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...
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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...
Issue not up for peace talks: Assad has no plan to quit
BBC Online :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is quoted as saying he has no intention of quitting, and the issue is not up for discussion at forthcoming peace talks.”If we wanted to surrender we would...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Indian minister’s wife found dead in Delhi hotel
BBC Online :The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, died a “sudden and unnatural death”, an autopsy has found.Tharoor, who was earlier admitted to hospital...