Jamaat’s hartal today
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami said it would enforce daylong hartal today protesting at the execution of the party secretary general, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, while the government has taken precautionary measures to keep law and order normal.
Salah Abdeslam: The mystery of France's most-wanted man
Salah Abdeslam -- the only one of the suspected Paris attackers known to have survived -- is still at large and still very much at the center of a mystery.
Salem, Utah, teacher has students design ISIS poster
When parents got word their children were making terrorist propaganda posters in class, they demanded answers.
Mark Zuckerberg to take two months paternity leave
Mark Zuckerberg is taking two full months of paternity leave when his baby daughter is born, the Facebook CEO announced Friday.
Cameroon: At least 6 killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide bombings
Four suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northern Cameroonian town near the Nigerian border Saturday, killing at least six people and injuring about 12 others, a Cameroonian military spokesman said.
Mojaheed buried in Faridpur
Executed war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was buried on the premises of Ideal Cadet Madrassah established by him at West Khabaspur of Faridpur town early Sunday. Mojaheed’s body reached Faridpur at around 6:40am amid strict security.
SQC, Mojaheed hanged
Condemned war crimes convicts Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged at Dhaka Central Jail on early Sunday.
INCOME TAX PAYMENT : NBR opposes govt body advice for mandatory treasury challan use
A high-powered government committee wants to make the use of treasury challan mandatory for paying income tax to ensure timely collection of taxes and remove mismatch in revenue collection data, finance ministry officials said.
Govt to do everything for FFs’ welfare: PM
Terming the freedom fighters the greatest sons of the soil, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday reaffirmed her commitment to do whatever is needed for their welfare and their heirs, and raise their monthly honorarium to Tk 10,000.
Khaleda returns
Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party spontaneously arrived at the airport to receive party chairperson Khaleda Zia, defying the obstruction by law enforcers as she arrived in Dhaka from London on Saturday.
