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War crimes trial to get priority: Anis

War crimes trial to get priority: Anis

UNB, Dhaka :Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said the trial of crimes against humanity will go on as it is his first priority.”The trial of war criminals will go on… this is my...

Money laundering case: Tarique asked to surrender

Money laundering case: Tarique asked to surrender

UNB, Dhaka :The High Court on Sunday asked BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to surrender before the trial court in connection with the money-laundering charges he was acquitted of.After hearing the admissibility of an...

Bail prayer of Oishee rejected

Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court on Sunday rejected the bail petition of Oishee Rahman in a murder case filed against her on the charge of killing her parents Police Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his...

AL man hurt in Jhenidah factional clash dies

AL man hurt in Jhenidah factional clash dies

UNB, Jhenidah :Another Awami League activist who was injured in a clash between two factions of the party at Tikari village in Sadar upazila on Saturday died at a hospital on Sunday, raising the...

Piracy at sea marks lowest in six yrs: IBM

Piracy at sea marks lowest in six yrs: IBM

UNB, Dhaka :Piracy at sea has come down to its lowest level in six years, with 264 attacks recorded worldwide in 2013, a 40 percent drop since Somali piracy peaked in 2011 registering a...

Guideline for pvt TVs, online media: Inu

Guideline for pvt TVs, online media: Inu

UNB, Dhaka :Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said the government wants to frame a guideline for the operation of private TV channels and online news media.Among other priorities, the government wants to...

300 BRTC buses to carry Ijtema devotees

300 BRTC buses to carry Ijtema devotees

BSS, Dhaka :Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has decided to operate special bus services in two phases for the Biswa Ijtema this year.BRTC will operate special bus services from January 21 to February 3...

Ershad’s ‘odd’ absence

Ershad’s ‘odd’ absence

bdnews24.com :HM Ershad was conspicuously absent when Jatiya Party MPs went to pay their tribute to martyrs at the National Memorial. Jatiya Party leaders offered various explanations for the party chief’s absence.Raushan, the Leader...

Polls in some UZs in Feb: EC

Polls in some UZs in Feb: EC

bdnews24.com :The Election Commission has said several Upazila Parishads (UP) will go to polls in February as their terms are coming to an end.Bangladesh has 147 Upazila Parisads. Tenures of over 100 of them...

Thai protesters defiant

Thai protesters defiant

Reuters, Bangkok :Anti-government protesters marched defiantly through Thailand’s capital on Saturday, with one group entering a police compound, undeterred by a grenade explosion the day before that wounded 35 demonstrators and killed one.Friday’s blast...