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BPL Scandal Ex-CJ Amin to lead BCB trial The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is now focused on forming a disciplinary panel after nine individuals — cricketers and officials — were charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday with breaching BCB’s anti-corruption code during the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League. The charges ... Read more

Cabinet body also okays project to set up 5 medical colleges The government has decided to implement nine projects including construction of two rail bridges on the river Jamuna under public private partnership (PPP) initiative. Cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair yesterday approved proposals of ... Read more

Human rights organisation Odhikar on Wednesday demanded immediate release of its secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and said that it acted bona fide for the just and proper cause of human rights without prejudice to any quarter. In a statement, Odhkiar clarified the positions of both the organisation and its secretary

Two Bangladeshi men were beaten to death on Tuesday by a mob at Chichingpara in Meghalaya in India after they reportedly entered the Indian territory illegally. The deceased were identified as Hemanta Koch, 22, son of Srikanta Koch, and Shital Koch, 24, son of Premananda Koch of village Rangtia in Jhinaigati upazila

Pilgrims to go under scanner to prevent human trafficking The government has taken a number of measures to stop human trafficking to Saudi Arabia in the name of Hajj Pilgrimage through proper checking and screening of pilgrims before the flight that begins on September 7. A taskforce has been formed to carry out the checks ... Read more

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has given permission to the Army Welfare Trust to put into service 400 taxicabs in Dhaka and Chittagong cities in next four months from August 1. The permission was given after only one company had been selected to ply taxicabs in Dhaka after the authority had invited applications from

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was killed and another injured being trapped into the iron trap of the Indian Border Security Force in the river Sangli in the Shamsernagar border in Lalmonirhat at dawn on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nurnabi Mian, 24, son of Soleman Ali of Munsirhat village near Shamsernagar border at Patgram ... Read more

The International Cricket Council charged nine individuals on Tuesday with various offences they had committed during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League but refused to disclose their identities. The charges are related to an alleged conspiracy within the Dhaka Gladiators franchise to engage in match-fixing and spot-fixing activities.

The incidence of dengue fever caused by a tropical virus has been on the rise in the capital and the rest of the country, health officials said. Until now, the highest number of incidence was reported from the capital prompting health officials to alert the two city corporations to remove stagnant

A one-man special court of the Indian security force on Tuesday began the trial of the killing of Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun in Koch Bihar BSF headquarters about two years and eight months after the incident took place on India-Bangladesh border. The judge, SK Srivastava, also the inspector general of the

Home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Tuesday termed India putting on trial the shocking murder of Felani by its Border Security Force troops as a matter of relief. Felani was among hundreds of unarmed Bangladeshi civilians who gave life in the hands of trigger happy Indian BSF along the border between the two countries.

1 killed as human hauler chased by pickets overturns A man was killed and scores were injured as stray incidents of violence marked the first day of the 48-hour general strike the Jamaat-e-Islami began enforcing on Tuesday morning. The injured included 10 police constables and the officer-in-charge of the Gangni police in Meherpur. Jamaat, which ... Read more

Rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan was sent to the jail on Tuesday, a day after the High Court had asked the police to do so. A metropolitan magistrate sent Adilur Rahman, also Odhikar secretary, to Dhaka Central Jail in accordance with Monday’s order of the High Court that also stayed the five-day remand order to ... Read more

More international and local rights watchdogs and individuals condemned the arrest of Bangladeshi rights defender Adilur Rahman Khan and called for his immediate release. The Amnesty International and Switzerland-based International Commission of Jurists have asked the Bangladesh authorities to release Adilur, also the secretary of Odhikar,

The government is losing out on huge amounts of revenue as unregistered and smuggled motorcycles are being operated across the country. These unregistered vehicles are often being used for subversive activities, which has created an additional headache for the police. Such illegal motorbikes ply with “on test” or “applied for registration (AFR)” signs on their

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by ruling Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony seeking bail in a case for assaulting journalists. Acting metropolitan sessions judge Md Aktaruzzaman passed the order. This was the second time that Rony was denied bail.

A man who made his fortune in traditional medicine spent six years building his own private mountain peak and luxury villa atop a high-rise apartment block in China’s capital. Now, authorities are giving him 15 days to tear it down. The craggy complex of rooms, rocks, trees and bushes

Dhaka explains govt position The European Union (EU) and the US have expressed their concern over the detention of Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan. They also laid emphasis on the need to follow the due process in all proceedings against the official of the human rights organisation, who was arrested by police

The cabinet on Monday approved the crucial ‘Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers Bill, 2013′ incorporating the highest 10 years rigorous imprisonment and fine of TK 500,000 for violation of immigration law. The draft law also proposed seven years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Tk 300,000 for any forgery of the demand letter, visa and work ... Read more

The High Court on Monday stayed for six weeks the five-day police remand of Adilur Rahman Khan, detained secretary of human rights watchdog Odhikar, and ordered the authorities to send him to jail immediately in connection with a case under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The court, however, permitted the law enforcers to ... Read more