Mahmood meets Kerry; both condemn violence, extremism
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Friday met US Secretary of State John F Kerry and they agreed that violence has no space in a democracy, and condemned the mindless violence and extremism in the name of ideology or political expression, said a Foreign Ministry media release here.
BNP-Jamaat out to fully destroy country: PM
Wondering that hartal and blockade programmes are these days called from undisclosed locations, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat-e-Islami clique...
EP delegation for immediate end to violence Expresses concern at enforced disappearances.
The visiting European Parliament delegation on human rights that met both government and opposition representatives on Thursday called for an immediate end to the increasing violence.
Arson victim dies, 8 more burnt Train made target again.
Another firebomb victim lost his battle for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and eight more suffered burns while a train came under arson attack on Thursday, the last day of a week-long hartal coupled with an indefinite blockade that enters its 46th day today.
Kamaruzzaman’s death warrant issued.
An International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday sent warrant for death of condemned war criminal Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to the Inspector General of Prison and Dhaka district magistrate.
Khaleda to face trial: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday told parliament that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, must face trial for ‘killing people and damaging property.’
Kader Siddique continues sit-in.
Krishok Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddique urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a dialogue to resolve the ongoing political crisis. He made the urge while addressing a press briefing on the 22nd day of his sit-in in front of the party’s central office
Diplomats call for end to violence.
A group of foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Wednesday called for putting an end to the ongoing political violence in the country and creating space for peaceful political programmes
Subhan gets death penalty.
International Crimes Tribunal -2 on Wednesday awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan for crimes against humanity that he had committed during the country’s independence war in 1971.
AL urges diplomats to convey atrocities to their govts .
The ruling Awami League on Tuesday urged foreign diplomats to convey the stories of killing people in arsons in Bangladesh to their respective governments and the world.
