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ICT-1 asks Ziauddin to explain his conduct
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday issued a notice upon Ahmed Ziauddin, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Brussels, asking him as to why a proceeding against him shall not be initiated on charge of... Full storyGovt back-pedals on its draft policy
The government has backtracked from its draft policy on the Private Television Establishment and Regulation Guideline 2012 facing a resistance from the TV channel owners. It has now decided that the TV... Full storyCPB, SPB begin countrywide organisational tour
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Thursday began a weeklong tour across the country to drum up public support for their demands, including banning... Full storyIncreased rents, fees at DU criticised
Left student organisation Samajtantrik Chhatra Front Dhaka University unit on Thursday staged demonstration protesting at increasing fee for using facilities of the university and development works at some departments. Full storyExemplary punishment of rapists demanded
Child rights activists on Thursday formed a human chain in the capital city and demanded exemplary punishment of the abductors and rapists of a 14-year girl in Tangail on December 7. Full storyQuader Molla fined Tk 10 thousand
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday asked war crimes accused Abdul Quader Molla to pay a fine of Tk 10 thousand for repeatedly filing the same application on almost similar grounds in a bid to... Full storyACC to launch fresh probe of bribery
The Anti-Corruption Commission will form a new team to probe into an allegation against a section of Padma Bridge project officials of taking a bribe of about Tk 11.6 crore from Maunsell Aecom Limited, a consultancy farm of New Zealand. Full storyOC, 6 others hurt in clash with AL men in Benapole
At least seven people, including officer-in-charge of Benapole port police, were injured in a clash with Awami League activists after the ruling party men tried to snatch an alleged drug peddler from police custody... Full storyFamily link to BNP costs NBR staffer job
The National Board of Revenue on Tuesday sacked a computer operator, Monira Akter, based on a police verification report that says her family members are either members of or associated with the main... Full storyKhaleda visits Bishwajit family, Nirmal Sen
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Thursday visited the house of slain Bishwajit Das and consoled the members of his bereaved family. She also saw ailing journalist Nirmal Sen at hospital. Full storyGovt primary teachers demand minister’s apology
Bangladesh Government Primary School Teachers’ Association on Thursday expressed concern at the negligence the primary and mass education minister had shown towards the primary teachers as well as... Full storyACC gets Tk 1.5m in interest on Arafat’s laundered money
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday received Tk 1.5 million (Tk 15 lakh) in interest on the S$2.04 million laundered by Arafat Rahman Koko, the youngest son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, and recovered by... Full storyGovt now scared of even shadows: Tariqul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Tariqul Islam on Thursday said the government, being ‘isolated’ from the people, seemed to be ‘scared even of shadows’. Addressing a discussion Tariqul, now acting as BNP’s... Full storyMosharraf, Ferdous denied bail
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected two petitions that sought bail to the detained former Bridges Division secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan and Bangladesh Bridge Authority superintendent engineer Kazi Mohammad... Full storyNayeem new president of ULESA
