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report in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 1, 2017 Two people have been injured in a blast at a building in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district. The injured are Ibrahim, 21, and Aynal, 30. Rupganj police station Sub-Inspector Rubel told the Dhaka Tribune: “The explosion took place around 3am on Friday. We think it was a bomb blast. “The injured have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. They sustained 50% burn injuries in the explosion.” Owner…

The National Human Rights Commission yesterday expressed concern over the recent incidents of enforced disappearance and abduction and asked the government to find the victims and return them to their families immediately. It also urged the authorities concerned to take necessary steps in this regard so that repetition of such incidents could be prevented, said a press release of the NHRC. The rights body yesterday held a discussion on some incidents of reported enforced disappearance…

Report in Prothom Alo, Aug 27, 2017 at 21:39 hrs A suspected militant was killed in a bomb explosion at a house in Kashor of Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh on Sunday evening, reports news agency UNB. The deceased could not be identified yet. Officer-in-charge of Bhaluka police station Mamunur Rashid said the bomb went off at the house around 6:00pm. The deceased ‘militant’ along with his wife and a child rented the house only three…

Kushtia: A suspected “Neo JMB” operative was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Boalia village of Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila early yesterday. The deceased is Arman Ali, 42, of Thakurpur village under Bheramara upazila. Shah Dara Khan, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station, said two police teams, led by him, raided Boalia around 3:30am, acting on information that a secret meeting of “Neo JMB”, an offshoot of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, was going on…

by Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary in The daily star, Aug 25, 2017 The High Court yesterday declared illegal and void the two deals Niko Resources Bangladesh Limited signed with Bapex and Petrobangla, as those were procured through corruption. The court also directed the authorities to “revert back” to the state the assets Niko possessed through the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) and the Gas Purchase and Sales Agreement (GPSA) signed in 2003 and 2006. No payments can…

by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, August 25, 2017 With elections little more than a year away, Khaleda Zia’s BNP is working around the clock to select the ideal candidates for the 300 seats. But what does the Bangladesh Nationalist Party look for in an “ideal” candidate? Khaleda Zia has identified three key characteristics she wants in the 900 potential candidates who will vie for the 300 seats: A clean image with no prior allegations…

Ruling Awami League has decided to stay quiet until chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha goes into his retirement probably after five months on 31 January 2018. The party somehow wants to spend the five-month time without facing any embarrassment, said party insiders. The government wants to have negotiations with the CJ in this regard, they added. Ever since the Supreme Court released its full verdict on the 16th amendment, many AL leaders have been demanding…

  by Anwar Hussain in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 23, 2017 at 9.50 pm A Banshkhali upazila court in Chittagong district has sent 13 high school teachers to jail on treason charges. Banshkhali Senior Judicial Magistrate Sazzad Hossain passed the order on Wednesday after rejecting the bail petitions of the teachers, who were accused of comparing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a local BNP leader Liakat Ali in a creative question paper. Banshkhali police station Officer-in-Charge…

Report in The daily star, Aug 23, 2017 The High Court yesterday upheld the death penalty of 15, including three ex-Rab officials and expelled Awami League leader Nur Hossain, for their involvement in conspiracy, abduction and killing of seven Narayanganj men in 2014. The court, however, commuted the capital punishment of 11 others to life imprisonment. It fined them Tk 20,000 each, in default of which they have to spend two more years in prison.…

Report in Dhaka Tribune, aug 20, 2017 at 10:42 PM Interpol is currently in pursuit of a Bangladeshi-born Canadian who is believed to have been trained by the Islamic State for suicide attacks in Europe, according to a Canadian media outlet Global News. Tabirul Hasib, 25, is among 173 Islamic State fighters Interpol has named as potential suicide bombers, based on data uncovered by US intelligence. The list was distributed amid concerns that, as Islamic…