Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Canadian government to extradite Noor Chowdhury, one of the self- proclaimed killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. “One of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu is now residing in your country, extradite…

The observation of the Supreme Court (SC) that "no nation and no country is made of, or by, one person” was a distortion of history, said law minister Anisul Huq yesterday at a programme at the auditorium of the Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) at Segunbagicha in the city. The SC had made…

BNP yesterday alleged that the government is trying to mount pressure on Chief Justice SK Sinha to change the Supreme Court verdict that annulled the 16th amendment to the constitution, reports UNB. "You (AL leaders) are creating pressure on the Chief Justice to change the verdict by force. You're…

Uncertainty looms over the fate of around 22,000 pilgrims who planned to perform Hajj this year, thanks to mismanagement and negligence on the part of the Hajj agencies. There are only 12 days in hand to fly 66,698 more Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. Sending all such pilgrims within this short…

The High Court (HC) yesterday deferred till August 22 its verdict on the death references and appeals in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case. Initially, an HC bench comprising Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam was scheduled to deliver the verdict on Sunday. It was…