Hasina lashes out at Khaleda
Accusing the opposition leader of killing innocent people in the name of hartal, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked how much blood the BNP chief needed to quench her thirst. “The opposition...
View ArticleWhy heaven?
“My father died last night- what does it mean? Can I still lie down beside him on this bed?” – three and a half years old Asir was asking these questions pointing to the stretcher carrying his father’s...
View Article2 more victims die
Within just six days, all is lost for Sanchita, whose life would never be the same again. Minus the thick vermillion used to redden the parting of her hair, she seemed to have aged beyond the 25...
View ArticleEND-ulkar
It is almost impossible to say something final about Sachin Tendulkar as he walks off into the sunset leaving behind a career decorated with 34,347 runs and a century of international centuries. But...
View ArticleYes, India in talks with US, others
India is consulting Bangladesh’s ongoing political situation with the United States and other countries that have interest in peace and stability in the country, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka...
View ArticleDiplomacy in rescue act?
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing political crisis may gain momentum during the Dhaka visit of US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal. The visit comes against the backdrop of...
View ArticleUganda to charge opposition figure with inciting violence
Uganda’s government risked spurring further opposition protests on Tuesday by signalling it would bring charges against a former presidential candidate at the heart of violent unrest in 2011. Kizza...
View ArticleCourt lifts serial killer’s stay of execution: report
A US appeals court yesterday lifted a stay of execution for a white supremacist serial killer just hours after judges granted it, CNN reported. Joseph Paul Franklin, who was behind a string of racist...
View ArticleGo to work, shun violence
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the agitating garment workers to shun the path of violence in the name of wage hike, and go back to work. “I would like to ask the apparel workers to...
View ArticleTaliban attacks on Pakistan security checkpoints kill two
Taliban militants launched two separate attacks on security checkpoints in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least two security personnel and wounding seven others, officials said. In the first...
View ArticleMilitants kill Afghan district police chief in ambush
An Afghan district police chief was killed in an ambush by militants in the volatile southern province of Helmand yesterday, officials said. Tooryalai Khan, police chief of Helmand’s Marjah district,...
View ArticleSaudi announces new MERS death
Saudi health authorities yesterday announced a new MERS death, raising to 54 the number of people killed by the coronavirus in the country with the most fatalities. A 73-year-old Saudi woman, infected...
View ArticleJS election schedule by next week
Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz has said the Election Commission (EC) plans to announce the schedule for the upcoming parliamentary election by next week. He was talking to reporters at his office in...
View ArticlePresident okays ACC bill despite criticism
Despite widespread criticism, President Abdul Hamid has signed a much-talked-about bill into law that introduced a controversial provision curtailing the Anti-Corruption Commission’s authority to file...
View ArticleRazakars killed 5 on Yusuf’s order
After two hearsay witnesses, an eyewitness yesterday testified that Razakars had killed five freedom fighters and an informer at Sarankhola upazila in Bagerhat during the Liberation War upon orders...
View ArticleRejoinder, our reply
Tajul Islam, the defence counsel for war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami chief, protested a report headlined “Razakars were for peace! Claims Nizami’s counsel in war trial” published in The Daily Star...
View ArticleSQ Chy’s lawyer Fakhrul held
Police have arrested Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s lawyer barrister AKM Fakhrul Islam for his alleged involvement in leaking the draft verdict in the war crimes case against the BNP lawmaker. Abu Yusuf,...
View ArticleNizami’s trial finally ends
The war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami has finally ended as prosecution yesterday completed their rebuttal of defence’s argument at the International Crimes Tribunal-1....
View Article1,025 kg sulphur seized in Ctg
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 1,025 kilograms of sulphur packed in 21 sacks from a godown at Panwalapara in Chittagong city early yesterday. Commander Shahed Karim, commanding officer...
View ArticlePublic playground grabbed
Barring public access, a private club has grabbed the Dhanmondi-8 playground in the capital as an exclusive zone despite repeated High Court orders to keep it as a public space. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi...
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