Narayanganj 7-murder: Rab officers ‘asked to kill Nur too’
A top official of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) had ordered former Rab officers Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Maj Arif Hossain to kill Nur Hossain, alleged mastermind of the seven-murder incident in Narayanganj.
The top official gave the order when Tareque, commanding officer (CO) of Rab 11, and Arif, company commander of the elite force unit, met him at the Rab headquarters two days after a Rab team led by Arif had killed Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others, reports the Daily Star.
They, however, did not execute the order as the situation in Narayanganj had already heated up following the abduction, sources said quoting from the confessional statement of Arif Hossain.
Can ‘womenomics’ stem the feminisation of poverty in Japan?
Fifty-four-year-old Marlyn Maeda, an unmarried freelance writer living in Tokyo who never held a permanent job, is now watching her dream of aging independently go up in smoke.
“I work four jobs and barely survive,” said the writer, who disclosed only her penname to IPS. Her monthly income after writing articles, working at a call centre, selling cosmetics five days a week and working one night at a bar hovers at close to 1,600 dollars.
Maeda belongs to the burgeoning ranks of the poor in Japan, a country that saw its pover...
Maeda belongs to the burgeoning ranks of the poor in Japan, a country that saw its pover...
Two-year jail term for child marriage
The government on Monday approved a law setting a two-year jail term for anyone involved in marrying a girl aged under 18, in a bid to cut the country's notoriously high child marriage rate.
The new law comes days after new UN figures showed 
two-thirds of Bangladeshi girls marry before they reach adulthood. It targets the parents or guardians and the marriage registrar as well as the groom, reports AFP.
"Anyone found responsible for child marriage, including the groom, the marriage registrar or the guardians, would...
two-thirds of Bangladeshi girls marry before they reach adulthood. It targets the parents or guardians and the marriage registrar as well as the groom, reports AFP.
"Anyone found responsible for child marriage, including the groom, the marriage registrar or the guardians, would...
Bangladesh NDC team arrives in Sri Lanka
A delegation of 32 service personnel from Bangladesh National Defence College (NDC), headed by Rear Admiral Muhammad Anwarul Islam currently in Sri Lanka on a familiarization tour as part of their curriculum, called on Major General Sumedha Perera, Director General General Staff at the Army Headquarters, Colombo on Friday (12).
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has extended the invitation for this visit as a token of goodwill and bilateral relations.
The delegation on arrival at the Army Headquarters was received by Major General Sumedha Perera ...
The delegation on arrival at the Army Headquarters was received by Major General Sumedha Perera ...
India to launch shipping service to Myanmar, Bangladesh
India will soon launch regular shipping service to Myanmar and Bangladesh, a move that would help strengthen ties with the two immediate neighbours.
While Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is likely to start fresh shipping lines to run container ships between India and Myanmar in October, sources said commercial trial run of vessels on India-Bangladesh coastal routes will begin in the same month. Officials said that the regular coastal shipping between Bangladesh ports and India’s eastern ports such as Paradip and Haldia may commence by this year-end.
Jamaat gets Indian funds to fan agitation against AL govt
Islamic fundamentalists, mainly Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, received funds from Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen, the prime accused in the multi-crore chit fund scam, to fuel agitation against Awami League government, reports Indian media.
Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen not only funded political parties in India, but also Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladesh, said the report run by the New Indian Express yesterday.
Investigating agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate have stumbled upon sensational infor...
Investigating agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate have stumbled upon sensational infor...
