Two ‘extremists’ killed in Basila raid
At least two suspected extremists were killed in an explosion after members of Rapid Action Battalion cordoned off a corrugated sheet roofed house at Basila in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka on early Monday.
‘Extremist den’ cordoned off in Dhaka
Members of Rapid Action Battalion cordoned off a corrugated sheet roofed house at Basila in Mohammadpur area of the capital on early Monday, suspecting it to be an extrimist den.
BNP asks MPs-elect not to take oath
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee sat in a meeting with party lawmakers-elect at the jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in Dhaka Sunday evening.
FATHER'S PROPERTY Find way, let girls not be deprived
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to make sure that trial procedures would not be delayed since many people were behind bars without knowing their faults.
Principal Siraj confesses to giving order from jail
Sonagazi Islamia Fazil Madrassah principal Siraj-ud-Doula on Sunday gave confessional statement before a court in Feni admitting that he gave order to kill Nusrat Jahan Rafi by setting her on fire for
Chief Justice asks judges to speed up disposal of cases
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Saturday asked judges to restrict inflow of cases before they are filed to reduce the backlog of lawsuits.
Journalist Mahfuz Ullah dies
Senior journalist, columnist and freedom fighter Mahfuz Ullah died at a Bangkok hospital Saturday. He was 69.
Autopsy says excessive burns caused Nusrat’s death
Dhaka Medical College Hospital forensic department chief Md Sohel Mahmud on Saturday handed to the police the post-mortem report of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, which said that excessive burns caused her death.
DISAPPEARANCE, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING UN officials criticised for inaction
Rights activists on Saturday criticised three senior UN officials for ignoring human rights abuses, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing in particular, in Bangladesh during their recent visit.
Sofia Hossain’s novel Bir Birangana launched
A novel featuring struggles of women during the Independence War titled Bir Birangana by Sofia Hossain was launched at RC Majumdar auditorium of Dhaka University on Saturday.
