Police lodge case against 400, meeting banned
Phulbaria police Sunday night lodged a case accusing 300 to 400 people on charge of clashing with the law enforcers during an agitation when the teachers and the students of Phulbaria Degree College were demanding that their institution be nationalised.
300 more Rohingyas sneak into Teknaf
At least 300 more Rohingyas sneaked through the river Naf early Sunday and took shelter at Ledha unregistered camp at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar as Myanmar military continued crackdown on the religious minority community in Rakhine sate.
Demand for phulbaria college nationalisation: Teacher, villager killed in police action
A teacher of Phulbaria Degree Collage and a villager were killed and at least 25 others injured as police swooped on demonstrators agitating for nationalisation of the college at Phulbaria in Mymensingh Sunday afternoon.
Speakers for upholding political spirit of Bhashani
Political leaders said on Sunday that history of independent Bangladesh will remain incomplete unless and until political activities of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani were not discussed.
DU HALL UNITS OF BCL: No committees announced in council session
Ruling Awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League held the council session of its hall units at Dhaka University on Sunday but announced no committee.
Trial of Jasimuddin Rahmani, nine others begin in anti-terror case
A Dhaka court on Sunday framed charges against banned extremist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team chief coordinator Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani and nine others in a case filed under anti-terrorism act.
No plan to restrict voice call through apps: Tarana
The state minister posts and telecommunications, Tarana Halim, said the government has no plan to put restriction on the voice call through different communication apps like viber, imo, whatsapp etc. ‘We are determined to stop illegal use of VoIP, but has no plan to bar on free calling through communication apps,’ she said in the morning at her office.
NCC Polls: Shakhawat richer than Ivy
Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed mayoral candidate for Narayanganj City Corporation, Shakhawat Hossain Khan, is almost twice as wealthy as Awami League-backed candidate and incumbent mayor Salina Hayat Ivy.
Khaleda again tweets for discussion on EC
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday once again tweeted emphasizing the need for discussion over the recent proposals placed by the party for the reconstitution of the Election Commission based on consensus.
Anti-Rampal protest: Hartal called for Jan 26
Campaigners on Saturday called for a half-day shutdown in the capital on January 26, demanding that the government scrap Rampal power plant near the Sunderbans by the time.
