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.
Attack on Khadiza: Charge sheet filed against Badrul
Police on Tuesday filed charge sheet against the only accused, Badrul Alam, in the case filed in connection with the machete attack on Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza Akter Nargis.
Judiciary hostage to law ministry: SC
The Appellate Division said on Monday that the judiciary could not function properly as it was hostage to the law ministry.
BNP sticks to holding rally at Nayapaltan
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said they would hold their rally, scheduled for today, at Nayapaltan in the capital without any ‘hesitation and trepidation’ while the party was still awaiting police permission for the rally.
Suspected outlawed party leader killed in gunfight in Khulna
A suspected leader of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party leader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and the party operatives at a bamboo garden at Garakhula under Phultala in Khulna early Tuesday. The deceased was Billal Hossain, 35, of Jugnipasha village of Phultala.
Hindus find victims list incomplete
Hindus at Nasiranagar upazila in Brahmanbaria found that the list of victims of the attacks on the religious minority people there on October 30, prepared by the local administration, was incomplete and termed the financial assistance provided to them on Monday insufficient.
