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The Bangladesh railway authorities on Thursday suspended all railway services across the country for about four hours fearing sabotage shortly after the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla. Dhaka divisional railway manager Sardar Shahadat Ali told New Age that the authorities had suspended all train services for about four

The Bangladesh Railway is facing uncertainties in launching its trial basis train tracking system on mobile phones for the benefit of the passengers. The launching scheduled for last month became uncertain due to political unrests, said BR officials. They said that the plan was to display

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said the army is ready to get deployed during the 10th parliament elections slated for January 5. “The army has already been alerted…they’re ready to get deployed,” he said while talking to reporters Thursday evening. Kazi Rakibuddin, however,

A schoolboy was killed in a road accident in front of Lafarge Cement Factory colony in Chhatak upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Al-Nabin Sadik, 14, student of class IX of Kamar Ali High School and son of Saudi expatriate Chand Mia, hailing from Chhonkhair village of the upazila. Shahjalal Munshi, officer-in-charge of Chhatak police ... Read more

ACC grills 6 bank officials The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday interrogated six officials of Sonali Bank in connection with the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam, reports UNB. A seven-member investigation team, led by its deputy director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibly, interrogated them at the Commission head office in the capital as witnesses of ... Read more

AL, BNP stick to stances The much-hyped Taranco mission ended inconclusively on Wednesday as both the ruling and the opposition parties remained firm on their respective stances over the poll-time government format, the apple of discord of the current impasse. But according to many, the UN Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco has at least been ... Read more

The United Nations stands for a free, fair, inclusive and non-violent election which the people in Bangladesh want and deserve and the credibility of the election will ultimately rest with the people, the UN assistant secretary general, Oscar Fernández-Taranco, said on Wednesday. Fernández-Taranco specified three measures that

Execution halted till petition disposal The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till Thursday morning the hearing on the maintainability of the review petition filed by the death-row war crimes convict and Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. Both the chief law officer of the state, attorney general Mahbubey Alam, and the chief ... Read more

Jamaat unleashes anarchy across country At least two people were killed and 150 others injured on the fifth day of the nationwide blockade, called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance, on Wednesday. Besides, the hartal called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami triggered sporadic violence acoss the country. A poultry trader was killed and five others hurt when ... Read more

Losses Of Life, Economy Top parties to shoulder responsibility: FBCCI The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday said that the two major political parties would have to take liability of catastrophic damages of economy and loss of life during frequent non-stop blockades and hartals. FBCCI, the country’s apex trade body,

UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry called Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday to stress the need for talks with the opposition to resolve the country’s election standoff. “John Kerry emphasised (the need for) continuous talks between the two parties,” and that the US “expects a peaceful solution” to ... Read more

Ershad withdraws from 3 seats The Jatiya Party (JP) on Wednesday started withdrawing its candidates from the 10th parliamentary polls slated to be held onJanuary 5. JP chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad on Wednesday withdrew his candidature from the three constituencies — Dhaka-17, Rangpur-3

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has said there is no visible progress made in the talks held with the ruling Awami League and warned that the antigovernment movement will continue until any tangible result is attained to end the political impasse. “We don’t see any meaningful progress in the talks. We will continue ... Read more

Blockade puts boro cultivation in peril The farmers of the country, especially of the northern region, are facing serious problems in cultivating robi crops because of a shortfall in supplies of diesel and fertilisers. Supplies have been hit as the continuous blockade programme enforced by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance has affected transportation of diesel and ... Read more

Nelson Mandela’s tearful widow was among scores of family and dignitaries who stopped to pay their last respects before Nelson Mandela’s open casket Wednesday, as the celebrated leader lay in state. Clad in a black head-dress, Graca Machel stood in silence before the raised coffin, which was guarded at each end by two navy officers ... Read more

Shishu Park Bus Arson Masuma dies after 13 days ‘She called me in the morning and asked me to hold her hand and hug. I tried to hug, but the burn wounds she was suffering from did not allow me to embrace her,’ Mahbubur Rahman, husband of Masuma, the latest victim of Shishu Park bus ... Read more

Salimullah Medical College located in Old Town of Dhaka was closed for an indefinite period on Wednesday in the wake of Tuesday’s clash involving staff, interns and students. The students were asked to vacate their dormitories by Wednesday night. The decision was taken at a meeting of the academic

China wants Bangladesh to find out a peaceful solution to the political stalemate on forthcoming general election. A five-member Chinese delegation, led by Director General of Asian Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luo Zhaohui, made this comment after a call-on the opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, at latter’s Gulshan residence on Wednesday night. The meeting

Amid the ongoing dialogue between two major political parties ahead of the crucial national election, British senior foreign and commonwealth office minister Baroness Warsi will arrives in Dhaka today to discuss polls issues with political leaders. Warsi is likely to meet prime minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia during her short stay in

A man, who was tortured allegedly by his wife and her associates in the capital’s Khilgaon area Monday night, died from his injuries in a city hospital early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Md Jahangir Alam, 35. Police and family members alleged that Bakul Akhter,