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Prosecutors are expecting the verdict on BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC) next month for his participation in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. The proceedings ended on August 14 and hopefully it will not take more than a month to get the judgment after the tribunal’s announcement of a court adjourned verdict (CAV),

Leaders of Bangladesh Garments Sramik Oikkyo Parishad (BGSOP), on Friday, claimed that the newly amended Labour Law has failed to ensure the interest of the workers. “This newly amended Labour Law is unable to protect workers’ interests as it is more concerned with ensuring the rights of garments factory owners. Therefore, it must be amended ... Read more

With a few months to go before the incumbent government serves out, foreign diplomats have become active in Bangladesh’s politics, giving their views on how the political parties should resolve the crisis over the mode of an election-time government. Although diplomats from different missions in Dhaka in

Classes resumes, campus becomes normal The education ministry will set up an commission to investigate the allegations that have been levelled against the Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor, Anwar Hossain, after the return of the president, Abdul Hamid, who is now in Singapore. Classes, meanwhile, resumed at Jahangirnagar University

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved four cases against 22 people, including the present managing director SOM Kalim Ullah and three former managing directors of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd, regarding their suspected involvement in illegal Voice over Internet Protocol business.

The government on Sunday reduced urea fertiliser price by Tk 4 a kilogram to lessen agricultural production cost. The agriculture minister, Matia Chowdhury, announced the reduction in the urea price at a press briefing in her ministry. She said that the urea price was set at Tk 16 a kilogram

The chief judicial magistrate’s court in Dhaka on Sunday rejected three of the four petitions, including the one seeking bail for Oishi Rahman, the prime suspect in the murder of her parents, Special Branch inspector and his wife. The court of metropolitan magistrate Anwar Sadat,

Barguna-2 by-polls on Oct 3 The chief election commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, on Sunday said that Jamaat-e-Islami leaders would be able to contest the parliamentary polls but would not get ‘scale’ or any other election symbol reserved for the party. He made the observation replying to a volley of

Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced the Hajj flight schedule to and from Saudi Arab to carry pilgrims under government management. According to the announcement, a total of four flights of Biman would carry around 1,591 pilgrims under the government arrangement.

The president, Abdul Hamid, also chancellor of the University of Dhaka, appointed AAMS Arefin Siddique the vice-chancellor for the next four years, an education ministry circular said on Sunday. The university senate at a special session on Saturday elected three people — AAMS Arefin Siddique, who was vice-chancellor, Nasreen Ahmad, the incumbent

Despite having spent over Tk. 16 crore, the authorities are yet to clean up the capital’s lifeline, the Buriganga, which lies by the western edge of the 400-year-old city. The river water remains highly polluted on a 23km stretch, where no aquatic life can survive. In spite of their failure, the authorities are planning another ... Read more

The government has seemingly failed to enforce the fare chart it prepared for different modes of public transport, including long-route and city buses, cabs and CNG-run autos. Passengers said transport workers were forcing them to pay more than the fares fixed by the government-fixed fare, which often led to altercations between them.

PM inaugurates largest public sector power plant Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday, urged the people of the country to vote her party to power again, “to keep the present momentum of development uninterrupted”. Addressing a public meeting at Shaheed Monju Stadium at Araihazar upazila in the district, the Premier ... Read more

Seminar told indiscriminate extraction of groundwater paves the way for peril Within a few years, sea water intrusion from the south might reach Dhaka and make its groundwater salty, if proper measures are not taken, speakers at a seminar said yesterday. “The saline water has reached up to Magura. Once the groundwater of the capital ... Read more

Minister assures them of probe into allegations The Jahangirnagar University teachers rallying for the resignation of the vice-chancellor, Anwar Hossain, on Saturday night called off their programme of siege for 15 days after the education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, earlier assured them of looking into the matter after an investigation. A group of teachers teamed ... Read more

Dumpyard Shock Human bones sent for forensic test Around 16 severed human body parts and 13 bones, found in four sacks at Dhaka South City Corporation landfill in Matuail yesterday, might have been trashed by a medical student studying anatomy. The body and skeleton parts had probably been treated with preservatives and used by medical ... Read more

Oishi Rahman, the prime accused in the murder of her parents, on Saturday  admitted to being involved in the murder and said that she was repentant. Oishi gave her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedures in the chief judicial magistrate’s court after her being remanded in

Bangladesh ranked 24th in the world in spending on the import of military weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Bangladesh upped its place to the 24th in 2012 from the 40th in 2011 after it had bought weapons worth $325 million (Tk 2530.3 crore), according to

A nine-year-old schoolgirl was found dumped in a graveyard at Pakuria in the Rajshahi city on Friday night, the police said on Saturday. She was strangled after being gang-raped, the police said adding that two people had been arrested in this connection. The Rajshahi metropolitan

Law enforcers seized two large consignments of contraband yaba tablets and arrested four people from Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of the district in last two days. A total of 43,550 pills, worth about Tk 1 crore in Cox’s Bazar and almost Tk 3 crore in the capital, were recovered in a span of just 10 ... Read more