US ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena termed the Shahbagh movement a perfect example of realizing demands peacefully.
Day: March 11, 2013
HC defers plea for ending Jamaat’s registration
The High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the writ petition seeking termination of registration of Jamaat-e-Islami until Apr 9.
The wasted electronic waste
The old, dilapidated mobile phone you replaced with a snazzy, up-to-date version was disposed of properly at the company’s collection centre. You think it has been discarded in an environment friendly way.
Sammilta Parishad wins BGMEA polls
Sammilta Parishad has swept the election to BGMEA, the apparel sector’s trade body, bagging 21directors’ posts out of 27.
Dhaka bid to canvass global support
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni says she will write to her counterparts to give them ‘correct information’ about the current situation in Bangladesh.
Six vehicles torched in pre-hartal violence
Pro-hartal elements torched at least six vehicles in the capital, Noakhali and Mymensingh districts on Monday, ahead of Tuesday’s hartal called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
Prayers offered for President’s early recovery
Special prayers were offered in all mosques across the country after Magrib prayers and in other worship places on Monday evening seeking divine blessings for the early recovery of ailing President Zillur Rahman.
BNP enforces instant hartal in Thakurgaon
Local BNP enforced an instant hartal in the district on Monday evening protesting the arrest of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Countrywide hartal Tuesday, in Chittagong Wednesday
The BNP-led 18-party alliance will enforce a countrywide daylong hartal on Tuesday protesting attacks on its ‘peaceful rally by police and the ruling party cadres’.
Police storm BNP office, break open doors, arrest 150
Police stormed into BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Monday evening and arrested 150 of its leaders and workers, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Dhaka city unit convener, Sadek Hossain Khoka, and joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Month-long reading plan at British Council
On the occasion of World Book Day (April 23), a month-long book reading programme began at the British Council on Dhaka’s Fuller Road.
Bangladesh break records in Sri Lanka test
Bangladesh recorded their best ever performance in Test cricket as they broke more records on the fourth day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.