Lucky Akhand dies
Legendary musician Lucky Akhand is no more. He breathed his last at 6:00pm at his Armanitola house in Dhaka. He was 61.
ROLLING OUT POLL-TIME GOVT FRAMEWORK BNP drags heels
Bangladesh Nationalist Party is yet to place the framework of an election-time government it had proposed to put forth to the nation five months ago.
AL-HEFAZAT TIE Allies not happy
Parties in the ruling Awami League-led alliance consider Awami League’s compromise with Hefazat-e-Islam as a backward step for democratic politics and they would not accept it.
Illegal poster, graffiti turn ubiquitous in Dhaka
Illegal banners, posters, festoons and graffiti are visible in every corner of the capital, which is aggravating the bad look the city has already got because of its unplanned growth and indifference of the authorities concerned to its beautification.
Seating Service Drive on hold as govt stoops to bus owners
The government on Wednesday once again bowed down to the transport owners by suspending for 15 days the ongoing drive in the capital against buses running under the tag ‘seating service’. By the time, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority will also decide if the so-called ‘seating service’ could be brought under a legal framework.
KISHOREGANJ WAR CRIMES Hussain, Moslem to die
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal -1 on Wednesday sentenced Md Moslem Prodhan and Syed Md Hussain alias Hossain to death finding them guilty of committing genocide and other war crimes at different places under Nikli thana in the then Kishoreganj sub-division during the Liberation War.
PM for effective polices for disabled in society
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina here on Wednesday called upon all countries of the world to adopt effective policies and programmes for persons with disabilities including autism to enable them to live life with dignity and hope in the inclusive society.
radar purchase case Ershad acquitted
Former military dictator HM Ershad and former Air Force chiefs Sultan Mahmud and Momtaj Uddin Ahmed were on Wednesday acquitted of the charges of corruption brought against them 24 year ago for purchasing three radars for Air Force in 1980s.
BNP announces Dhaka city committees
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has announced new committees of Dhaka city unit, dividing it into north and south, nearly three years after the convening committee was assigned to form a full-fledged committee.
BNP Dhaka city committees announced
New partial committees of the Dhaka city north and south units of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party were announced Tuesday late night with M Abdul Qayum and Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel as presidents respectively.
