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Bangladesh seals deal with Danish APM to build Laldia Char container terminal

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The Chittagong Port Authority has signed a deal with Denmark's APM Terminals to build a container terminal at Laldia Char in Chattogram. The deal was signed on Monday at Dhaka's Int... Read More


Islami Andolan hails Hasina verdict as 'fair judgment'

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Islami Andolan Bangladesh has said the death sentence handed to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the July Uprising crimes against humanity case "fulfilled the expectations of t... Read More


After court verdict, Bangladesh says India has an 'obligation' to extradiate Hasina

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The government has once again requested India to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who have both been sentenced to death in ... Read More


Government urges public to remain calm, restrained after 'historic' verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The interim government has described the death sentence of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan in the July Uprising crimes trial as a "histo... Read More


Jubilation, sweets distribution as Hasina verdict sends TSC into raptures

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Crowds at Dhaka University's TSC have erupted into celebration after Sheikh Hasina was handed a death sentence over the deadly crackdown on the July Uprising. On Monday afternoon, t... Read More


Death sentence against Hasina, Asaduzzaman ensures justice, says BNP's Salahuddin

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed says the death sentence against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has ensured justice. The senior BNP leade... Read More


Home advisor dismisses security concern, urges agitating students to return to studies

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has dismissed any cause for panic over the International Crimes Tribunal verdict that handed Sheikh Hasina a death sentence. He made the... Read More


Execute Hasina's death sentence within one month, demands NCP's Nahid Islam

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has demanded that the death sentence of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in the face of the July Uprising, be... Read More


From exile, Hasina lashes out at ICT for denying her 'a fair chance to defend'

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Responding fiercely after the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced her to death for crimes against humanity during the July Uprising, Sheikh Hasina has bashed the court for ... Read More


Bangladesh to renew push to extradite Hasina from India after death sentence

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Law Advisor Asif Nazrul says justice has been done with the awarding of the death penalty to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity, adding that another lett... Read More