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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday that her government would be able to complete the trials of war criminals, like the trial of the Bangabandhu killing case, in order to make the nation free from stigma. “I believe that we will be able to complete trials of war criminals who committed crimes against humanity ... Read more

Questioning the transparency of the International Crimes Tribunals, opposition BNP on Thursday said the country’s people will not accept if anyone is punished with a political motive. “Echoing Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s family, we would like to say we also want transparent and fair trial. The people of Bangladesh can’t accept

Illegal Foreign Workers KSA plans crackdown No more amnesty in Malaysia The Saudi Arabian government will start a massive crackdown on illegal foreign workers after the end of the amnesty that expires on November 4. It warned that the migrants staying illegally in the kingdom would be fined and jailed for two years after the ... Read more

Positive Bangladesh Litre of Light In 2012, Sajid Iqbal was inspired by a video posted on his Facebook wall by a friend — ‘Litre of Light.’ His interest was kindled by the combination of art and science, creating a technology he now calls ‘Botol Bati’. In the video, Alfredo Moser, a Brazilian innovator and inventor ... Read more

The introduction of 3G technology has generated huge expectations among consumers, but experts warn that the people will not be able to enjoy the benefits of this technology much if the tariffs and the prices of mobile phones continue to remain high. At present, a 3G-enabled handset is priced at a minimum of Tk. 10,000, ... Read more

National grid to get 175 MW electricity from India The much-talked about power import from India will get under way on a commercial basis from tomorrow through the addition of 175 megawatt (MW) of electricity to the national grid. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the electricity import at the power transmission centre in ... Read more

Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), an international non-government organisation (NGO) working as a catalyst of social movement against corruption, has found that 10 NGOs do not exist. These were part of 63 NGOs selected for projects under the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF). Besides, nine NGOs were allocated projects on

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested seven Chinese citizens and their three Bangladeshi cohorts from Uttara area in the city on charge of smuggling Bangladeshi medicines early Thursday. They have so far smuggled consignments of huge number of tablets such as Oraplus, Loratin and Oradin to Hong Kong in the name of exporting garment products and ... Read more

A writ petition seeking a directive to hold the next two parliamentary polls under a caretaker government (CG) was filed in the High Court on Thursday. Advocate Yunus Ali Akond said his petition sought implementation of a Supreme Court verdict of May 10, 2011. In the verdict on the 13th amendment,

The agitation by teachers and counter-protest by vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Prof Dr Anwar Hossain in front of the VC’s residence continued for the third consecutive day on Thursday. The agitating teachers under the banner of General Teachers’ Forum have been demanding the VC’s resignation. On the other hand, Prof. Anwar expressed

Election commissioner Abdul Mobarak on Thursday said the Election Commission would examine whether it can introduce the no-vote system again. Mobarak, who is now in charge of chief election commissioner, said this while receiving a memorandum from Progressive Democratic

Awami League backed candidate Shawkat Hachanur Rahman Rimon won the Barguna-2 by-elections by a small margin. He bagged 65,813 votes with ‘boat’ symbol, while his contender candidate Golam Sarwar Hiru of Islami Andolon Bangladesh got 57,993 votes with ‘hand fan’ symbol, in the election boycotted by Main opposition BNP. Returning Officer

Masked men slit the throat of a housewife and stabbed her husband into a forest at Bhabanipur Bairagirvita in Bhawalgar union under Gazipur sadar Wednesday night. The wife was identified as Selina Akter, 27, and the husband as Md Farhad Mollah, 35.  Locals said the couple along with their seven-year-old son

Masked men slit the throat of a housewife and stabbed her husband into a forest at Bhabanipur Bairagirvita in Bhawalgar union under Gazipur sadar Wednesday night. The wife was identified as Selina Akter, 27, and the husband as Md Farhad Mollah, 35. Locals said the couple along with their

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) registrar, AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud, on Wednesday admitted that the draft of the verdict on BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was leaked a few days before the court delivered it. He said that a general diary has been filed with Shahbagh Police Station in this connection. Chances of such incidents are ... Read more

Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that if the Awami League came to power again, one school and one college in each upazila would be nationalised. Addressing a large rally at Roopur in Pabna, the Prime Minister criticised Khaleda Zia for not willing to accept her  as the head of the interim government.

BNP on Wednesday spewed fire against the death sentence awarded to the party’s standing committee member, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, for war crimes. In its official reaction to the ICT verdict a day earlier, BNP accused the government of a conspiracy to deny justice to SQC. In protest, the party

Highest safety measures will be maintained Bangladesh embarked on a nuclear power programme on Wednesday when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the work for the first phase of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) here. “After decades of speculation, plans and programmes, the commissioning of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is going to be a ... Read more

Over 90 per cent high-rise buildings were erected in the capital city and the adjoining areas without caring to take mandatory clearance from the Department of Environment, said DoE officials. Owners took environmental clearance before constructing 1,256 high-rise buildings from 1997 to 2013, they said. During the same period, they said, the owners

Five-year road map laid out for local and foreign investors The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, approved a five-year road map withdrawing restrictions on capital account convertibility allowing local businessmen to invest abroad and facilitates foreign direct investments in the country. Muhith approved the road map that the Bangladesh Bank worked out on Monday. ... Read more