ATTACK ON HINDUS ‘Facebook user’ Titu arrested
Police arrested Titu Ray, the lone accused in a case of defaming Islam and its prophet in a facebook post that led to an arson attack on houses of Hindus in village Thakurpara in Rangpur, in Nilphamari early Tuesday.
GIVING IMPUNITY TO JUSTICE JOYNUL AD’s letter tarnished highest court’s image: HC
The High Court on Tuesday said that the image and dignity of the highest court was tarnished by a letter the Appellate Division office issued stating that the Anti-Corruption Commission should take no action against former Appellate Division judge Md Joynul Abedin on allegation of possessing illegal wealth.
Bangladeshi national shot dead by BSF
The Indian Border Security Force shot a Bangladeshi cattle trader dead and injured another one on Burimari border at Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early Wednesday.
RMG WORKERS Move taken to review wages
A move has been initiated to review wages of readymade garment workers against the backdrop of workers’ movement for pay hike and demands from national and international labour rights groups.
ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY, METRO RAIL CONSTRUCTION Ital-Thai’s poor safety records worry officials, experts
Poor safety records of Ital-Thai Development Private Company Limited worry experts and officials of two mega projects the company is implementing in crowded Dhaka as seven accidents during construction of an elevated railway in Bangkok have killed seven people.
ATTACK ON HINDUS IN RANGPUR Uneasy calm still prevails, 24 more arrested
Uneasy calm prevailed at village Thakurpara in Rangpur on Monday, three days after the Hindus of the village came under an arson attack over a facebook post defaming Islam and its prophet.
EC to deploy army during polls, not to use EVM
The Election Commission has a plan to deploy army in the next general election but the form of the functioning of the troops is yet to be decided.
PRINTING, DISTRIBUTING TEXTBOOKS NCTB officials engaged in irregularities: TIB
National Curriculum and Text Board officials are involved in irregularities in publishing and distributing free textbooks, shows a Transparency International Bangladesh study revealed on Monday.
No polls under Hasina: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday asked the Election Commission to take steps for holding the next general election under a non-party neutral government, deploying army with magistracy and without using electronic voting machine.
Rohingya crisis: 22 per cent lost both parents
Twenty-two per cent of Rohingya orphans have lost both of their parents and are now struggling to survive with the humanitarian assistance they are getting at Cox’s Bazar shelter centres.
