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If the horoscope is your favourite page in the newspaper, then beware: the Zodiac is more than just a harmless pastime. People who follow their stars are more likely to abandon their commitments and be...
View Article42 Hindus shot dead on Yusuf’s order
Yet another freedom fighter has testified that 42 Hindus were shot dead at Shakharikathi Bazar of Kachua upazila in Bagerhat on November 5, 1971, following Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer AKM Yusuf’s...
View ArticleIftekhar new IG-Prisons
The government yesterday appointed Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin as the inspector general of prisons, replacing Additional Home Secretary Main Uddin Khandaker, who was given the charge about a week ago....
View ArticleAbsentee counsel loses power of attorney
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday cancelled the vokalatnama (power of attorney) of defence counsel for Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf as the counsel has been remaining absent from court...
View ArticleIt’s plot to kill him
Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday claimed that the government, out of political vengeance, was trying to kill Abdul Quader Mollah, disregarding the constitution, the Supreme Court and the jail code. Issuing a...
View ArticleChina for dialogue
A Chinese special envoy yesterday stressed the need for dialogue between political parties for peace and stability in Bangladesh. Luo Zhaohui was speaking to reporters after meeting BNP Chairperson...
View ArticleWitness testifies on killing of 5
A freedom fighter yesterday testified that four to five detainees were killed at a Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali-controlled Al-Badr torture camp in Chittagong during the Liberation War in 1971....
View ArticleAL to offer JP 60 seats if it joins polls
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has finalised a list of 60 parliamentary constituencies, mostly in Rangpur division, to give up those seats for the Jatiya Party if it agrees to contest the January...
View ArticleJustice Sinha’s village home set on fire
A group of unidentified criminals set fire to the village home of Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, at Kamalganj in Moulvibazar early morning...
View ArticleMilk supply blockade-hit
More than one million consumers of three major metropolises have been suffering severely from milk scarcity for three weeks, as blockades and hartals have snapped the supply chain of the country’s...
View ArticleTearful mourners pay last respect
Nelson Mandela’s tearful widow was among scores of mourners who paid their last respects before his open casket yesterday, as the much-loved leader lay in state. Graca Machel, clad in a black...
View ArticleParalysed by fear
A bustling town up north, Bogra has been brought to its knees in recent weeks by the violent activism that the opposition alliance has unleashed. In broad daylight yesterday, only the odd roadside...
View ArticleHe saw them burn to death
He could not see his daughter and wife for one last time yesterday, nor could he be beside them in their last journey. Offering prayers at their graveside was not possible for him either. Such...
View ArticleJamaat, Shibir on rampage
Jamaat-Shibir activists continued to unleash terror across the country during the Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced daylong hartal yesterday, protesting the move to execute convicted war criminal Abdul Quader...
View ArticleMasuma loses battle for life
The motifs of henna in her hands had barely disappeared when she lost her life to mindless political violence. Masuma Akter died around 11:00am at Dhaka Burn Clinic and Diagnostic Hospital yesterday,...
View ArticleFate hangs in the balance
The fate of Abdul Quader Mollah now hangs in the balance, as the Supreme Court may decide today whether to accept or reject the review petition against the death sentence of the convicted war criminal....
View ArticleWar crimes, Kerry & history
US Secretary of State John Kerry called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday to warn her that if convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah goes to the gallows, Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections...
View ArticleMollah execution to derail polls?
US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday said the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah might lead to events, which could derail the next parliamentary election in Bangladesh. Talking to...
View ArticleSolution possible
UN special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco yesterday urged the ruling and opposition parties to continue dialogue in the spirit of goodwill and with an attitude of compromise and reducing tension. He,...
View ArticleThey talk twice, agree to nothing
The United Nations’ hectic efforts brought the Awami League and the BNP leaders to the discussion table twice in the last two days, but could not make any breakthrough in the stalemate over the...
View ArticleMollah execution ‘anytime’
The Supreme Court today cleared the way for executing death row war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah, rejecting the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s petition to review his death sentence. Attorney General...
View ArticleUS considers sanctions against Ukraine
The US state department has said it is considering all options, including sanctions, towards Ukraine as the political crisis there continues. It follows attempts by riot police to dislodge...
