Court asks Khaleda to defend her on Nov 24 in Zia charitable trust case
The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Thursday asked Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to defend herself in the over the charges of Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
BNP-Jamaat leaders must face trial for murder, graft: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP-Jamaat leaders will have to stand trial for killing people through arson attacks, trying to resist the last general election, getting involved in corruption and pampering war criminals.
Death anniv of Enayetullah Khan today
Today is the 11th death anniversary of Enayetullah Khan, the founding editor of New Age and editor-in-chief of the weekly Holiday.
DNA confirms Dhaka attack plotter Tamim’s identity
More than two months after his death in a gunfight with law enforcers in Narayanganj, police today became confirm that it was indeed neo- Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen leader Tamim Chowdhury, killed along with two of his cronies.
HC asks govt to stop encroachment, earth-filing in Turag River
The High Court on Wednesday directed the government to stop encroachments and earth-filling of the Turag as well as illegal constructions on the river within 48 hours.
PM congratulates Trump
The prime minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated US business tycoon Donald John Trump on his wining the US presidential election. She conveyed the message through Bangladesh high commission in Washington DC, said diplomatic sources in Washington.
Perpetrators will be identified, punished: home minister
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, said on Tuesday that the perpetrators of the attacks on Hindus at Nasirnagar in Brahmanbaria will be identified and none of them would be spared.
People to re-elect AL in 2019, hopes PM
Urging people to remain alert about Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat clique’s plot to create instability in the country, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hoped that they would re-elect Awami League in the next general election to be held in 2019.
BGMEA asked to demolish its building forthwith
The Appellate Division’s full verdict released Tuesday directed Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association to demolish its unauthorized 15-stoyed building on the edge of Hatirjheel Lake in the capital forthwith.
Santal man’s body found in rice field
Police said Tuesday that they recovered a Santal man’s body from a rice field adjacent to Rangpur Sugar Mill’s Shahebganj-Bagda Farm at Gabindaganj, Gaibandha, on Monday.