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BCL rowdies on the loose again

Activists of the ruling party-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League have unleashed terror in educational institutions again vitiating the atmosphere and putting students’ academic life in jeopardy. Full story

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Bhashani dropped from Bangla textbooks

The new curriculum for students has dropped the biography of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, a politician who fought all his life for the rights of the oppressed and against exploitation, imperialism and feudalism, from Bangla textbooks for Class V and VIII. Followers of Maulana Abdul Hamid... Full story

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60 villagers chargesheeted

The Rapid Action Battalion has pressed charges against 60 villagers for beating six students to death at Bardeshi village of Aminbazar at Savar on early July 18, 2011. In the chargesheet, RAB official additional superintendent... Full story

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Dhaka must clarify position on slain labour leader, fire safety

Dhaka needs to clarify its position on four issues to the United States Trade Representative which has threatened to withdraw the Generalised System of Preferences facilities for Bangladeshi products in entering the US... Full story

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Dropping Bhasani from textbooks protested

National Awami Party faction on Sunday protested against the dropping of the life sketch of politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani from the textbooks of class V and VII. Mohammad Hasrat Khan Bhasani, the secretary general of... Full story

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Border force restructured

The Border Guard Bangladesh has brought about massive changes in its operation by setting up four administrative regions under the headquarters and reconstructing its intelligence and upgrading its communications technology, officials said. Full story

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PM flies to Moscow today

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will fly to Moscow today to sign two crucial agreements for $500 million for preparatory works of Rooppur Power Plant and $1 billion for defence purchase from Russia under the state export... Full story

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1st phase of Bishwa Ijtema ends with akheri munajat

The first phase three-day Bishwa Ijtema of the Tabligh Jamat ended on the bank of the River Turag on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka on Sunday with several million devotees from home and abroad seeking peace. About five lakh people gathered at the places, even spilling over nto adjoining areas, on the last day of the event to take part in the final prayers (akheri munajat), conducted... Full story

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Court says CID report unacceptable

A Rangamati court on Sunday said the Criminal Investigation Department’s final report on the enforced disappearance of Kalpana Chakma, allegedly kidnapped by security personnel 16 years back, was not acceptable. Full story

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Warrant issued for arrest of Bikash in double murder case

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued warrant for the arrest of Bikash Kumar Biswas, a top terror on Dhaka Metropolitan Police list, in a double murder case lodged with Tejgaon police station on April 2, 1997. Full story

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BRTA body advises Tk 0.23 a km increase

The BRTA costing committee on Sunday proposed an increase in long-route bus fares by Tk 0.23 a kilometre in view of the latest fuel oil price increase effected on January 4. A committee member told New Age that they had proposed... Full story

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Sri Lanka president sacks chief justice

The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapakse, on Sunday sacked the chief justice by ratifying a controversial parliamentary vote, defying international calls for restraint and plunging the country into a constitutional crisis. Full story

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BTV, ATN News asked to refrain from airing reports with comments about sub-judice matters

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday directed state owned Bangladesh Television and private channel ATN News to refrain from broadcasting reports with comments on matters pending before it. Full story

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Students suffer as teachers rally for MPO, job nationalisation

Teachers and employees of secondary schools have been on demonstrations for about a week demanding enlistment for the monthly pay order and job nationalisation, hampering academic activities of students at the beginning of the academic year. Full story

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ACC to question 19 SIBL officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to interrogate 19 officials of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited about the non-funded part of the money embezzled by the Hallmark Group and five other business firms from the state-owned Sonali Bank Limited. Full story

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Bodies to be brought home soon: Dipu Moni

Foreign minister Dipu Moni has said the government is making all-out efforts to bring back the bodies of 11 Bangladeshis killed in the terrible fire at their three-storey camp in Bahrain’s capital of Manama on Friday. Full story

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BNP asks PM to hold dialogue now or face ouster

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party asked the prime minister Sunday to take an immediate initiative for holding a dialogue with the opposition on election-time non-party neutral government to avoid ‘inevitable’ Full story

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Deadlock reigns in IU

The stalemate at Islamic University of Kushtia continued on Sunday even after the withdrawal of teachers’ work abstention. Many teachers are not coming to the campus from a feeling of insecurity after the attack on them by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists... Full story

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6 arrested in new India bus gang-rape case

Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, the police said Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests. Full story

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3 more held in Tazreen fire case

A Dhaka court on Sunday remanded three employees of Tazreen Fashions in police custody for three days for interrogation in connection with the fire at the factory at Ashulia that killed 112 workers on November 24, 2012. Full story

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1 killed as BNP, AL men clash

A middle-aged man was killed on the spot during a clash between the supporters of a local Awami League leader and those of a BNP leader at Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Sunday. Full story

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JS subcommittee to probe CTG flyover collapse

Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings on Sunday constituted a three-member sub-committee to investigate into the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Chittagong which claimed at least a dozen persons and left 50 others injured in November. Full story

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2 men lynched as suspected cattle thieves

The local people killed two men suspecting them cattle lifters at Tungipara upazila in Gopalganj early Sunday. Kabir Hossain Sheikh, 35, and Farhad Mollah, 38, were killed in Munshirchar Beel area. Full story

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