The High Court Sunday directed authorities concerned to ensure security of the Hindu community and temples and bring back the normalcy in the life of minorities in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district.
Day: March 3, 2013
Eight Independence Awardees for 2013 named
The government has finalized names of eight persons for the Independence Award-2013 for their glorious and outstanding contributions at the national level.
Pranab for implementing all pledges
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday firmly said his country is committed to implement all agreed decisions with Bangladesh.
British HC’s concern over violence, deaths
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson expressed his sadness Sunday over the violence and the number of senseless and unnecessary deaths that have taken place across Bangladesh over the past few days.
Vehicles vandalized, cocktails blasted in city
Shibir activists vandalized few vehicles and blasted cocktails in city’s Mohakhali on Sunday evening. Otherwise hartal was observed in the city by and large peacefully.
H artal security:Khaleda won’t meet Pranab
Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has decided not to meet visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee as she doesn’t want to take risk of movement during hartal called by Jamaat.
Hartal clashes kill 23 in six districs
At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured in clashes between Jamaat-Shibir activists and law enforcers in six districts during countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Sunday.
Thailand announces end to ivory trade
Bangkok, Thailand – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pledged to end ivory trade in Thailand, seizing a key opportunity to stem global wildlife trafficking. Her statement came after the call of nearly 1.5 million WWF and Avaaz supporters.
Madonna criticised over Oscars party antics
Madonna has been accused of acting like a ”bitch” at an exclusive pre-Oscars party.The ‘Hung Up’ hitmaker reportedly stunned guests at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) pre-Oscar reception at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills last Friday (22.02.13) with her…
World Open Snooker: Stevens overcomes Robertson in semi
Matthew Stevens overcame Neil Robertson 6-5 in a Haikou World Open semi-final that will be remembered as much for a dreadful error by veteran Welsh referee Eirian Williams as the snooker fare on offer.
Issues of daily life relegated to background
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson in a statement issued yesterday expressed his ‘sadness’ over the violence and the number of ‘senseless and unnecessary’ deaths of the past few days and called upon all parties…
Volcanic eruptions slowed recent Earth warming
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight — dozens of volcanoes…
Diti to work with Rawnak, Aparna in tv play
Film actress Parvin Sultana Diti has returned to Dhaka in January after passing some days with her son Dipto and daughter Lamia.
Ashraful in, Nafees out of Lanka series
Mohammad Ashraful will replace Shahriar Nafees in Bangladesh’s fifteen man squad that leaves for Sri Lanka Thursday. The maverick right-hander found himself drafted back into the national fold following a year-long absence, to fill in the void left by Nafees.