Close shave
Police yesterday arrested a Shibir activist for illegally entering the ward of injured Gonojagoron Mancha activist Tonmoy at Rangpur Medical College Hospital. The arrested, Rayhanul Islam, is a fourth...
View ArticleOnion relief sought from Myanmar
The government is set to import onion from Myanmar to stem the spiralling prices in the face of a supply crunch in India, the country’s main source of the vegetable, Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed...
View ArticleSufferings for second day
Thousands of Dhaka-bound Eid holidaymakers suffered long delays due to a massive tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail highway and a collapse in train schedules for the second consecutive day yesterday....
View ArticleEgypt for legal ban
Egypt’s prime minister has proposed disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, the government said yesterday, raising the stakes in a bloody struggle between the state and...
View ArticleCairo mosque cleared
Egyptian police yesterday exchanged gunfire with Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi holed up inside a Cairo mosque, an AFP correspondent reported. The clashes came on the fourth day...
View ArticleOdhikar’s Hefajat list under wraps
The rights body Odhikar has refused to provide the media with its controversial list of 61 victims of the crackdown on the Hefajat-e Islam’s demonstrations on May 6 though it provided five human rights...
View ArticleDaughter surrenders
Detectives yesterday detained three people, including prime suspect Oishee Rahman, in connection with the murder of Special Branch of Police inspector and his wife at their Chamelibagh home in the...
View ArticleFree regulator, only
An independent commission was imperative to ensure building safety in the country, said leading civil engineers and architects at a discussion in the capital yesterday. Any local government body, like...
View ArticleAL’s alternatives
The ruling Awami League is considering several alternatives in case the main opposition BNP boycotts the next parliamentary polls if held under an interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh...
View ArticleHopes bleak
Prospects for an amicable solution to the stalemate over polls-time government remain dim, as the ruling Awami League yesterday once again ruled out a return to the caretaker system and the opposition...
View ArticleEgypt cabinet to hold crisis meeting
Egypt’s cabinet is set to discuss the crisis in the country, where hundreds have died in clashes in recent days. The interim prime minister has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Muslim...
View ArticleBritish embassy in Yemen to reopen
The UK embassy in Yemeni capital Sanaa will open “as normal” on Sunday after staff were withdrawn earlier this month due to “increased security concerns”. Announcing the news on Twitter, British...
View ArticlePakistan ‘blasphemy’ cleric freed
A Pakistani court has dismissed charges against a Muslim cleric who had been arrested on suspicion of framing a Christian girl accused of blasphemy. The imam had accused 14-year-old Rimsha Masih of...
View ArticlePolice check new Diana death details
The Metropolitan Police is assessing new information it has recently received about the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in 1997. Scotland Yard said it was “scoping” the information and...
View Article27 die as Yemen wedding party swept away in floods
At least 27 members of a Yemeni wedding party have died after the vehicles they were travelling in were swept away by heavy floods, local officials say. The victims, including women and children, were...
View ArticleIndian smuggler dies in Joypurhat BGB firing
An Indian smuggler was killed as members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), after being attacked, opened fire along Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat early Sunday. Two BGB jawans were...
View Article8 more petitions filed against Jasmine’s bail
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed eight more petitions with the High Court to cancel the lower court orders that had granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in eight loan...
View ArticleStocks continue gaining streak
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse increased on Sunday after a three-day break. Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday (August 15) remained closed on the occasion...
View Article4 cops, journo hurt in Ctg Jamaat attack
Three policemen and a journalist were injured as activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, launched an attack on law enforcers in Chittagong city Sunday morning. The...
View ArticleFelani’s father, uncle leave for India for deposition
Father and uncle of Bangladeshi girl Felani, who was shot dead by Border Security Force in 2011, left Bangladesh for India on Sunday to give their depositions in the murder case. Felani’s father Nurul...
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