PM off to Kuala Lumpur on 3-day official tour
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur this (Tuesday) morning on a three-day official visit to Malaysia at the invitation of her Malaysian counterpart Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, the United News of Bangladesh reports.
Stop illegal sales of alcohol: HC
The High Court on Monday directed the government to take steps within 48 hours to stop selling of liquor, beer and alcohol in any unlicensed bars operating in Gulshan and Banani vicinities in the capital.
WAR CRIMES TRIAL
Defence concludes arguments, denies Jabbar’s involvement in war crimes
City, RU units of JCD enforce daylong hartal in Rajshahi
A daylong hartal, enforced by city and Rajshahi University units of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal to press home their demands, including the immediate arrest of the ‘real’ killers of Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam, is running peacefully in the district today.
Vessel with 500 passengers runs aground in Meghna
Fogs hold back ferry services at Shimulia, Kawrakandi for 9 hours
Artist Qayyum Chowdhury dies
Eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury died on Sunday night after he felt sick while addressing the Bengal Classical Music Festival. He was 82. He was survived by wife and a son and host of friends, well-wishers to mourn his death. His body was kept at mortuary of Square Hospital.
Khaleda wanted Thailand-like situation: Hasina
Renewing her party’s allegation that Khaleda Zia boycotted the January-5 election sensing defeat, the prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief had actually wanted to create a Thailand-like situation where martial law was declared amid the opposition’s movement.
Khaleda urges people to boycott AL
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday urged people to boycott the ruling Awami League accusing the party of killing, repression and corruption. ‘Let us boycott the Awami League…
Zaglul Ahmed Chy killed in road accident
Senior journalist and South Asian analyst Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was killed in a tragic road accident in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday night. He was 65. Zaglul fell from a bus while getting down and received fatal injuries at Karwan Bazar intersection.
Locals block road at Natunbazar
Local people, including students of local educational institutions, on Friday blocked rod at Natunbazar in the capital for more than one hour demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of killers of a minor girls of the locality.
