Shibir men march, blast crude bomb
Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student body, yesterday brought out a brisk procession in the capital’s Dhanmondi area protesting “the recent crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood...
View ArticleEgypt embassy consular section shut for 11 days
The consular section of the Egyptian embassy in Dhaka will remain closed for 11 days from today “due to some security reasons”, said an embassy press release yesterday. Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam...
View ArticleRights boss concerned over Oishee’s remand
The National Human Rights Commission yesterday expressed grave concern over placing Oishee Rahman, the teenage daughter of a slain police officer and his wife, and their minor domestic help on remand...
View ArticleContempt rule sought against HRW
The prosecution yesterday filed a petition with International Crimes Tribunal seeking contempt proceedings against Human Rights Watch for its report on the verdict in former Jamaat chief Ghulam Azam’s...
View ArticleMueen escaped from freedom fighters
Immediately after the Liberation War, freedom fighters of Feni attempted to apprehend Chowdhury Mueen Uddin for his alleged involvement in the killings of intellectuals but failed as he had escaped....
View ArticleAlim was sued after Liberation War
At least two cases were filed against Abdul Alim with Joypurhat Police Station after the Liberation War for allegedly collaborating with the Pakistani army, an investigator testified yesterday. ZM...
View ArticleVictims of ‘nothing to do’ syndrome
For Mishkat (not real name), a youth in his mid-twenties, it all started seven to eight years ago when he and his friends felt like they ran out of fun things to do. “We can watch movies or play...
View ArticleDriven by Hawa Bhaban
Canadian company Niko has been mired in controversies ever since it entered the country’s energy sector. It was disqualified in an oil and gas block bidding in 1996 as a small, new and inexperienced...
View ArticleArmy Padma consultant
Bangladesh Army will be given the job of supervision consultancy of three components — two approach roads and a service area — of the Padma bridge project. Talking to journalists at his secretariat...
View ArticleCops hardly corrupt
In a drum-beating move, the police department funded a survey by some Dhaka University teachers and students that showed a huge majority of city residents were “satisfied” with the services of Dhaka...
View Article‘Pintu pledged to help attackers’
Former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu had allegedly promised to provide security and administrative assistance to the assailants of the August 21 carnage, a former Rab official told a Dhaka court...
View ArticleTrial hamstrung
As the nation observes the ninth anniversary of the August 21 grenade blasts today, it is still uncertain whether the trial for the gruesome attack will be completed during the tenure of a government...
View ArticleNiko fails to dodge it
An international tribunal yesterday rejected the Canadian company Niko’s challenge over the Bangladesh government’s claim regarding payment of $106 million in compensation for two blowouts at...
View Article2 Bangladeshis held in Cairo
Two Bangladeshis, including a student, have been arrested in Cairo, the capital of trouble-torn Egypt, on charge of violating curfew, said a Bangladesh foreign ministry official on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleEgypt court to consider Mubarak release
An Egyptian court is due to review a petition for the release of deposed President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak is facing a retrial for complicity in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that...
View ArticlePakistan seizes huge bomb-making chemicals
Security forces have seized 100 tonnes of bomb-making materials and detained 10 people in a raid in Quetta, south-west Pakistan, officials say. The cache contained chemicals used to mix bombs, wires...
View ArticleNSA surveillance covers 75pc of US Internet traffic
The National Security Agency’s surveillance network has the capacity to reach around 75 percent of all US Internet communications in the hunt for foreign intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported...
View ArticleNo. 10 contacted Guardian over Edward Snowden secrets
Number 10 was involved in discussions with the Guardian about material it had obtained from American whistle-blower Edward Snowden, it has emerged. Prime Minister David Cameron ordered Britain’s top...
View ArticlePalestinian killed in Israeli raid
A Palestinian has been killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops on a raid to arrest a militant in the northern West Bank, the Israeli military says. The military said soldiers were attacked as they...
View ArticleIndian PM to visit White House in late Sept
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to meet with US President Barack Obama at the White House on September 27, the White House said on Tuesday. Singh has come under fire in India for quietly...
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