Witness testifies in Bo Xilai trial
The trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai has entered its third day. Bo is expected to cross-examine a witness who testified that he embezzled funds from a government project in Dalian, the...
View ArticleOutlaw killed in Meherpur
A member of outlawed Janajuddho, a faction of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML), was stabbed dead by rivals in Gangni upazila of Meherpur early Saturday, police said. Deceased Nizam Uddin, 50, of...
View Article3 workers hurt in Ctg factory explosion
Three workers were injured, one critically, in an explosion at a glue factory in Chittagong city Saturday morning. Injured Nantu Das, 22, Mridul Dey, 38, and Ranadhir Mallik, 42, were undergoing...
View Article43,550 Yaba pills seized in Cox’s Bazar
Law enforcers detained four people including three smugglers with 43,550 pieces of yaba tablets in separate drives in Cox’s Bazar Friday night and Saturday morning. The first drive was conducted at...
View Article77 more teachers join agitation
The stalemate at Jahangirnagar University (JU) that brewed over the demand for the removal of its vice-chancellor stepped into fourth consecutive day on Saturday as the demonstrating teachers remain...
View ArticleBNP welcomes UN chief’s dialogue call
BNP has welcomed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for a dialogue between the government and the opposition for holding a free and fair general election, party’s senior leader...
View Article4 killed in Mymensingh, Brahmanbaria
Four people including two of a family were killed and 12 injured in clashes over land dispute in Mymensingh and Brahmanbaria Saturday morning. Abul Kalam, 56 and his son Abul Kashem, 30, were killed in...
View ArticleOishee gives confessional statement
Oishee Rahman, daughter of slain Special Branch (SB) Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman, gave confessional statement under the section 164 before a Dhaka court on Saturday. On August...
View ArticlePakistan releases 337 Indian prisoners
Pakistan released 337 Indian prisoners, most of them fishermen, on Saturday in the latest sign that Pakistan’s new government wants to improve rocky ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours. But the...
View ArticleFrom PM to footballer
The former prime minister Boiko Borisov became the oldest footballer to appear for a Bulgarian professional club on Sunday when the 54-year-old played in his team Vitosha Bistritsa’s goalless draw...
View ArticleHarvesting edible algae on rooftop
On a hotel rooftop in Bangkok, dozens of barrels of green liquid bubble under the sun — the latest innovation in urban farming. Proponents of the edible algae known as spirulina say it could help...
View ArticleCIA helped Saddam in gassing Iran
The United States provided Iraq with intelligence on preparations for an Iranian offensive during the Iran-Iraq war even though it knew Baghdad would respond with chemical weapons, Foreign Policy...
View ArticleBIWTA moves to check pollution
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday sealed off seven outlets of six ready-mix concrete factories, which were polluting the Turag river near Gabtoli by discharging untreated...
View ArticleBIWTA moves to check Turag pollution
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday sealed off seven outlets of six ready-mix concrete factories, which were polluting the Turag river near Gabtoli by discharging untreated...
View Article5 witnesses added to list
International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday allowed the prosecution to examine five new witnesses in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami. According to the defence, the...
View ArticleAcid thrown on mother, daughter
A man allegedly threw acid on his wife and teenage daughter, leaving them critically injured at Badarpur village under the district’s sadar upazila last night. He and his gang made the attack around...
View ArticleMueen, Ashraf were directly involved
Alleged al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan had been “directly involved” in the abduction of Dhaka University teachers from the campus on December 14, 1971, and the victims had...
View ArticleExtortion by cops rampant in Savar
The police in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, have been continuing extortion with apparent impunity despite repeated protests by the locals. News reports and police investigations that found...
View ArticleSex workers forced to leave brothel
A brothel in Madaripur town was attacked allegedly by Islamist activists and nearly 500 sex workers were forced out of it yesterday. Several hundred activists of Islahe Qoum Parishad stormed the...
View ArticleSyria strike due in days, says West
Syria yesterday vowed to defend itself as Western powers told the Syrian opposition to expect a strike against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, accused of deadly chemical weapons attacks, within...
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