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22 to walk gallows for killing Ahsanullah
6 get life, family demands quick execution of verdict
A Dhaka court yesterday handed down death sentences to 22 people and life terms to six others for assassinating Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master in Tongi in May last year, the highest number of
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Three Bangladeshis killed in border clash
BSF, BDR agree to ceasefire after fierce gunfight on Akhaura frontier
At least three Bangladeshis including a girl were killed in a fierce encounter between Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on Akhaura border yesterday.
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Widows queue for dead men's pay
Death toll rises to 62 as rescue efforts enter Day 7
Yesterday was rumoured to be a pay day at the Spectrum Sweaters Factory Limited at Savar and so Shaera was waiting at the office entrance to draw last month's wage of her husband.
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BSF goes back on zero-line fencing
Border talks end inconclusively; BDR unhappy with outcome
The director general-level border talks between BDR and BSF ended yesterday in the city inconclusively with the Indian side dismissing most of the major border concerns of Bangladesh including push-in
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Faizee's Attending Bench Protested
Lawyers scuffle in courtroom
Two groups of lawyers yesterday engaged in a scuffle at the Supreme Court over Additional Judge Faisal Mahmud Faizee's attending the High Court bench.
The 15-minute brawl started at 10.
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Qatar keen on hiring more workers
Emir tells president, heads home
Emir of Qatar Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani yesterday said there is a great opportunity to recruit more workers from Bangladesh.
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Musharraf in India for peace, prayer, cricket
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday arrived in India on a landmark visit, offering prayers for peace and progress between the nuclear rivals as New Delhi announced a set of seven confidence-building
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ACC Act challenged
HC asks govt to explain some provisions
The High Court in a rule yesterday ordered Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as well as the government to explain why the ACC Act sections that deal with the selection and appointment of ACC commissioners
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Separation of Judiciary
20th extension gives govt six more months
Responding to the government's 20th plea for giving it four months 'extra time' to separate the judiciary from the executive, the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday gave it six months time.
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Govt gets ready to fight new deadly diseases
The government is going to launch a co-ordinated drive based on six new surveillance strategies to detect, prevent and combat any threat of epidemic of unknown or newly emerging infectious and other deadly
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Morshed hits out at EU resolution
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday said Bangladesh is not a Banana Republic that needs people from the outside to teach it how to run or how to conduct its elections.
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BJP factions on expulsion spree
Expulsion and counter-expulsion are continuing between the two factions of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP).
Party Chairman Naziur Rahman Manjur yesterday expelled Moidul Islam from the party.
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Ahasanullah Killing
Hasina terms judgment incomplete
Leader of the Opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina has termed the judgement in Ahsanullah Master murder case 'incomplete' and said the persons who 'conspired, planned and ordered' the killing of the
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Kibria Killing Case
Quaiyum wants to submit statement to court
Lawyers for expelled BNP leader Abdul Quaiyum, the prime accused in the former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria killing case, yesterday pleaded with a Habiganj court to submit a statement.
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CCC Mayor Elections
IOJ withdraws its candidate
With barely three weeks to Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayoral elections, Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) leaders loyal to Moulana Fazlul Haq Amini MP backtracked on its position yesterday to withdraw their
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Bombs seized from Shechchhasebak League office
Three powerful bombs were seized from the district Shechchhasebak League office yesterday afternoon where an Awami League (AL) leader was scheduled to hold a meeting later in the evening.
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Mujibnagar Day today
The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed today commemorating the formation of Bangladesh's first government-in-exile at Baidyanathtola mango grove in Meherpur on this day in 1971.
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Writ Against CJ
HC decides today about admissibility
The High Court (HC) will pass an order today on the admissibility of a writ petition alleging breach of oath of office by Chief Justice Syed J R Mudassir Husain.
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Final Indo-Pak one-dayer today
Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq is confident the spirit shown by his players on the India tour would lead to a series victory following the sixth and final one-dayer on Sunday.
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