Vandalism in S’pore
A rare riot broke out in Singapore’s Little India neighbourhood last night, apparently after a Bangladeshi worker was hit and killed by a bus, a local television channel reported. Channel News Asia...
View ArticleDeath valley
Satkhira saw another murder of a ruling party activist yesterday, taking to seven the number of killings in the district since November 21. Awami League activist Ejahar Ali Morol, 55, of Amtoli village...
View ArticleBJP set to win polls in Delhi, 3 states
India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party was yesterday poised to win four state legislature elections by inflicting a defeat on the ruling Congress party. But the biggest success story of the...
View ArticleJustice denied to 11 victims
Eleven people, burnt to death in June 2004 in an arson attack on a passenger bus in the capital’s Shahbagh, may never get justice after the failure of the Criminal Investigation Department in...
View ArticlePickets feast on highway trees
The main opposition BNP and its allies are felling thousands of roadside trees to block the highways on every occasion of their protests against the government and establishing their names as “tree...
View ArticleDemand for promotions, postings
Several dozen aggrieved civil servants, who were forced to remain OSD (officer on special duty) for years, yesterday demanded their promotion and posting. Around 30 OSDs met the senior secretary of the...
View ArticleBureaucracy OSD-strung
He tore down illegal billboards of Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of BNP chief Khaleda Zia, when the party was in power in 2001-2006. The then chief executive officer of Dhaka City Corporation did not...
View ArticlePM meets president
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday. During the meeting that lasted from 6:25 pm to 7:33pm, the premier apprised the president of the overall situation...
View ArticleWitness against Sayedee comes under attack
A prosecution witness in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Sayedee was hacked in Pirojpur early yesterday, within 40 days of the attack on the house of another. Though justice seekers and...
View ArticleDeath warrant for Mollah
The war crimes tribunal yesterday issued a warrant of execution for Jamaat leader Quader Mollah, condemned to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. In protest, Jamaat-e-Islami...
View Article2 more dead
A Chhatra League activist was killed in a clash between Awami League and BNP men in Sylhet while a victim of blockade violence succumbed to her injuries in Savar yesterday. The former, Masud Ahmed, 23,...
View ArticleIn pain, in agony
Alamgir, the bus helper who was burnt while sleeping in a bus at Mawa Ghat early on Saturday, was still in a critical condition yesterday, doctors said. “He inhaled a lot of smoke. So I am very afraid...
View ArticleWhat will this election deliver?
Democracy means a system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives. And of course a general election offers people the sweeping right to choose their...
View ArticleQuitting ‘by post’
All six Jatiya Party ministers and an adviser to the prime minister yesterday sent their resignation letters to the premier by post, said party’s Secretary General Ruhul Amin Howlader. “We tried to...
View ArticleAll talks lead to polls schedule
With the ruling and the opposition parties sticking to their stances, the United Nations now looks to deferral of the election for giving the rival camps some more time to find a solution to the crisis...
View ArticleThai PM to dissolve parliament, call elections
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she will dissolve parliament and call an election, after sustained protests in the capital, Bangkok. The move followed the resignation of all opposition MPs from...
View ArticleWI U-19 withdrawn from Bangladesh series
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has withdrawn its under-19 cricket team from one day international series in Bangladesh due to security concerns. The decision came after explosion of a crude bomb near...
View ArticleTrucker, helper burnt in Comilla
A trucker and his helper suffered burn injuries when pickets set fire to a running truck in Debidwar upazila of Comilla this morning. The helper of the truck was whisked off to Comilla Medical College...
View ArticleJamaat wants to join JS polls, leaders tell Taranco
Jamaat-e-Islami leaders have discussed with the visiting UN delegation on how the party can take part in the upcoming general election. “Jamaat cannot join election following a High Court verdict but...
View ArticleRizvi, Hannan to be interrogated at jail gate
A Dhaka court today rejected both the bail and remand prayers of BNP leaders Rizvi Ahmed, ASM Hannan Shah and Belal Ahmed and sent them to jail in three cases. The court however allowed the...
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