Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking quashing of his 10-year prison sentence handed down by a lower court in a graft case.Haji Salim’s counsel Syed Ahmed Raza, submitted the plea to the appellate divisio…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail upon surrender in a graft case.Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order when Samrat surrendered before the court and s…
Police recovered two bodies from the Inani beach area and Kabita Chattar point of Cox’s Bazar, respectively, on Tuesday.“A 30-year-old man’s body washed ashore in the Inani beach area and another body — that of an 18-20-year-old man — was found hangi…
A man was found dead with his throat slit at Charkomishoner village in Muladi upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Monir Hawladar, 32, son of Salam Hawladar of the village. He worked as a ticket seller at a bus counter in Muladi.Ma…
A 33-year-old Bangladeshi female migrant worker has allegedly been tortured by ‘human traffickers’ in Saudi Arabia since April.Victim’s mother filed a complaint with the Anti-Human Trafficking Offence Tribunal in Barishal on Monday.The accused are Luck…
Police recovered the body of a man from inside a plastic drum in the city’s Jatrabari area Tuesday.The identity of the deceased, aged around 30-40, could not be ascertained immediately, said police.Md Ershad Alam, sub-inspector (SI) of Jatrabari police…
Two teenage boys drowned in the Pagla River in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday, said police.The deceased were identified as Momin, 12, and Abu Taher, 14, of the upazila.The duo drowned in the river while bathing at around 4pm, s…
Three Nordic countries – Denmark, Norway and Sweden – are now celebrating “NordicWeek” while marking the 50 years of their relations with Bangladesh.On the occasion of 50 years of Nordic-Bangladesh relationship, three Nordic ambassadors in Dhaka – Espe…
Bangladesh Railways has undertaken a master plan for bringing three hilly districts under the railway network in order to improve the connectivity in the Chittagong Hill Tracts area.The information was disclosed at the 11th meeting of Parliamentary Sta…
Leaders of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of the “Quad.” What is the group, where did it come from and why do diplomats keep coming up with strange names for various partnerships?WHAT IS THE QUAD?Formally…
The first hajj flight from Bangladesh slated to depart on May 31 has been rescheduled for June 5, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has said.According to its notification, the first hajj flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport has been delay…
BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Thursday in protest against what the party said issuing a death threat to its chairperson by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her comment about pushing Khaleda Zia into the river from the Padma Bridg…
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