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No fair polls possible under EC: Ershad
Describing the current Election Commission worse than the MA Aziz-led one during the last BNP government, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said no fair election was possible under it.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Storm halts Sylhet's rail link for 10hrs
Thousands of commuters had to suffer as the train services of Sylhet with the other parts of the country remained suspended for ten hours as trees fell on tracks during a storm in Moulvibazar early yesterday.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt to scrutinise slain Nazim's writings: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that the write-ups of the slain secular activist Nazimuddin Samad are needed to be scrutinised to see whether he wrote anything objectionable about religion.
7 April 2016, 15:34 PM
20 gold bars seized at Dhaka airport
The Customs Intelligence seizes 20 gold bars weighing two kilogrammes from inside a toilet of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this morning.
7 April 2016, 09:26 AM
Graft case: SC upholds 3-yr jail for Alamgir’s son
The Supreme Court upholds the three-year jail sentence of former Awami League lawmaker Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir’s son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.
7 April 2016, 07:33 AM
Nazim murder: JnU students threaten strike Sunday
Jagannath University students threaten to go for an all-out strike on the campus on Sunday demanding arrest of their fellow Nazim’s killers.
7 April 2016, 06:35 AM
DMP info collection: SC wants decision on legality by May 31
Supreme Court asks High Court to give its decision by May 31 on a ruling over the legality of collecting information from the tenants by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
7 April 2016, 05:46 AM
Transport, quarry workers go on strike for repair of Sylhet highway
Demanding a prompt re-construction of the Sylhet-Companiganj-Bholaganj Road, eleven organisations yesterday started a strike for an indefinite period and blocked important points of the road.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Both factions of JSD want authorising own
Both factions of the recently split Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) yesterday demanded that the Election Commission (EC) authorises the single person whom each named for selecting chairman candidates in the union parishad (UP) polls.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Mahmudur Rahman shown held in another violence case
Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, was shown arrested yesterday again in another case filed for creating anarchy and preventing police from discharging their duties in February 2013.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Road crash kills three in Sylhet
A woman, her son and a relative were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck in Shahporan area of Sylhet city yesterday around 8:30pm.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
SC upholds death penalty for JMB leader Masum
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death penalty of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Masumur Rahman
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
BUBT seminar on Shakespeare held
A seminar titled “Shakespeare: Our Contemporary” was held at the permanent campus of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) in the capital's Mirpur recently, said a press release yesterday.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Only one charged for killing five of family in Narayanganj
Detectives submitted the charge sheet to a Narayanganj court yesterday accusing only one person in a case filed for killing five members
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
ACC sues Kazi Firoz of JP for 'land grabbing'
The Anti Corruption Commission has filed a case against lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid, also a presidium member of Jatiya Party, on the charge of grabbing a government land, reports UNB.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Reckless driving kills 7-year-old girl in N'ganj
Reckless driving killed a seven-year-old girl on Demra-Kaliganj road in Bauliapara area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj yesterday.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
ACC arrests Standard Bank officer for embezzling Tk 1cr
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested a former branch manager of Standard Bank in connection with an embezzlement case in
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Khaleda unlikely to appear before court today
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before a special court today for hearing the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed by the Anti Corruption Commission, said Sanaullah Miah, one of her counsels.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
British Council holds discussion on need for girls' digital skills
The British Council organised a discussion titled "Digital Skills-Can They Change Girls' Lives?" in Lakeshore Hotel in the capital recently.
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
HC to hear challenge to Tarique's acquittal on May 4
The High Court yesterday fixed May 4 for hearing the appeal filed against a lower court judgment that acquitted BNP leader Tarique
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM