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18 December 2012, Tuesday

Friday, December 14, The Daily Star : ‘Bishwajit Murder : Killers not BCL men, Claims PMO, surprises all’ The Daily Star wrote, Nobody from Bangladesh Chhatra League killed Bishwajit Das. This startling statement came during a press briefing at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday, December 13, although news photographers and videos already have made it clear who hacked the youth to death in broad daylight on Sunday. The PMO gave particulars of six “alleged murderers”, saying they Detail >>

Tribunal chief's net talks, mail hacked

The email and Skype accounts of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 chairman have been hacked. The Economist has in its possession the correspondence between the tribunal chief and a Brussels-based Detail >>

PM warns Jamaat action under ‘qisas’!

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday 16 November said that if Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its front organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir continued creating violence, action would be taken in Detail >>

It was all faked!

The FBI Wednesday (17 October) arrested a Bangladeshi man in a sting operation on charges he attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (450-kg) Detail >>

Eclipse engulfed canopy Padma

Before passing a week, eclipse engulfed the moonlight of river Padma as the World Bank (WB) released a fresh statement on September 25, saying that it would finance the project only ‘after Detail >>

Financial scams dominating newspapers pages

One after another financial scams have been dominating the newspapers pages since the beginning of the present AL led grand alliance government. After capital market looting, Padma Bridge Detail >>

When Death Is Mere Numbers

The blaze that killed 111 workers at Tazreen Fashions Ltd in Ashulia morphed into the nation's worst garment tragedy and shed the spotlight once again on poor safety standards. At least 55 bodies Detail >>

Prove it, please! Amartya refutes Muhith

Muhith, Younus and Sen respectively. No less a person than our finance minister has accused Prof Yunus, our only Nobel Laureate and the most well known and well regarded Bangladeshi in the world today Detail >>

Three fishes in net

Three fishes are now in net I mean behind the bar. They are Tanvir Mahmud, managing director of controversial Hall-Mark Group, Harun-Ar-Rashid, president, The Destiny 2000 Limited and also a Detail >>

Padma shines, a day of joy for the government

Not only the river Padam but also The Daily Star shines with World Bank come back news. The Star published 14 items including a picture on Saturday in front page. Out of them 11 items were on Detail >>

Big man in the big house

For fans of dark comedy, Monday’s papers are an essential read. “Mubarak: the president of the Republic of Tora,” jeers Al-Wafd’s headline, above images of the former president sulking Detail >>

If Tarique, Arafat not dishonest, who are?: Suranjit

Minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta on Wednesday 21 November ridiculed the claim of the leader of the opposition in the parliament, Khaleda Zia, that her son Tarique Rahman had never been Detail >>

It was a mistake

Opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia’s weeklong India visit now dominating of Bangladesh power politics game. Wiping out the interim Caretaker Government system from constitution the ruling AL Detail >>

Suranjit caught red-handed again and Women Hurting Women

Former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta's caught in red-handed again after nine months. It is Rtv who blew up the bomb by telecasting the interview of Whistleblower driver Azam Khan and the Detail >>

Sheikh Hasina expands her cabinet, it was not the news

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expanded her cabinet on Thursday 13 September, it was not the news. The news was `Tofail, Menon decline to be ministers’. The Daily Star portrayed it correctly. `No, Detail >>