Egypt bans four Islamist TVs for inciting hatred
A Cairo court yesterday ordered the closure of four television channels, including Al-Jazeera Egypt and Ahrar 25, a network belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, for “inciting hatred” against Coptic...
View ArticleLibya gunmen kidnap ex-spy chief’s daughter
Gunmen kidnapped the daughter of Libya’s former spy chief Abdullah Senussi as she left a Tripoli jail after serving out a prison sentence, Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani said yesterday. Senussi was...
View ArticleBraveheart Mumbai teen files molestation case against father
When the 15-year-old confided in her mother that she was stripped and bitten by her father, she was met with a “let it go.” However, the victim was in no mood to let go and went straight to the...
View ArticleFrog can hear with mouth!
Some of the tiniest frogs on Earth have no middle ears or eardrums but can hear by using their mouths, scientists said Monday. Gardiner’s frogs live in the rainforests of the Seychelles, a series of...
View ArticleGovt has nothing to hide
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday insisted that his government has nothing to hide vis-a-vis the coal scam and it was wrong to assume that it was “hiding something”. Manmohan Singh said it would...
View ArticleMore than 2m flee Syria: UN
More than two million Syrians have fled their country, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, as President Barack Obama secured supports from key Republicans for military strikes against Syria, in a...
View ArticleGovt to fix DA considering inflation
The government will fix dearness allowance of the public servants on the basis of inflation and any imminent revision of pay scale, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday. “We will make the...
View ArticleBTCL boss, 3 others denied bail
The High Court yesterday rejected bail petitions filed by the managing director of state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd and three others, charged for misappropriating over Tk 607...
View ArticleAlim’s trial at final stage
The case against war crimes accused BNP leader Abdul Alim is set to enter the final stage as International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday fixed today for beginning of closing arguments. The two-member...
View ArticleMadness in the morning
The school-goers of Dhanmondi residential area are the worst sufferers of its confusing traffic system. With muddled up laws that changes almost every day, there is never any telling which way one...
View ArticleRickshaw-puller identifies 8 BCL men
A prosecution witness yesterday identified eight of the 21 Chhatra League men accused of killing Biswajit Das during a road blockade enforced by the BNP-led opposition on December 9 last year. The 13...
View ArticleCEC for extensive scrutiny
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said the commission would examine whether a level playing field would be created for all candidates if the next general election is held with...
View ArticleNokia exits mobile phone business
Microsoft Corp has agreed to buy Nokia Oyj’s handset business and license its patents for €5.44 billion ($7.2 billion), casting together the lot of two technologies companies trying to stay relevant...
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Wasim Bin Habib yesterday talked to noted jurists and civil society members who observed that it is not possible to have a level playing field for the upcoming national election if the polls are to be...
View ArticleCrisis to deepen
It is clear that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has further hardened the government’s stance on the polls by backtracking from her earlier announcement of holding the general election by dissolving the...
View ArticleCurious buying spree
In Chittagong’s deep-sea fishing business, an entrant has created quite a ripple. He has little business background other than being the government-appointed chairman of the now troubled BASIC Bank....
View ArticleFerry service comes to a halt
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route have remained suspended since Monday night due to rapid formation of underwater shoals and fierce currents in the Padma, forcing hundreds of vehicles to take...
View ArticleGive us security
When the Buddhist leader stood up before the microphone, there was little sign that he is 84. His resonant voice reverberated through Ramu’s Buddhist neighbourhood. But an underlying tone of...
View ArticleRamu incident shame for all
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon people irrespective of caste, creed and religion to work together to protect communal harmony in the country. The Ramu incident was a shame for all,...
View ArticleUS Senate draft backs Syria action
President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the US Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited US strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of...
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