Panchagarh: A Panchagarh court Wednesday rejected a defamation case filed against Advocate Qumrul Islam, State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.    Chief Judicial Magistrate Dilip Kumar Debnath ordered the rejection of the case after hearing. The Magistrate said in

Dhaka: Two suspected criminals were killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) troubleshooters in the capital’s Hatirjheel area on Wednesday evening.The deceased were identified as Jabbar and Selim alias Sailya. Rab claimed they were ‘identified terrorists’ in

Dhaka: A Dhaka court Wednesday said no to police plea for remanding arrested acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman and sent him to jail, amid a row over government action closing down the Bengali daily.The court, instead, asked the cops to quiz him at jail gate within the next three

Dhaka: The High Court Wednesday ordered the police to ensure safety of the fatwa victim young girl who was subjected to an agonizing 101 lashes of whip as extra-judicial punishment as per edicts of clerics at Bancharampur of Brahmanbaria.Earlier, the 17-year-old girl was brought before

The United States and Bangladesh will jointly work in a humanitarian cooperation codenamed Operation Pacific Angel 2010 in mid-June in the western part of the country, official sources said.   Over 40 members of the US Air Force, Army and Navy will join the effort to provide general

A plenary session on Child and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will be held at the high-level evaluation meeting on ‘MDG achievements’ scheduled for September 20-22 at the UN Headquarters in New York. “Child and MDG issues would get special preference in the special session of

Dhaka: The High Court Tuesday warned it would “not tolerate” any more custodial death as the court is oath-bound to protect people’s right to life under the Constitution. An HC bench comprising justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Mohammad Delwar Hossain also ordered the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Tuesday called for collective international action for an immediate end to Israeli siege to Gaza and allowing the Palestinian people to return to normal life. The country condemned the attack by the Israeli troops on the Freedom flotilla transporting humanitarian aid to

Dhaka: Bodies of two unfortunate men, long time dead and buried, were Tuesday dug up by police from graves in the city for autopsy on court orders.Police said the body of Hazi Abul Hossain was exhumed from Jurain graveyard and of Qudrat-e-Mawla Tusher, 15, from Shahjahanpur graveyard in

Dhaka: A Dhaka court Tuesday rejected a bail petition by detained former home minister Lutfozzaman Babar in the twin-case of grisly grenade attack on the Awami League rally on August 21, 2004. Acting judge of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Ismail Hossain issued the order

Dhaka: The journalists and officials of the Bengali daily Amar Desh panicked lest the newspaper should be closed down anytime, as its publisher Tuesday passed through an ordeal over ownership-transfer tangle.Hashmat Ali, the publisher of the newspaper that is leant toward opposition BNP,

Dhaka: The High Court Tuesday declined to grant bail to Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam in a bunch of seven cases and asked the owner of the big business house to surrender before the lower court within eight weeks.An HC bench comprising justices Samsul Huda

Dhaka: A truck rammed into an auto-rickshaw just as it was getting out after refueling at a gas station in the city’s Shanirakhra area early Tuesday, killing the three-wheeler’s driver instantly.The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 45.According to witnesses and police, when

Dhaka: Parliament goes into its budget session tomorrow (Wednesday) with the disenchanted main opposition BNP participation remaining clouded in doubts.  Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith is likely to place the budget for the fiscal 2010-11 on June 10. This will be the second budget

Dhaka: Lack of fuel reservoir and proper supply chain to the rental and major power plants remains an Achilles’ heel in government’s plan for generating 2220MW electricity by 2014 under a blueprint devised for the top-priority sector, officials said. “Although the government has

DHAKA: A select group of 25,000 Chittagong voters will become the trailblazers when the Election Commission tosses its preparation for the launch of electronic voting system in the country, graduating from the outworn balloting.    Officials said the Election Commission has decided to

Narayanganj: Workers blustered out of a garment factory and blockaded the Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Tuesday morning to press for a pay hike, creating severe traffic congestion on the busy route. Police said hundreds of workers of ‘Ananto Denim Apparels’ took to the street at about

DHAKA: Yet another student was killed in road accident in the capital as a recklessly driven minibus rammed his bicycle in front of Motijheel ICD gate on Monday night. The deceased, Rahatuzzaman, was a class-ten student of Postogola Bright High School in Shyampur. His classmate Niaz

Dhaka: Anti-tobacco move got a new momentum as works for making country’s all police stations smoking-free began Monday following a government initiative.Home Minister Sahara Khatun announced the plan Sunday at a seminar here marking the World No-Tobacco Day. And freeing the police

Dhaka: Anther quantum of 519-megawatt electricity will be added to the national power grid by next February as the government Monday approved deals with another six private companies under a crash course. The cabinet committee on public purchase gave the nod to the unsolicited project