Blast accident in Kabul arms depot triggers alarm
An accidental explosion in an arms depot shook central Kabul yesterday, with Afghan officials moving quickly to allay fears of an attack on the city that has often been targeted by militants. The loud...
View ArticleSyria opposition in fuel appeal as two children ‘die of cold’
The Syrian opposition yesterday appealed for emergency fuel deliveries to rebel-held areas, saying two children had “died of cold” as a winter storm gripped the region. The opposition National...
View ArticleFailed grenade attack on British tourists in Kenya
Attackers hurled a grenade at British tourists in Kenya yesterday but it failed to explode, police said, a rare attack specifically targeting foreign visitors who are key to the economy. The tourists...
View ArticleYemen attack fears close UN offices
The United Nations closed its offices in the Yemeni capital yesterday over fears of possible car bomb attacks but Western embassies remained open. Most shops in Sanaa were shuttered and little traffic...
View ArticleAbdul Basit to be next Pak envoy to India
Pakistan has dropped plans to send Syed Ibne Abbas as the new high commissioner to India and instead replaced him with career diplomat Abdul Basit, a top Pakistani official said on Monday. Basit, 55,...
View ArticleMalaria down but big challenges remain
The fight against malaria has saved 3.3 million lives worldwide since 2000 but the mosquito-borne disease still killed 627,000 people last year, mainly children in Africa, the World Health Organization...
View ArticleThousands pay tribute to Madiba
Nelson Mandela was given back to ordinary South Africans, who queued in their thousands from early morning yesterday to file past his open casket on a day of viewing reserved for the public. Until now...
View Article13 Shibir men held in Sitakunda
A joint team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police busted three dens of Islami Chhatra Shibir here in Sitakunda yesterday, and arrested 13 of its activists. Shibir used the dens to impart...
View ArticleBurnt helper dies
Yet another man loses his life to the ongoing mindless political violence. Md Mahabub Alam, 30, helper of a covered van, succumbed to his injuries early yesterday at Chittagong Medical College Hospital...
View ArticleTuku sued for ‘grabbing house of ex-minister’
A case was filed against the incumbent state minister for home and 11 others with a Pabna court on charges of illegally occupying the residence of a former state minister. Md Rob Sarkar Rauj, a nephew...
View ArticleJamaat appeals against HC verdict
Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday appealed to the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict that declared the party’s registration with the Election Commission illegal, thereby making it unfit for...
View ArticleArmy ready for deployment
The army has been kept ready for deployment to maintain law and order during the general election, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad. “The time as well as number of the army...
View ArticleKhokon, his aides killed 3 of a family
A prosecution witness yesterday gave a description of how fugitive war crimes accused MA Zahid Hossain Khokon along with Razakars and Pakistani army had shot dead his mother, brother and sister during...
View ArticleNo plough, please
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday asked the Election Commission not to allocate his party’s electoral symbol “plough” to any MP aspirant, “as JP is not contesting the January 5 national...
View ArticleThird round talks seem uncertain
Uncertainty looms over the possible third round of talks between the ruling Awami League and the main opposition BNP to end the political deadlock. AL sources said the party is not hopeful of any...
View ArticleProtect public properties
The government yesterday warned elected local government representatives of suspension if they either instigate or assist the destruction of public properties across the country. They were also...
View ArticleVeg prices upset farmers
For nearly three months, Mohmmad Ekramul Haque toiled on his vegetable patch to get a good cauliflower and mange tout harvest. He was expecting to sell each maund of cauliflower for at least Tk 500 and...
View ArticleJamaat calls hartal for Sunday
The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday announced it will hold a gayebana janaza for its assistant secretary general, war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah today and enforce a countrywide shutdown on Sunday. Before...
View ArticleTake position similar to others
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged India to take a similar position as the United Nations, European Union and world powers like the US, UK, Canada, Australia, China and Japan have taken on...
View Article4 killed, 25 injured
At least four people were shot dead and 25 were injured as Rapid Action Battalion members opened fire during their clash with opposition men in Laxmipur town yesterday morning. Jamaat activist Anwar...
View ArticleJustice triumphs, freedom wins
An execution is no cause for cheer, but a reason for reflection. And when a war criminal, convicted and sentenced through due process, takes those final steps of life to the gallows, the collective...
View ArticleWar tribunal judge’s home attacked
The village home of an international crimes tribunal judge in Chapainawabganj came under bomb attacks early yesterday, exposing once again the government’s failure in ensuring security of those...
View ArticleOne survived to see justice
Not even a two-year-old boy was spared by Abdul Quader Mollah and his cohorts. They killed the boy, slamming him on the floor, slit the throats of his mother and two sisters, and raped his two other...
View ArticleMollah given all legal rights
With a Supreme Court bench rejecting two review petitions yesterday, the war crimes trial of Jamaat leader Quader Mollah went through all legal avenues, a milestone in the history of the judiciary as...
View ArticleButcher of Mirpur hanged
He didn’t wince once, neither did his heart skip a beat when he led his men to thrash a two-year-old child to death and slit the throats of a pregnant woman and two minor girls. Around 42 years later,...
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