The country’s apparel businesses have urged the BNP and its partners to call off their planned shutdowns for Monday and Tuesday.
Day: March 17, 2013
Bangabandhu’s 93rd birth anniversary observed
The 93rd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed as the National Children’s Day on Sunday with due respect and festivity.
Buses torched in pre-hartal violence in city
At least six minibuses were torched at different parts of the capital ahead of the 48-hour countrywide hartal called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance from 6am on Monday.
Sylhet Jamaat ameer held in capital
A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Sylhet metropolitan Jamaat ameer and also former president of central shibir Eahsanul Mahbub Jubaer from capital’s Uttara area early Sunday.
Reconditioned car business passes thru tough time
The government has counted a loss of Tk 3,500 crore in revenue over the last two years as the country’s reconditioned car business passed through dull days mainly due to an unfavorable government policy making it difficult for the sector…
Monday, Tuesday’s NU exams postponed
All the examinations under the National University to be scheduled on Monday and Tuesday have been postponed due to “unavoidable circumstances”.
BGB-BSF confce begins today in New Delhi
A six-day director general-level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India begins in Indian capital New Delhi tomorrow (Monday).
BNP leader Farooque taken to Heart Institute
Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abedin Farroque, now behind bars, was admitted to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) after he fell sick at Kashimpur Jail on Sunday.
Professional Police find work tough now
Eight policemen were killed and over 300 injured in just 11 days from February 28 during a countrywide violence that broke out following a war crimes tribunal’s judgment against a Jamaat leader, exposing that the law enforcers’ lives are on…
‘Khaleda must shoulder responsibility for hartal casualty’
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Sunday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia must take the responsibility in case of any loss of life during the nationwide 48-hour shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
Mousumi in new TVC after four years
Mousumi Nag has mostly performed in fraction plays and drama serials. She performed in TVC a little bit. Mousumi firstly performed in Amitabh Reza’s Grameenphone TVC in 2007. Later she performed in two more.
Sri Lanka takes lead in second test
Colombo: Sri Lanka were 294 for six wickets at the close on the second day of the second test against Bangladesh in Colombo on Sunday.
Device keeps liver ‘alive’ outside body
A donated human liver has been kept alive, warm and functioning outside a human being on a newly-developed machine and then successfully transplanted into patients in a medical world first.
EU pesticides ban likely to save bees
EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer unless member states agree a compromise.
Talks path is open- AL. Trick to confuse people- BNP
The LGRD Minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, on Saturday urged the opposition not to set any preconditions for holding a dialogue with the government.BNP leader MK Anwar on Sunday said the government was talking about a political dialogue only to ‘confuse…