SC declines to stay HC injunction on Hallmark’s industrial park
The Appellate Division on Wednesday declined to issue stay on a High Court’s injunction on the environment and forest ministry clearance allowing Hallmark Group to set up an industrial park at Savar by filling up... Full storyWitness says his brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman
A prosecution witness on Wednesday testified that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, and his Al-Badr thugs caught his freedom-fighter brother and killed him on 23 August, 1971. Full storyAbul to face ACC interrogation on September 3
The Anti-Corruption Commission will again interrogate former communications minister Syed Abul Hossain on September 3 about the alleged corruption in the appointment of consultants for the Padma Bridge project. Full storyASK demands judicial inquiry into Limon episode
Ain O Salish Kendra on Wednesday demanded an immediate and impartial judicial inquiry into Limon Hossain episode. The rights organisation said in a statement, ‘We witnessed various forces are working... Full storyBUET teachers rigid over removal of VC, Pro-VC
Teachers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology appeared ‘rigid’ on their demand for removal of the vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor due to their alleged involvement in irregularities. Full storyOne killed, 10 injured in Gaibandha clash
A farmer was killed and 10 people were injured in a clash over land dispute at a village in Gaibandha Tuesday afternoon. Deceased Jaidul Mia, 45, lived in village Kochua where the fight took place. Saghata police... Full storyACC files graft case against HC bench official
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against a bench High Court official, Pradip Kumar Dash, for amassing wealth illegally. The case was filed with the Ramna police station by ACC deputy... Full storyEC to install recording devices to record talks with newsmen
The Election Commission is planning to install recording devices in certain rooms of its secretariat to preserve conversations with newsmen in order to ascertain whether or not they distort the commissioners’ statements. Full storyBangladeshi airman finds cash missing in India
A Bangladeshi flying officer has lodged a complaint that more than $1,000 cash was stolen from his luggage in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the police said Wednesday. Full storyNew medical admission system draws protests for 4th day
Court records deposition of police sergeant Alauddin
A Chittagong court on Wednesday recorded the deposition of prosecution witness Mohammed Alauddin, a police sergeant, in two cases related to the seizure of 10 truck loads of arms and ammunition. Full storyMeghna, Gumti bridges undergoing repair
Motor traffic over the Meghna and Meghna-Gumti bridges will remain suspended for six hours from 12:00 midnight for seven days from September 1 for repair of the two ‘vulnerable’ structures on the busy Dhaka-Chittagong... Full storyKamaruzzaman files contempt of court charge against Matia
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday set September 5 for hearing a petition seeking prosecution of Awami League presidium member and agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury on charge of contempt of court. Full story17 Rohingyas, 6 Bangladeshis nabbed at Dhaka airport for carrying forged passports
The authorities on Wednesday arrested 17 Rohingyas and six Bangladeshis at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while they tried to fly to Malaysia with forged passports. They were arrested during a drive... Full storyJustice Jahangir appointed new ICT judge
Justice Jahangir Hossain, a High Court judge, was on Wednesday appointed a judge to International Crimes Triubunal-1, also known as war crimes tribunal instituted for trial of the 1971 war criminals. Full storyFF Sirajul Islam dies
Freedom fighter Sirajul Islam, also father of BNP lawmaker Shammi Akhter, died of cardiac arrest here on Wednesday. He was 65. Sirajul Islam, also a vice-president of BNP’s Chunarughat upazila unit in... Full storyRunner editor Mukul’s death anniv today
The 14th anniversary of death of the slain editor of the Daily Runner, RM Saiful Alam Mukul, will be observed today. Mukul was killed by some unidentified assailants near his house at Bezpara in Jessore town on August 30 in 1998. Full storyBengalis call off strike in CHT
Four organisations of Bengalies in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Wednesday afternoon suspended their three-day general strike in Khagrachharhi and Bandarban as the authorities announced to suspend... Full storyShamsul Hoque’s 4th death anniv today
Najma Rahman dies
