BSF man faces trial
Trial of an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) trooper began yesterday in connection with the killing of a Bangladeshi teenage girl along the border in 2011. The paramilitary force had set up a special...
View Article31 held in Barguna sent to jail
A Barguna court yesterday sent to jail the 31 alleged militants of Ansarullah Bangla Team, also known as Ansarullah Bahini, who were arrested on Monday. Police sought 10 days’ remand for the group of...
View ArticleProgressive force its prime target
It is through its websites, blogs and publications that the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team instigated the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider on February 15. But more chillingly, the group,...
View ArticleAL won’t take talks initiative
The ruling Awami League will welcome an initiative from friendly countries, including the US, towards facilitating a dialogue between the AL and the BNP over a polls-time government. However, the AL...
View ArticleOdhikar secy sent to jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan to jail after he was produced before it following a High Court order. Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafa Shahriar Khan passed the order...
View ArticleCancel Hall-Mark chairman’s bail
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday appealed to the High Court to cancel a lower court order that had granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a loan scam case. On August 4, a...
View ArticleEC halts elections to 3 municipalities
In a bizarre move, the Election Commission yesterday postponed the September 8 polls to three municipalities as desired by the LGRD ministry. The EC on July 31 had announced the schedule for holding...
View ArticleShutdown makes people suffer for lack of transport
Panic-stricken Eid holidaymakers had to endure sufferings on their return to the capital due to the Jamaat-e-Islami’s 48-hour shutdown that began yesterday morning. The Jamaat, a key component of the...
View ArticlePreaching militancy, building network
Suspected militant leader Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, “spiritual leader” of al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, has been building radical Islamist network in the country at...
View Article7 charged with fixing in BPL
On a cloudy day at a posh city hotel, a little light was shed on one of the darkest chapters of the country’s sporting history yesterday. David Richardson, the ICC CEO, announced that nine individuals,...
View ArticleBahrain disperse demonstrators with tear gas
Bahraini police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Shia Muslim anti-government protesters yesterday, but there were no reports of casualties. A Reuters correspondent saw police dispersing the...
View ArticleIndian submarine sinks after blast
India’s navy said all 18 sailors on board a submarine which exploded and sank yesterday are feared dead, and admitted the incident had left a “dent” in the country’s defences. The fully-armed INS...
View ArticleKhaleda turns 68
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia turned 68 today. She celebrated her birthday cutting a cake in a small family gathering at her Gulshan home early today, party sources said. BNP and its associated...
View ArticlePower supply partially restored
The electricity supply in Bhola partially resumed Tuesday night after a 74-hour blackout since Saturday. The district started receiving 7.5 megawatt from Patuakhali-Bhola 33 kilovolt (KV) power grid as...
View Article9 ‘militants’ arrested in Jhalakathi
Police yesterday evening arrested nine people as they were allegedly having militant training inside a madrasa-slash-mosque at Nalcity of Jhalakathi. Superintendent of Police of Jhalakathi Md Majid Ali...
View ArticleUN worried over arrest of Adilur
The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of rights body Odhikar, and urged the government to release him immediately. “We are calling on the government...
View ArticleNSU student arrested
Detective Branch of Police arrested a student of North South University at Dhanmondi yesterday in connection with the murder of blogger and activist Ahmed Rajib Haider on February 15. According to...
View ArticleVictim’s son testifies at war crimes tribunal
Martyred journalist ANM Golam Mostafa’s son has been in a silent but relentless pursuit of learning about his father’s abduction and the man who was behind the incident happened on December 11, 1971....
View ArticlePlan to build 2 rail bridges over Jamuna under PPP
The government has decided to implement nine projects including construction of two rail bridges on the river Jamuna under public private partnership (PPP) initiative. Cabinet committee on economic...
View ArticleIndia to seek ratification of land deal
The constitution amendment bill to ratify the India-Bangladesh land boundary agreement (LBA) is due to be introduced in the upper house of Indian parliament next week, the final lap of its ongoing...
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