International Crimes Tribunal 2 on Wednesday sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami’s secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed to death for the killing of intellectuals in Dhaka days before the victory in the country’s war for independence and for the killing of Hindus in Faridpur in 1971. ‘He be hanged by the neck till he is dead,’ the presiding judge, Justice Obaidul Hassan, pronounced […]
The families of the victims of war crimes committed by Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed in Dhaka and Faridpur expressed satisfaction at the verdict delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal 2 on Wednesday sentencing him to death. They, however, demanded an expeditious execution of Mojaheed. Mojaheed was convicted of, and sentenced to death for, the ‘mass killing of […]
Death row convict war crimes offender Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was on Wednesday shifted to the condemned cell at Dhaka Central Jail. The convicted Jamaat leader and former Al-Badr chief wore prisoner’s outfit after he was brought back to the jail from the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that handed him the death sentence for killing intellectuals towards the fag end of […]
Bangladesh-India home secretary-level talks are set to begin in New Delhi today with border killings, security and the issue of Indian separatist leader Anup Chetia high on agenda, said officials in Dhaka. A 12-member Bangladesh delegation led by home secretary CQK Mustaq Ahmed is scheduled to leave Dhaka for New Delhi this morning. Indian home secretary Anil Goswami will lead […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party remained silent about another war crimes trial verdict on Wednesday with the leaders declining comments on Jamaat-e-Islami’s secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed being sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal. Jamaat-e-Islami is a key partner in the BNP-led opposition alliance. BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told New Age that he had nothing to […]
International Crimes Tribunal 2 on Wednesday cautioned anyone rejecting its verdicts as it hurt the tribunal and was tantamount to the contempt of court. The court can take action against anyone in the territory of the country for hurting the court, warned the tribunal chair Justice Obaidul Hassan just before pronouncing the verdict against Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. […]
Dhaka Medical College Hospital patients complained that they were being forced to get tests done from the outside diagnostic centres. There is a nexus between the doctors-brokers- some hospital staff and the private diagnostic centres. They are fleecing the poor patients. The DMCH patients are forced to get the tests done outside. Brokers freely move in the DMCH to catch […]
The nationwide shutdown enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami to protest the verdicts of war crimes trial on the third consecutive day on Wednesday passed off rather peacefully barring some stray incidents of vandalism, torching of vehicles and clashes between pickets and law enforcers. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami had called the day-long shutdown for Wednesday protesting at the trial of its secretary general Ali Ahsan […]
The finance ministry on Wednesday rejected a proposal seeking fund allocation for a parliamentary panel that planned a study tour of India and Malaysia, officials said. The parliamentary standing committee on the finance ministry, led by its chairman AHM Mustafa Kamal sought, the fund for the tour to gather knowledge about the Islamic banking in the countries. The finance minister, […]
An official of the Anti-Corruption Commission, which has almost readied the filing of cases in the embezzlement of about Tk 1,100 crore by the Bismillah Towel Group from five banks, said that main accused were absconding. The main accused of the Bismillah group also have not responded to notices the commission earlier issued asking them to be present in the […]
Foreign diplomats in Dhaka attended an iftar party hosted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia at a city hotel on Wednesday. Khaleda, also leader of the opposition in parliament, exchanged pleasantries with the guests. The issue of latest political situation was discussed at the main table. Khaleda Zia was accompanied by ambassador of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bin Naser […]
The police have not yet conducted investigation into the case filed by the brother of a missing apparel worker in May against the Tazreen Fashions owner and 30 other executives in connection with the fire incident that killed 112 people at the factory in last November. The senior judicial magistrate, Toyebul Hasan, had asked police to conduct an investigation into […]
The Criminal Investigation Department will henceforth investigate the financial crimes of business outlets, in particular the foreign exchange related matters, officials said on Monday. The Bangladesh Bank at a meeting with stakeholders chaired by its executive director Md Ahsan Ullah on Sunday took the decision, they said. The economic crime squad of CID will investigate cases in connection with import, […]
Grameen Bank Karmachari Samity, a GB officials’ forum, protested on Wednesday against the report on the bank prepared by the Grameen Bank Commission. In a joint statement, the Samity president, Shamsul Alam, and the general secretary, Mohsin Reza, said the GBC, according to newspaper reports, would submit its final report to the Ministry of Finance on July 20. ‘The government […]
The home minister, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, on Wednesday said that the law and order in the country was satisfactory. He, however, said that the violence and killing that followed court verdicts against former Jamaat-e-Islami amir Ghulam Azam and the incumbent secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed in some places were stray incidents. ‘We think that law and order is satisfactory…. […]
The Jhenaidah police on Wednesday morning recovered the bodies of two youth from village Lakkhipur. The deceased were identified as Uzzal Hossain, 32, son of Sadek Ali, and Asadul Islam, 30, son of Bakhs Mollah of village Hazibhanga. The subinspector of Betai Chandipur police outpost, Ashrafuzzaman, said they were informed about two bodies found at village Lakkhipur by the local […]
With the fall of water level in the River Brahmaputra, erosion has taken serious turn at Kapasia union under Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha district in last couple of days creating anxiety to the river basin people. An Ashrayan project built at Badamer char of the union in 2009 is under potential threat and vulnerable situation. Any time, it can be […]
Jaitaya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad on Wednesday said that the two major political parties — the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party — were responsible for the current confronting political situation. One of the parties is out to hold on the state power, while the other to capture the power, the deposed dictator said at an iftar of […]
A 15-member Bangladesh delegation left the capital city on Wednesday to take part in the 17-day training programme on autism at the Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare in Korea. The Bangladeshi participants are going to Korea as a part of the multi-year training programme from 2013 to 2015 on ‘Competency enhancement of diagnosis and treatment of […]
court at Patgram upazila jailed and fined three people on charge of stalking a college girl at Dahagram-Angarpota enclave Tuesday afternoon. Of the three, one was sentenced to six-month imprisonment and fined Tk 2000 and two others were fined Tk 5000 each or one month more in jail in default. The executive magistrate of the mobile court, also UNO of Patgram upazila, […]
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