Bangladesh
Protest memo handed to Pakistan envoy
Bangladesh has handed a strong-worded protest memo to Pakistan envoy in Dhaka after the country’s statement on execution of top war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
23 November 2015, 09:51 AM
PM reacts, tells to protest Pakistan statement
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructs the foreign ministry to lodge strong protest against Pakistan’s statement on the execution of top war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
23 November 2015, 09:05 AM
Torture on woman: SC upholds stay on shifting case to military court
Supreme Court upholds High Court order that stayed a move to transfer a case filed against an army officer allegedly for torturing his wife to a military court from a special tribunal.
23 November 2015, 08:48 AM
Bandwidth export starts Dec 1
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) will start exporting bandwidth – 10 gigabits per second – to Indian state of Tripura form December 1.
23 November 2015, 08:47 AM
Chittagong win a humdinger
Chittagong Vikings taste victory in their second match as Sylhet Super Stars end one run short of their target in the 3rd match of BPL-2015 at Mirpur.
23 November 2015, 08:28 AM
Guest Column: A Day Without Facebook
Technology and social media have become inseparable from our daily life. But is it so bad when the most widely used social media site is banned by the Bangladesh government? Shanjida Sharmin writes about a day without facebook in her city life. "So now I felt different; I discovered that there are some green chilies hanging from a small plant in my balcony. And also some small, thin white chili flowers."
23 November 2015, 07:47 AM
Khulna city BNP president sent to jail
A Khulna court sends metropolitan unit BNP President Nazrul Islam Manju to jail, turning down his bail petition in a sabotage case.
23 November 2015, 07:46 AM
[WATCH NOW] Fun park in Uttara
If you want to have fun with the kids but can’t make time to go to the big amusement parks because they are too far away from the city, here’s the news: they have opened a big park in Uttara with lots of exciting rides.
23 November 2015, 04:52 AM
Cops fire on Shibir procession in Sylhet, none hurt
Police open fire to disperse a procession brought out by Islami Chhatra Shibir activists in Sylhet city during the Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced countrywide daylong hartal.
23 November 2015, 04:21 AM
Another step towards justice
One of Bangladesh's many tragedies was the near reversal, within three and a half years of our birth as a country, of the gains of our Liberation War and the coming to power, later, of people who not only opposed the birth of Bangladesh but actively participated in the genocide and crimes against humanity that was the hallmark of the Pakistani forces and their Bengali collaborators.
22 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt summons Pakistan envoy over execution reaction
Government summons Pakistan envoy to lodge formal protest as Pakistan expressed ‘anguish’ over execution of war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
22 November 2015, 15:17 PM
Pakistan 'deeply' perturbed over executions in Bangladesh
Pakistan voices “concern and anguish” over the execution of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for their crimes committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
22 November 2015, 13:00 PM
Comilla make Dhaka sweat for victory
Dhaka Dynamites win the 2nd game of BPL-2015 by six wickets and give Comilla their first taste of defeat in the T20 competition.
22 November 2015, 12:35 PM
BGB deployed in Dhaka ahead of Jamaat hartal
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel are deployed in Dhaka this evening ahead of tomorrow’s hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.
22 November 2015, 12:28 PM
BD-US Ticfa meeting in Washington Monday
Bangladesh and the United States will hold the second round of Ticfa meeting in Washington on Monday in which Bangladesh will highlight the progress in terms of RMG sector reforms with a high hope to get back GSP benefit in the US market.
22 November 2015, 12:12 PM
SQ Chy, Mojaheed executions draw global attention
The executions of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, two top war criminals in Bangladesh, draw global attention and are covered in international news media with importance.
22 November 2015, 12:04 PM
Rajon killing: Fugitive convict surrenders
A fugitive convict in the sensational torture-to-murder case of 13-year-old Samiul Alam Rajon surrenders before a Sylhet court.
22 November 2015, 09:22 AM
Nizami’s appeal hearing may end by Dec 15: AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam expresses hopes that the Supreme Court hearing on the appeal of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty will be completed by Dec 15.
22 November 2015, 08:42 AM
SQ Chy, Mojaheed signed mercy petitions: Anisul
A day into the execution of war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, the law minister today reiterated that the two sought presidential clemency, which was contradicted yesterday by their families and lawyers.
22 November 2015, 07:52 AM
Rangpur pull off a cliffhanger
Rangpur Riders come back from the depths of despair and pull off a stunning win over Chittagong Vikings by two wickets in the first game of BPL-2015.
22 November 2015, 07:46 AM