China to persuade Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis: Li
Chinese premier Li Keqiang on Thursday assured that China will persuade Myanmar to resolve the Rohinya crisis through bilateral discussions agreeing that the return of the forcibly displaced people to their homeland is a solution to the problem.
Ershad on life support now
Jatiya Party chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad was put on life support at 4:15pm on Thursday as his health condition deteriorated further at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital, JP secretary-general Mashiur Rahman Ranga told New Age.
Bangladesh, China ink nine agreements
Bangladesh and China on Thursday signed nine instruments for further strengthening cooperation on power, water resources, culture and tourism sectors as well as providing 2,500 metric tonnes of rice for the displaced Rohingyas.
Pabna man killed in gunfight
A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Jorda in Bera upazila of Pabna early Thursday.
Quader now says no room for war-criminal family members in AL
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said no one of the family members of war criminals and anti-liberation forces will be inducted in Awami League.
1994 HASINA TRAIN ATTACK Nine BNP leaders to die
The Pabna Special Tribunal 3 on Wednesday sentenced nine Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists to death and 25 others to life on charge of attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, in 1994.
Fakhrul dubs verdict as cruel, dictated
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said a ‘dictated and ‘cruel’ verdict was given by a Pabna court sentencing nine of its activists to death and jailing 25 others for life on a ‘fabricated’ charge of attacking a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in 1994.
JP may fly Ershad abroad for treatment
Jatiya Party is planning to fly the ailing party chairman HM Ershad abroad for better treatment.
Charge pressed against principal for abusing Nusrat
A Feni court on Wednesday took cognisance of charges against SM Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrassah principal Sirajuddoula in a case filed for sexually harassing student Nusrat Jahan Rafi before burning her to death.
Contamination, bacteria found in DWASA water
A new joint study has found bacteria and other contaminations in water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority at several source points.
