The Supreme Court yesterday extended its order that had stayed the Tangail-4 by-election until the High Court disposes of the rule over the candidacy of Krishak Shramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddiqui.
A Bangladesh Chhatra Union leader was beaten up allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists while he was campaigning for todays' hartal at Dhamrai Government College in Dhaka yesterday.
Shakhawat Hossain alias Sharif, one of the four suspected murderers of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella, yesterday told a Dhaka court that the three others were directly involved in the killing and that he did not have any role in the murder.
Seven people were killed and 50 others injured in road accidents across the country in last two days.
Teachers and students of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday formed a human chain in front of the Arts Building yesterday condemning the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and attacks on bloggers.
The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed in two cases over a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chauddagram upazila on February 2.
A BNP-backed platform of eminent citizens yesterday held the government responsible for Saturday's killing of Faisal Arefin Dipan of Jagriti Prokashani.
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court to resume the trial proceedings against former BNP minister Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu in a corruption case.
The cabinet yesterday approved the proposed list of holidays for the 2016 calendar year with 14 general holidays and eight more by the executive order of the government.
The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court judgment that had acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun's wife Shahina Yeasmin of a corruption case.
