A massive police raid early today killed the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks during a blitz-style sweep, The Washington Post reports quoting…

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for today protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death sentence of its Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammed Mujahid for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. Makbul Ahmed, acting ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami,…

A fresh debate has arisen over the execution timeframe of the two top war criminals—Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury—as the apex court did not issue a short order of its verdict. Attorney general Mahbubey Alam said there is no need for the full copy of the review…

Access to some mobile messaging and calling applications as well as social networking site (SNS) Facebook has been temporarily blocked in Bangladesh on security grounds. Following the government’s decision, International Internet Gateway (IIG) and mobile phone operators along with International…

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police in separate drives arrested three people from Dhaka, Narayanganj and Chittagong districts in connection with the killing of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Mufti Maulana Abdul Gaffar, Mortoza Faisal…

The Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs yesterday recommended canceling the registration of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) as it had not regretted yet after making derogatory remarks over the national parliament of the country. Suranjit Sengupta,…

The ruling Awami League and several other political and social groups and individuals yesterday welcomed the Appellate Division verdict upholding death…

The BNP remained silent on the upholding of its standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury’s death sentence by the Appellate Division…

The government will execute the verdict against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury without delay…