A Dhaka court has granted police 6 days in two cases to interrogate Fatima Begum, wife of Sheikh Rahmatullah alias Sajid, an alleged commander of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Md Maruf Hossain on Sunday also...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has started reading a 92-page verdict on Md Mobarak Hossain accused of war crimes in Brahmanbaria during Bangladesh's Liberation War. The alleged Razakar commander was produced in the courtroom at 11:10am on Sunday. Judges of...
Reports about sacked telecommunications minister Latif Siddiqui going to High Court to secure bail has been denied by his lawyer. Nurul Islam Sujon, quoted in several media reports that placed the expelled ruling party leader in court on Monday morning,...
Md Mobarak Hossain has been sentenced to death for his war crimes committed in Brahmanbaria district during Bangladesh's independence struggles in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1, headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, pronounced the judgment on Monday. Two among...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Monday amid volatile trading, the 2nd session of the week. DSEX, the prime index...
Canadian investigators have quizzed former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s energy adviser Mahmudur Rahman in connection with a corruption case involving Canadian oil and gas company Niko Resources. Mahmudur Rahman is acting Editor of Amar Desh newspaper and now in jail...
A leader of Bandarban's Naikhyanchharhi Upazila unit of Awami League is said to be among the five people including a Pakistani citizen held as suspected militants in Chittagong on Sunday. Police arrested Md Shafiullah, 38, from Hotel Lord’s In the...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel rescued 10 people, including two women and a child, while they were being trafficked to India through a Benapole border point in Jessore on Sunday night. The rescued hail from different districts, including Madaripur, Naogaon,...
Two assistant proctors of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) stepped down on Sunday, 72 hours after the killing of a student by assailants on the campus. SUST assistant proctors Niloy Chandra Sarkar and Abu Awal Mohammad Shoyeb submitted...
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Amid weak market sentiment, stocks fell further Monday with key index of the major bourse dipping below 4,800-mark after more than two months since September 16 last. The investors went for selling spree as soon as the market opened and...
An Islamist party on Monday threatened to call a hartal (shutdown) for Thursday if Latif Siddiqui not arrested immediately. Hefajat-e-Islam, a Chittagong-based platform of madrasa teachers and students, issued the threat saying that it will enforce a daylong hartal on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered ‘proper steps’ against anyone terrorising educational institutions irrespective of their political affiliation. She gave the instructions in a video conference on Monday with Sylhet Divisional Commissioner and Police Commissioner after the Cabinet meeting. ‘Recently...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 39,000 pieces of Senegra tablet and 692 bottles of Phensidyl worth Tk 12 million at Daulatpur village at Benspole on Sunday night. BGB Battalion-23 commanding officer Lt Col Rahim said being tipped off, a...
BNP on Monday alleged that sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui who had been staying abroad since his rant on Haly Hajj safely came out of the airport on Sunday night with the government’s help despite having arrest warrants. ‘It’s clear...
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court orders that had cleared the trial court to carry out proceedings in a graft case, dismissing the two appeals filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The full bench of the Appellate...
A Rajshahi court on Monday placed 8 people on a fresh 1-day remand in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. Magistrate of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter passed the order when police...
A Narayanganj court on Monday sentenced 2 people to death and another one to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2011. The two condemned convicts -- Rana Miah and Moslemuddin – and lifer Amir Hossain remain absconding. All...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has set Tuesday (November 25) to pass the order on leave to appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging her indictment in Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. A five-member full bench...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has made it clear no prior approval is required to arrest Tangail-4 MP Abdul Latif Siddique outside the Parliament premises. Former telecoms minister Siddique, who was dropped from the Cabinet and Awami League Presidium over his...
Explaining why removed minister Abdul Latif Siddique could not be arrested although he is facing a number of arrest warrants, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Monday said there were some difficulties in arresting an MP when Parliament is in...
US President Barack Obama shrugged off criticism of his executive action on immigration with a challenge to House of Representatives Republicans: if you don't like it, do something. Obama was asked in an interview broadcast Sunday about House Speaker John...
Parliament on Monday unanimously passed the Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Bill 2014 aiming to boost the agricultural activities in the north-eastern region of the country through increasing credit flow. Finance Minister AMA Muhith moved the Bill in the House,...
In a bid to expedite development activities at the grassroots level, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday initiated a new move to strengthen the government's communication with the local tier of the administration through videoconferences at least twice a month...
Founder of Transparency International (TI) Dr Peter Eigen on Monday observed that there have been progress worldwide in terms of awareness about corruption for TI and other civil society organisations. “Societies have seen progress because of awareness building of Transparency...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the Saudi government to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh for the mutual benefits of the two brotherly nations. The Prime Minister made the request when outgoing Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Dr...
Rupali Bank has lent as much as nearly half of Tk 107 billion loan to only 20 clients, prompting the central bank to warn that the state-owned bank is at increased risk of default. According to a Bangladesh Bank report,...
Five lawmakers on Monday demanded arrest of former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his derogatory comments on Hajj and Tablig that hurt the religious sentiment of Muslims while veteran Awami League MP Suranjit Sengupta said the law will take its...
President Abdul Hamid on Monday inaugurated the newly-constructed Jessore District Freedom Fighters’ (FFs) Complex. After the inauguration of the complex, the President exchanged pleasantries with local freedom fighters, according to a news agency.
Cellular phone operator Robi has registered a 6-per cent revenue growth in third quarter (Q3) of 2014, but witnessed its net profit declined by 9 per cent compared to the same period of last year. The operator reported its net...
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