Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested six people, including a former Jubo Dal leader, in connection with the brutal killing of Rajshahi University professor Shafiul Islam. Tipped off, they launched a drive in separate places and arrested the six...
Corruption has turned out to be an all-pervasive menace in the country due to people's excessive greed for money, said Dhaka University's Professor Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman. 'There’re two types of people who indulge in corruption – those who get poor...
The fire on an tank lorry (oil tanker) next to a petrol pump in the city’s Tejgaon has been doused after an hour. Several explosions were heard after the vehicle carrying several thousand litres octane, caught fire near Tibet Intersection...
Five people, including three top Biman officials, who were arrested for their alleged involvement in gold smuggling, reportedly made confessional statements before separate Dhaka courts on Sunday. Those who confessed to the crime are Biman’s deputy general manager Md Emdad...
The family of late Shamarukh Mahjabin Kona, daughter-in-law of former MP Khan Tipu Sultan, has rejected Kona’s autopsy report, saying Tipu and his family may have influenced this report. When contacted, Dhanmondi police station’s OC Abu Bakar Siddique said they...
Md Mobarak Hossain, accused of committing crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971, has been brought to International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 at Old High Court in Dhaka. The ICT-1 will deliver the verdict on his war crimes shortly....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials have claimed that Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam was murdered ‘in revenge for his misbehaviour with a university employee’. The members of the elite force further say the 6 people they arrested have been...
The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected two leave to appeals filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against the High Court verdict upholding the orders of a trial court in 2 graft cases. An Appellate Division bench passed the order on...
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon has said the EU is willing to increase its support in ensuring child rights in Bangladesh and help implement the Children Act 2013. ‘At this moment, our ongoing projects benefiting Bangladeshi children...
The High Court (HC) has asked the government to constitute ‘Safe Food Authority’ and ‘Central Safe Food Management Coordination Council’ within 3 months to ensure safe food for all citizens of Bangladesh. An HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider...
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...
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