Commission to look into NGO activities
The government has initiated a move to set up a commission to look into operations of non-governmental organisations in the wake of allegations that many of them are ‘involved in terror financing and... Full story70,000 cases pending with Special Branch
About 70,000 applications for fresh Machine Readable Passports have been awaiting police verification report for a long time. Of the pending passports, 899 applicants have been waiting... Full storyAL in no hurry for dialogue over election-time govt
The Awami League is unlikely to take immediate initiatives for dialogues to devise a framework for an election-time interim government. The party is preparing to mobilise public opinion and... Full storyRAB steps up efforts in Sagar-Runi murder case
RAB investigators have stepped up their efforts to detect the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi after after a lab in the United States did the DNA profiling of a suspect... Full storyLimon’s family leaves home in fear
The family of Limon Hossain, a college student maimed by Rapid Action Battalion, left their home on Friday as they felt insecure after a Jhalakathi court ordered the police to record a murder case against them. Full storyGrameen Bank amendment ordinance to be repealed if BNP is voted to power: Moudud
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said that the Grameen Bank (Amendment) Ordinance would be repealed to ensure empowerment of women if the party is voted to power. Full storyMotive not established as yet
The police on Friday continued investigating the killing of the assistant professor of National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital in his flat at Mohakhali in Dhaka early Thursday. Full storyBangladesh’s most wanted gets papers to prove Indian citizenship
Most wanted in Bangladesh and missing since being released on bail from the Dum Dum Central Jail on August 8, Sailen Biswas has the requisite proof and papers to stand testimony to being a bona fide Indian citizen. Full storyIndian govt faces backlash
India’s attempt to block online material that it blames for fuelling ethnic tensions was on Friday described by internet experts as ‘monumentally incompetent’ and ‘completely illegal’. Full storyDeadly shooting rocks New York
Two people were killed and at least eight wounded in a shooting outside the Empire State Building on Friday, a New York police source said, creating chaos and shocking tourists and commuters... Full storyFierce fighting in Syria swells refugee exodus
Syrian army bombardments killed 21 people in a Damascus suburb on Friday in an intensifying civil war that the UN refugee agency said had prompted more than 200,000 people to flee the country. Full storyPeople huddle at terminals to head for Dhaka
Family history foretells early heart disease
If you have a relative who died of heart disease before age 60, your own risk of early heart trouble is higher as well, a study involving millions of people Denmark over three decades has determined. Full storyMyanmar president says monks, politicians kindling hate
Buddhist monks, politicians and other ethnic Rakhine figures are kindling hatred towards Muslim Rohingyas in an area plagued by sectarian violence, Myanmar’s president has warned in a report seen by AFP Friday. Full storyTwo killed by trains
Two persons were crushed by trains in the capital and Rajshahi on Friday. In Dhaka, an unidentified youth aged about 28 was killed as a train knocked him down at Tongi Rail Station. The police and witness said... Full storyShoe factory gutted in fire
