We don’t want to see military rule
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again said that her government will not allow any unconstitutional force to rule the country. “We will allow no unconstitutional forces to grab state power again. We do...
View ArticleDream left in ashes
Only two days ago, he was an employer of 19,000 workers at his apparel factory complex in Gazipur. But a single mindless act of sabotage has taken Mosharraf Hussain, owner and managing director of...
View ArticleLiving in anarchy
SCENE ONE A man’s eye falls out of its socket as the bandage is removed. The sight pushes his distraught wife into unconsciousness. His son, petrified, cries his heart out at the eerie scene before...
View ArticleArson: foul play of outsiders
Friday’s fire at Standard Group’s factory complex in Gazipur was a clear case of arson by workers from neighbouring factories and some influential locals. It all started on November 13, when a meeting...
View ArticleOminous sign
The sights are raw and unthinkable. Over a million square feet of factory space lay charred. Truck after truck of brand apparels just to be exported turned to ashes. The sights also send out a chilling...
View ArticleRizvi held in early hours cop raid
In an outlandish pre-dawn raid on the Nayapaltan headquarters of the BNP, plainclothes detectives yesterday assaulted its Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed and arrested him. During the raid, cops...
View Article4 killed on first day
Announced all of a sudden the night before, the opposition’s three-day blockade left at least four people killed and put tens of thousands of travellers across the country in peril on its first day...
View ArticleStray incidents mark 2nd day of blockade
Stray incidents like crude bomb blasts, processions and fire on rail tracks are the key features that Dhaka city dwellers experienced this morning, on the beginning of the second day of the...
View ArticleBlockaders cut off rail link with Rajshahi
Rail communications between Rajshahi and rest of the country including Dhaka remain suspended since early today after a train derailed in Rajshahi following removal of fish plates from the railway...
View Article2 dead in Thai political violence
A “red shirt” Thai government supporter was shot and killed early on Sunday, raising the death toll to two from political violence in Bangkok as protesters intensified a week-long bid to topple Prime...
View ArticleCroatia votes on move to ban gay marriage
Croatians yesterday voted in a controversial referendum that could outlaw same-sex marriage in the mostly Catholic country, an issue that has split the EU’s newest member state. The Church-backed...
View ArticleViolence shakes Thai capital
Thai police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters trying to storm the government headquarters to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, after violence in the capital left four...
View Article16th anniversary of CHT accord today
As the country is set to observe the 16th anniversary of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord signing today, many promises of the treaty still remain unfulfilled. Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati...
View ArticleNora Shariff passes away
Nora Shariff, who received the Friends of Liberation War Honour in 2012, passed away Friday at her home in South London. Shariff, 73, had been suffering from cancer. She left behind her husband Sultan...
View ArticleCriminals kill Jubo Dal leader
A Jubo Dal leader was allegedly beaten to death by unidentified criminals in Patiya of Chittagong yesterday. Abdul Gafur, 45, of Pashchim Rashidabad, was the general secretary of the upazila unit of...
View ArticleHT Imam’s meeting sparks controversy
Former public administration affairs adviser to the prime minister HT Imam yesterday held an “informal meeting” with the officials and employees of the public administration ministry, sparking...
View ArticleGreen light for food courts
Food courts are finally going to be functional as the government has recently cleared the way for judicial magistrates to run the courts at each district and metropolitan city to check food...
View Article600 Hindus killed on a single day
A freedom fighter yesterday testified that Razakars had killed 500-600 Hindus at the directive of Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf on a single day at Rampal in Bagerhat in 1971. Sudhangshu Mandol from...
View ArticlePM accuses Khaleda of ‘mass killing’
Referring to the killing of people in arson attacks on passenger buses as “mass killing”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was involved in the crime. The prime...
View ArticleGovt opens probe into Standard Group fire
The government yesterday formed a high-level investigation committee to find out the reasons behind the fire at a Standard Group factory on Friday. The nine-member committee comprises members of...
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