Eid joy marred by deaths
At least 52 people were killed and over 122 injured in separate road accidents in and outside the capital during the three-day Eid holiday and yesterday. Of the deceased, 10 people were killed in a...
View ArticlePassenger killed
Considering it a safer mode of transportation, Priti Das and her husband opted a train journey to set off from Chittagong for a four-day trip to Dhaka on this Eid vacation. Tragically, she died on the...
View ArticleGB chairman steps down
In a surprise move, the government-appointed chairman of Grameen Bank, Khondaker Muzammel Huq, has resigned from the microcredit organisation citing health reasons, a finance ministry official has...
View ArticleNafis jailed for 30yrs
A Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for plotting to bomb the US Federal Reserve in New York last year. Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 22, apologised to a judge,...
View ArticleEyes on election
Although uncertainty looms large over holding of the next general elections on time, polls “fever” has already hit rural and urban areas, with Awami League and BNP MPs and leaders going on...
View ArticleGovt set to launch massive campaign
The billboards grabbed for inscribing success stories of the government are just the beginning of a massive countrywide campaign of the ruling Awami League ahead of the next parliamentary elections....
View ArticleRow over death figure
It still remains a matter of discussion exactly how many were killed by law enforcers while flushing out Hefazat-e Islam members from Motijheel early May 6, with very recently rights body Odhikar...
View ArticleOdhikar secy remanded
The detained secretary of rights body Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan, was placed on a five-day remand yesterday in connection with a case filed for publishing a “false report” on the crackdown on...
View ArticleBiman faces cash crunch
Cash strapped Biman owes so much money to Padma Oil for aviation fuel that the oil company has threatened to cut off fuel supply. As of July 24, the national flag carrier owed Padma Oil Company Ltd, a...
View Article5.7-magnitude quake hits Tibet
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of Tibet in western China yesterday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 5:23 am (2123 GMT Sunday) 142 kilometres (88 miles) south-southeast...
View ArticleDutch Prince Friso dies
Johan Friso, the bespectacled Dutch prince who avoided the limelight and gave up his position in line to the throne after getting entangled in a scandal with his bride-to-be, died Monday – 18 months...
View ArticlePhilippines wants to use more US army assets
The Philippines said yesterday it would insist on being allowed to use more US military assets to protect its sea territories, when talks on expanding a defence pact start this week. Foreign Secretary...
View ArticleClarification
A report headlined “Row over death figure” published yesterday in our newspaper mentioned that “The Daily Star also has estimated that the number of casualties could be not more than 40.” This figure...
View ArticleCriminal killed in ‘gunfight’ with police
A criminal on the most wanted list was killed in a gunfight with police early yesterday in Ujalpur village of Darshana municipality in the Chuadanga district. The deceased was identified as Billal of...
View ArticleGovt press note trashes Odhikar report
A government press note yesterday termed baseless rights body Odhikar’s claim that 61 people were killed when Hefajat men were flushed out of the Motijheel Shapla Chattar in the early hours of May 6....
View ArticleBali appeals for asylum in India
Shukharanjan Bali, a key witness in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee, yesterday sought political asylum in India, reports BBC Bangla Service. He pleaded with an Indian...
View ArticleTougher law okayed
The cabinet yesterday approved the Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers Bill, 2013, keeping the highest 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and Tk 5 lakh fine for violating immigration law. The decision...
View ArticleIndia begins trial today
India will begin today the trial of the 2011 Felani murder by its Border Security Force (BSF). On January 7, 2011, the 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl was shot dead by BSF men when she along with her...
View ArticleTwo more cases filed against Rony
Two more cases were filed against Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony, his relatives and party men on charge of extortion, foiling a party meeting and ransacking business establishments. Md...
View ArticleNo int’l laws applicable in war trial
The defence of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury yesterday said no international laws would be “applicable” in the case against their client as he was being tried by a domestic tribunal under domestic laws....
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