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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

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