‘Anti-militant’ crackdown: 5,324 arrested in two days
Law enforcers arrested 5,324 people including 85 militancy suspects till 6:00am on Sunday in a weeklong ‘anti-militant’ special drive across the country that began Friday morning.
President, PM join CJ’s iftar party
President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday joined a iftar party hosted by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on the Supreme Court premises.
FBCCI chief ashamed of proposed budget
FBCCI president Abdul Matlub Ahmad on Saturday said he felt ashamed of the proposed national budget for the financial year 2016-17 as most of the recommendations made by the apex trade body for the budget were not incorporated in it.
Kalpana Chakma abduction is shame to nation: activists
Rights activists on Saturday termed the enforced disappearance of Kalpana Chakma a shame to the nation and called for proper investigation into the matter and punishment for the perpetrators.
8 out of 10 children in hazardous work do not attend schools
Eight out of ten children employed in hazardous work do not attend schools although the National Plan of Action stipulates providing education to working children to transition them out of child labour.
Protecting minorities: Govt, opposition play no role, say Hindu leaders
Hindu community leaders on Friday alleged that neither the government nor the opposition parties were playing their role in protecting and ensuring security for religious minorities.
Stop blame game, BNP tells govt
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said violence and extremism are going to take a terrible shape in the country as the government is only shifting the blame on BNP instead of taking any strong step to deal with the problem.
Combing operation meant to contain opposition: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said he was afraid if the government in the name of conducting combing operation would ‘swoop in’ on the opposition.
50 injured in trader-hawker clash in Gulistan
A Dhaka Court sent 190 people arrested following a clash between traders of Dhaka Trade Centre and hawkers Friday noon at Gulistan area to jail after they were produced before the court in the evening.
ANTI-MILITANT CRACKDOWN: Several hundred detained on first day
The police have detained several hundred people, mostly activists of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday, the first day of the nationwide police crackdown on militants.
