Bangladesh

Dhaka Office : Golam Sarwar, editor of Bangla daily newspaper Samakal, passed away at the age of 75 on Monday night (August 13). He breathed his last at 9:25pm while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President Abdul Hamid expressed profound shock and sorrow at his demise.

Court’s directive to be sought over FF quota, he says   Photo taken during students of public and private universities across the country waged a strong movement demanding reform in the quota system. File photo Dhaka, Aug 13 : The committee formed by the government to review the existing quota system proposed abolition of almost all the quotas in public ...

Dhaka, Aug 13 : Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary on Monday said the Cyber Unit of the police headquarters will be strengthened for patrolling cyber-crimes, including the spread of rumours through social media. He came up with the remarks while briefing reporters at the police headquarters on the security measures taken for the Mourning Day to be observed on August ...

Dhaka, Aug 13 : Two more hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines scheduled to fly on Tuesday have been cancelled due to shortage of passengers. The canceled flights are BG1091 and BG6091. With these, a total of 18 hajj flights have been cancelled for the same reason so far, said Biman general manager (Public Relations) Shakil Meraj.

Dhaka, Aug 13 : The Appellate Division  on Monday rejected a petition seeking stay on the High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to send Drik  Gallery MD Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment. A four-member bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, rejected the petition as ‘being not pressed’. Earlier on August ...

Dhaka, Aug 13 : The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday sentenced five men from Patuakhali district to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The condemned convicts are—Ishak Shikdar, Solaiman Mridha, Abdus Sattar Peda, Abdul Goni Hawladar and Awal alias Moulvi Abdul Awal-hailing from different villages in Sadar upazila. The three-member tribunal ...

Dhaka, Aug 13 : Ferry services on Shimulia-Kanthalbari route in the Padma River under Lauhajang upazila were suspended early Monday due to poor navigability. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) suspended the ferry services around 12am as it became difficult to operate ferries on the route, said its Assistant General Manager Khandaker Shah KhaledNewaz. He said the channel has now ...

Sirajganj, Aug 13 : A schoolgirl died after falling off the rooftop of a building at Mujib Road in the district town on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Dola Karmakar, 15, daughter of Ripon Kumar Karmakar and class X student of Sabuj Kanon School and College. Mohammad Daud, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Dola slipped from the rooftop of ...

Brahmanbaria, Aug 13 : A fire broke out at a multi-storey building at Mohadevpotti in the district town on Sunday night. Senior station officer at Brahmanbaria Fire Service Shakira Haider said the fire broke out in a crockeries showroom of the building from an electric short-circuit and it then engulfed other shops. On information, two fire-fighting units rushed in and doused the ...

Dhaka, Aug 12 : Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday revealed he has received some disturbing information relating to former Chief Justice SK Sinha being paid to make statements against the government. “Disgraced former Chief Justice Sinha was in New York recently. There he met privately with executed war criminal Mir Qasem’s brother Mamun,” Joy wrote in ...