– Five new advisers sworn-in Wednesday at the presidential palace: Former secretary AMM Shawkat Ali, former Attorney General AF Hassan Ariff, former Director General of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Major General (Retired) Ghulam Quader, Director of CAMPE Rasheda K Chowdhury and economist Hossain Zillur Rahman. –...
Read more »
Teachers of Dhaka University will attend classes wearing black badges Sunday to demand immediate release of 12 imprisoned professors of Dhaka and Rajshahi University. They also demand immediate release of currently imprisoned university students. DU teachers will go forward with their protest plan Sunday and stage a sit-in in front of...
Read more »
An attempt by the military-led interim government in Bangladesh to try former prime minister and president of Awami League, Sheikh Hasina, in an extortion case stumbled Monday as the trial commenced in a Dhaka court. In a clear setback for the...
Read more »
… government and French Embassy officials have, without informing either the committee or the media, taken the items out of the museum in what resembled a police protected museum robbery… – Shahidul Alam, Photojournalist, Activist. Account and photos: The price of priceless objects, ShahidulNews. Ignoring a writ petition pending,...
Read more »
Online donation: http://donate.ifrc.org/?navid=02_02 Bank transfer: http://www.ifrc.org/helpnow/bank.asp?navid=02_03 With Cyclone Sidr’s reported death toll now climbing above 500 , the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for 4 million Swiss francs ($3.6 million US/ Did you like this?...
Read more »
Veteran politician and businessman, husband of industries adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury, Nazim Kamran Choudhury has been charged with allegations of physical assault and illegal occupation of a multi-storied building in Dhaka. Farhana Islam, a landlady, filed the criminal case...
Read more »
New Age runs a notice: We apologise When New Age was going to press on Wednesday evening, we had in our possession photographs of top-brass BNP leaders, including standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman, being assaulted by activists of their own party. While we at New Age strongly believe that — in the spirit...
Read more »
Anti-army riots in Dhaka University continued Tuesday as thousands of students clashed with police and army demanding immediate army pull-out from their campus. Riots started Monday protesting assault of students by army personnel in Dhaka University. Street-battles spread out of the university campus to different parts of Dhaka and campuses across...
Read more »
Anti-army riots in Dhaka University continues as thousands of students clash with police and army demanding immediate army pull-out from their campus. An E-Bangladesh news team is now on the ground. We expect to update our coverage with exclusive photos and videos from Dhaka later in the evening. Meanwhile, incoming reports ...
Read more »
Professor Muhammad Yunus — Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder of Grameen Bank — urged South Asian nations to get closer quickly by resolving conflicts and work collectively towards slashing poverty to zero in the region. His appeal came Saturday as part of his keynote speech at the sixth conference...
Read more »
