Stuck in capital
Nargis Begum had started from Jessore to attend her stepmother’s qulkhwani in Noakhali. Due to the abruptly announced opposition blockade, however, she found herself stuck in the capital yesterday. “I...
View ArticleWe don’t want to see military rule
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again said that her government will not allow any unconstitutional force to rule the country. “We will allow no unconstitutional forces to grab state power again. We do...
View ArticleDream left in ashes
Only two days ago, he was an employer of 19,000 workers at his apparel factory complex in Gazipur. But a single mindless act of sabotage has taken Mosharraf Hussain, owner and managing director of...
View ArticleLiving in anarchy
SCENE ONE A man’s eye falls out of its socket as the bandage is removed. The sight pushes his distraught wife into unconsciousness. His son, petrified, cries his heart out at the eerie scene before...
View ArticleArson: foul play of outsiders
The fire on Friday at Standard Group’s factory complex in Gazipur was a clear case of arson by a faction of influential local people and workers from neighbouring factories. It all started on November...
View ArticleOminous sign
The sights are raw and unthinkable. Over a million square feet of factory space lay charred. Truck after truck of brand apparels just to be exported turned to ashes. The sights also send out a chilling...
View ArticleRizvi held in early hours cop raid
In an outlandish pre-dawn raid on the Nayapaltan central office of BNP, plain clothes detectives yesterday assaulted its Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed and arrested him. During the raid, cops also...
View Article3 killed on first day
The opposition’s 72-hour blockade called suddenly on Friday night left at least three killed in violence and put thousands of travellers to real trouble on its first day yesterday. Many of those who...
View ArticleCroatia votes on move to ban gay marriage
Croatians yesterday voted in a controversial referendum that could outlaw same-sex marriage in the mostly Catholic country, an issue that has split the EU’s newest member state. The Church-backed...
View ArticleViolence shakes Thai capital
Thai police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters trying to storm the government headquarters to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, after violence in the capital left four...
View ArticleCriminals kill Jubo Dal leader
A Jubo Dal leader was allegedly beaten to death by unidentified criminals in Patiya of Chittagong yesterday. Abdul Gafur, 45, of Pashchim Rashidabad, was the general secretary of the upazila unit of...
View ArticleHT Imam’s meeting sparks controversy
Former public administration affairs adviser to the prime minister HT Imam yesterday held an “informal meeting” with the officials and employees of the public administration ministry, sparking...
View ArticleGreen light for food courts
Food courts are finally going to be functional as the government has recently cleared the way for judicial magistrates to run the courts at each district and metropolitan city to check food...
View Article600 Hindus killed on a single day
A freedom fighter yesterday testified that Razakars had killed 500-600 Hindus at the directive of Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf on a single day at Rampal in Bagerhat in 1971. Sudhangshu Mandol from...
View ArticlePM accuses Khaleda of ‘mass killing’
Referring to the killing of people in arson attacks on passenger buses as “mass killing”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was involved in the crime. The prime...
View ArticleGovt opens probe into Standard Group fire
The government yesterday formed a high-level investigation committee to find out the reasons behind the fire at a Standard Group factory on Friday. The nine-member committee comprises members of...
View ArticleHarsh blow to vendors
Street vendors at the entrance and exit points of the capital face a harsh blow during blockades as the number of their customers, mainly inter-district passengers, drops significantly. On a regular...
View ArticleDev partners concerned
The development partners have sent letters to the President and the Speaker expressing their concern over the new provision requiring the Anti-Corruption Commission to obtain government permission...
View ArticleFakhrul among 16 accused
Some 16 top opposition leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, have been sued for Saturday’s arson attack on a bus in the capital’s Malibagh area that left a man...
View ArticleBlockade may stretch till Thursday
The BNP-led 18-Party alliance is likely to extend its ongoing 72-hour countrywide blockade to Thursday. The roads, rail and waterways blockade that started Saturday morning is scheduled to end at...
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