ROHINGYA CRISIS New arrivals crowd border
Several thousand new Rohingyas reached Bangladesh border with Myanmar early Monday as the ethnic minority people have continued to flee violence in their villages in Rakhine State of the country.
Amin Jute Mill in Ctg catches fire
A fire has broken out at Amin Jute Mill in Oxygen area in Chittagong city on Tuesday morning. Humayun Kabir, service operator of Agrabad fire service and civil defense station, said the fire originated around 10:15am
University student hacked to death over betting on BPL match
A BBA student of a private university was hacked to death near his residence at Post Office Lane of Madhya Badda in the capital on Monday.The victim was identified as Md Nasim Ahmed
Manarat university student stabbed dead in city
A student of Manarat International University was stabbed to death by miscreants in city’s Madhya Badda area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Nasim Ahmed, 24, son of Saifuddin, and a third year BBA student of the university.
SENDING BACK ROHINGYAS Put pressure on Myanmar : PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged commonwealth countries to exert pressure on Myanmar to stop persecution on the Rohingyas and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest.
Rohingya shelters cost 3,500 acres of forests
Forest on about 3,500 acres of land in Cox’s Bazar is verging on extinction, with Rohingyas erecting shelters in the reserve forest felling trees for setting up shanties and collecting firewood.
Commonwealth MPs express solidarity with Rohingyas
Several parliamentarians from different Commonwealth countries on Sunday expressed solidarity with Rohingyas—the ethnic minority community who fled violence in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
Graft case: Khaleda’s appeal to change court rejected
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to change the court to hold hearing of Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case against her.
Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas, reiterates PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the parliaments of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association member countries to exert pressure on the Myanmar government to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest
Govt gets more time to publish judges’ conduct rules
The Supreme Court on Sunday extended time for the government up to December 3 to issue a gazette notification on the rules determining discipline and conduct of lower court judges.
