BDR MEN’S DEATH REFERENCE HC begins delivering verdict
A three-judge special bench of the High Court Division on Sunday began giving verdict about the convictions handed by a trial court to 568 persons, mostly Bangladesh Rifles soldiers for slaying 57 commanders and 17 others during a mutiny that rocked BDR’s Peelkhana headquarters in the capital in February 2009.
Rohingyas: panacea to their plight
BANGLADESH, a poor country, with inadequate cultivable land and resources and a population of about 170 million, has extended an affable and welcome approach towards the Rohingyas of Rakhine state in Myanmar. Bangladesh earned praise for its compassionate approach to providing humanitarian assistance to over half a million displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Dhaka aim to put behind doldrums
The defending champions Dhaka Dynamites will be looking to bring their Bangladesh Premier League campaign back on track when they will take on hosts Chittagong Vikings in their first match of the Chittagong phase today
Pope can help but Rohingyas ‘have to go back’: Cardinal
The top Catholic official in Bangladesh hopes Pope Francis's visit there and to Myanmar will bolster moves to alleviate the Rohingya refugee crisis that has put the neighbouring nations in the global spotlight
Keep Razakars, killers out of power: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on people to keep anti-Liberation War forces, war criminals, history distorters and killers out of power for ever.
Documentation of 1971 genocide demanded
Academics and anti-war campaigners from home and abroad on Saturday underscored the need of proper documentation of genocide committed during Bangladesh’s war for independence in 1971 and demanded trial of the perpetrators in the international court of justice.
PROTESTING POWER PRICE HIKE Nov 30 hartal to protect people’s interests: left parties
Left political leaders on Saturday came down heavily on prime minister’s energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury for his remarks that the latest increase in power price was marginal and would hardly have any effect on daily life.
People suffer in daylong traffic gridlock
Dhaka city dwellers suffered traffic gridlocks on Saturday due to the daylong celebrations of UNESCO recognition of historic March 7 speech.
Govt committed to quick return of Rohingyas: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Jatiya Sangsad that her government was committed to ensuring quick return of Rohingyas their home in the Rakhine State of Myanmar safely
Mahmood meets Suu Kyi, discusses Rohingya repatriation issue
Bangladesh foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and Myanmar's state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi had a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday morning when they discussed various issues of mutual interests, including the crucial Rohingya repatriation issue.
