Protests, crackdown in Myanmar have prompted Bangladesh to alert its border security forces, sources in the Bangladesh Rifles confirmed. Bangladesh has a 271-km-long porous border with Myanmar. Security has been tightened and special surveillance has been initiated in Teknaf border areas, a senior official of the Bangladesh Rifles said, “We are keeping...
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The first ODI of Sri Lanka against England was held in Dambulla where the home side outperformed England at every aspect of the game. Jayawardene scored 66 runs to help Sri Lanka score 269 runs for 7 wickets and Maharoof’s impressive bowling contained the English, taking 4 wickets for 31...
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Banner: Sourov. It has been two weeks since Arifur Rahman’s cartoon “Naam” was published which prompted the Bangladesh police to take him to jail and lock him up without pressing any formal charges or allowing him any legal representation in his defense. Arif was picked up from his Uttara residence under...
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Security forces in Bangladesh killed at least 157 people in the last 9 months, according to a survey conducted by human rights watchdog Odhikar. Of the victims, 83 were killed by the Rapid Action Battalion, 52 by police, 7 by army, 7 by joint forces, 3 by navy and 1 by officers...
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Awami League and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) Monday decided to place identical proposals during their dialogs with the Election Commission calling for a bar on party registration and poll participation by any religion-based political party. Leaders of both the organizations at an inter-party meeting also denounced the Chief Election Commissioner, ATM Shamsul...
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The judicial commission formed to investigate the August 20-22 incidents at the Dhaka University campus observed that the students’ agitation at the university playground after several students were assaulted by some army men was spontaneous. “Students’ agitation on August 22 was spontaneous but later it was diverted for external interest,” said commission...
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BNP secretary general, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, Monday accused the government of not allowing the party to hold indoor political programmes. “We sought permission for holding programmes at hotels or other places in accordance with the guidelines announced by the government. But the authorities are not giving us permission,” he told newsmen at...
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ACC (Anti-Corruption Commission) Monday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay of the High Court order granting bail to detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia in the GATCO graft case. It is expected to come up for hearing Tuesday, Khalequzzaman, advocate-on-record for ACC, told newsmen after...
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The High Court Monday stayed the proceedings of the cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission against former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s eldest son, Tarique Rahman, and former ministers Moudud Ahmed and Nazmul Huda. ACC filed cases against them for amassing illegal wealth. The High Court bench of Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur...
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NBR (National Board of Revenue) will hunt the bigwigs with untaxed money who avoided the offer to legalize their hidden assets by September 30. “We will try to identify those who refrained from whitening their huge untaxed money,” NBR chairman Badiur Rahman told newsmen Monday, a day after the latest scheme to...
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