DHAKA: Chapainawabganj razakars Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu have been taken to tribunal at 7:45am Wednesday as International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 set to pronounce verdict in war crimes cases against them.   Security measures have been tightened around the tribunal.Dhaka

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali received Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit-Pierre Laramee at his office in city on Tuesday.Moreover, the Canadian envoy handed over a letter from Canadian foreign minister Rob Nicholson.The letter said that Canada and

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday sent a notice to businessperson Moosa Bin Shamser’s manpower export office ‘DATCO’ asking him to submit his moveable and immoveable property report within seven working days.Confirming the matter, ACC high level sources told

DHAKA: UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG issued a joint statement urging the leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to protect migrants and refugees stranded on vessels in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.They also urged to facilitate safe disembarkation and to give priority to saving

DHAKA: Holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed on June 2 as the moon of the holy month of Shaban was seen in country’s sky Tuesday.The National Moon Sighting Committee confirmed the matter after holding a meeting in the evening.BDST: 2005 HRS, MAY 19, 2015SR/RR/SMS

DHAKA: The government is set to impose property tax on land, house and flat instead of surcharge on them from 2015-16FY in a bid to discourage people from buying land, house or flat in excess of their need and to reduce the wealth-gap.National Board of Revenue (NBR) sources told

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained six fake detective branch (DB) of police officials from Badda area in city Tuesday morning.The detained are M Alauddin, 35, M Selim, 32, M Zahangir, 45, M Emdad, 32, Nikul, 27 and Masuma Akhter, 27.Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media

COX’S BAZAR: Fourteen Bangladeshis including 11 fortune seekers, who served in Myanmar jails for different terms, got released on Tuesday.Myanmar immigration department handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel around 10:00am after a two-hour flag meeting between BGB

BAGERHAT: A district court on Tuesday awarded four people capital punishment and another life term imprisonment for murder.The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-2 of Al Asad M Asifuzzaman passed the order around 3:30pm.BDST: 1700 HRS, MAY 19, 2015BD/RR/SMS

DHAKA: State minister for home affairs ministry Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal categorically said that no godfather involved in human trafficking will be spared.He made the warning while talking to the media at his secretariat office in city on Tuesday.Moreover, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

DHAKA: State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadique said the government would declare new pay scale for public servants soon.This will be made effective from July this year.She came up with this assertion while addressing a function at the ministry on Tuesday. The state

GAZIPUR: A court on Tuesday sentenced four people of a family to death for killing a housewife in the district.Additional District and Session Judge Court-1 of Judge Fazle Elahi Bhuiyan passed the order around 2:15pm.The convicts include the deceased’s husband Lalon Miah, his aides

HABIGANJ: Police will produce Abdur Razzak, ‘razakar of Habiganj’, before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT) on Wednesday in a case related to his alleged ‘crimes against humanity’ committed during the War of Independence in 1971.District’s Baniachong Thana

NAWABGANJ, DHAKA: Two robbers were beaten to death and five others injured by angry mob in Rasulbagh area under Keraniganj Upazila of the district Monday night.One of the deceased was identified as Sohag, 28, son of Rohit of Medinimandal village under Louhajanj Upazila of Munshiganj

DHAKA: Bangladesh state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam inaugurated the embassy of Lithuania in city.The inaugural ceremony was held at Radisson Blu on Monday night.Embassy of the north-eastern European state belonging to European Union has been established in city’s

DHAKA: Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said Asean must apply more pressure on the Myanmar government over the refugee crisis involving its native Rohingya community that has affected other countries in the region. He said this was crucial in resolving the

DHAKA: The Philippines is ready to shelter “boat people” from impoverished Bangladesh and Myanmar should the migrants’ boats land on Philippine shores, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said on Monday.In a statement, De Lima said the Philippines had an obligation to admit and protect

GOPALGANJ: A former army person was hacked to death and his brother sustained injuries by their rivals at Shashabaria village under Sadar Upazila of the district early Tuesday over establishing supremacy in the area.The deceased was identified as Lakku Mollah, 63, while the injured was

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 will deliver the verdict on Wednesday in the case against Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu for their alleged crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.ICT-2 on Tuesday fixed the date for procumbent of the verdict. Three-member ICT,

DHAKA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the best Malaysia could do right now is to call for a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders, and pressure Myanmar to accommodate the Rohingya community.The migrant crisis currently facing Malaysia can only be resolved by addressing the root problems in