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Bangabandhu Murder Case Resumes
SC rejects plea for time from convicts
On the first day of resumption of hearing of the Bangabandhu murder case after six years at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday, counsels for the convicts pleaded for adjournment
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Millions grapple with diseases, food dearth
Rivers continue to swell; crops on 15 lakh acres damaged
Floodwater started receding significantly in the north and north-eastern parts of the country, but sufferings of people are compounded with thousands getting infected with water-borne diseases and farmers
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News analysis
Oops! I forgot the tax
Surprise, surprise! He is the man who would decry the culture of not paying tax. And she is the woman who would sit at the helm of the government and run the country with taxpayers' money.
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Hasina gets bail in another case
HC orders not to try her under emergency power rules; AL hires foreign lawyer
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted Sheikh Hasina bail in another extortion case and ordered the government not to bring her to trial on the charge under the emergency power rules.
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Schools now shelter flood-hit people
Academic activities disrupted in over 7,000 edn institutions
Academic activities in over 7,000 educational institutions in 39 districts have been seriously disrupted due to floods.
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Meghnaghat 2 Power Project
Malaysian firm steps in as BON deal cancelled
As the Power Development Board (PDB) serves Obaidul Karim's company BON Consortium with a notice cancelling the Meghnaghat 2 power project deal, the second lowest bidder Malakoff of Malaysia proposedthe
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Obaidul Quader, wife sued for tax evasion
Barisal mayor on remand
A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against detained Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader and his wife Isratunnesa after National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed two tax evasion
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Flood Relief
Govt sanctions Tk 11cr from CA's fund
The government on emergency basis yesterday allocated Tk 11 crore from the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund for the people of 15 flood-hit districts.
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BNP dissidents for council after flood
Get ready for relief work
The dissident faction of much beleaguered BNP, led by its Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, yesterday decided to hold the coveted party council for getting their reform proposal adopted, only after
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Faizee Case
CU to appeal against HC verdict
Chittagong University (CU) Syndicate in an emergency meeting yesterday decided to appeal to the Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division against the High Court (HC) verdict that declared the cancellation
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Peoples Jute Mills
Payment to retrenched workers starts
The retrenched workers of closed Peoples Jute Mills in Khulna started getting paid their dues from yesterday. Out of 3,100 retrenched workers, 650 will be paid off in the first phase.
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Dulu sued again for patronising JMB militants
Another case was yesterday filed against former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and 27 others on charges of patronising Islamist militants, extortion and looting.
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Hasina's wealth report to be submitted today
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will submit her wealth statement to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) today willingly, not under any pressure following the ACC notice which was stayed
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Biman flight schedule worsens
Flight schedule of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd collapsed as technical and logistic problems delayed four flights bound for different destinations by 30-50 hours.
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8 firearms, 6 bombs seized in Pabna
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday recovered eight firearms, six bombs and ammunition from a mango orchard at Goashpur-Dhopaghata village in Pabna.
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Gang leader confesses to killing NSI man
Gang leader of 'malam party' Faruq confessed to a magistrate of a Dhaka court on Monday that he along with four other gang members were behind the killing of Sheikh Atiar Rahman, an official of the National
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Mafia don Dawood caught in Pakistan
Pakistan has detained India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, the alleged mastermind of deadly bomb blasts in Mumbai, a report said yesterday.
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9 US troops killed in Iraq attacks
Roadside bombs killed four US soldiers in the Baghdad area, including three in a single strike while five more soldiers died in Iraq, four of whom were killed on Monday in the flashpoint city of Baquba,
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