Big parties still silent
Only 15 of 38 registered political parties have submitted their annual reports on income and expenditure of 2012 to the Election Commission till yesterday, a day before the deadline. The Awami League,...
View ArticleRetailers, owners talk on implementation
Top global retailers and brands yesterday launched talks with garment factory owners in Dhaka to work out a roadmap for implementing the building and fire safety accord signed earlier this month for...
View ArticleEC authority ‘meaningless’
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday termed meaningless and inapplicable the Election Commission’s sweeping powers to cancel one’s candidacy in parliamentary polls for violation...
View ArticleCaught on camera
A Jubo League leader was shot dead allegedly by a party man and another youth in front of a shopping mall in the capital’s Gulshan area early yesterday. The deceased, Riazul Haque Khan Milky, 43, was...
View ArticleIndustrial plots up for grabs
Plots are up for sale to establish hazardous industries and other installations just 200 metres away from the Sundarbans where the mangrove forest is already ecologically endangered. If one takes a...
View ArticleManning acquitted of aiding enemy
A military judge on Tuesday found US soldier Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge he faced for handing over documents to WikiLeaks, but he still likely faces a long...
View ArticleUS man ‘forgotten’ in jail gets $4m in compensation
A university student in the US city of San Diego has received more than $4m (£2.6m) from the US government after he was abandoned for more than four days in a prison cell, his lawyer said. Daniel Chong...
View ArticleZimbabweans head for polls amid rigging claims
Zimbabweans are heading to the polls to elect a president, with a high turnout expected. On Tuesday, incumbent Robert Mugabe said he would resign after 33 years in power if he loses. His remarks came...
View Article‘Criminal’ killed in Narail ‘shootout’
A suspected criminal was killed in a ‘shootout’ with Rapid Action Battalion members in Narail Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Parvez alias Rashed, 30, son of Jabed Hossain...
View ArticleVerdict on Jamaat’s registration Thursday
The High Court will deliver its verdict on Thursday on a writ petition that challenged the legality of Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party. Bangladesh Tariqat Federation’s Secretary...
View ArticleBrazilian scientists to test AIDS vaccine on monkeys
Brazilian scientists have developed an HIV vaccine and plan to begin testing on monkeys later this year, a sponsor institution said Monday. Known as the HIVBr18, the vaccine against the virus that...
View ArticleObama to decide on Russia trip ‘in coming days’
The White House said Monday it would decide “in coming days” whether President Barack Obama will go ahead with a summit in Moscow in early September. The United States has said it is reviewing whether...
View ArticleAmerica’s first climate refugees
It is a small Alaskan village whose inhabitants have relied on the sea for countless generations. But within a decade, it is expected that the ocean which the village of Kivalina has so relied on will...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda chief’s message led to terror alert
An intercepted secret message between al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many US...
View ArticleNew envoy says US leadership at UN ‘indispensable’
US leadership at the United Nations is indispensable, Washington’s new envoy to the global body said Monday. Samantha Power presented her credentials to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon following her...
View ArticleFive Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir
Five Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush along the de facto border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir states on Tuesday, in an incident that threatens to cloud the prospects of peace talks between...
View ArticleRMG workers stage demo for salaries, Eid bonus
Around 1,000 garment workers of AKH Group yesterday demonstrated before their factories at Hemayetpur in Savar, demanding salaries for the month of July and Eid bonus. Earlier, the government had set a...
View ArticleAL boosts young leadership
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved inclusion of 83 assistant secretaries in the party’s central sub-committees to strengthen its organisational capacity ahead of the...
View ArticleGovt suspends 55 UP chairmen, members
The local government ministry has suspended 55 union parishad chairmen and members in connection with the violence unleashed by Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir in February...
View ArticleFootpaths abuzz with shoppers
No matter what, Eid brings no less of excitement and happiness for the poor and destitute, even if it is just a one-good-day for them. Often lost in glitzy show-offs, the spirit of the religious...
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