Nasim: Country out of Zika virus threat
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has urged the countrymen not to be worried about the spread of Zika virus in the country.
The minister made the call in a press conference held in his Secretariat office on Tuesday.
Prosecutor Mohammad Ali withdrawn
The office of chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has withdrawn prosecutor Mohammad Ali “in the public interest” from all cases involving the tribunal.
A letter signed by Chief Prosecutor Ghulam Arieff Tipoo was issued regarding the withdrawal on February 4, prosecutor Ziad Al-Malum told the Dhaka Tribune.
SC begins hearing Mir Quasem’s war crimes appeal
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has begun hearing on war criminal Mir Quasem Ali’s appeal against the death sentence given to him by a special tribunal.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha began the hearing on Tuesday morning.
Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala no more
Former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, a moderate figure in Nepal's unsettled politics, died on Tuesday.
The death of Sushil is presenting a potential hurdle in attempts to win greater rights for minorities in a new constitution.
3 killed in Tangail road accident
At least three people have been killed as a bus knocked down a van on the Dhaka-Mymensingh road in Gangain area of Tangail's Madhupur upazila.
The accident took place on the busy highway on Tuesday morning.
UN report: Syria 'exterminating detainees'
The Syrian government has carried out a state policy of extermination against thousands of detainees, UN human rights investigators say.
They accuse President Bashar al-Assad's regime of crimes against humanity, in a report for the UN Human Rights Council.
