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  • Rights activists concerned about rights violation
  • Biman goes on 48-hour strike from April 16
  • ACC launches Destiny probe
  • Azad goes into hiding as ICT-2 orders his arrest
  • Suu Kyi’s party sweeps Myanmar polls
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Biman goes on 48-hour strike from April 16

Biman officials hold a rally at Balaka building in Dhaka 
on Tuesday, demanding resignation of Biman’s chairman and dissolution of the board of directors. — Indrajit Ghosh
Biman officers and employees on Tuesday announced a 48-hour strike from April 16 to press their demand for the resignation of the chairman and reconstitution the board of directors of the national airlines. Full story

ACC launches Destiny probe

The Anti-corruption Commission on Tuesday appointed investigators to probe alleged money laundering by Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited which had diverted clients’ savings to its sister concerns ‘illegally’. Full story

Azad goes into hiding as ICT-2 orders his arrest

Abul Kalam Azad, who was known in Faridpur as Bachchu Razakar in 1971, went into hiding as the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday issued a warrant for his arrest. The police cordoned... Full story

Suu Kyi’s party sweeps Myanmar polls

Aung San Suu Kyi
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the main opposition force in the national parliament, official results showed Tuesday. Full story

Improvements in autism symptoms vary kid by kid

A new study suggests that social and communication skills in some kids with autism may improve over time with therapy, but other kids will continue having problems functioning as they get older. Full story

Fire kills three sisters at Narsingdi

Three sisters were killed in a fire at Basail of Narsingdi town on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Saima, 7, Asma, 4, and five-month-old Jannat, daughters of Abdus Sattar who... Full story

Saudi probe team arrives

A Saudi Arabian team comprising security and intelligence experts arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday ‘to assist local investigators dealing with the killing case’ of a Saudi diplomat in Dhaka on March 6. Full story

Dhaka fails in Saudi diplomat murder probe: Arab News

The Bangladesh government has miserably failed to come anywhere close to solving the murder mystery or in making any headway in the case of gruesome murder of Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al-Ali in Dhaka, according... Full story

Govt to redefine offshore hydrocarbon blocks

The government will rearrange the offshore hydrocarbon blocks in line with the verdict given by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas in March for oil and gas exploration in the Bay of... Full story

WB suspends SNC-Lavalin’s bidding rights

The World Bank has temporarily disqualified a component of Canadian company SNC-Lavalin from bidding on new WB projects, following an investigation into the Padma bridge project. Full story

‘SAARC needs to include China, Myanmar’

The eight-nation SAARC should also include China and Myanmar foreign relations analysts said in Dhaka on Tuesday. They observed that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation... Full story

April 3 declared National Film Day

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, poses for a photograph with the winners of the National Film Award 2010 at a programme at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on Tuesday.— PID photo
The prime minister on Tuesday said filmmakers should concentrate on focusing the history, culture and heritage of the Bangalees in their creations to shape the nation’s dream. Full story

Families of victims want justice

Families of the six alleged snatchers, who were killed on Monday in an ‘encounter’ with the Rapid Action Battalion in Narsingdi, claimed that conspiracies had led to the killings and demanded justice. Full story

US offers $10 m for founder of Pakistan militant group

The United States has offered a $10 million reward for the capture of the founder of the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group blamed for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. Full story

Rajshahi SP stand released

The district police super SM Rokon Uddin was stand released, reportedly for trying to save a police official from sexual harassment charge. Rokon has been asked to report to the police headquarters by 10:00am today. Full story

Fakhrul asks Ershad to leave ruling alliance

The acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Tuesday called on former military ruler HM Ershad to leave the ruling alliance and ‘stand by the people’. Full story

JU teachers on hunger strike, demand VC’s removal

Jahangirnagar University teachers under the banner of Shikkhak Samaj on Tuesday staged went on a hunger strike and held a protest rally as part of their five-day programme demanding removal of the vice-chancellor Shariff Enamul Kabir. Full story


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