Communications Minister Obaidul Quader categorically said fund for Padma Bridge construction would be ensured by February at any cost. He came up with the determination while talking to journalists during a visit at an under-construction bridge on Surma River in…
Day: January 19, 2013
‘No local polls before JS vote’
BNP on Saturday objected to holding City Corporation and Upazila Council elections before the parliamentary polls, alleging it was a “plot” the government was trying. Citing media reports, BNP Standing Committee member Tariqul Islam alleged it was a move to…
Dreamliner crisis: Boeing halts 787 jet delivery
Boeing has suspended deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft until a battery problem is resolved. An email from the US aerospace giant said it would continue to build the plane, but not deliver any until US safety officials gave…
Criminal attack injures 10 students in city
At least 10 students were injured as criminals attacked Dhaka Dental College’s hostel in city’s Mirpur area on Friday night. Amongst the injured, seven were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition. College students told banglanews miscreants harassed…
‘Pepper spray instead of baton use’
Talking to the media, he claimed that pepper spray was being used in different countries of the world. The Dhaka city police chief said the use of the spray had no serious impact on human body. Replying to a query,…
AL leader shot dead in Tangail
A local Awami League leader was shot to death by some unidentified criminals in College Para area on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Faruk Ahmed, 60, Tangail BRDB chairman and Tangail Red Crescent society’s acting chairman. He was…
BNP observes Zia birth anniversary
The party flag was hoisted at the BNP headquarters early in the morning. The leader of the 18-Party Alliance and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia placed a wreath at the grave of her late husband in the capital’s Chandrima Udyan at…
`I will be remembered`
The World Bank’s Country Director for Bangladesh, Ellen Goldstein on Saturday said she will be ‘remembered’ for the Padma Bridge project, which is currently caught up over alleged graft-related complexities. The outgoing WB official, whose term expires in January this…
Minor raped on Mumbai school bus
A four-year-old nursery student has been raped in a school bus that was taking her home in Mumbai. The suspect is the 35-year-old bus conductor; he has been arrested. The girl, who is from one of Mumbai`s top schools, was…
Chevron product vessel probe
Chittagong Port Authority has formed a five-member panel to investigate into the unloading of a lightering vessel, laden with Chevron products, at the port without clearance. The port’s sub-keeper Captain Nazmul Haque has been made head of the panel. The…
Zaheer new WB acting country director
Salman Zaheer, cooperation director of the World Bank`s (WB) South Asian Region, has been made new acting country director to Bangladesh. The disclosure came from a WB press release on Saturday. Zaheer, an India citizen, will take up his new…
BAU closed after 10-year-old dies in BCL battle
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh was closed for an indefinite period on Saturday hours after a minor boy was killed in a gunfight between rival factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami…