GAIBANDHA WAR CRIMES Ex-Jamaat MP Aziz, 5 others to die
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal -1 on Wednesday handed death sentence to former Jamaat MP Abu Saleh Mohammad Abdul Aziz Mia alias Ghoramara Aziz, 65, and five others
Left on bench, veteran players rue chances
The fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League has already reached its half-way stage but still a lot of locals players, including some seasoned campaigners, are waiting to get enough opportunities to show their merit.
TONU RAPE, MURDER CID interrogates family members
Five members of the family of slain Sohagi Jahan Tonu were interrogated on Wednesday by investigators of Criminal Investigation Department in their office in Dhaka as part of the investigation into rape and murder of Tonu, a Comilla Victoria College girl, inside Mainamati cantonment on March 20, 2016.
CNG-autos feel pinch as ride sharing services get popular
Mobile app-based ride sharing services are getting popular in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan cities as many are turning their back on compressed natural gas-run auto-rickshaws
PM questions courts’ spending time over trifles
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday questioned spending time over trifle matters by the courts instead of disposing of urgent cases pending with them.
Stand beside people
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged members of the armed forces to work with the people for crafting a happy and prosperous Bangladesh with the spirit of the Liberation War.
SOCIAL FORESTRY Rohingyas put beneficiaries in trouble
Several thousand beneficiaries of social forestry are faced with losses as Rohingyas have continued erecting shelters and collecting firewood, destroying forests spanning about 3,000 acres in Cox’s Bazar
Rangpur chill Dhaka with thrilling win
Rangpur Riders bowlers put up an extra-ordinary effort to overshadow Sakib al Hasan’s maiden five-wicket haul in the Bangladesh Premier League, leading their side to a thrilling three-run win over star-studded Dhaka Dynamites on Tuesday.
Why March 7 won’t be ‘National Historic Day’: HC
The High Court on Monday asked the government to explain in three weeks why March 7 would not be declared as a ‘National Historic Day’ marking the historic speech delivered by country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971
RESOLVING ROHINGYA CRISIS China draws 3-stage path
China called for a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that Rohingya Muslim refugees can return from Bangladesh, proposing a three-stage approach to the crisis as diplomats from 51 mostly Asian and European countries gathered in Myanmar on Monday.
