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Absconding Al-Badr bosses Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan alias Nayeb Ali and Chowdhury Mueenuddin were sentenced to death by an International Crimes Tribunal for abducting and killing intellectuals at the fag end of the country’s liberation war in 1971. A three-member International Crimes

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday, tagged withdrawal of hartal, with her offer to the opposition for a dialogue on poll-time government. “The door for a dialogue is still open. But you have to withdraw the hartal. You have to commit to the nation that you would not play with the lot of the people,

The BNP-led 18-party alliance is going to enforce another spell of 60-hour nonstop countrywide hartal from 6am on Monday to push for its demand for arranging the next election under a non-party administration, reports UNB. The hartal programme will end at 6pm on Wednesday. BNP acting secretary general

The main opposition BNP has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call upon the opposition to lift the nationwide 60-hour hartal from Monday in the interest of dialogue is nothing but an instance of expediency. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s today’s call to sit for dialogue lifting hartal is a game. She is just playing tricks in ... Read more

One hundred and fifty-seven of the 322 unnamed workers killed in Rana Plaza collapse on April 24 have been identified from DNA sampling. The National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory at Dhaka Medical College Hospital submitted the test reports to the labour ministry on Sunday after

Attacks On Houses, Temples In Pabna HC orders inquiry The High Court on Sunday ordered an inquiry into attacks on houses and temples of Hindus in Pabna over a reported posting on the Facebook maligning Prophet Mohammad (SM). The court asked the inspector general of police to investigate the matter by a three-committee composed of ... Read more

Victim families want Ashraf, Mueen brought back for execution As the International Crimes Tribunal-2 presiding Judge, Justice Obaidul Hassan, pronounced death sentence for Al-Badr bosses Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan, for abduction and killing of intellectuals, the family members of victim intellectuals present in the courtroom began sobbing in joy and hugged each ... Read more

Bangladesh celebrates Constitution Day today with the main opposition BNP-led alliance continuing with its protests pressing for restoration of election-time caretaker government system abolished by the latest (15th) amendment to the country’s constitution. The day this year bears special significance as

Examinations for the first two days of Junior School Certificate and equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate scheduled for today and Wednesday have been deferred to November 8 and November 9 due to the BNP-led opposition alliance’s 60-hour general strike starting from this morning. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, made the announcement

The growth of the tourism industry will suffer a setback this year as the country witnessed political unrest and frequent violent hartal that claimed at least 25 lives countrywide, said some tour operators. The ruling party and the main opposition are at odds over the caretaker govt issue giving a wrong signal to the tourism industry. The ... Read more

Several hundreds workers of readymade garments factories staged demonstrations, locked in clashes with cops vandalised scores of vehicles blocking the Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Kaliakoir in Gazipur demanding minimum wages at Tk 8,000 on Sunday morning. Fearing large scale vandalism, the authorities of at least 70 textiles and garment factories

Bismillah Group Scam ACC files 12 cases against 53 people The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed 12 cases against 53 people for swindling about Tk 990.03 crore out of a total of Tk 1,200 crore from five banks by Bismillah Group. Five officials of the filed the cases with Matijheel, Ranma and New Market police ... Read more

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed said, on Sunday, that the entire country is waiting for a peaceful end to the current political impasse over election-time government, and the election commission also shares the same sentiment. “We are hopeful that we’d see the end of this political impasse, and that’s why we haven’t finalised the ... Read more

A policeman was stabbed to death and another three were injured as miscreants attacked them at Batali Hill under Khulsi police station in the Chittagong city on Sunday. The deceased was Abdul Kaiyum, 26, son of Abu Yousuf of village Gachuya under Sondip upazila, and the injured were Md Salauddin, Ariful Islam

Worried over hartals and frequent acts street violence, the US, UK, Canada and Australian missions in Dhaka issued travel warnings to their citizens travelling to or residing in Bangladesh, advising them to be very cautious. Alerting its citizens, the US said violence could also occur in the evening/night before a hartal. The UK reminded its citizens and ... Read more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-Party Alliance will observe another spell of a non-stop 60-hour nationwide hartal from Monday, demanding that a free, fair and credible general election be held under the oversight of a non-party caretaker government (CG). The hartal, to be enforced in support of the opposition’s demand for the restoration of

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the opposition has called another 60-hour strike as they don’t want dialogue and peace. Referring to the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance, she also called upon the people to build a strong resistance against those who are resorting to violence and are killing people in the name of movement. “BNP and

At least 90 per cent of the wetlands in and around the capital have declined rapidly over the past decade. This has contributed to the complete disappearance of 54 fish species, affected the ecological balance, and put the flood flow zones in great peril. A sizeable portion of wetlands in Mirpur, Gabtali, Basila, Mohammadpur, Badda, ... Read more

At least 25 houses and four temples of Hindus were attacked and 11 houses set on fire by a group of agitated people at Bongram village of Santhia upazila in Pabna on Saturday following a rumour that a Hindu boy posted something on Facebook maligning Prophet Muhammad (SM). Locals and the police said that the ... Read more

The 38th Jail Killing Day will be observed in the country tomorrow to recall the contribution of four national leaders who had led successfully the Liberation War in the absence of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971. On this day in 1975, four national leaders and key personalities in the Bangladesh ... Read more