Jamaat leader shot dead in Jessore
Unidentified criminals gunned down a union level leader of Jamaat-e-Islami here yesterday evening, eight hours after a Jubo League leader’s tendons in the hands and legs were cut allegedly by Jamaat...
View ArticleTrain narrowly escapes accident
An intercity train with 500 passengers on board narrowly escaped a fatal accident on Chandpur-Laksham route, thanks to the presence of mind of two farmers. Chittagong-bound Meghna Express was scheduled...
View ArticleMushfiqur to captain Tigers in WC 2015
Mushfiqur Rahim will be leading the Bangladesh cricket team until the 2015 ICC World Cup, to be held in Australia and New Zealand. The 25-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman’s role as captain, which was...
View ArticleHannan, 12 other Huji men charged
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday pressed charges against 13 members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan in two cases filed...
View ArticleAL candidates of 4 divisions finalised
The Awami League finalised its lawmaker aspirants in four divisions yesterday and would finalise candidates in the remaining two divisions today. In the process, the party ended up violating the...
View ArticleEC presses for tight security
The Election Commission has asked the home ministry to draw up a comprehensive plan to ensure security in all polling stations across the country ahead of the next parliamentary polls. The EC yesterday...
View ArticleAir passengers in deep trouble
Besides triggering countrywide violence, the ongoing blockade enforced by the 18-party opposition combine has been causing immense suffering to air passengers at Dhaka airport. Passengers willing to...
View ArticleBlockade extension upsets salvage plan
The extension of the opposition enforced blockade has pushed children, parents and teachers into further difficulties as exams that had been rescheduled for today due to the blockade could be postponed...
View ArticleAL, BNP leaders hardly hopeful
Policymakers of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance now see little hope for a solution to the political deadlock through talks with the government. The ruling Awami League’s strategy for the...
View ArticleUN delegates due Dec 6
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco arrives in Dhaka on December 6 on a four-day visit to discuss with stakeholders the ongoing political crisis and next...
View ArticleMother’s blood on their hands
Anwara Begum, who had her skull blown apart Tuesday night by a crude bomb hurled from a rally in the capital’s Shantipur area, died early yesterday. The 42-year-old mother had to be given full-blown...
View ArticlePeople driven up the wall
Twenty-three-year-old Shobha, who rushed her injured brother to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Manikganj yesterday, proves that hartals and blockades are not a choice made by the common people. “I...
View ArticleRailway the main target
At least seven more people were killed and scores injured in fresh violence that rocked several districts across the country yesterday, the second day of the opposition’s nationwide rail, roads and...
View ArticleAttack on railways continues
Blockaders continue their attack on the railways even today on the third day of the opposition-sponsored 71-hour blockade, removing fishplates, uprooting rail lines, setting fire on rail lines and...
View Article50 hurt in Patuakhali blockader-cop clash
At least 50 people including five policemen were injured as the activists of opposition combine clashed with law enforcers in Patuakhali Sadar area today, on the third day of their 71-hour countrywide...
View ArticleThai PM survives no-confidence vote
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, amid major street protests in the capital, Bangkok. The motion was brought by the opposition Democrat Party, but...
View ArticleSri Lanka to begin war dead census
Sri Lanka is set to start a survey to determine the number of people killed during the country’s 26-year civil war, the government says. The census will collect information on deaths, missing people...
View Article5 BNP leaders denied bail again
Five BNP leaders including Moudud Ahmed, MK Anwar and Rafiqul Islam Miah have been denied bail again today. Fourteen days after their bail petitions were first rejected by a magistrate, Judge Md...
View Article4 vehicles torched, 3 vandalised in capital
Blockaders torched four vehicles and vandalised three more in different parts of the capital today, on the third day of the BNP-led opposition combine-called 71-hour countrywide blockade. No injury was...
View ArticleBNP central leader among 6 held in Ctg
Police picked up six BNP leaders and activists including the party’s central organising secretary from in front of Chittagong city party office this morning, on the third day of opposition’s nationwide...
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