The High Court is set to pass orders on Wednesday on two petitions for directives to force the top leaders of BNP and Awami League sit and try to thrash out a solution to the ‘current political impasse’.
Month: March 2013
Stop politics of corpses or face trial: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday warned opposition leader Khaleda Zia of putting her on trial for her attempt to save the war criminals unless she stops killing people, bloodletting and the politics of dead bodies.
Opposition’s hartal ends: Two dead
The 36-hour hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, ended amid stray incidents of violence that left a BCL man dead in Tangail on Tuesday.
Movement to continue until CG restored: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul on Tuesday threatened that the 18-party alliance will make its ongoing movement tougher to force the government to restore the non-party caretaker government system.
Celebrate World Water Day by reducing water use
The United States is one of the world’s biggest users of water—many Americans use as much water as approximately 900 Kenyans. As a result, water resources in the U.S. are shrinking.
Parade’s End scores four awards
The BBC’s World War I drama ‘Parade’s End’ has received four honours at this year’s ‘Broadcasting Press Guild Awards’.
Are royal couple preparing for gender disappointment?
Kate Middleton and Prince William have admitted the gender they’re hoping their unborn baby will be – but the royal couple don’t agree on whether they’d like a baby boy or girl.
Birthday boy Herath stars in Sri Lankan win
Dhaka – Since Muttiah Muralitharan’s retirement in 2010, Sri Lanka had won only four Tests. Rangana Herath’s figures in those are: 9 for 128, 12 for 171, 5 for 121 and 11 for 108.
Hartal continues amid violence: One dead
Dhaka – The 36-hour hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, is proceeding with stray incidents of violence that left a BCL man dead in Tangail on Tuesday.
Dhaka accounts for Delhi’s 84 pc arecanut imports
India’s arecanut imports from Bangladesh constituted 84 percent of the total imports during the first nine months of 2012-13.
Biman’s new MD joins office
Kevin John Steele, the new Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd, joined his new assignment on Monday.
ADP implementation 44pc in first 8 months
The implementation progress of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first eight months (July-Feb) of the current fiscal (2012-13) reached 44 percent, 6 percent higher than the rate achieved during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal (2011-12).
Sylhet city Jamaat Ameer on 5-day remand
A court here on Monday placed Sylhet city unit Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer, who was arrested on charge of planning to carry out sabotage, on a 5-day remand.
25 cases filed over pre-strike violence
Police on Monday filed 25 cases with 20 police stations over Sunday’s pre-shutdown violence in capital Dhaka.
How Khaleda wants more blood, bodies: Hasina asks
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the opposition leader wants more blood and bodies to save war criminals and anti-liberation force Jamaat-e-Islami.
PM’s hands stained with blood, speech uncourteous: BNP
Hitting out at the Prime Minister for her remarks that opposition leader Khaleda Zia wants more blood to save war criminals, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said these words do not suit Sheikh Hasina’s mouth as her…
Dhaka, Thimphu likely to finalise transit deal
Bangladesh and Bhutan are likely to finalise the draft agreement on transit between the two South Asian economies during the two-day secretary-level meeting to be held in Dhaka from Wednesday.
Sustainable air travel takes off
Last Thursday, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 642 completed the seven hour and 17 minute flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using sustainable biofuels. Flight KL642, operated by a Boeing 777-200, will fly every Thursday fueled…
Abahani, Mohammedan make winning starts
Local giants Abahani and Mohammedan began their Independence Cup campaign on a winning note after outclassing Farashganj and Bangladesh Navy respectively at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday.
Madonna urges Boy Scouts to lift ban on gays
Wearing a replica of one of the organization’s uniforms, Madonna called on the Boy Scouts to lift its ban on gays while also calling for a “revolution” to prevent discrimination and abuse of the gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual community.
Workshop for media professionals concludes
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), the country’s first leadership institute, organized a three-day workshop titled Leadership Development for the Next Generation of Media Professionals at BYLC Headquarters in Dhaka on March 15-17. The Canadian High Commission in Bangladesh supported the…
Minority community blame politicos for attacks
Leaders of religious minority groups on Sunday sought commitment from political leaders for their security in the wake of recent nationwide attacks on houses and temples of Hindus.
Kader Siddiqui gets bail in defamation case
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to Krishak Sramik Janata League president Bangabir Kader Siddiqui, Bir Uttam, on personal security in a case filed against him for calling Home Minister MK Alamgir a war criminal. Metropolitan Magistrate…
Hartal, by and large peaceful, disrupts normal life
Dhaka – The first nine hours of the 36-hour countrywide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance on Monday, was marked by stray incidents of violence.
Garment exporters want shutdowns called off
The country’s apparel businesses have urged the BNP and its partners to call off their planned shutdowns for Monday and Tuesday.
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”.