Death toll climbed to 31 in the tornado that hit Sadar and Bijoynagar upazilas of the district.
Day: March 25, 2013
10th witness testifies in case against Ershad
ABM Nurunnabi, the then Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAC) official testified as the 10th witness on Monday in the radar purchase scam case filed against former president HM Ershad and three others.
HC returns Shamim Osman’s bail plea
The High Court on Monday returned the bail prayer of former lawmaker Shamim Osman in a case of killing Twaki whose body was recovered from a canal in the district on March 8.
India risks losing Bangla, Lanka power projects to China?
Chinamay wrest power projects away fromIndiainSri LankaandBangladesh, thwarting its bid to exert economic and strategic influence in the neighbourhood by developing infrastructure.
Charge against 148 leaders: Hearing March 28
ADhakacourt will decide on March 28 whether it will accept the charges against 148 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance in connection with a case filed with Paltan police station under the Speedy Trial Act.
Independenceand National Day Today
The nation will observe its 43rdIndependence and National Day today (Tuesday), paying homage to the martyrs of the War of Liberation of 1971.
BNP, alliance call 36-hr hartal from Wednesday
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Monday called a countrywide 36-hour shutdown from 6am on Wednesday demanding the release of its leaders and activist arrested from BNP’s Nayaplatan central office on March 11 and protesting “countrywide mass killing at the behest…
Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid Taliban threat
After more than four years in self-imposed exile the former general who led Pakistan for nearly a decade has returned to his homeland to a noisy but relatively modest reception.
Kate leads hollywood into young adult movies
Kate Winslet is the latest Hollywood A-lister to make the move into the thriving young adult market after signing on for a big screen adaptation of ‘Divergent,’ the first of a trilogy of dystopian novels by Veronica Roth.
Govt agents vandalise temples : Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that government agents were vandalising temples and churches in a bid to destroy the country’s communal harmony.
148 leaders taken from BNP office indicted
Police on Sunday submitted a charge-sheet against 148 leaders of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance in connection with a case filed with Paltan Police Station under the Speedy Trial Act.
3 bodies surface in Meghna river
Bodies of three cattle traders who went missing three days ago during a storm on the Meghna river were recovered near Chandpur’s Haimchar Upazila on Monday.
Ex-BNP minister Majid Ul Haque dies
Dhaka – Major General (Retd) Majid Ul Haque, a former BNP minister, died of lung infection at the city’s Appollo Hospital early Monday, hospital sources said. He was 87.
Buddhists-Muslims violence spreads in Myanmar
Meikhtila (Myanmar) — Sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar spread to at least two other towns in the country’s heartland over the weekend, undermining government efforts to quash an eruption of violence that has killed dozens of people…
Tough fight without Tamim for Bangladesh
Dhaka – “Demolished” was the word Angelo Mathews used to describe what the Sri Lanka openers did to the Bangladesh attack in the first ODI.
Military won’t sit idle if country is in chaos: Khaleda
BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Sunday expected the military, keeping peace around the world, to play an important role in maintaining ‘peace and order’ back at home.