Shahidullah Kaiser was taken to Mueen, Ashraf
Panna Kaiser told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that Al-Badr men abducted her husband martyred journalist Shahidullah Kaiser on December 14, 1971, and handed him over to their leaders Chowdhury...
View ArticleSongs in the water
There was the image of quintessential rural Bangladesh in him. Abdur Rahman Boyati was a necessary reminder, at every point of our national life, of the roots we spring from. In his songs, all brimming...
View ArticleJMB man was to rebuild Huji
Masiur Rahman Milon, one of the nine suspected Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) members arrested last week in Jhalakathi, had taken the responsibility of reorganising Huji. In 2003, he had joined...
View Article10-year jail for MLM touts
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the Multilevel Marketing Activities (control) Act-2013, aiming to protect people from being cheated by MLM firms and bring them under a legal framework....
View ArticlePolice now look for instigators
Detectives have been investigating whether anyone instigated the murder of Special Branch inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman or helped their daughter Oishee Rahman kill them at their...
View ArticleFather, uncle testify at Indian court
The father of the teenaged Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force in 2011, testified at the murder trial in an Indian court yesterday. A special court, set up...
View ArticleTk 2,885cr stuck in anomalies
Agrani Bank is mired in losses of Tk 2,885 crore for its reckless lending practices, auditors found recently. The inspection, conducted by the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) at the...
View ArticleDiplomats not convinced
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday briefed the foreign diplomats in Dhaka, saying the next general election would be held as per the constitutional provision. Dipu Moni also ruled out any possibility...
View ArticleOur comments
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday made a pointed attack on The Daily Star, singling out the paper saying that the newspaper always distorts whatever she says. “It is The Daily Star! No matter what...
View ArticleDelhi fails again to place bill
Indian government’s efforts to place a constitution amendment bill in Rajya Sabha to ratify the land boundary agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh failed yesterday, with lawmakers of Trinamool Congress and...
View ArticleYou’d better budge
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged the Awami League-led government to restore the caretaker government system at the upcoming parliamentary session in order to avoid people’s wrath. Speaking at a...
View ArticleSalute to you all
Completion of genome mappings of both tossa and deshi (white) genera of jute and that of the plant’s enemy — a deadly fungus — by Bangladeshi geneticists in consecutive three years is a great feat in...
View ArticleOminous draft cleared by govt
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the ICT (Amendment) Ordinance-2013 proposing to empower law enforcers to arrest any person without warrant and increase the highest punishment to 14 years....
View ArticleMusharraf indicted
A court in Pakistan has formally indicted former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday with the murder of former premier Benazir Bhutto who was assassinated in 2007. “He should be tried,” the...
View ArticleEgypt Muslim Brotherhood leader held
The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, General Guide Mohammed Badie, has been arrested in Cairo, Egyptian officials say. Reports said he was detained at a residential flat in Nasr City. A...
View ArticleCIA documents acknowledge its role in Iran’s coup
The CIA has released documents which for the first time formally acknowledge its key role in the 1953 coup which ousted Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq. The documents...
View ArticleJourno partner detention legally sound
Using the Terrorism Act to detain the partner of a Guardian reporter who wrote about US and UK security services was “legally and procedurally sound”, Scotland Yard has said. It was responding to...
View ArticlePrince George photographs released
The first official photographs of Prince George have been released. The baby – who is third in line to the British throne – is pictured with his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The pictures...
View ArticleStocks continue gaining streak
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse increased in early trading on Tuesday, to continue a gaining streak for the last few days. DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka...
View ArticleLow over Bay
The three maritime ports of the country have been asked to hoist local cautionary signal No. three as the well marked low is persisting over Northwest Bay off Gangetic West Bengal – Bangladesh on...
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