MNA Feature Desk: The 10th death anniversary of one of the major Bengali poets of modern literature, Samsur Rahman, is being observed with due respect all around the country. Several socio-cultural organizations made numerous programs. As part of the programs, floral wreaths placed at his grave at 9:30 am and a get-together of poets and litterateurs hold at Samsur Rahman’s ancestral village home in Raipura of Narsingdi at 3 pm. Samsur Rahman, born in 23 October 1929, was a poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of ...
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Two Bangladeshi shot to death in NY
MNA Editorial Desk: Two Bangladeshi citizens, including an Imam, were shot to death near a mosque of the Queens area in NY (New York) of US on Saturday afternoon. They were shot in the head from a short distance on their way back home after Zuhr prayers. Two Bangladeshi were recognized as Imam Alauddin Akhonjee, 55-year-old, and his friend Tara Mia, 64-year-old. Akhonjee was the imam of Al – Furqan Jame masjid of the Ozone Park area in Queens, New York. “The purpose of this killing is not yet clear,” deputy inspector Henry Sautner of New York police told news ...
Read More »ICT sentenced Shakhawat Hossain to death
MNA National Desk: ICT (International Crimes Tribunal) sentenced former Jamaat MP Maulana Shakhawat Hossain to death as he was convicted with crimes during the liberation War. Justice M Anwarul Haque, chairman of the three-member ICT, announced the judgment on Wednesday. Apart from Sakhawat, who is the Jatiya Party’s religious affairs secretary, other eight accused are Md Billal Hossain, Md Ibrahim Hossain, Sheikh Md Mujibur Rahman, Md Abdul Aziz Sarder, Qazi Ohidul Islam alias Wahidur Salam, Md Aziz Sarder and Abdul Khalek Morol. Sakhawat, a former MP from Jessore, was arrested in Dhaka in 2014. The tribunal indicted the nine accused ...
Read More »Ex-employee knifed 19 patients to death in Japan
MNA International Desk: An ex-employee of care home knifed 19 patients to death and wounded dozens more before handing himself in at a nearby police station in Japan, declaring “I want to get rid of the disabled.” Japan was in shock on Tuesday following the knife attack, which took place at a care home for the disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 25 miles southwest of Tokyo. The 26-year-old man, who allegedly endangered to kill hundreds of disabled people earlier this year, later turned himself in at a police station, admitting to officers, “I did it. The disabled should all ...
Read More »4th death anniversary of Humayun Ahmed being observed
MNA Feature Desk: The 4th death anniversary of famous fiction writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed on Tuesday. Humayun Ahmed’s two younger brothers Prof. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and Ahsan Habib along with their other family members and relatives offered prayers at his graveyard at Nuhash Polli of Gazipur. Several socio-cultural organizations have drawn out elaborate programs to observe the day. A Quran-khwani will be held at Nuhash Polli, after Johr prayers. There will be also an orphan feeding program there. Volunteer organization ‘Himu Paribahan’ will organize a seminar, blood donation camp, and essay and painting competition on ...
Read More »Three men get death for 1971 war crimes in Jamalpur
MNA National Desk: Three men get death for 1971 war crimes in Jamalpur. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has found eight men guilty of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 from Jamalpur. The tribunal found all the five counts of charges, including mass killing, murder, confinement, torture, arson and looting, pressed against them proved. In its judgment delivered on Monday, the court ordered death sentence for three while five others have to spend rest of the life in prison. The three death convicts are Ashraf Hossain, Professor Sharif Ahammed and Abdul Bari while the five who ...
Read More »British MP Cox killed for her political views
MNA International Desk: British MP Jo Cox was murdered for her “very strong political views”, her widower has said in his first interview on Tuesday since her death. Talking in an interview with the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr. Cox said the expression of public support and a £1m charitable fund had been sources of relaxation to the couple’s two children. The late MP’s husband said he would be pleased if she was replaced as the representative for Batley and Spen by a female politician, saying it would be ‘lovely symbolism’. Ms. Cox was shot and knifed in the ...
Read More »Never know the full story behind death of Prince
MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: According to reports, we might never know the full story behind the death of Prince. Many of the questions that his friends and fans most want to ask such as, was Prince a secret drug addict? Did Prince have an underlying medical condition? – may not be conclusively answered because the full details of what the medical examiner found in the postmortem and toxicology tests lead on his body will not be open for public review. Contrast that to what was released in California after the high-profile deaths of Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Robin ...
Read More »ITC issued death warrant of Mir Quasem Ali
MNA National Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ITC) issued a death warrant yesterday of condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali. The ICT registrar’s office sent the warrant to Dhaka Central Jail following the tribunal’s directives. On Monday, the Supreme Court released the full text of its verdict keeping the death penalty of Mir Quasem. The copy of the 244-page full verdict was released after singing of all five members of the Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Attorney general Mahbubey Alam said, if the defense files the review petition contrary to the verdict, proceedings regarding the ...
Read More »Christian grocer hacked to death
MNA National Desk: Christian grocer was hacked to death in the northwest district of Natore. Police said 60-year-old Sunil Gomes was attacked at a Christian neighborhood in the district’s Barhaigram Upazila. He was murdered inside his shop, which is adjacent to his home. The assailants hacked him there, leaving him dead, said Shymol Kumar Mukharjee, superintendent of police in Natore. The body had several wounds inflicted by sharp weapons. “Family members rushed to the shop when they heard him screaming and found him in a pool of blood. He was taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared him ...
Read More »BNP observed 35th death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman
MNA National Desk: BNP observed the 35th death anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman on Monday over numerous programs throughout the country. BNP has marked out 15-day programs to observe the death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman. The observance of Zia’s death anniversary has begun on May 20 and will end on June 3. The programs were finalized at a joint meeting of the party held at its Nayapaltan central office with party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the chair. Khaleda Zia, BNP Chairperson, placed a wreath and offered prayers at the cemetery of the previous military ruler president ...
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