Comilla: State Minister for Law Kamrul Islam was sued in a lawcourt here Monday for reportedly calling slain president Ziaur Rahman ‘Pakistani char’, set by Islamabad during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.Ashiqur Rahman Mahmud Wasim, president of the district Chhatra Dal and

DHAKA: Justice Golam Rabbani, well-known for his memorable rulings while in the bench, Monday urged the local-government representatives to wage a ‘second liberation war’ to secure the rights they are denied.  He argued that their jurisdiction is defined in the national constitution

Dhaka: Immigration officials at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport offloaded an Indian transit passenger with a consignment of 480 rare tortoises early Monday.Airport thana police said the immigration officials seized a suitcase, containing the rare species of tortoise, from

DHAKA: Amid a latest tide of bashing women under the edicts of Islamic clerics, the High Court Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain within a week why such extra-judicial punishment through fatwa and Islamic Sharia law “should not be declared illegal”.This incidentally

Dinajpur: Hardrock mining at Maddhyapara halted for a second day Monday as the temporary workers continued their indefinite strike for their job confirmation and payment of salary arrears.The provisional workers hired by Maddhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd (MGMCL) went on strike Sunday

CHITTAGONG: A forest employee who allegedly became a feared felon and grabbed some 2,000 acres of land met his Waterloo in a reported gunfight with a joint force of police and RAB in the port city early Monday.The deceased, Akkas Ali, apparently used a political banner for personal

Kushtia: A suspected outlawed party leader was killed in a shootout between his associates and police at Khursha village in Mirpur upazila early Monday.The dead was identified as Siddiqur Rahman alias Siddique, 35, a commander of Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML) and son of late Ismail

SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed and four injured as an express train rammed into a three-wheeler, locally known as Nasimon, on the unmanned Ullapara level-crossing on Sunday night. Government Rail Police (GRP) sources and witnesses said the Dhaka-bound inter-city Padma Express crashed

DHAKA: Bangladesh is getting access to Global Agriculture and Food Security Trust Fund to draw aid from the multi-donor outlet for grants in developing the country’s agriculture and nutrition sectors.The United States Agency for International Development (USIAD) Sunday disclosed this

DHAKA: Senior BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed Sunday declared a plan for the formation of National Mass-Probe Commission to determine the “damage done to the country” during the emergency rule under the last caretaker government.The main opposition party’s standing-committee

DHAKA: Eid-ul Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslim, will be celebrated across the country Saturday. Preparations were taken for holding Eid-ul-Fitr jamaats in the capital and other districts across the country. Muslims across the world will seek divine blessings, peace,

DHAKA: Five officials of the National University, including its Vice-chancellor Tofael Ahmed, had to stand in a High Court dock for an hour during the whole period of contempt-of-court proceedings against them Sunday.The four others are College Inspector Anwar Hossain, Dean Dr MM Abu

DHAKA: Mystery shrouds the death of a teenage maid of a police officer at his house at Ramna Police Complex in the city.Ramna Thana police Sunday recovered the body of Noorunnahar Akhter, 14, from Sub-inspector Abdul Quddus’ home.The deceased, daughter of Md Nurul Islam, came to the

DHAKA: Leaders of some socio-professional organizations Sunday urged the government to establish democracy, non-communalism and political stability in the country by stemming the tide of religious extremism.Platform against Communalism and Militancy, a new outfit of campaigners for a

Dhaka: In the wake of street brawls over car requisition by cops for freewheeling, court blew the whistles to stop anymore requisitioning of private vehicles without any logical reason of public interest. A High Court bench Sunday ordered the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner

DHAKA: Reckless driving took another life in the capital when a bus ran over a passerby at Baniachar under Sutrapur Thana.The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam, 35, son of Abdul Khaleq of Matuail Uttarpara under the police station.“While he was crossing the road, a speeding bus

Comilla: A train derailed in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning, disrupting rail communications on 30 routes to the capital, Dhaka, and country’s eastern parts for four hours. Railway sources said a goods-laden bogie of Chittagong-bound Subarna Express from Dhaka fell off the tract

DHAKA: Investors are in uncertainty over the listing of state-owned enterprises with the capital market as the offloading process allegedly got stuck-up in the reluctance of the ministries concerned and bureaucratic tangles for long. Competent sources said a good number of public

DINAJPUR: Provisional workers of Dinajpur Maddhyapara hardrock mine Sunday went on indefinite strike to press for their permanent employment and payment of their salary arrears.The stone mining stopped totally as the 292 master-roll workers struck, mine sources saidHired by Maddhyapara

Gazipur: Laying a mousetrap, Rapid Action Battalion men arrested two suspected muggers with sharp weapons at Kamarpara bridge under Tongi thana in the district on Saturday night. Rab sourcess said plainclothes RAB–1 members laid ambush at the spot to hold the snatchers after hearing