Relatives of victims block highway
Relatives of missing victims of Rana Plaza tragedy and workers of the garment factories housed in the collapsed building yesterday staged demonstrations at Savar bazar bus stand. They blocked the...
View ArticleRMG workers clash with cops, 30 hurt
At least 30 RMG workers were injured in a clash with police at Masterbari under Sadar upazila in Gazipur yesterday. The clash took place as the police fired several rounds of tear shells to disperse...
View ArticleCop testifies in Aug 21 attack case
One more prosecution witness yesterday testified before a Dhaka court that Huji leader Moulana Tajuddin used to visit the residence of his brother Abdus Salam Pintu, former deputy minister of the...
View ArticleMilky’s family demands party actions
Family members of slain Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Milky yesterday demanded expulsion of two fugitive murder suspects Zahidul Islam Tipu and Wahidul Alam Arif from their respective political...
View ArticleAble officer transferred over opinion
The Election Commission has transferred one of its joint secretaries allegedly for disagreeing with a commissioner over giving extra time to a political party to meet the registration criteria. The EC...
View ArticleMueen, Ashraf the abductors
Nusrat Rabbee, daughter of martyred intellectual Fazle Rabbee, yesterday testified that alleged Al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan had abducted her father on December 15,...
View ArticleVictims finally back home
Some indigenous people, who had fled their homes in Matiranga on Saturday to escape communal attacks, returned home from Indian bordering areas on Sunday. They came following assurances from State...
View Article200 inspectors by Oct 15
The government will appoint 200 more factory inspectors in efforts to regain the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) privileges to the US market by December, Commerce Minister GM Quader said...
View ArticleBroke, they return home
It is not a new dress or a new pair of shoes. His father’s return turned out to be the best gift for 10-year-old Russell at Eid this year. “I do not need anything else (for this Eid),” a happy…Read more ›
View ArticleAccused gets rare bail
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday granted conditional bail to war crimes suspect Syed Mohammad Qaisar, due to his poor health condition. Bail conditions forbid Qaisar from contacting any...
View ArticleRoads to home still not clogged
People heading to their homes outside the capital for Eid rather had a comfortable exit yesterday as the exodus ahead of the festival was yet to reach its peak. However, holidaymakers had to go through...
View ArticleJamaat’s stay plea rejected
The High Court verdict declaring illegal Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration with the Election Commission as a political party will remain in force as the chamber judge of the Supreme Court has turned down...
View ArticleGhulam Azam appeals to SC
Convicted war criminal and former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam yesterday appealed to the Supreme Court seeking an overturn of his conviction and the 90-year jail sentence he received. Finding him...
View ArticleCards, not talks
A majority of voters of the country are youths who have never seen their two top leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, talking to each other. The two usually do not attend the same programme, though...
View ArticleCity billboards hijacked by AL
The real estate firm had a huge billboard at Shahbagh touting its apartments. It would not miss anybody’s notice. The day before yesterday, as a company director was passing by, he discovered his...
View ArticleEC chooses to lose a few more teeth
The Election Commission (EC) has planned to weaken further its power over political parties by allowing them to have associate bodies again and bypass grassroots recommendations for nominating...
View ArticleCheers for ‘murderers’
The national committee for reviewing and recommending withdrawal of “politically motivated” lawsuits has taken up 30 murder cases, mostly against Awami League men, for review at its next meeting...
View Articleal-Qaeda leaders’ talks led to US embassy closures
Intercepted conversations between two senior al-Qaeda figures prompted Sunday’s closure of many American diplomatic missions, US media report. The talk, involving top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri,...
View ArticleAmazon boss buys Washington Post
The boss of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has agreed to purchase the Washington Post newspaper for $250m (£163m). Bezos is buying the paper and its other print properties in a personal capacity. The Post has...
View ArticleEgypt diplomatic efforts gather pace
US senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have joined top diplomats in Cairo to help find a peaceful solution to Egypt’s political stalemate. The Pentagon said Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had called...
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