Teenage girl sentenced to death for killing parents
The teenage daughter of slain Special Branch inspector Mahfuzur Rahman was sentenced to death by a speedy tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday for killing her parents in 2013.
Anup handed over after Modi’s intervention
The Indian media gave wide coverage to the secret handover of separatist United Liberation Front of Asom leader Anup Chetia to India 18 years inside his arrest in Bangladesh, terming it an outcome of prime minister Narendra Modi’s personal intervention.
N’GANJ 7 MURDERS : Noor Hossain handed over to Bangladesh
The Indian Border Security Force on Thursday night handed over the prime suspect in Narayanganj seven-murder, Noor Hossain, to Border Guard Bangladesh authority at Benapol border.
RAMPAL POWER PROJECT : Critics invited to accompany Nasrul to visit site
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid has invited major critics to accompany him to a visit to the site of coal-fired power plant project near the Sunderbans at Rampal in Bagerhat.
Reports: Syrian forces break ISIS siege on military airport
The Syrian army has broken a two-year ISIS siege on the Kwairis military airport near Aleppo, which had been surrounded by the terror group since 2013.
Consider seriousness of crimes while granting bail, PM to judges
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged judges to consider the seriousness of crimes of a person while granting bail to him or her and thus save the country from various crimes. She said this while replying to a supplementary question from ruling party MP Kamal Ahmed Majumder during PM’s question-answer session in Parliament.
Misunderstanding caused MPs feeling hurt: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday said that had any part of its ‘parliament watch report’ or its executive director’s October 25 statement hurt any of the lawmakers, it happened only for ‘misunderstanding’.
Anup Chetia handed over to India
The government secretly handed over to India separatist leader United Liberation Front of Asom Anup Chetia and two of his associates Wednesday early in the morning.
Modi thanks Hasina for handing over Chetia
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for ‘the help in fighting terrorism’ in his country.
GSP will be top issue at TICFA meeting: Tofail
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said that restoration of Generalised System of Preferences for Bangladesh would be the key talking point at the meeting of Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement that would be held on November 23 in Washington.
