Jamaat leader shot dead in Jessore
Unidentified criminals gunned down a union level leader of Jamaat-e-Islami here yesterday evening, eight hours after a Jubo League leader’s tendons in the hands and legs were cut allegedly by Jamaat...
View ArticleTrain narrowly escapes accident
An intercity train with 500 passengers on board narrowly escaped a fatal accident on Chandpur-Laksham route, thanks to the presence of mind of two farmers. Chittagong-bound Meghna Express was scheduled...
View ArticleMushfiqur to captain Tigers in WC 2015
Mushfiqur Rahim will be leading the Bangladesh cricket team until the 2015 ICC World Cup, to be held in Australia and New Zealand. The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman’s role as captain, which was...
View ArticleHannan, 12 other Huji men charged
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday pressed charges against 13 members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan in two cases filed...
View ArticleAL candidates of 4 divisions finalised
The Awami League finalised its lawmaker aspirants in four divisions yesterday and would finalise candidates in the remaining two divisions today. In the process, the party ended up violating the...
View ArticleEC presses for tight security
The Election Commission has asked the home ministry to draw up a comprehensive plan to ensure security in all polling stations across the country ahead of the next parliamentary polls. The EC yesterday...
View ArticleAir passengers in deep trouble
Besides triggering countrywide violence, the ongoing blockade enforced by the 18-party opposition combine has been causing immense suffering to air passengers at Dhaka airport. Passengers willing to...
View ArticleBlockade extension upsets salvage plan
The extension of the opposition enforced blockade has pushed children, parents and teachers into further difficulties as exams that had been rescheduled for today due to the blockade could be postponed...
View ArticleAL, BNP leaders hardly hopeful
Policymakers of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance now see little hope for a solution to the political deadlock through talks with the government. The ruling Awami League’s strategy for the...
View ArticleUN delegates due Dec 6
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco arrives in Dhaka on December 6 on a four-day visit to discuss with stakeholders the ongoing political crisis and next...
View ArticleMother’s blood on their hands
Anwara Begum, who had her skull blown apart Tuesday night by a crude bomb hurled from a rally in the capital’s Shantipur area, died early yesterday. The 42-year-old mother had to be given full-blown...
View ArticlePeople driven up the wall
Twenty-three-year-old Shobha, who rushed her injured brother to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Manikganj yesterday, proves that hartals and blockades are not a choice made by the common people. “I...
View ArticleRailway the main target
At least seven more people were killed and scores injured in fresh violence that rocked several districts across the country yesterday, the second day of the opposition’s nationwide rail, roads and...
View ArticlePope names private secretary to supervise Vatican bank
Pope Francis named his personal secretary to supervise the activities of the Vatican bank yesterday, in a sign the pontiff wants to keep a tight grip on the drive to clean up its operations and image....
View ArticleUN begins distributing fuel to combat Gaza crisis
The United Nations yesterday began distributing fuel in Gaza to keep critical infrastructure running as fears of a health crisis grow over accumulating rubbish and sewage, an official said. “Fuel is...
View ArticleRussia bails last Greenpeace activist
A Russian court has granted bail to the last Greenpeace activist detained at sea for protesting against Arctic oil-drilling. A court in St Petersburg ruled that Colin Russell, an Australian national,...
View ArticleArizona couple ‘held three daughters captive’ in home
Police in Arizona say three sisters were held captive in filthy conditions for up to two years by their mother and stepfather in the city of Tucson. Investigators say two of the girls, aged 12 and 13,...
View ArticleNigerian govt gives striking teachers ultimatum
Nigeria’s government yesterday stepped in to stop a long-running strike by university lecturers, ordering an immediate end to the dispute and vowing to sack teachers who refused to cooperate. Education...
View ArticleItalian police crack down on ‘poor’ Rome students
A crackdown on students in Rome claiming poverty to pay fewer fees and access subsidies found many with lavish bank accounts, hidden revenues and even one whose father owned a Ferrari, police said...
View Article1 Shahbagh burn victim dies
A youth who sustained burn injuries when miscreants set fire to a bus near Shishu Park in the capital this evening, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital five hours after the incident. Nahid...
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