SUNDERBANS ‘GUNFIGHT’ : 6 tiger poaching suspects killed

Six tiger poaching suspects were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the police in deep forest of Mandarbaria area of the Sunderbans west division under Kayra upazila in Khulna on Sunday afternoon.

NILARDI MURDER : Emails sent from Ctg, FBI men meet DB

Investigators made little progress into the murder of blogger Niladri Chatterjee, besides collecting some samples from the crime scene and meeting members of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation who are set to help in the investigations.

Ferdousi Priyabhashini receives death threat

The police launched an inquiry after anonymous caller on Saturday threatened sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini with ‘dire consequences’ within 48 hours.

Blogger murder triggers outcry home, abroad

Major political parties including BNP, local and international organisations including United Nations and many countries condemned the murder of blogger-writer Niladri Chatterjee and urged the government to bring the killers to justice at the earliest.

Students elect their first-ever cabinets

Students of over 1,040 secondary schools and madrassahs cast their votes amid festival mood to elect their first-ever cabinets on Saturday.

Cruelty to children won’t be spared: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the culprits behind the recent violence against children will not be spared and that the criminals will get exemplary punishment. ‘We’ll have to ensure exemplary punishment to show people that no one is spared if one commits crimes,’ she said, reports United News of Bangladesh.

CHT Land Commission resolves no dispute in 16 years

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission remains ineffective as it has failed to resolve any dispute in 16 years, while the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will be observed today in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world.

ATTACK ON BLOGGERS: Slow progress in probe gives impetus to attackers

Investigation into cases relating to attacks and killings of bloggers have barely seen progress, although such killings have continued since 2013. Delayed investigation and trials are encouraging the assailants to continue with their crimes, said fellow activists of the bloggers.

Another blogger killed in city Police refused to record GD earlier

Another blogger and online activist was hacked to death by a gang of armed assailants inside his house in the capital’s East Goran area on Friday afternoon, barely three months after another blogger was killed in Sylhet.

Bangladesh, India would be growth centre of Asia: Amu

The minister for industries, Amir Hossain Amu, on Thursday said immense possibility was there to turn Bangladesh and India into a growth centre of Asia through reaping the trade and connectivity facilities existing between both the countries.