SC upholds Mahmudur Rahman’s bail
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to acting Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed in connection with the plot to abduct and kill prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the United States.
Verdict against cricketer Shahadat, wife on Nov 6
The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 on Monday set November 6 for delivering verdict against cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmine Jahan Nitya in a case filed over torturing their domestic help.
Fragile ecology worries Asian greens
Environmentalists from Asian countries have urged the government to refrain from any installation that will put in peril the fragile ecology of the Sunderbans, the world’s biggest mangrove forest and a World Heritage Site.
AL yet to fulfil pledge
Women got 20.27 per cent of the 74 positions so far announced in the new central working committee of the ruling Awami League.
AL to hold dialogue over next polls if necessary, says Quader
The Awami League general secretary, Obaidul Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, on Sunday said the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, would initiate a move for holding dialogue for a national cause if necessary, but not at this moment.
Hasnat denied bail again in Gulshan attack case
A Dhaka court on Sunday denied again the bail petition of former North South University teacher Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim in connection with the Gulshan attack case.
Disappearance threatens city parks
Influential quarters have grabbed, fully or partially, all the parks of the Dhaka South City Corporation in the absence of any effective step to reclaim them.
Left parties urged to unite, emerge as alternative force
Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday inaugurated its four-day-long 11th congress with a call to other left parties to get united and emerge as alternative force in the interest of taking them to the state power.
Old Dhaka jail to be an open place for city dwellers: IG prisons
The 228-year old Dhaka Central Jail on the capital’s Nazimuddin road will be turned into a jail museum and an open space for Dhaka city dwellers, said inspector general of prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin on Friday, sharing the jail authorities’ plan.
Govt must hold dialogue: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said on Friday that the ruling Awami League must hold dialogue with BNP if it wanted to rule the country.
