Egypt to try Morsi for inciting murder
Egypt’s state prosecutor says he has referred ousted President Mohammed Morsi for trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters. The accusations relate to violence outside the presidential...
View ArticleBomb kills 9 soldiers in Pakistan
A roadside bomb targeting a passing Pakistani army convoy exploded Sunday, killing nine soldiers in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, authorities said. The roadside bomb exploded in a...
View ArticleMen’s average height ‘up 11cm since 1870s’
The average height of men has risen by almost 11cm since the mid-19th century, experts have found. Data was collected on hundreds of thousands of men from 15 European countries. For British men, the...
View ArticleBomb kills 9 Pak soldiers
A roadside bomb killed nine Pakistani soldiers and wounded 19 others Sunday in a restive northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The incident happened in the Boya area of...
View ArticleTexting pill
Scientists are set to trial a new ‘digital pill’ which can send a text to relatives and doctors from inside the body. It is hoped the pills could be used to cut the number of drugs that are wasted...
View ArticleSonia flying to US for medical check-up
The head of India’s ruling party, Sonia Gandhi, is to fly to the United States for a medical check-up, according to a report, a week after she was hospitalised in New Delhi. Gandhi, India’s most...
View ArticleSpate of Iraq attacks kill 10
Attacks in Baghdad and mostly-Sunni areas of Iraq killed 10 people yesterday, including five who died in a massive attack on the home of an anti-Qaeda militia chief. The Turkish consul to the northern...
View ArticleIndia govt rejects proposal to shut petrol pumps at night
India’s government denied yesterday it was considering shutting filling stations at night to reduce oil imports, a widely ridiculed measure reportedly under discussion to tackle a deepening economic...
View ArticleSyria asks UN to stop US strike
Syria has asked the United Nations to prevent “any aggression” against Syria following a call over the weekend by US President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian military for last...
View Article4 power plants stay shut for 4 hours
Power generation at four stations in Sylhet remained suspended for over four hours last night, after gas supply stopped from the Jalalabad Gas field operated by US company Chevron. The gas company...
View Article150 accused in 2 charge sheets
Teknaf police yesterday pressed charges in two of 19 cases filed for the attacks on Buddhist temples and houses in Ramu and Ukhia of the district in September last year. The two charge sheets were...
View ArticleNizami was with Pakistan army
A freedom fighter yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-1 that he had witnessed war crimes accused Motiur Rahman Nizami along with Pakistani army during the killing of two people at Sathia in...
View ArticleSon defends accused Alim
Sazzad bin Alim, son of war crimes accused Abdul Alim, yesterday defended his father saying he was not involved in any crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971. Sazzad, third and last defence...
View Article18pc gas price hike proposed
The energy ministry has proposed changes in the contract model for deep-sea gas exploration, drilling and production suggesting that Bangladesh pay oil companies $1 more for every 1,000 cubic feet of...
View ArticleJasim says his students might have killed Rajib
Jasimuddin Rahmani, alleged spiritual leader of emergent militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, yesterday said students inspired by his sermons might have killed blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in...
View Article387 Bangladeshis held in KL so far
Thousands of Bangladeshis will face deportation from Malaysia as the country started a crackdown early Sunday targeting five lakh irregular foreigners staying there. Malaysian police had already...
View ArticleContempt notice served on HRW
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday issued a show-cause notice upon Human Rights Watch in connection with its “biased and unethical” report on the war crimes case against Ghulam Azam. The...
View ArticleVoter list without war crimes convicts
The cabinet approved yesterday a proposed amendment to the electoral roll law to bar convicted war criminals from being registered as voters. As per the proposed change, the name of a person will be...
View ArticleTop Hefajat leader Wakkas detained
Detectives detained Hefajat-e Islam leader and former state minister Mufti Mohammad Wakkas at the capital’s Malibagh yesterday in connection with Hefajat’s May 5 mayhem at Shapla Chattar. Wakkas, Dhaka...
View ArticleA year on, Sonali mulls litigation
Sonali Bank is finally making moves to sue the owners of Hall-Mark Group and some bankers for realising Tk 2,554 crore swindled from the bank more than a year ago. The bank’s board of directors at a...
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