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Thakurgaon Mahila AL's council held after 10 years

The triennial council of the district unit of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League (AL) was held at Thakurgaon Zila
19 September 2016

Tk 4.75 lakh fine realised from city vehicles today

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) traffic department realises Tk 4,75,800 in fine and files 2,800 cases against the owners and drivers of the vehicles on charge of violating traffic rules and regulations in Dhaka.
19 September 2016

Quader accepts responsibility for deaths on highways

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has accepted responsibility for the deaths in road crashes on highways during Eid holidays.
19 September 2016

Ramu attack: Bandarban chairman held

Detectives detain an upazila parishad chairman of Bandarban district for his alleged link with the 2012 attack on Buddhist temples at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar.
18 September 2016

Mahmudur’s HC bail stayed till Oct 30

The Supreme Court stays until October 30 a High Court order that had granted bail to detained acting editor of The Daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed for alleged attempt to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
18 September 2016

Surrender gives the drug peddlers new lease of life

The drug peddlers who returned to normal life have started their new lives farming vegetables and doing different
11 September 2016

Factory owner to be sued: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that a case will be lodged against the owner of the factory, where at least 24 people were killed in a boiler blast.
10 September 2016

Stepmother, father to die for killing 7-year-old

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced a man and his wife to death for killing his seven-year-old daughter in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur in
8 September 2016

War trial: 8 Jamalpur, Mymensingh men charged

The prosecution presses eight specific charges against eight men from Mymensingh and Jamalpur for allegedly committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
7 September 2016

8 indicted in killing 4 Habiganj kids case

A Habiganj court indicts eight accused in a case filed for killing four children in the district’s Bahubal upazila in February.
7 September 2016

Full verdict of Ahsanullah Master killing released

The High Court releases full text of its verdict in Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master killing case that confirmed death for six persons and life term for nine.
7 September 2016

Tangail man shown arrested in war crimes case

A special tribunal in Dhaka shows a man arrested in a case filed over war crimes committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
6 September 2016

Sedition: Charges pressed against Tarique, 3 others

Detectives press charges against BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, former ETV Chairman Abdus Salam and two others in a sedition case.
6 September 2016

Kibria murder: Suspended Sylhet mayor Ariful gets bail

The High Court grants bail to suspended Sylhet City Corporation mayor and BNP leader Ariful Haque Chowdhury in former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
6 September 2016

Decision on 19 militants’ bodies after test reports: Cops

Decision on the bodies of 19 militants killed in Gulshan attack and Kalyanpur, Narayanganj and Mirpur raids will be finalised after receiving reports of various tests carried out on them.
5 September 2016

Somoy TV submits record of talk show

Somoy TV submits record of a talk show aired on the trial proceedings of executed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali to the Supreme Court office in compliance with an order.
4 September 2016

Clinic owner fined

A mobile court here yesterday fined a private clinic Tk 2 lakh for not complying with rules and not maintaining hygienic
3 September 2016

LIVE: Mir Quasem's execution timeline

Kashimpur Central Jail authorities have executed Mir Quasem Ali at 10:30pm, according to Senior Jail Superintendent of Kashimpur Central Jail-2 Prasanta Kumar Banik. The Daily Star is covering LIVE on the developments of the imminent execution of Quasem, the last in line of top war criminals.
3 September 2016

War crimes: Jamaat’s moneyman Quasem hanged

Last in the line of top war criminals, Mir Quasem Ali has been hanged inside Kashimpur Central Jail.
3 September 2016

No legal bar to execute Mir Quasem: AG

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says there has no legal bar to execute death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali as he will not seek presidential mercy.
2 September 2016