Croatia votes on move to ban gay marriage
Croatians yesterday voted in a controversial referendum that could outlaw same-sex marriage in the mostly Catholic country, an issue that has split the EU’s newest member state. The Church-backed...
View ArticleViolence shakes Thai capital
Thai police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters trying to storm the government headquarters to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, after violence in the capital left four...
View Article16th anniversary of CHT accord today
As the country is set to observe the 16th anniversary of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord signing today, many promises of the treaty still remain unfulfilled. Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati...
View ArticleNora Shariff passes away
Nora Shariff, who received the Friends of Liberation War Honour in 2012, passed away Friday at her home in South London. Shariff, 73, had been suffering from cancer. She left behind her husband Sultan...
View ArticleCriminals kill Jubo Dal leader
A Jubo Dal leader was allegedly beaten to death by unidentified criminals in Patiya of Chittagong yesterday. Abdul Gafur, 45, of Pashchim Rashidabad, was the general secretary of the upazila unit of...
View ArticleHT Imam’s meeting sparks controversy
Former public administration affairs adviser to the prime minister HT Imam yesterday held an “informal meeting” with the officials and employees of the public administration ministry, sparking...
View ArticleGreen light for food courts
Food courts are finally going to be functional as the government has recently cleared the way for judicial magistrates to run the courts at each district and metropolitan city to check food...
View Article600 Hindus killed on a single day
A freedom fighter yesterday testified that Razakars had killed 500-600 Hindus at the directive of Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf on a single day at Rampal in Bagerhat in 1971. Sudhangshu Mandol from...
View ArticlePM accuses Khaleda of ‘mass killing’
Referring to the killing of people in arson attacks on passenger buses as “mass killing”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was involved in the crime. The prime...
View ArticleGovt opens probe into Standard Group fire
The government yesterday formed a high-level investigation committee to find out the reasons behind the fire at a Standard Group factory on Friday. The nine-member committee comprises members of...
View ArticleHarsh blow to vendors
Street vendors at the entrance and exit points of the capital face a harsh blow during blockades as the number of their customers, mainly inter-district passengers, drops significantly. On a regular...
View ArticleDev partners concerned
The development partners have sent letters to the President and the Speaker expressing their concern over the new provision requiring the Anti-Corruption Commission to obtain government permission...
View ArticlePostpone polls schedule
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday in a statement called upon the Election Commission to postpone the polls schedule immediately and urged it to take steps for holding a...
View ArticleBlockade may stretch till Thursday
The BNP-led 18-Party alliance is likely to extend its ongoing 72-hour countrywide blockade to Thursday. The roads, rail and waterways blockade that started Saturday morning is scheduled to end at...
View ArticleNo extension
The Election Commission (EC) would not extend the time for submission of nomination papers for the upcoming national election, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday....
View ArticlePut an end to violence
Top business leaders yesterday pleaded with the major political parties to immediately sort out their differences and put an end to the ongoing deadly violence for the sake of the economy and the...
View ArticleTroubled BNP faces leadership crunch
The BNP is in a leadership crisis as many of its senior leaders are behind bars, while those out are either on the run to avoid arrests or too old for active politics. In addition, party sources say,...
View ArticleMan injured critically by crude bomb
Mokhlesur Rahman was at a wrong place at a wrong time, unfortunately. After his midday prayers, he was going to his office at Mohakhali in the capital. As soon as he came near Titumir College, a...
View ArticleBlockaders continue targeting trains
Over 100 passengers were injured as the Dhaka-bound Mohanagar Godhuli derailed after blockade supporters removed fishplates from the rail track in Burichang upazila of Comilla yesterday. Seven out of...
View ArticleUN warns against further violence
Deeply worried by the escalation of political violence in Bangladesh, a senior UN official yesterday cautioned the country’s leaders, reminding them that the perpetrators of political or election...
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