A one-member judicial inquiry committee on Thursday found that The six young men, who were beaten to death at Amin Bazaar in Savar early morning on July 18, were innocent students, not robbers, said the report of a one-member judicial committee on Thursday. The report held the negligence of Savar police sub-inspectors Anwar and Haris ... Read more
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Dhaka downgraded in GCR rankings: CPD
Bangladesh has become less competitive. In the latest edition of Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), Bangladesh ranks 108, a step down from what was shown in the 2010 report. The survey, conducted by World Economic Forum (WEF) among 142 countries, downgraded Bangladesh on three key problematic factors– inadequate power and energy
Protest at Shaheed Minar against govt’s failure
Sacrificing enjoyment, hundreds of conscious citizens of the country gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar on the Eid day to protest the failure of the government to maintain a safe road communications system. Civil society members, leaders and activists of different political, social and cultural organisations took part in the sit-in began around 12:30pm Wednesday, ... Read more
Govt to be forced out if polls not held under CG: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said the next election must be held under the system of caretaker government; otherwise, the government will be forced to quit. She said the entire country is ready for movement and different political parties that have contacted with BNP want movement to restore democracy in the
Ferry rescued after 17hrs
A ferry of Mawa-Kawrakandi route was rescued 17 hours after it ran aground in Padma with 24 vehicles carrying over 1,000 homebound people. Ro-Ro ferry Khan Jahan Ali got stuck at Kauliar Char in alternate channel Kobutor Khola around 9:00pm Tuesday, reports our Munshiganj
PM exchange Eid greetings at Ganobhaban
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday exchanged Eid greetings with foreign diplomats, judges, senior civil and military officials, party leaders and cross-section of people at her official residence Ganobhaban. At first, she exchanged greetings with cross-section of the people from 10:00am as the main entrance of Ganobhaban was opened on the
Man beaten to death in Pabna
A day labourer was beaten to death Tuesday night allegedly by his neighbours over a land dispute in Faridpur upazia in Pabna. The body of Ebad Ali, 60 was sent to Pabna Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy Wednesday morning. Kazi Zahidul Hafiz, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Faridpur Police Station, told
Gaddafi’s daughter gives birth
Hunted throughout her homeland and forced to flee into exile across a dangerous desert border, the daughter of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi paused somewhere in the Sahara to have a baby. The dramatic birth of Gaddafi’s granddaughter after her mother and other relatives escaped Libyan territory into Algeria, lends a human dimension to the ... Read more
President offers prayers at Nat’l Eidgah
President Zillur Rahman offered his Eid-ul-Fitr prayers along with hundreds of people from all walks of life on the National Eidgah in the city on Wednesday. Chief Justice Md Mozzammel Hossain, ministers including Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, advisers to the prime minister, state ministers,
NZ Press Association closes after 131 yrs
The New Zealand Press Association is closing, ending 131 years of supplying news to the country’s print media. The company struggled in recent years as media ownership and distribution in New Zealand changed. Forty journalists will lose their jobs with the closure of offices in Wellington, Auckland and
Hasina critical of demonstration at Shaheed Minar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was critical of the people who staged demonstration at the Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday instead of going home to celebrate the Eid. “How much time would have needed to go their village homes?” she posed the question while exchanging greetings with reporters alongside her scheduled program for exchanging the
2 women slaughtered in Keraniganj
Two septuagenarian women were hacked to death by unknown assailants in Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka district Monday night. The deceased, Rizia Begum, 75, wife of Alek, and her sister-in-law Julekha, 78, wife of Khalek Member, of Maniknagar Para under Keraniganj Model Police Station
Eid moon sighting a tough task, says astronomer
Sighting the new moon to determine the first day of Eid Al Fitr is always a tough task, an astronomer who is also the member of the UAE Moon Sighting Committee told Gulf News on Monday. “During the last two days of the month, the moon will be beyond the horizon after sunset, so it ... Read more
Limon gets artificial leg
Limon Hossain, a college student who was shot and maimed by Rab five months ago, was fitted with an artificial leg yesterday. A Rapid Action Battalion team on March 23 shot the 16-year-old boy in the left leg when he was taking his cows to a grazing field at Chhaturia village of Jhalakathi. After four ... Read more
3 arrested for ‘trade in kidney’
Police arrested three men from Bohuchi village under Kalai upazila of Joypurhat on Sunday night for their alleged involvement in kidney trade. The arrestees are Md Abdus Sattar, 40, Golam Mostafa, 28, and Abdul Karim, 32, of the same village. Acting on information, a team led by the officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station raided two
Housewife killed by husband
A husband stabbed his wife following a row over money at the city’s Mohammadpur on Saturday night, police and family members said. The victim Amena Khatun, 40, wife of Arshed Ali, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday morning with stab injuries to her head, hands, back and
Most pvt univs fail to move to permanent campuses
Most private universities have failed to move to their permanent campuses with only a few days left before the ministry deadline for the universities to do so. Only nine of the 54 private universities could move to their permanent campus as of Saturday, according to University Grants Commission
BNP threatens to avenge MU Ahmed’s death
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday threatened to dislodge the government to ‘avenge’ the ‘killing’ of Supreme Court lawyer MU Ahmed. ‘We do not know how lawyers would take the death of MU Ahmed or whether they would take revenge, but we must avenge the killing by ousting the fascist government,’ BNP acting secretary ... Read more
People cry for food in inundated south-west region
Thirty-five-year-old Monwara Begum had to steal vegetables from others farmland near his shelter house to feed her husband and the only son as her family has no other way to collect food. Leaving his house that collapsed about three weeks ago in worst-affected Kanaidia Tala in Satkhira that became inundated because of flash flood, the ... Read more
Repair work won’t complete before Eid
Dhaka-Ctg Highway Repair work won’t complete before Eid Abul claims 90pc repair work of highways done Passengers bound for home will have to suffer for the battered condition of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway as the repair work at some damaged parts will remain incomplete before the Eid-ul-Fitr. However, visiting the highway yesterday Communications Minister Syed Abul ... Read more