Mollah execution to derail polls?
US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday said the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah might lead to events, which could derail the next parliamentary election in Bangladesh. Talking to...
View ArticleSolution possible
UN special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco yesterday urged the ruling and opposition parties to continue dialogue in the spirit of goodwill and with an attitude of compromise and reducing tension. He,...
View ArticleThey talk twice, agree to nothing
The United Nations’ hectic efforts brought the Awami League and the BNP leaders to the discussion table twice in the last two days, but could not make any breakthrough in the stalemate over the...
View ArticleOrder on Mollah’s review shortly
The Supreme Court is set to pass an order shortly on the review petition filed by condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah against its verdict awarding him death penalty for his wartime...
View ArticleUS considers sanctions against Ukraine
The US state department has said it is considering all options, including sanctions, towards Ukraine as the political crisis there continues. It follows attempts by riot police to dislodge...
View ArticlePetrol bomb hurled at Justice Kabir’s village home
Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb and four crude bombs at the village home of Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, the chief of International Crimes Tribunal-1, in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila early today. None was...
View ArticleBus torched, 2 bombs blasted in capital
Miscreants set fire to a bus in Sayedabad area and blasted two crude bombs at Dayaganj in the capital this morning, the sixth and last day of opposition-sponsored countrywide blockade of road, rail and...
View ArticleMiG-21 FL fighter jet takes its last flight
The MiG-21 FL fighter jet from Indian Air Force (IAF), which had changed the course of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh due to its accuracy, flew into the annals of history yesterday. “I have the...
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