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Two terrors beaten dead after they killed youth in Ctg

CHITTAGONG: Two terrors were beaten to death in a poetic justice after they along with their cohorts killed a young man at Halishahar in the port city early Tuesday.Police said the “terrorists” stabbed Nurunnabai to death over previous enmity at Badir Colony in Badsha Hazi Brickfield

War Crime Facts Finding Committee hands over list of 19 top war criminals

DHAKA: The War Crime Facts Finding Committee handed over a list of 19 top war criminals to the International War Crimes Tribunal formed to try those who were involved in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.Among those on the list are BNP leaders Salahuddin Qader

War Crime Facts Finding Committee hands over list of 19 top war criminals

DHAKA: The War Crime Facts Finding Committee handed over a list of 19 top war criminals to the International War Crimes Tribunal formed to try those who were involved in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.Among those on the list are BNP leaders Salahuddin Qader

Suo moto rule upon Govt as its order goes unheeded<br> Why order against car requisition ignored, HC

DHAKA: As a High Court order prohibiting police from taking free ride on private vehicles went unheeded to, the HC Tuesday issued a suo moto rule asking the Government to explain why ‘car requisition’ took place again. An HC bench comprising justices HM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and

111th birth anniversary of Nazrul celebrated

DHAKA: The 111th anniversary of birth of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was celebrated across the country Tuesday, paying high tributes to the revolutionary in real life and literature and culture. Nazrul, a poet, lyricist, composer, dramatist, short story writer, revolutionary thinker,

HR activists demand: introduce Vested Property Act in next parliament

DHAKA: A coalition of human rights campaigners Tuesday condemned the ‘Vested Property Act’ as contradictory to the UN Human Rights Charter and the national constitution and demanded of the government to introduce the proposed amended law in the next parliament session.The demand came

2-day food security conference begins Wednesday

Dhaka: A two-day Bangladesh Food Security Conference begins here tomorrow (Wednesday) to work out a coordinated investment plan for food security and increased investments for agricultural development.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference, organized by an investment

Charge-framing date against Babar deferred

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday again deferred the date for framing charge against detained former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a tax-evasion case, a fallout from the anti-corruption hunt kicked off by the past interim government.Judge Md. Nasir Uddin Mahmud of the

HUJI attack on cops at Jurain No case yet

Dhaka: No general diary or case has yet been filed on the fight between a special police squad and Harkat-UL-Jihad (HUJI) militants in the capital’s Jurain area, two days after the nighttime clash. “Neither a case nor a GD was filed till Monday night,” said the investigation officer

Charge framed against Jahanara Begum in graft case

Dhaka: A Dhaka court Tuesday framed charge against Jahanara Begum, former Primary and Mass Education Adviser to then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, in a graft case that stemmed from the massive anti-graft drive conducted under the past interim regime. After the indictment, judge Nasir Uddin

Motor mechanics stab sawmill owner to death, injure two cops in Comilla

COMILLA: A sawmill owner was stabbed to death by some motor mechanics at Kalirbazar in sadar upazila on Monday night following a fracas over the repairing of a motorcycle.The dead was identified as Sohel, 20, of Kalirbar area.Associates of the mechanics also attacked a police vehicle and

Jerrybuilt Dhaka <br> Environmentalists demand DAP for planned urbanization

DHAKA: Clean-city campaigners Monday urged the government to finalize the ‘Detailed Area Plan (DAP)’ and implement it immediately for building the capital the city in a planned way, as critics call Dhaka a concrete jungle.They also demanded intervention of the Prime Minister in this

Miscreants kill pathway trader in city

DHAKA: Assailants killed a pathway trader in front of the western gate of Baitulmakarram in the city in broad daylight Monday, two days after an arbitration meet for realizing his money from a borrower.   The deceased, Humayun Kabir, 40, from Kutubkhali Nayanagar under Jatrabari Thana

State-owned agencies set to supply fuel to power plants

Dhaka: Three state-owned organizations are set to sign an accord for the supply of fuel oils to government, non-governmental and rental power plants, as part of an orchestrated drive to tackle severe electricity crisis in the country.  A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed

Intl telecom through undersea line: Bangladesh out of danger

DHAKA: Bangladesh won’t skid off the global information superhighway during the repairing of the international submarine cable, experts said to dispel doubts.   Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company authorities Monday gave the assurance, as some national dailies reported that the

Apparel workers strike in Ashulia garment hub

Savar: The workers of two garment factories in the Ashulia hub of the export industry Monday went on work stoppage to press home their demands, mainly pay hike.Police said the agitated workers of ‘Setara group’ began the work abstention at noon to realise their 12-point demands,

Calling Zia ÔÇÿPakistani CharÔÇÖ<br> State minister for law sued in lawcourt

Comilla: State Minister for Law Kamrul Islam was sued in a lawcourt here Monday for reportedly calling slain president Ziaur Rahman ‘Pakistani char’, set by Islamabad during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.Ashiqur Rahman Mahmud Wasim, president of the district Chhatra Dal and

Local government at loggerheads with government dilemmas<br> Start second liberation war to attain r

DHAKA: Justice Golam Rabbani, well-known for his memorable rulings while in the bench, Monday urged the local-government representatives to wage a ‘second liberation war’ to secure the rights they are denied.  He argued that their jurisdiction is defined in the national constitution

Indian held with 480 rare tortoises at Dhaka airport

Dhaka: Immigration officials at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport offloaded an Indian transit passenger with a consignment of 480 rare tortoises early Monday.Airport thana police said the immigration officials seized a suitcase, containing the rare species of tortoise, from

HC rule upon govt: why Fatwa-Sharia not be declared illegal

DHAKA: Amid a latest tide of bashing women under the edicts of Islamic clerics, the High Court Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain within a week why such extra-judicial punishment through fatwa and Islamic Sharia law “should not be declared illegal”.This incidentally