Odhikar secy remanded
The detained secretary of rights body Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan, was placed on a five-day remand yesterday in connection with a case filed for publishing a “false report” on the crackdown on...
View ArticleBiman faces cash crunch
Cash strapped Biman owes so much money to Padma Oil for aviation fuel that the oil company has threatened to cut off fuel supply. As of July 24, the national flag carrier owed Padma Oil Company Ltd, a...
View Article5.7-magnitude quake hits Tibet
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of Tibet in western China yesterday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 5:23 am (2123 GMT Sunday) 142 kilometres (88 miles) south-southeast...
View ArticleDutch Prince Friso dies
Johan Friso, the bespectacled Dutch prince who avoided the limelight and gave up his position in line to the throne after getting entangled in a scandal with his bride-to-be, died Monday – 18 months...
View ArticlePhilippines wants to use more US army assets
The Philippines said yesterday it would insist on being allowed to use more US military assets to protect its sea territories, when talks on expanding a defence pact start this week. Foreign Secretary...
View ArticleClarification
A report headlined “Row over death figure” published yesterday in our newspaper mentioned that “The Daily Star also has estimated that the number of casualties could be not more than 40.” This figure...
View ArticleCriminal killed in ‘gunfight’ with police
A criminal on the most wanted list was killed in a gunfight with police early yesterday in Ujalpur village of Darshana municipality in the Chuadanga district. The deceased was identified as Billal of...
View ArticleGovt press note trashes Odhikar report
A government press note yesterday termed baseless rights body Odhikar’s claim that 61 people were killed when Hefajat men were flushed out of the Motijheel Shapla Chattar in the early hours of May 6....
View ArticleBali appeals for asylum in India
Shukharanjan Bali, a key witness in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee, yesterday sought political asylum in India, reports BBC Bangla Service. He pleaded with an Indian...
View ArticleTougher law okayed
The cabinet yesterday approved the Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers Bill, 2013, keeping the highest 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and Tk 5 lakh fine for violating immigration law. The decision...
View ArticleIndia begins trial today
India will begin today the trial of the 2011 Felani murder by its Border Security Force (BSF). On January 7, 2011, the 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl was shot dead by BSF men when she along with her...
View ArticleTwo more cases filed against Rony
Two more cases were filed against Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony, his relatives and party men on charge of extortion, foiling a party meeting and ransacking business establishments. Md...
View ArticleNo int’l laws applicable in war trial
The defence of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury yesterday said no international laws would be “applicable” in the case against their client as he was being tried by a domestic tribunal under domestic laws....
View ArticleUndocumented workers in trouble
Several thousand Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia without any “entry documents” are in hot water, as they are not allowed either to return home or to legalise their status under the ongoing amnesty...
View ArticleMany bad elements secure position
A good number of former BCL leaders with alleged criminal records and those who stayed from party politics for a decade or so have been made assistant secretaries in ruling Awami League’s central...
View ArticlePoor quality clips cost state Tk 12cr
The clips that clamp the rail lines on to concrete sleepers on Bangabandhu Bridge are breaking, forcing the government to undertake a Tk 12 crore project to replace the substandard clips. Railway...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Barguna
Mufti Jasim Uddin, a suspect for blogger Rajib murder, was arrested in Barguna yesterday, police said. Police detained Mufti Jasim along with 30 of his “followers” at his house at Khajurtola around...
View ArticleNorwegian PM in disguise
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed. Stoltenberg said he had wanted to hear from real Norwegian voters and that...
View ArticleDhaka clarifies to Washington about deaths
Dhaka has claimed that Odhikar’s report on “61 deaths” during the Dhaka blockade by Hefajat-e Islam is false and fabricated and has been projecting a biased and false impression on the country’s...
View ArticleCost doubles in revised proposal
The government is set to approve the second revised proposal for relocating the hazardous tanneries from the capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar, increasing the original project cost by 98 percent. But the...
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