Armed forces pay committee submits recommendations
The Armed Forces Pay Committee 2013 on Thursday submitted its recommendations to the finance minister, AMA Muhith, advising for a 100 per cent in pay hike for the soldiers.
Wellcome 2015
The new year was ushered in with people from all strata of society welcoming it through different programmes in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country amid tight security.
Policeman among 3 killed in Sirajganj accident
At least three people including a policeman were killed in a road accident on the west side of Bangabandhu Bridge on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Sirajganj this morning.
Hartal underway loosely
The first day of two-day dawn-to-dusk shutdown is passing across the country with no major incidents.
Jamaat calls hartal for Wednesday and Thursday
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami called a two-day dawn-to-dusk countrywide general strike for Wednesday and Thursday protesting at the death penalty to its leader ATM Azharul Islam.
Azharul to die for war crimes
International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader, ATM Azharul Islam for committing genocide and mass killings in Rangpur during the country’s independence war in 1971. ‘He be hanged by the neck…. till his death’ the tribunal chairman justice, M Enayetur Rahim pronounced the verdict in a packed court room.
6 killed as covered van rams train
At least six people, including a woman, were killed and scores injured when a speedy covered van hit the locomotive of a running train before ramming a carriage in the capital’s Kamalapur railway station on Monday.
WAR CRIMES TRIAL: Azhar verdict Tuesday
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday said it would deliver the verdict on war crimes case against Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam on Tuesday.
One killed as day-long hartal progresses
The daylong shutdown is passing across the country amid stray incidents, witnesses said.
Police storm New Age premises
A group of police led by Tejgaon industrial police station officer-in-charge Salahuddin on Sunday evening stormed New Age premises without giving any reason at about 8:20pm.