View ArticlePetrol bomb hurled at Justice Kabir’s village home
Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb and four crude bombs at the village home of Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, the chief of International Crimes Tribunal-1, in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila early today. None was...
View ArticleBus torched, 2 bombs blasted in capital
Miscreants set fire to a bus in Sayedabad area and blasted two crude bombs at Dayaganj in the capital this morning, the sixth and last day of opposition-sponsored countrywide blockade of road, rail and...
View ArticleLast flight of MiG-21 jet that changed course of Liberation War
The MiG-21 FL fighter jet from Indian Air Force (IAF), which had changed the course of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh due to its accuracy, flew into the annals of history yesterday. “I have the...
View Article5 killed in Laxmipur opposition men-Rab clash
At least five people were shot dead and 25 injured as Rapid Action Battalion members opened fire during a clash with opposition men in Laxmipur town this morning. Protesting the deaths, the activists...
View Article‘Joy Bangla’ rocks Shahbagh again
Shahbagh came into life again as slogans rocked the heart of the city moments after the Supreme Court dismissed Quader Mollah’s petition to review death penalty. Hundreds of youths rushed to Shahbagh...
View Article‘Not much to prepare for’
Quader Mollah can be executed at a very short notice since some preparations have already been completed, according to prisons officials. “Some preparations, like the meeting with relatives, were...
View ArticleA joyous Victory Day for country: Hanif
A senior Awami League leader has said the people of the country will have a joyous Victory Day this year with the Supreme Court dismissing Quader Mollah’s petition to review death sentence. “Like the...
View ArticleDon’t allocate ‘plough’ to anyone, Ershad urges EC
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today sent a letter requesting Election Commission (EC) not to allocate the ‘plough’ to any political party or independent candidate as electoral symbol for the January...
View ArticleFeni covered van helper killed in blockaders’ attack
A covered van helper was killed when blockaders hurled stones at his vehicle in Feni Sadar upazila during the opposition’s blockade last night. The deceased was identified as Md Mahbub Alam. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleLawyers seek to meet Mollah
Counsels of Abdul Quader Mollah are going to file a petition seeking permission to meet the death row convict following the latter’s wish for so. Shishir Manir, his lawyer, told The Daily Star around...
View ArticleRobber beaten dead in capital
A robber was beaten to death and two others were injured by locals when they were trying to loot a house at the capital’s Kafrul area today. Deceased Rubel, 32, was a member of an organised robber...
View ArticleOrder reaches jail, ministry
The Supreme Court order dismissing Abldul Quader Mollah’s prayer to review his death sentence has reached offices concerned including Dhaka Central Jail, home ministry, International Crimes Tribunal....
View ArticleJamaat men torch 3 vehicles in Ctg
Hours into a review petition of war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah rejected, activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir torched three vehicles including an ambulance in Chittagong today. None...
View ArticleMollah opts not to seek mercy
Abdul Quader Mollah has refused to seek presidential clemency, according to jail authorities. The death row war criminals conveyed his decision when jail officials asked him this afternoon whether he...
View ArticleJamaat challenges registration cancellation
Jamaat-e-Islami today appealed to the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict that declared its registration with the Election Commission illegal making it unfit to contest the parliamentary...
View ArticleRespect Bangladeshis’ expectation, Khaleda tells India
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia has called upon the government of India “to show respect” to the demands and expectations of people of Bangladesh “the way the international community is reacting”. In a...
View ArticleDon’t execute Mollah, HRW urges govt
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked the government not to carry out the execution of condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah. In a statement today, the New York-based rights body said,...
View ArticleUK minister for inclusive polls
Visiting UK Senior Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Baroness Sayeeda Warsi today said an inclusive election is necessary in Bangladesh for its stability. In a meeting with BNP...
View ArticleJamaat warns of revenge
Jamaat-e-Islami made a call to form resistance against the government, threatening of dire consequence if its leader Abdul Quader is executed. “The government will have to keep in mind that Awami...
View ArticleArmy ready for deployment: CEC
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad today said that the army has been on alert and ready for deployment. The time and number of army personnel to be deployed will be decided in...
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