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Day: January 9, 2013
Fake woman judge calls CMM court, two held
Court Correspondent DHAKA – A woman on Wednesday claiming herself as a judge of the Supreme Court asked a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Magistrate of Dhaka to release an accused. The CMM Court managed to know of the conspiracy…
‘Horrible’ 3-feet sea level rise plausible by 2100?
John Roach Melting glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland may push up global sea levels more than 3 feet by the end of this century, according to a scientific poll of experts that brings a degree of clarity to a murky…
Rosell dismisses Villa to Arsenal
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has warned Arsenal to forget about signing striker David Villa during the January transfer window.
Naomi loves to experiment with looks
Actress Naomi Watts loves changing her hair to suit her film character because she gets to be experimental, though she admits she can’t stop dying her hair.
China economy to overtake US by 2019
Jan 9: China will overtake the United States economically within six years, an official research institute predicts, and go on to become the world’s most important country in three decades more, state media said Wednesday. The findings came from the…
Leftists are theorists: Muhith
Jan 9: “It’s usual that the leftist parties will observe hartal as they don’t know how the state is run,” he told reporters at his Secretariat office.
Khagrachhari gunfight kills 1
Jan 9:A man was killed and two others injured in a gunfight of two groups at Jalpara area of Chengi union under Panchhari upazila of the district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kalo Prio Chakma, 38, an activist…
BSD-CPB shutdown on Jan 16
Jan 9: The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and the Bangladesher Shamajtantrik Dal (BSD) will enforce the general strike from 6am to 12pm across the country on that day. CPB chief Mujahidul Islam Selim made the announcement on Wednesday in…
3 power plant projects okayed: Controversial Chinese company gets work
Jan 9: The government purchase body Wednesday approved the tender proposals for three power plant projects, including one with Barapukuria 250-MW power plant. The other proposals include 300-400-MW power plant in Ghorashal and 300-MW in Shahji Bazar. The approval to…
Lowest temperature in 4 decades
Bangladesh has, like neighbouring India, recorded the lowest temperature in over four decades amidst a raging cold wave.
ACC seizes files in Padma probe
The investigative team of the national antigraft agency seized the documents almost a month after it sued seven persons on charges of the conspiracy for appointing a Canadian company, SNC Lavalin, as the consultant for the country’s largest-ever infrastructure development…
BD newspaper editor at risk: AI
Jan 9: The Bangladeshi authorities must refrain from harassing and prosecuting newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman, Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday. Mahmudur Rahman has been threatened with prosecution for publishing a Skype conversation between the then chairman of the Bangladeshi court,…
26,193 Pry schools nationalized: PM for improving education
Jan 9: Citing on different programmes taken by her government for development of the country’s education sector, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said they are giving highest priority on education. “Her government gave highest allocation in the sector. Universal Education Policy…