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1971 Killing Of Intellectuals Verdict on Ashraf, Mueen today The International Crimes Tribunal-2 will today deliver its verdict amid tight security in the war crimes case against absconding Al-Badr bosses Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan alias Nayeb Ali and Chowdhury Mueenuddin for killing 18 intellectuals in 1971. The trial of the two accused took place in absentia. The police ... Read more

BNP agrees to secy-general-level meet with AL as business leaders broker dialogue Opposition BNP has agreed to hold a secretary-general-level dialogue with ruling Awami League on the poll-time government issue in response to a call for talks without any condition from business leaders. The BNP also asked the business leaders to place the proposal to ... Read more

A man was killed and 17 others were injured as a girder of an under-construction bridge fell on a BRTC bus near Mohipur ferry ghat on Kuakata-Kalapara Road Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Faruk Akan, 45, of Tajepara village in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district. Witnesses said the 129-tonne and 46.68-metre

Finds TIB The National Service Programme, marred by corruption and political interference, mostly failed to provide the youths with viable employment, according to the findings of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Though the scheme empowered the participants with training, socialisation and financial ability, it could not be viable in absence

Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia before an amnesty expires on Sunday as they risk being fined or even jailed. Nearly a million Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Indians, Nepalis, Pakistanis and Yemenis, among others, have taken advantage of the three-month amnesty — announced

Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association on Saturday started a strike for an indefinite period demanding the resignation of vice- chancellor professor Anwar Hossain. Earlier, VC Anwar Hossain at a press conference on Friday warned the agitating teachers that he would take steps according to the service rules of

Aduri, the 11-year-old tortured domestic help, who was recovered from a city dustbin on September 23, returned to her mother on Saturday, following completion of her treatment. Speaking at a press briefing, organised by the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), marking her farewell ceremony from the hospital, Aduri said,

10 factories closed Readymade garment workers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway and vandalised fifty vehicles following a rumour about the death of one of their fellows in a road accident in the Mill Gate area of Tongi Saturday morning. Witnesses said Sharmin Akter, 30, a worker of Top to Bottom Garments Factory, was severely injured as a ... Read more

Train services on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes resumed after three and a half hours as a local train derailed at Horimongol area in Brahmanpara upazila of Comilla Saturday morning. A compartment of Chittagong-bound Jalalabad Express veered off the tracks at around 10:30am. The rail communications was restored after the derailed

A visually impaired man was stabbed to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Ramganj College Road under Ramganj municipality area in Lakshmipur on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Khoka Mia, 40, son of Nur Mia of the village. Quoting witnesses, police said a group

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her firm determination to hold the next elections as per the constitution, saying that her government wants to create a permanent political stability in the country. “We have reestablished the parliamentary democracy by amending the constitution and we want to hold the next elections by upholding the

Oman restricts visa for six months The country’s manpower export sector will again suffer a setback as Gulf state Oman has imposed restrictions on visas for construction and cleaning workers for the next six months. The Oman Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said it will stop issuing visas to non-Omani workers in construction and cleaning sectors ... Read more

The main opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance on Friday threatened that it will begin a series of non-stop anti-government movement after the poll schedule is declared. The Election Commission may announce the poll schedule either in the last week of November or in the first week of December. As part of its campaign, the 18-party alliance leaders ... Read more

It assails EC for its controversial activities Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a civil society platform, on Friday placed two formulas on the election-time government in a bid to resolve the ongoing political crisis in line with the Constitution, reports UNB. Sujan secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumder presented the two formulas at a press conference at the ... Read more

12m senior citizens suffer due to absence of national policy The absence of a national policy on senior citizens has contributed to the deteriorating plight of the elderly, who number 1.2 crore in the country at present, experts said. Changing lifestyles, rapid urbanisation, decline in traditional values and erosion of the family support system, coupled ... Read more

At least 20 people, including a policeman, were injured as cricket fans and police locked in a clash at Chashara in Narayanganj on Friday morning, over Bangladesh-New Zealand cricket match ticket. According to the police, a group of cricket fans staged a rally on the Bangabandhu Road in Chashara area after hearing that the tickets ... Read more

Awami League (AL) leaders on Friday iterated their party’s stance that the next general election would be held in due time in line with the constitutional provisions. “No one will be able to foil the next general election,” said AL joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, while addressing an extended meeting, organised by the Dhaka City ... Read more

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has asked his party men to take a fresh vow to intensify movement to force the government to meet the people’s demand for polls under a non-party caretaker government (CG). Terming the ruling Awami League autocratic, Alamgir accused the government of killing at least 20 democracy loving people ... Read more

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday made it clear that the next general elections will be held under an all-party interim government as proposed by her mother. “People are reluctant to see any unelected government in state power anymore. The next elections must be held under the supervision of ... Read more

Bangladesh is still a better place to live than India, the next door neighbour considered as one of the 21st-century superpowers, says a recent study. According to the new study,the Legatum Prosperity Index, Bangladesh fares better than India when it comes to the “joy of everyday life,” and “the prospect of being able to build an ... Read more