Annisul slates police attack on protesters.
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq on Tuesday lambasted the police for attacking protesters against sexual harassment of women on Pahela Baishakh.The protesters went to besiege the metropolitan police headquarters on Sunday..
SE Asia urged to save thousands of migrants.
Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned Tuesday
Another blogger hacked to death.
Another blogger was hacked to death in Sylhet city on Tuesday morning triggering protests.The killing Sylhet unit Ganajagaan Mancha organiser Ananta Bijoy Dash, 33, took to four the number of bloggers killed since 2013,
Tremor jolts Bangladesh, Nepal, India
A tremor hits Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh this afternoon.The quake that started at 1.10pm lasted nearly a minute. The epicenter of the quake and its scale could not be known immediately.
Salah Uddin calls wife from Assam!
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salah Uddin Ahmed called his wife from a location of Assam in India.Our correspondent talked to Hasina Ahmed, the spouse of Salah Uddin, who confirmed the news to New Age this afternoon.
Trade gap jumps to $7.14b in 9 months, Export growth remains sluggish against higher import in July-March
The country’s trade deficit increased by 56.78 per cent to $7.14 billion in the first nine months of the current financial year 2014-15 compared with that of $4.55 billion during the same period of the FY14 due to a massive drop in export earnings against a higher import payment.
VIOLENCE CASE Charges pressed against Fakhrul, Moudud, Abbas among 36
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has submitted a charge sheet against Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 35 others
Thousands in peril at sea 1,500 more Bangladeshis, Rohingyas rescued off Indonesia, Malaysia
Nearly 1,500 more illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia since Sunday, a day after a boat carrying about 500 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas arrived off the northwest province of Aceh.
Bring enclave people to mainstream: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday underscored the need for mainstreaming the people of enclaves following the passage of the Land Boundary Agreement by Indian parliament.
Family wants govt to ‘return’ Salah Uddin: Khaleda
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday said anxiety of the missing BNP joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed’s family was increasing day by day about what had actually happened to him but the government was taking no steps to find him out.
