Dhaka : Muggers shot Abul Kalam Azad, 30, a representative of Bkash Limited (a subsidiary of BRAC Bank), and snatched away Tk 10 lakh from him in the premises of the bank at Rokeya Sarani of the city’s Mirpur section 10 area Tuesday noon. Azad said, collecting Tk 10 lakh from the area, he went from their Bkash (aid…
Dhaka: The librarian of Investigation Agency of International Crimes Tribunal, Md Anisur Rahman, on Tuesday testified against Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali before a special tribunal dealing with war crimes cases. Anisur, testifying as the 23rd prosecution witness against Quasem, said the investigation officer Md Nurul Islam had visited his workplace at Dhanmondi in the city on…
Dhaka: Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) will organise a three-day Teesta-March programme from April 17, demanding equitable share of the Teesta River water. “We’ve declared the Teesta-march programme to force the government to take effective steps over the fair sharing of Teesta water,” said CPB general secretary Syed Abu Zafar…
Dhaka: A female classmate of Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam on Tuesday testified that Azhar was involved in abducting and killing four Hindu teachers of Rangpur Carmichael College and a teacher’s wife during the liberation war. Testifying as the 9th prosecution witness against Azhar in the case against him in the International Crimes Tribunal-1, Shova Kar, 62,…
Dhaka: To an interrogation of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Bilkis Akter, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain’s wife, admitted to siphoning off money to United Kingdom. “She has admitted to having a joint account during our questioning,” said ACC Investigator Ahsan Ali. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali made the disclosure on Tuesday to journalists after…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting of the party’s Standing Committee on Wednesday to discuss the current political situation and state of the party. The meeting will be held at the BNP chief’s office in Gulshan area of the city at 8pm, said a party source. De-freezing of…
Dhaka: The veteran journalist ABM Musa is under life support in the capital’s Lab Aid Hospital. The 83-year old journalist has been ill for long and remained hospitalised since March 29, family sources said. He was kept in the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) for several times before the doctors sent him to life support…
Dhaka: The Appellate Division of Supreme Court will hear the prosecution argument Tuesday on the appeal of Jamaat-e-Islami’s nayeb-e-aamir Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, who is sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. In response to a plea from Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, a five-member bench led by Chief Justice…
Dhaka : Publishing of report like the one entitled “Khaleda Zia can not pay house rent for last 3 months as she lacks the capability” in newspaper is nothing but making fun with the nation, said Awami League publication and publicity secretary Hasan Mahmud on Monday. The former forest minister came up with the remarks while…
Dhaka: A freedom fighter from Pabna on Monday testified that detained Jamaat leader Abdus Subhan had stabbed his nephew, brother-in-law and maternal uncle to death during the 1971 liberation war. ATM Shahiduzzaman Nasim, the first prosecution witness against Subhan, told the special war crimes tribunal on Monday that he also came to know that Subhan…
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