Bangladesh: Conviction of journalist chills speech: HRW
War Crimes Court Uses Broad Contempt Powers to Quell Criticism
Blast rock Narayanganj court
The Narayanganj District Judges Court was rocked with the an explosion on Thursday noon triggering panic on its compound and surroundings.
Tofail quips at income of newspaper owners, editors
The minister for commerce, Tofail Ahmed, on Thursday quipped at the income of newspaper owners and editors saying that their income did not increase in the country but only the income of politicians increased.
Prime Bank punish Sakib’s Legends
Prime Bank Cricket Club crossed a major hurdle in the Dhaka Premier League when they thrashed holders Legends of Rupganj by 95 runs in a crucial tie at the BKSP on Wednesday.
Protesters block NY traffic after officer cleared in chokehold death
Thousands of protesters shouted at police and clogged streets of Manhattan on Wednesday, angered by a New York City grand jury’s decision not to charge a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.
UN asks people to give $1 each for Syrian refugees
The World Food Program launched an unusual campaign Wednesday to raise $1 contributions from 64 million people around the world so it can restore food vouchers to Syrian refugees who won’t be getting any UN help in December.
Derailment in Comilla disrupts Dhaka-Ctg-Sylhet train services
Train communications on Chittagong-Dhaka and Chittagong-Sylhet routes were suspended as two wheels of a passenger coach of an inter-city train derailed at Jangalia near Mynamati rail station under Sadar Dakkhin upazila in Comilla on Thursday morning.
Corruption increased in Bangladesh: TI
Corruption has increased in the country again in 2014, showed Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2014, released globally on Wednesday.
Jabbar verdict any day
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on completion of trial of absconding war crimes accused, former Jatiya Party MP, engineer Abdul Jabbar on Wednesday announced that the verdict would be delivered later.
