Rajuk plans another ‘pleasure trip’ for 35 govt officials, MPs
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is planning another ‘study tour’ abroad for 35 officials and lawmakers amid criticism that such tours yielded no visible results in making Dhaka a planned city.
PM distributes sports awards
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday handed over the national sports awards for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 among 32 sportspersons and organisers for their contributions to their respective fields of sports.
SC stays Manna’s bail order
The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Sunday stayed until October 30 the bail order issued to detained Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in a sedition case.
BNP asks activists to be organised to bring Tarique home
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leaders on Saturday urged party-men to unite and organise to forge a movement for return of the party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman back home.
Mobile cos should not be allowed in e-commerce business
Mobile phone companies in e-commerce business will put the local e-commerce business at severe risk, said speakers at a seminar in Dhaka on Saturday.
War crimes: Mir Quasem hanged
War crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali, also a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, was hanged at Kashimpur Central Jail Part-2 on Saturday night, a day after he declined to seek a presidential clemency. He was hanged at 10:30pm, jail superintendent Prashanta Kumar Bonik told reporters at the jail gate after the execution.
Family to meet Mir Quasem today afternoon
The family of death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali will meet him at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Saturday afternoon.
Country to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Sept 13
The holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in Bangladesh on September 13 as the moon of Zil-Hajj month has not been sighted anywhere in the country on Friday.
SC finds two ministers breached oath of office
The Supreme Court observed that food minister Qamrul Islam and liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq were guilty of contempt of the court and breached their oath of office. The observations came in the full verdict published on Thursday.
Mir Quasem again wants more time to decide on mercy petition
War crimes death row inmate Mir Quasem Ali has wanted more time to decide on seeking mercy from the president.
