Burnt Feni girl loses battle for life
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 18, the burnt Feni madrassah girl student died Wednesday night after losing her grim battle for life at the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital since Saturday morning. Burn Unit’s honourary coordinator Dr Samanta Lal Sen told New Age that she died at the Intensive Care Unit at 9.30 PM. She has been on life support since Monday.
Avijit murder accused Farabi cleared of charges of threatening freethinkers
The country’s lone Cyber Tribunal on Wednesday acquitted Shafiur Rahman Farabi as the prosecution failed to establish any allegation against him over a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology Act in 2015 for his post threatening a number of freethinkers. Farabi is one of the accused in Blogger Avijit Roy Murder case.
ACC detects massive illegal ‘trade’
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday detected massive irregularities including collecting additional money and fund embezzlement in the process of issuing trade licenses by city corporations across the country.
High Court hears Jahalam on April 17
The High Court Division will on April 17 hear 32-year old Jahalam, a victim of wrongful arrest and detention for three years in 33 corruption cases in which he was not at all involved.
Rajshahi IHT shut over BCL infighting
The Rajshahi Institute of Health Technology authority on Tuesday closed the institute for an indefinite period following a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student
The crippling of Britain in age of Brexit
FUTURE historians will look back at Britain in the age of Brexit and seek to explain why its people reduced their power and influence in the world in the belief that they were doing the exact opposite. But historians will have to move quickly if they are to have a say because the most important
US judge halts Trump policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico
A US judge on Monday halted the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait out their cases in Mexico, stopping a programme the government planned to expand to stem a recent flood of migrants.
Modi eyes win in world’s biggest election
India starts a mega-election on Thursday with prime minister Narendra Modi and his formidable campaign machine taking on not one but two Gandhis in the world’s biggest vote.
RAJUK OFFICIALS’ LINK TO BUILDING CODE VIOLATION ACC to dig deep into dirty deals
The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to ask the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to inform the commission about the actions the city development authority had taken against owners of 6,204 buildings built violating approved designs until 2013.
PM asks DCs to keep families at districts
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners to keep their family in the respective district.
