Cop shoots himself to death at KCC mayor’s house
UNB, Khulna
A police man allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself to death at the house of mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) in the city on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam, 27, a police constable and member of police security at the KCC mayor’s [...]

Ashraful says
Hartal call irrational
UNB, Dhaka
Ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday called upon BNP to withdraw its countrywide hartal today.
The coordination committee of the alliance meeting in the afternoon urged BNP not to enforce the hartal affecting the poor and national economy. The meeting was held at AL president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi office.
 
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10 buses set ablaze
BNP’s hartal today
Delwar warns of tougher action if resisted
Staff Reporter
The main opposition BNP is going to enforce dawn-to-dusk hartal  for today (Monday) across the country protesting ‘false’ cases against the party chief Khaleda Zia, soaring prices of essentials and alleged failure of the government to meet the demand for gas, electricity and [...]

Extra-judicial killing can’t be stopped overnight: FM
Staff Reporter
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said the grand alliance government does not support any extra-judicial killing by the security personnel.
“But it is too hard to stop such killing overnight”, she said while addressing a press conference yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), adding, “The main Opposition [...]

WCC-2011
Mock security demo staged
Staff Reporter
The law enforcing agencies will carry out special operation in the capital to build up general security blanket before the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 scheduled to kick off on February 17.
Briefing reporters after a mock security drill at Mirpur stadium on Sunday afternoon DMP Commissioner Benazir Ahmed said nine hotels [...]

Sitakunda blast
HC summons Sitakunda OC
bdnews24.com, Dhaka
The High Court has summoned the officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Police Station to explain the reason behind the delay in submitting the final investigation report (FIR) on the explosion at Chittagong ship-breaking yard.
The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain on Sunday passed the order [...]

US-Russia nuclear arms treaty takes effect
AP, Munich A new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and raising hopes among officials on both sides that it will provide the impetus for Moscow and Washington to negotiate further reductions.“The treaty marks significant progress toward [...]

Staff ReporterChairman of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Col (retd) Dr Oli Ahmed, MP has observed that most MPs and ministers belonging to the ruling Awami League are corrupts.The Prime Minister has no capability to control them (MPs and ministers), he said while addressing the 4th Founding Anniversary of the LDP at Muslim Institute in Chittagong [...]

Staff Reporter
Another case was filed yesterday by a local resident accusing several people for attacking his house during Rupganj violence last week. No arrest has yet been made in this regard, police said. However, it is the fifth case filed in connection with the clashes and violence that erupted in the Rupganj following land [...]

Narsingdi Correspondent
Unidentified miscreants slaughtered former vice president of district Chhatra League at west Dattapara in Narsingdi town on Sunday late night.According to the sources, Kamruzzaman (32), son of late Hosen Ali, resident of West Dattapara, in Narsindi sadar received fatal injuries when the assailants equipped with leathal weapons attacked him infront of his house at [...]