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Four Netrakona suspects arrested

Police yesterday arrested four war crimes accused of Netrakona, hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 ordered the arrest of five men who allegedly committed crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.
12 April 2016, 18:00 PM

IUB holds talk on ethnocentrism, strategic culture, leadership language

The School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a talk on ethnocentrism, strategic culture and leadership language on its Bashundhara campus in Dhaka yesterday.
12 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Varsity student mugged in Dhaka

Miscreants, impersonating as detectives, mug Tk 4 lakh from a private university student at Elephant road in the capital’s Dhaka.
12 April 2016, 15:21 PM

Taiwanese 'forced on to plane to China' by police in Kenya

The authorities in Taiwan have accused Kenya of using guns and tear gas to force 37 Taiwanese on to a plane bound for mainland China.
12 April 2016, 14:33 PM

Dhaka building evacuated over claim of tilting

A multistoried building in Dhaka’s Monipuripara, that houses a ready-made garment factory, is evacuated over allegations of tilting.
12 April 2016, 13:10 PM

Woman gang-raped in Ctg

Police arrested three persons on charge of gang-raping a female RMG worker in Chittagong early hours today and another in Habiganj on Sunday for raping a child.
11 April 2016, 21:39 PM

Mahmudur in jail for exposing govt's misdeeds

Nobody can now speak out freely in Bangladesh and Daily Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman was sent to jail for his statements
11 April 2016, 21:35 PM

Muggers shoot, rob three in Savar

Four muggers shot three staff of an RMG factory and took away a bag full of money in Baliapur of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, yesterday afternoon.
11 April 2016, 21:33 PM

13 rescued from forced labour

Thirteen people, including a child, who were allegedly confined, tortured and forced to work in an illegal brick field in Barisal for the last couple of days were rescued by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday noon.
11 April 2016, 21:25 PM

Four made senior secys

The government yesterday promoted four secretaries to senior secretary positions.
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Songs of humanity to usher in noboborsho

Chhayanaut, a leading cultural organisation of the country and the founder of ushering in Pahela Baishakh with a dawn time cultural
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Hearing adjourned till May 8

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till May 8 the hearing of the Eskaton double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Fire guts valuables of 7 shops in Raozan

Fire gutted valuables, worth Tk 2 lakh, of seven shops in Sultanpur area of Raozan upazila in Chittagong early yesterday.
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

HC stays suspension of Gazipur mayor

The High Court yesterday stayed for six months a government order suspending Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan for being
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

14 'Shibir men' sent to jail for 'planning terror attack'

A Barisal court yesterday noon denied bail and sent to jail 14 persons detained earlier by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men and
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

13th OIC summit begins in Turkey

With the 13th annual summit of Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) beginning in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, leaders and representatives from the world's Islamic countries reached there to attend it.
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Rab arrests human trafficker in capital

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested an alleged member of a human trafficking gang and seized 2,275 forged visas, 212 passports
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

BRTC to get 600 more buses, 500 trucks: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government would procure 600 passenger buses, 500 trucks and
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Collective efforts must to combat institutional graft

Elaborating the curses of corruption and its negative impact to the society speakers at a workshop in Rajshahi unequivocally called for
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Verdict any day on 5 Kishoreganj war crimes accused

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict any day in a case against five Kishoreganj men, accused of committing
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM