Progressive force its prime target
It is through its websites, blogs and publications that the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team instigated the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider on February 15. But more chillingly, the group,...
View ArticleAL won’t take talks initiative
The ruling Awami League will welcome an initiative from friendly countries, including the US, towards facilitating a dialogue between the AL and the BNP over a polls-time government. However, the AL...
View ArticleOdhikar secy sent to jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan to jail after he was produced before it following a High Court order. Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafa Shahriar Khan passed the order...
View ArticleCancel Hall-Mark chairman’s bail
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday appealed to the High Court to cancel a lower court order that had granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a loan scam case. On August 4, a...
View ArticleEC halts elections to 3 municipalities
In a bizarre move, the Election Commission yesterday postponed the September 8 polls to three municipalities as desired by the LGRD ministry. The EC on July 31 had announced the schedule for holding...
View ArticleShutdown makes people suffer for lack of transport
Panic-stricken Eid holidaymakers had to endure sufferings on their return to the capital due to the Jamaat-e-Islami’s 48-hour shutdown that began yesterday morning. The Jamaat, a key component of the...
View ArticlePreaching militancy, building network
Suspected militant leader Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, “spiritual leader” of al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, has been building radical Islamist network in the country at...
View Article7 charged with fixing in BPL
On a cloudy day at a posh city hotel, a little light was shed on one of the darkest chapters of the country’s sporting history yesterday. David Richardson, the ICC CEO, announced that nine individuals,...
View ArticleShibir leader dies in Jatrabari
An Islami Chhatra Shibir leader was killed when police chased a group of pickets at Jatrabari in the capital during hartal hours Wednesday morning, police said. A cameraman of private television...
View ArticleIsrael releases 26 Palestinian prisoners
Israel has released 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of a deal that will see peace talks resume on Wednesday. Buses carrying the inmates drove them from a prison in central Israel to the Beitunia...
View ArticleIndian submarine explodes, 18 feared trapped
About 18 Indian sailors were trapped after an explosion and fire on board a conventionally powered Indian submarine berthed at the coastal city of Mumbai early on Wednesday, the navy said. “There are...
View ArticleStocks nosedive
The prices of most shares on the country’s premier bourse decreased during the first two-and-half hour of trading on Wednesday. DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed...
View Article30 killed in Egyptian protest crackdown: Brotherhood
Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday clearing a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood said....
View ArticleStray violence marks district hartal
Stray violence marked the second and final day of Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced hartal (shutdown) Wednesday as pro-hartal activists clashed with law enforcers in different parts of the country. Jamaat...
View ArticleBahrain disperse demonstrators with tear gas
Bahraini police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Shia Muslim anti-government protesters yesterday, but there were no reports of casualties. A Reuters correspondent saw police dispersing the...
View ArticleIndian submarine sinks after blast
India’s navy said all 18 sailors on board a submarine which exploded and sank yesterday are feared dead, and admitted the incident had left a “dent” in the country’s defences. The fully-armed INS...
View ArticleKhaleda turns 68
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia turned 68 today. She celebrated her birthday cutting a cake in a small family gathering at her Gulshan home early today, party sources said. BNP and its associated...
View ArticlePower supply partially restored
The electricity supply in Bhola partially resumed Tuesday night after a 74-hour blackout since Saturday. The district started receiving 7.5 megawatt from Patuakhali-Bhola 33 kilovolt (KV) power grid as...
View Article9 ‘militants’ arrested in Jhalakathi
Police yesterday evening arrested nine people as they were allegedly having militant training inside a madrasa-slash-mosque at Nalcity of Jhalakathi. Superintendent of Police of Jhalakathi Md Majid Ali...
View ArticleUN worried over arrest of Adilur
The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of rights body Odhikar, and urged the government to release him immediately. “We are calling on the government...
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