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A Cyber Crime Tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday took cognisance of charges against human rights organisation Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and its director AKM Nasiruddin Elan. The tribunal judge, AKM Shamsul Alam, also issued a warrant for the arrest of Nasiruddin Elan as the police showed him fugitive in the case.

Loot Tk 4.25 lakh Unidentified muggers stabbed an employee of Bata Shoe Company to death before snatching Tk 4.25 lakh from him at Barutkhana in Sylhet city yesterday. Rokibul Islam Rajib, 25, hailing from Sardarpara under Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur district, was in charge of Bata’s depot at Dakshin Surma in the city.

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the government to transfer Oishee Rahman, the prime accused in connection with the killing of her parents, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from jail, to determine her mental condition. In response to a writ petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Zafar ... Read more

A young man allegedly committed suicide after killing his minor daughter at a residential hotel in the city’s Hazrat Shahjalal Dargahgate area on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Alim Ullah, 30, and his two-year-old daughter Sadia Afrin. They hailed from Ashatola in Sadar upazila of Comilla. Quoting Alim’s wife Fatema,

Thousands of potato growers and traders across the country are facing hard times as they are incurring huge losses because of low potato prices in the market. Experts explained that a bumper harvest, coupled with lack of storage facilities, availability of other vegetables and high input prices, has resulted in the sharp fall in prices, ... Read more

International community takes stance on next JS polls The international community appears resolved not to send observers to monitor the next general election in Bangladesh unless the polls are to be inclusive and there is consensus about the election-time government. Foreign countries are annoyed and concerned over the political stalemate in Bangladesh and will not send ... Read more

Meeting with BNP EU presses for dialogue  The visiting European Union delegation yesterday called upon the government and the opposition to immediately sit in a dialogue to find a solution to the crisis over the polls-time government. “We really think this is the time to sit for a dialogue,” EU Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna ... Read more

Dhaka has sought clarification from New Delhi about media reports on the Indian Border Security Force’s plan to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), popularly known as drone, in the sky along the border with Bangladesh. “We have officially taken up the matter with the Indian authorities and sought a clarification in this regard,” Shameem Ahsan, ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday blamed the false propaganda of the opposition parties for the defeat of the Awami League-backed candidates in all city corporation elections. She came up with the view when the newly-elected office bearers of Barisal District Lawyers’ Association met her at her office. Association president KBS Ahmed Kabir

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that no election will be allowed in the country under a government led by Sheikh Hasina. “We want to state clearly that holding of a lopsided election will not be allowed keeping [prime minister] Sheikh Hasina in power. The next general election must be held under a non-party administration, no matter ... Read more

According to her revised schedule Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will now travel to New York to join the UN general meeting session. When contacted, PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the prime minister would attend the upcoming session to project the achievements of

The alliance partners of the ruling party Awami League in the 14 party alliance on Tuesday expressed in their view in favour of holding the election after dissolving the parliament. They expressed the view at the meeting of the alliance at Al president’s Dhanmondi office. When contacted Rashed Khan Menon, president of the Workers

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu came under attack by two young men in London around 10:30pm (local time) on Monday night. Though the attempt failed, the attackers managed to flee the scene. The young men posing themselves as journalists made the attempt at the London office of private TV channel ATN Bangla when the minister ... Read more

The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to controversial ruling party lawmaker Gulam Maula Rony in three cases including an attempt to murder case. Of the cases, one was filed for assaulting two journalists of a private TV channel, while the others were filed for extortion and vandalising establishments

The flood situation deteriorated following further sharp rise in water levels of the major rivers inundating few low-lying char areas in the Brahmaputra basin during the past 24 hours till 6am today, official said. The Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Ghaghot were flowing above the danger marks (DM) at five points of Fulchhari, Gaibandha, Bahadurabad, Sirajganj

The government has decided to enhance the penalty for flouting the workers’ safety rules especially by the apparel industry, commerce ministry officials said Tuesday. The move has been taken apparently to appease the US Trade Representative, they said. A 13-member committee, appointed by

Opposition BNP on Tuesday demanded immediate cancellation of the amended Information and Communication Technology Ordinance 2013, saying the law has been changed to suppress the opposition and those who hold different opinions and views. “They (govt) with an evil political motive have passed the law hastily through promulgating an ordinance sidetracking

Ecnec okays Tk 175cr project The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a project for the construction of 156 flood shelters at a cost of Tk 175 crore. The approval came at its meeting held at the conference room of the National Economic Council (NEC) with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in ... Read more

The Anti-Corruption Commission has found a total of 722 bank accounts in the name of 37 companies of the Destiny Group, the scandalous Multi-Level Marketing company, an ACC official told New Age. Earlier, the probe team of the commission found a total of 282 accounts of the group in several banks. ‘The probe team found 440 ... Read more

Leaders of country’s major political parties have praised the initiative of US Secretary of State John Kerry for a “constructive dialogue” between the government and the opposition. American Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena on Sunday delivered two separate letters from John Kerry to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia