the same area – about 180 kilometres (km) west-southwest of Chittagong Port, 200 kms west-northwest of Cox’s Bazar port,...
Windows 10 marks a ‘new era’ for personal computing, Microsoft’s chief executive said on Wednesday. The software, launched globally on Wednesday, is the company’s attempt to reverse its fortunes in the mobile industry. Windows 10 will be offered as a...
The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has died, Afghan officials say, but the militant group has not commented on the claim. The reclusive leader died two to three years ago, Afghan government and intelligence sources said. No...
Amnesty International says there is "strong evidence" Israel committed war crimes in Gaza following the capture of a soldier by Hamas in last year's war. Its report says at least 135 civilians were killed in a bombardment of Rafah after...
The Ganajagaran Mancha has demanded hanging of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury without much delay. The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Chowdhury by the International Crimes Tribunal-1. Chowdhury has often been described as the 'terror of Chittagong'...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry to take effective steps for tapping the resources from the country's vast maritime areas. "We've got a huge maritime boundary...it's almost 118,813 square kilometres, we must tap the...
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal says the series against South Africa will be one of the best if they can maintain their all-round performance until the end in the last Test at Mirpur in Dhaka. The Tigers had a rough start...
Angelina Jolie has arrived in Myanmar for her first visit to the country. A press release issued on 29 July, said Jolie will carry out engagements in her capacity as Co-Founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, and as UNHCR...
The government has reiterated its call for restoring Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for Bangladeshi clothing and some other products on US market, saying that the country already made significant progress to improve factory safety and labour rights, especially in...
Claiming that its standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury did not find justice, BNP on Wednesday said the party was disappointed, surprised and shocked as the Supreme Court upheld his death penalty. “We’re upset, surprised and saddened as the Appellate...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested an accused in the case filed in connection with the nasty incident of stripping naked a young housewife during arbitration at Shapmari village in Sherpur. The arrestee was identified as Mintu Miah, 20, son...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday asked divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners (DCs) to be active in discharging their duties with service-oriented mentality avoiding bureaucratic complexities. "You must remember that your main responsibility as employees of the republic is to engage...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
India's river-linking project has come for widespread discussion again with reports published in Indian media about the intention of the Indian government to go ahead with a grand plan of linking rivers across the country connecting Teesta-Ganga-Manas-Sankosh that will cover...
Saleh Akram | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh has made big strides in the economic field over the last few decades. More importantly, it maintained a steady growth of over 6.0 per cent per annum. Not many countries in the world could register an economic growth at...
A gradual decline in the standard of education, on the one hand, and an exodus of students for higher studies abroad, on the other, are matters of serious concern. For studies abroad students have to fulfil some requisite criteria and...
Abu Ahmed | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
A question haunts many minds now as to whether Bangladesh's future is bright or not. A common perception is that the economy of the country will only go ahead with some variations in growth rates. This idea of continuous growth...
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