6 Students Killed by Mob Police to probe now police case Police high-ups have no confidence in the case filed by Savar police regarding the killing of six students in Aminbazar on Monday, in which the victims are labelled as robbers. The police headquarters hence formed a four-member committee yesterday to probe the matter. “We ... Read more
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Farmers begin jute harvest
Farmers in different areas of the country, especially those who cultivated jute early, have started harvesting their jute this season. Officials of the department of agriculture extension said farmers in most of the areas were happy this year as they were getting satisfactory yield. They said that harvesting would go on in full swing for
Mirsarai tragedy trucker caught
Police yesterday arrested the unlicensed driver, responsible for the July 11 truck plunge that killed 40 people, mostly school children, in Mirsarai of Chittagong. A team from Kawnia Police Station of Barisal arrested the truck driver, Jasimuddin alias Mofiz, from a house in Batna village of the district around
Stop coaching business
Teachers demand at meeting with education minister Heads of top city schools and colleges yesterday demanded the government take action to stop private tuition and coaching, holding these responsible for various unethical practices in educational institutions. If needed, the authorities should arrange extra classes in the campus itself, they insisted. Agreeing with their demand, Education ... Read more
6-hr shutdown at gas stations
Decides govt to tackle electricity crisis during Ramadan The CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed between 3:00pm and 9:00pm for nearly a month starting from the first day of Ramadan as part of a government initiative to improve gas supply to power stations and tackle power crisis. At present, the closing time ... Read more
Four of a family, car driver killed in road accident
At least five people, four of whom were of one family, died and 20 others were injured in a traffic accident on the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway near Abdul Kadir Molla City College in the Narsingdi district headquarters about 12:30pm on Thursday. The deceased were Nurun Nesa 50, Kohinoor, 26, Sijala, 20 and Yasmin, 18, all of ... Read more
Pry school teacher removed for sexual harassment
A teacher of a primary school was stand-released on Thursday after some girl students brought charges of sexual harassment against him. The upazila primary education officer said that a primary inquiry had found true the charges against Abul Kalam Azad, 42, an assistant teacher of Government Model Primary School at Sujanagar of Pabna, and
Pintu, Torab, 428 others indicted
A Dhaka court on Wednesday charged 430, out of the 847, accused, including former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu and local Awami League leader Torab Ali, with murder and other criminal offences committed during the rebellion at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, in February 25–26,
Police role in question
Only survivor tells The Daily Star about the fateful night Al Amin, the lone survivor of Aminbazar mob beating early Monday, told yesterday how he saved his life and that plainclothes police just watched his friends get killed from a couple of yards away. Traumatised and with injuries all over his body, 17-year-old Al Amin ... Read more
Death penalty for OC Rafiq
Rafiqul Islam who was suspended as the officer-in-charge of the Motijheeel police and two others were on Wednesday sentenced to death on charge of killing college student Kamrul Islam Momin in 2005. Dhaka speedy trial tribunal judge Mohammad Rezaul Islam convicted Rafiqul, Tareq alias Zia and Shakhawat Hossain Jewel to death
Clemency for killer
President grants mercy to Laxmipur AL leader Taher’s son in death row President Zillur Rahman has granted mercy to AHM Biplob, a son of ruling party leader Abu Taher of Laxmipur and a death row inmate in much-talked-about Nurul Islam murder case. The clemency came into effect from July 14. Biplob, however, is in Laxmipur ... Read more
Another expressway to link Uttara, Savar EPZ
Govt also approves second Padma bridge project; counts on public private partnership The government plans to build a 34-kilometre elevated expressway for quick entry and exit of vehicles to and from Dhaka, and facilitating transit trade with India, Nepal and Bhutan. The Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway Project (DAEEP), to be implemented in Public Private Partnership (PPP), ... Read more
Govt asked to explain in action
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to explain in ten days why it should not be directed to take punitive action against the persons responsible for lynching six students on suspicion of robbery on July 18 in Amin Bazaar. The government and the police were also asked to explain why their inaction and ... Read more
Hasina asks constitution critics to go to Pakistan
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday suggested that those who wanted to throw the constitution to dustbin should go to Pakistan, as they do not believe in sovereign Bangladesh. ‘The opposition leader has said that she would throw away the constitution and some of her associates have wanted to throw it to dustbin. How ... Read more
BNP to write to int’l bodies
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is likely to send letters to 19 countries and international human rights organisations, including the United Nations, informing them of rights violations such as police assault on the opposition chief whip, Zainul Abdin Farroque, in Bangladesh. A meeting of the BNP parliamentary party made the decision, opposition lawmakers told
Sugar Tk 65, soybean oil Tk 109
New prices effective from today The government yesterday put ceilings on retail prices of sugar and cooking oil to curb unusual price spiral ahead of Ramadan. From now on, maximum retail price of sugar will be Tk 65 each kilogram. Prices of loose palm and soybean oil will be Tk 99 and Tk 109 per ... Read more
HSC results on July 27
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on July 27. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will announce the result through a press conference at the ministry after handing over the copy of the results to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka Education Board Chairperson Prof Fahima Khatun told
BNP, allies turn down EC invitation
BNP stuck to its stand and once again turned town an invitation for Wednesday’s talks with the ‘biased’ Election Commission. ‘We express our sincere regrets as it is not possible to take part in the discussion at your invitation today because there is no change in our position as I had conveyed to you in ... Read more
Japanese woman found dead in city
A Japanese women allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the city’s Uttara area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sato Matico, 32, engaged in verifying readymade garments products which are exported to Japan, police said. Uttara police officer-in-charge Rezaul Karim said, ‘Police recovered the body of Matico at around
People deserve safe roads
Professor Ahsan tells New Age ROAD safety remains a neglected issue during all governments, irrespective of their political identity, Professor Hasib Mohammed Ahsan, director of Accident Research Institute under Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, said Tuesday. ‘The situation has become very bad and is getting worse, day by day. There is hardly any enforcement