‘Kamaruzzaman’s mercy decision by Thursday’
Death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman must decide by Thursday whether he will seek presidential clemency regarding his death sentence.
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the reporters at his office on Thursday.
Kamaruzzaman seeks more time on mercy
Death row war convict Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has sought more time to decide whether he will seek presidential clemency regarding his death sentence.
The Jamaat leader said this to his counsels when a five-member team met him at the Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday.
25 killed in Faridpur road accident
Twenty-five people have been killed and 23 others injured as a bus crushed into a roadside tree in east Shodordi area under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur.
The deceased could not be identified immediately.
3 suspected robbers lynched in Meherpur
Three suspected robbers have been lynched in Rajapur village under sadar upazila in Meherpur.
The deceased are Faruk, 36, Rafique, 40, and Sharifur, 40. Faruk and Rafique are from Chokshyamnagar village while Sharifur is from Jugidra village.
SC upholds HC verdict on Mintoo’s nomination
The Supreme Court Appellate Division has upheld the high court verdict that rejected the writ petition filed by BNP-backed candidate for Dhaka north mayoral race Abdul Awal Mintoo challenging the cancellation of his nomination.
A four-member bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Thursday morning, MIntoo’s lawyer AKM Ehsanul Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune.
Yemen's Houthis battle in central Aden
Houthi forces fought street-by-street battles with local militia in the old centre of Aden on Wednesday, as the first boatloads of emergency medical aid reached the south Yemeni port city, which relief workers say faces a humanitarian catastrophe.
Residents saw a dozen bodies strewn on the streets and said several buildings were burnt or demolished by rocket fire. Mosques broadcast appeals for jihad against the Houthis, Iran-allied fighters who have taken over large areas of Yemen.
Tsarnaev guilty in Boston bombing
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's conviction on Wednesday came as a relief to residents of the city, though many expressed mixed feelings over whether the 21-year-old should be put to death for his crimes.
Tsarnaev was found guilty in federal court of killing three people and injuring 264 others by detonating twin bombs at the finish line of the world-famous race in 2013. It was the worst attack on US soil since September 11, 2001. The jury will now decide whether Tsarnaev should be executed.
IS frees over 200 Yazidis in Iraq
More than 200 elderly and infirm Yazidis were freed on Wednesday by Islamic State militants who had been holding them captive since overrunning their villages in northwestern Iraq last summer.
A Reuters reporter saw the group of 216 people, which included two Christians, handed over to Kurdish forces near the city of Kirkuk. Some were too exhausted and disoriented to speak.