The death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla is likely to be executed ‘within the shortest possible time’, state minister for law said Thursday. Execution of the death sentence on the Jamaat leader came to the limelight after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court published
Month: December 2013
JP ministers hand over resignation letters to Ershad
Five Jatiya Party ministers resigned from the government on Thursday. They submitted their resignations to party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday afternoon. The ministers who resigned are health minister and JP chief HM Ershad’s wife Raushan Ershad, commerce minister GM Kader, civil aviation and
Another 72-hr blockade from tomorrow
The BNP-led 18-party alliance has called another countrywide 72-hour road-rail-waterway blockade to push for election under a non-party poll-time government and to protest against announcement of the poll schedule. It will begin at 6 am on Saturday and end at 6 am on Tuesday. Another demand is unconditional release of leaders and activists arrested on
Bangladesh seeks duty-free access
Bangladesh on Thursday demanded relaxation of rules of origin, duty and quota-free access to LDC products to developed countries, as well as preferential market access to service sectors, at the ninth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Taking part in a discussion on Thursday, the third day of the WTO conference in Bali, ... Read more
CEC still hopeful of consensus
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has urged all political parties to reinforce the people’s right to choose their leaders through the democratic process, which has been stalled by the current political impasse. “Democracy empowers the people to select their leaders at regular intervals, but the present political situation has snatched the people’s
ICC T20 100-day countdown begins
Trophy on display in city today The 100 days countdown of ICC World Twenty20 began with the unveiling of the clocks simultaneously at the early hour on Friday in the three host cities of Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet. Band shows by popular local music groups and celebratory displays marked the start at 10 pm on ... Read more
Khoka on 2-day remand
A Dhaka Court Thursday placed arrested Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka on a two-day remand in a case filed in connection with an arson attack on a bus that had left three passengers dead and 16 others burnt. etropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the order after police produced had Khoka before the ... Read more
ACC appeals Tarique verdict in money laundering case
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed an appeal with the High Court challenging a trial court verdict acquitting BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case. “We have filed the appeal with the HC against the lower court verdict. We have appealed for cancellation of Tarique Rahman’s acquittal,” ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam
‘Last-ditch int’l efforts’ to end crisis as Taranco due today
United Nations assistant secretary general for political affairs Oscar Fernandez Taranco will arrive at the capital on Friday night on a four-day visit to the country. The visit is seen by many as one of the last-ditch international efforts to help resolve the current political impasse in Bangladesh. Taranco will lead a five-member delegation comprising ... Read more
Kazi Zafar expresses solidarity with oppn
Expressing solidarity with the opposition’s ongoing movement, Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Thursday night said Jatiya Party, led by him, will be there on the streets to make the BNP-led 18-party’s action programmes a success. Talking to reporters after a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Kazi Zafar came up with the announcement. In the wake ... Read more
HRW urges govt, oppn to exercise restraint
With national elections scheduled for January 5, violence by the opposition protesters and excessive force by the state security forces need to end in Bangladesh, observes the New York-based Human Rights Watch. The opposition party alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has held large-scale and often violent protests throughout the country
NU postpones Dec 7-9 exams
The National University on Thursday postponed its all examinations scheduled to be held on December 7-9 due to unavoidable circumstances. The new schedule for the postponed examinations will be announced later, said a press release. However, the timetable of other examinations
Tareq Masud’s birth anniv today
The 57th anniversary of the birth of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Tareq Masud, who established his own language of storytelling on the silver screen, will be observed today. His blend of patriotism and pragmatism was what constituted the individuality that is reflected in his films. Having been a student of history, having educated himself in the ... Read more
Making craft with conch
Artisan Anup Nag has a rich family tradition of making ornaments and wind instruments from the conch shells. Anup, born and bred at Shankhari Bazar, home to conch shell artisanship, is displaying his products at the weeklong Craft Fair organised by Bangladesh National Museum at its Nalinikanta Bhattasali Auditorium. The fair will continue till
Popular singers render Manna Dey’s songs
Prominent singers of the country satisfied the thirst of the audience presenting the recently demised legendary singer Manna Dey’s popular songs on Wednesday at the National Art Gallery auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The emerging singers also covered Dey’s evergreen songs well at the commemorative programme organised by
Jibandhuli to participate in Jaipur film festival
Tanvir Mokammel’s latest film Jibandhuli will participate in the competition section of the upcoming sixth Jaipur International Film Festival in India. The festival will run from February 01 to 05. Jibandhuli features the valiant role of a minority man named Jiban Dhuli, a traditional trammer, during the war of independence in 1971. Shatabdi Wadud plays
Sumaiya’s photo wins prize in UK
A Bangladeshi student Sumaiya Mamun has won the third prize at the Churchill Photography Competition 2013 at the University of Cambridge in UK. Sumaiya’s another photograph was selected as one of the top 20 photographs in the competition. The annual photography competition allows the university members to participate in the competition
WB to provide $390m for education sector
The World Bank has approved a total of US$ 390 million additional financing for two ongoing projects in the Bangladesh’s education sector. The Washington-based lending agency on Wednesday approved $ 265 million for Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project and $ 125 million for Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project, said a World Bank release. It
Man commits suicide after hacking a couple
A man allegedly hacked a couple and later committed suicide by handing himself from a ceiling fan in the capital’s Gendaria Thursday morning. Gendaria police subinspector MA Momen said an assailant, MA Mannan, entered the flat of Abul Kalam around 10:00am and started hacking Kalam indiscriminately. As his wife Baby Akhter tried to save him, Mannan also ... Read more
Sylhet people threaten SUST authorities with general strike
A section of Sylhet people, under the banner of Sachetan Sylhetbasi, on Thursday announced a general strike for December 19 in the city if the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology authorities would not scrap its joint intake test move. The authorities have taken an initiative to hold the admission tests simultaneously at SUST and Jessore ... Read more