Jessore: Indian authorities returned 18 children to Bangladesh authorities at Jessore’s Benapole border on Monday after they had suffered three years of imprisonment without any trial. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and immigration police handed over the children to Bangladeshi immigration police at the Benapole check post in the evening. The check post’s immigration officer Monir Hossain…
International Desk: Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday slapped by an unidentified man during a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of northwest Delhi and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader immediately blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for it. This was the second such attack on Kejriwal in the last four days. He was slapped by a…
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…
Khulna: A person named Dipankar Das tried to commit suicide after slaughtering his wife Anima (32) and son Sajib (7) at their house at Shalua village under Paikgachha upazila of the district early Tuesday. Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Paikgachha thana said, Dipankar tried to commit suicide after killing his wife and son. Police detained Dipankar…
International Desk: BJP has reiterated its commitment to the trinity of Hindutva issues — construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, promulgation of uniform civil code and repeal of the Indian Constitution’s Article 370 which guarantees special status for Jammu and Kashmir. While it invited angry reactions from opponents who charged that the saffron party had…
International Desk: South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is due to give evidence for a second day at his murder trial. At the start of his testimony on Monday, he made a tearful apology to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot dead last year. The trial was adjourned after Pistorius was overcome with…
Dhaka – Parliament on Monday passed the Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2014 with the provision for special allowances to the Supreme Court judges. With the passage of the bill, the chief justice, judges of the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court will get 50 per cent of their…
Dhaka – Ties between Bangladesh and China will be strengthened further in the coming days as both countries share common challenges, common interests and common dreams in nation building. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun on Monday made the comments unwrapping a book written by a senior leader of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka.…
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