An international crimes tribunal on Monday handed former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam 90 years in prison for conspiracies, planning, incitement to and complicity in the genocide and crimes against humanity and murder of four civilians during the War of Liberation in 1971. The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 pronounced the historic verdict against Ghulam Azam, now 91, in the crowded courtroom on […]
Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam, who was sentenced on Monday to 90 years in jail for his ‘superior responsibility’ in the crimes committed against humanity in 1971, was still staying in the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. A three-member international crimes tribunal, headed by its chairman ATM Fazle Kabir, handed him 90 years in prison on the […]
The ruling Awami League expressed its satisfaction with the sentence of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam for 90 years, although many people rejected the verdict. Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif at a briefing said, ‘We are satisfied with the verdict. Although the nation expected capital punishment for Ghulam Azam, the International Crimes Tribunal 1 sentenced him to […]
Freedom fighters, left-wing political parties and cultural personalities have reacted angrily to the International Crimes Tribunal’s sentencing former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam to 90 year in prison for the crimes he had committed against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. They said that the tribunal had staged a ‘farce’ in the name of trial by giving the convict simple […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders declined comments on the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal against former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam for the crimes he had committed against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. When approached , BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain refused to comment on the judgement. Standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman told New Age that […]
Shahbagh protestors and left leaning student organisations on Monday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike for today pressing for capital punishment for former Jamaat chief Ghulam Azam. The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which enforced a dawn-to-dusk general strike on Monday, also called strike for today pressing for immediate release of Ghulam Azam, terming the verdict ‘government directed blue print and politically motivated.’ […]
Parliament on Monday amended the labour law incorporating some more benefits of workers, ensuring safety measures and simplifying the process of forming trade unions in the wake of repeated humanitarian disasters in the readymade garment sector. The government passed the Bangladesh Labour Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 to avoid threats of losing generalised system of preference facilities in the European market […]
Five people were killed, scores injured and several hundred vehicles were vandalised as the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam enforced a daylong countrywide general strike on Monday. Jamaat enforced the dawn-to-dusk general strike in protest against what it claimed ‘the government conspiracy to kill Jamaat leaders in the name of judgement.’ Of the deceased, a local leader of the ruling Awami League was […]
Titas gas distribution company will resume after Ramadan its drive along with law enforcers for dismantling illegal gas networks in and around Dhaka city. The company had to suspend the drives last month due to violent protests from the beneficiaries, officials said. Syndicates of Titas officials and contractors were setting up illegal distribution networks in different areas of capital Dhaka, […]
Nearly 6,000 pilgrims, tourists and others are believed to have died when flash floods and landslides struck northern India last month, officials said Monday. The victims were swept away when floods caused by torrential monsoon rains hit the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in June, destroying entire villages and towns. ‘Compensation to their families will begin Tuesday on the assumption that […]
Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, got nomination of the opposition Labour Party from the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in greater London for the United Kingdom’s next general election to be held in 2015. The nomination was decided through local polls on Monday. ‘Thank you for selecting me as your candidate for 2015. I’m honoured to fight with you […]
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday rejected as many as 68 notices for adjournment motion submitted by opposition lawmakers on various urgent matters of public interest. The opposition members, however, did not turn up at the sitting on Monday due to general strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami, a partner of BNP-led 18-party alliance. The speaker told the House that the opposition […]
The body of a Bangladeshi teenager, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force along Dharmagarh border in Ranishankail upazila on Sunday, was recovered on Monday. Border Guard Bangladesh members recovered the body of Ebarat Hossain, 15, son of Mozammel Hossain of Moradhar village in Haripur upazila, from the River Nagar in the morning. Year Ahmed, company commander of […]
The government has taken a move to conduct a study to determine the presence of toxic heavy metals including cadmium and arsenic in rice, officials said. The Soil Resource Development Institute under the ministry of agriculture has been mandated to conduct the study in the wake of a report that high concentrations of cadmium were found in Bangladesh rice samples, […]
The martyred intellectual Professor Gias Uddin Ahmed’s niece testifies his abduction by fugitive Al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueenuddin and Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan alias Nayeb Al, as the trial of the two began on Monday with the prosecution making the opening statement. Prosecutor Shahidur Rahman read out the opening statement that included the historical background of the case and the charges against […]
The Border Security Force of India picked up two Bangladeshi citizens from Ramkhana frontier under Nageswari upazila in Kurigram district on Sunday evening. They were identified as Delder Hossain, 40, son of Monur Ali and Ali Ashraf Hossain Milon, 38, son of Abdus Samad of Kurigram Sadar upazila. Border Guard Bangladesh personnel said the two persons were going to their […]
The government collected revenue worth Tk 327.4418 crore from the country’s nine inland river ports during the period from 2008-09 to 2012-13. Replying to a question from treasury bench member Md Shahriar Alam, shipping minister Shajahan Khan told the parliament on Monday that revenue worth Tk 85.82 crore was collected in 2012-13. The year-wise revenue collection was Tk 50.5762 crore […]
The 13th anniversary of journalist Shamsur Rahman will be observed in Jessore today. Local journalists’ organistions, Jessore Press Club and family members of the deceased will observe the day through various programmes. On July 16, 2000 Shamsur Rahman, a special correspondent of Dainik Janakantha and a stringer of BBC Bangla Service, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his office at […]
The Benapole customs and the Border Guard Bangladesh are in a row over fixing prices of seized goods. The situation was going on for the last few days, said sources in the customs and BGB. Benapole customs office was being benefitted by undermined values of seized goods, sources in the BGB said. The customs authorities, however, denied the allegation though […]
Four officials of Comilla University, including the proctor, resigned on Monday protesting at the dismissal of Arts and Humanities Faculty dean and Bengali Department chairman M Golam Mawla. Those resigned are proctor M Syedur Rahman, assistant proctors M Julhas Miah and M Shamimul Islam, and Bangabandhu Hall provost Biswajit Chandra Dev. M Shamimul Islam said the way VC Amir Hossain […]
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