At least 200 workers of a readymade garments factory at Ashulia in Savar fell sick on Thursday night after eating food provided by the factory office.
Day: February 8, 2013
NU Masters results published
Results of all subjects of the Masters final examinations of 2009 of the National University (NU) were announced on Friday.
Fire in RMG factory in Gazipur
A devastating fire damaged property worth around Tk 1.5 crore of Surichala Textile and Dyeing Factory at Kaliakoir of the district. The fire originated from an electrical short circuit of Melba textile section waving machine around 2:00 pm Friday.
Mamata shelves Teesta report
Believe it or not, the report on the Teesta river that West Bengal government had commissioned last year has been shelved unceremoniously. Hydrologist Kalyan Rudra submitted his ‘preliminary’ report to chief minister Mamata Banerji in person in early December, highly…
US cancels over 2,600 flights for snowstorm
A snowstorm of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the northeast with a vengeance on Friday, with up to 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow forecast along the densely populated corridor from the New York City area to Boston and…
Ferry with 50 passengers sinks in Meghna
A passenger ferry carrying up to 50 people sank in the river Meghna at Gazaria in Munshiganj Friday morning. bdnews24.com Narayanganj Correspondent reported the MV SM Sarash sank near Ismani Char around 8:00am after a sand-laden boat hit it, said…
Govt landed in own trap: BNP
The government is following a dual policy on war crimes trial, alleged the BNP Friday blaming the government for the recent controversy arising over the war crimes trial. “Now the government itself has landed in the trap it had laid,”…
Nafis pleads guilty, sentence May30
Quazi Mohamamd Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis of Bangladesh pleaded guilty at a United States court as being involved in a plot to blow up the New York Federal Reserve building. The court will pronounce his sentence on May 30.
Grand rally ends with vows
The ‘grand rally’ at Shahbagh intersection ended with a vow to spread the ongoing movement from Teknaf to Tetulia demanding death penalty for all war criminals, including Abdul Quader Molla, and a ban on the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami.