NSU student arrested
Detective Branch of Police arrested a student of North South University at Dhanmondi yesterday in connection with the murder of blogger and activist Ahmed Rajib Haider on February 15. According to...
View ArticleVictim’s son testifies at war crimes tribunal
Martyred journalist ANM Golam Mostafa’s son has been in a silent but relentless pursuit of learning about his father’s abduction and the man who was behind the incident happened on December 11, 1971....
View ArticlePlan to build 2 rail bridges over Jamuna under PPP
The government has decided to implement nine projects including construction of two rail bridges on the river Jamuna under public private partnership (PPP) initiative. Cabinet committee on economic...
View ArticleIndia to seek ratification of land deal
The constitution amendment bill to ratify the India-Bangladesh land boundary agreement (LBA) is due to be introduced in the upper house of Indian parliament next week, the final lap of its ongoing...
View ArticleEx-CJ Amin to lead BCB trial
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is now focused on forming a disciplinary panel after nine individuals — cricketers and officials — were charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday...
View ArticleIndian mob beats 2 Bangladeshi boys to death
Two Bangladeshis were beaten to death by a mob in Meghalaya, India after they crossed the border illegally early Tuesday. In another incident, a Bangladeshi cattle trader was killed and another hurt...
View ArticleViolence, arson mark 2nd day’s hartal
A leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed yesterday, on the final day of Jamaat enforced 48-hour shutdown, when police chased a pro-hartal procession in the capital’s Jatrabari area. Chhatra Shibir,...
View ArticleGovt to bring GB under regulatory framework
The government will not increase its stake in Grameen Bank, but will bring the microfinance bank under a regulatory framework under a new law, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday. As part of...
View ArticleTurn down proposals to recast Grameen Bank
Forty global luminaries and 32 members of the US Congress have urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to reject recommendations from the Grameen Bank Commission to restructure the microfinance bank. In two...
View ArticleVerdict any day
The war crimes trial of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury has come to an end at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 and all that remains is the verdict delivery. The tribunal kept the case awaiting...
View ArticleNo serious efforts to bring back fugitive killers
The six fugitive killers of Bangabandhu could not be brought back home in the last four and a half years for the lack of persistent efforts on the part of the government. The government’s efforts to...
View ArticleAUGUST 15, 1975 …and after
Thirty eight years ago, the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman put a sudden brake on the idealism that had gone into the creation of this secular and democratic People’s Republic of...
View ArticleEgypt crackdown kills 149
At least 149 Egyptians were killed yesterday after security forces moved in to disperse protesters demanding the reinstatement of President Mohamed Morsi. The government imposed a state of emergency as...
View ArticlePresident, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths on the occasion of National Mourning Day...
View ArticleWorld condemns Egypt crackdown
There has been strong international condemnation of the deadly crackdown against protest camps in the Egyptian capital Cairo. US Secretary of State John Kerry said the events were “deplorable” and “a...
View ArticlePte Manning ‘sorry’ for hurting US at Wikileaks trial
Pte First Class Bradley Manning has apologised for hurting the US by leaking a trove of classified US government documents to Wikileaks. At a sentencing hearing in Fort Meade, Maryland, Pte Manning,...
View ArticleSouth Korea President calls for family reunions
South Korea’s president has called for reunions of families divided by the partitioning of the Korean peninsula to resume, a day after the two sides reached a deal on an industrial zone. In a speech,...
View ArticleProtests won’t bring solution: Ashraf
A top leader of the ruling Awami League said Thursday that the ongoing anti-government protest would not bring any solution to the present political crisis of the country. “There is no use in...
View ArticleShibir calls hartal in Pabna for Sunday
Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, will observe a seven-hour shutdown (hartal) in Pabna district on Sunday protesting killing of one of its leaders in Dhaka. Khalilur Rahman, 22,...
View Article3 die in Noakhali road crash
Three persons were killed and another injured as their motorcycles collided head-on in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali early Thursday. The deceased are: Abul Hujail, 25, of Vimpur village; Nasir, 27, of...
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