Month: September 2013

Khaleda behind BDR mutiny, she says Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked her party’s grassroots leaders to look at the Awami League symbol (Boat), not the face of the persons nominated in the next general election. “You must accept the persons whom we’ll nominate for the next election. If you ... Read more

The cabinet sub-committee to review the detailed area plan (DAP) has completed its work of reviewing the DAP, with recommendations to the government to accept seven more applications. submitted for amending the character and designs in the DAP, encompassing the Dhaka city and its suburbs, including Savar and Narayanganj, announced in

The US has expressed concern over recent reports that the government of Bangladesh may pursue a tax evasion case against Prof Muhammad Yunus. It urged for fair treatment of the Nobel laureate. The United States had long admired and supported Prof Yunus’ significant achievements in improving the lives of Bangladesh’s most vulnerable citizens,

The crucial 19th session of the Ninth Parliament will begin at 5 pm on Thursday amid speculations that it may be the last session of the current Parliament. The main Opposition BNP is yet to decide whether it would attend the session. BNP chief whip Joynal Abedin Faruk told The Independent that

Dhaka has formally expressed utter frustration to New Delhi over the acquittal of a member of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from the charges of killing Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun. In a formal communication, Bangladesh has expressed its hope that justice will prevail. A court of inquiry of the BSF has recently found the ... Read more

Opposition BNP on Wednesday claimed that a UN official has conveyed it that the government is not willing to hold talks on non-party caretaker government. While talking to a top BNP leader on Tuesday night, the UN official informed the government’s stance about the dialogue on the polls-time non-party government,

The father of the slain Felani Khatun has written to the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka seeking justice for the killing of his daughter by India’s Border Security Force in the Kurigram frontiers in 2011. ‘In my letter, I sought justice and demanded compensation for the killing of daughter,’ Felani’s father Nur Islam said. The letter was sent ... Read more

Opposition BNP on Wednesday accused the government of trying to gain its ‘blind vengeance’ against Nobel laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus, and urged it to refrain from filing any conspiratorial case against him. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mira Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “The present Awami League government has been on

Plantation Jobs in KL Many Bangladeshis face a hard time At least 18 Bangladeshi workers who migrated to Malaysia last month for plantation jobs under state arrangements want to return home, as they have been facing heavy odds in their workplace. Some of the workers told The Daily Star they were being forced to work no ... Read more

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detained 31 Bangladeshi cattle traders from Pilason frontier under Malda district in India, situated on the other side of Bivison frontier under Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday morning. After detaining, BSF handed them over to the Indian police, BGB sources said, citing the reference of BSF.

A Cyber Crime Tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday took cognisance of charges against human rights organisation Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and its director AKM Nasiruddin Elan. The tribunal judge, AKM Shamsul Alam, also issued a warrant for the arrest of Nasiruddin Elan as the police showed him fugitive in the case.

Loot Tk 4.25 lakh Unidentified muggers stabbed an employee of Bata Shoe Company to death before snatching Tk 4.25 lakh from him at Barutkhana in Sylhet city yesterday. Rokibul Islam Rajib, 25, hailing from Sardarpara under Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur district, was in charge of Bata’s depot at Dakshin Surma in the city.

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the government to transfer Oishee Rahman, the prime accused in connection with the killing of her parents, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from jail, to determine her mental condition. In response to a writ petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Zafar ... Read more

A young man allegedly committed suicide after killing his minor daughter at a residential hotel in the city’s Hazrat Shahjalal Dargahgate area on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Alim Ullah, 30, and his two-year-old daughter Sadia Afrin. They hailed from Ashatola in Sadar upazila of Comilla. Quoting Alim’s wife Fatema,

Thousands of potato growers and traders across the country are facing hard times as they are incurring huge losses because of low potato prices in the market. Experts explained that a bumper harvest, coupled with lack of storage facilities, availability of other vegetables and high input prices, has resulted in the sharp fall in prices, ... Read more

International community takes stance on next JS polls The international community appears resolved not to send observers to monitor the next general election in Bangladesh unless the polls are to be inclusive and there is consensus about the election-time government. Foreign countries are annoyed and concerned over the political stalemate in Bangladesh and will not send ... Read more

Meeting with BNP EU presses for dialogue  The visiting European Union delegation yesterday called upon the government and the opposition to immediately sit in a dialogue to find a solution to the crisis over the polls-time government. “We really think this is the time to sit for a dialogue,” EU Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna ... Read more

Dhaka has sought clarification from New Delhi about media reports on the Indian Border Security Force’s plan to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), popularly known as drone, in the sky along the border with Bangladesh. “We have officially taken up the matter with the Indian authorities and sought a clarification in this regard,” Shameem Ahsan, ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday blamed the false propaganda of the opposition parties for the defeat of the Awami League-backed candidates in all city corporation elections. She came up with the view when the newly-elected office bearers of Barisal District Lawyers’ Association met her at her office. Association president KBS Ahmed Kabir

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that no election will be allowed in the country under a government led by Sheikh Hasina. “We want to state clearly that holding of a lopsided election will not be allowed keeping [prime minister] Sheikh Hasina in power. The next general election must be held under a non-party administration, no matter ... Read more