A Dhaka court yesterday appointed administrators to look after some of the immovable properties of Benazir Ahmed and his family members.
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday seized 41.49kg gold worth Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers near Benapole, reportedly the biggest gold haul by Indian security forces along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Bangladeshis were found to be the highest number of irregular migrants reaching the shores of Italy in the first six months of this year.
Police in Manikganj are trying to arrest five men accused of raping a schoolgirl.
A 25-year-old tourist drowned and two others were injured while bathing in the Nikli haor in Kishoreganj yesterday morning.
Two patients with Covid-19 died and at least 620 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the health directorate in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday seized 41.49kg gold worth Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers near Benapole, reportedly the biggest gold haul by Indian security forces along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Sri Lankan security forces raided and partially cleared the main protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early yesterday, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in.
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Wreckage of buggies caused by a head-on collision between two intercity trains in Phulbaria of Dinajpur yerterday. The accident injured at least 50 passengers. Photo: StarAt least 50 passengers were injured when two intercity trains collided head-on at Phulbari Railway Station here early yesterday, suspending rail communications between the capital and Dinajpur, Rajshahi for about six and a half hours.
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Judges, prosecutors, witnesses and accused were present at the court. Some junior defence counsels were there too. Yet the proceedings of war crimes cases against Jamaat leaders Motiur Rahman Nizami and AKM Yusuf did not take place as their senior counsels remained absent citing “unavoidable situation.”
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At the fag end of the Awami League-led government's tenure, the power ministry is seeking extension of three rental power contracts by five years, although two of them have performance issues and face heavy penalties.
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Several legal experts yesterday said war crimes trial would be disputed as a number of prosecutors and investigators of the international crimes tribunals have collected Awami League's nomination papers.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned that opposition leader Khaleda Zia would have to face trial for killing more than 20 people during hartal hours.
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Customs officials of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 320 gold bars weighing around 37kg from under passenger seats of a Qatar Airways flight in the capital yesterday. No one was arrested in this connection. Photo: Banglar ChokhCustoms officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 320 gold bars weighing around 37 kilograms from a Qatar Airways flight yesterday morning.
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A man reconstructs his destroyed house in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte, yesterday. Tacloban bore the brunt of Friday's category-five storm with at least 10,000 people feared to have died there, according to the United Nations. Photo: AFP
Meeting someone new isn't always the easiest of tasks, so spare a thought for China's young women who face intense parental pressure to find the right man.
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European Union institutions have reached agreement on the 2014 budget after tough overnight negotiations, the bloc said in a statement yesterday.
Under the compromise deal, the budget will include 135.5 billion euros ($181.5 billion) in payments and 142.6 billion euros in commitments, it said.
Negotiations stretched into early Tuesday hours to resolve a split over next year's spending between the bloc's three bodies -- the 28 member states, the European Parliament and the executive European Commission.
The austerity-minded governments had wanted to keep payments under 135 billion euros, which was one billion and 1.5 billion euros less than sought by the EU executive and parliament, respectively.
Russia yesterday demanded an apology from Poland and slammed what it called a delayed police response after ultra-nationalist rioters went on the rampage outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw.
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