DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed Hefajat-e-Islam Secretary General Junaid Babunagari on 22-day fresh remand for police interrogation in three separate cases.
Month: May 2013
No sending of letter to opposition: PM
DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her party had no plan of sending letter to opposition for dialogue.
British star footballer Beckham to retire
DHAKA: David Beckham is to retire from football at the end of this season after an illustrious 20-year career.
Reach a consensus thru’ dialogue: BNP to govt
Opposition BNP on Thursday urged the government to reach a consensus through dialogue over holding the next general election under a non-party administration.
Khaleda’s ultimatum aimed at inviting 1/11-like situation: PM
Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s 48-hour ultimatum was aimed at inviting 1/11-like situation in the country.
Mahasen crosses Bangladesh coast leaving 10 dead
Ten people were killed and several thousand houses damaged as tropical storm Mahasen buffeted the country’s coastal regions before heading towards Tripura of India as a land depression on Thursday afternoon.
Reject use of political violence publicly: Canada
Canada has urged the government and all opposition parties to clearly and publicly reject the use of political violence and called on them to engage one another meaningfully and constructively in addressing the ongoing political issues.
19 bodies recovered from Bay in Cox’s Bazar
Police recovered 19 bodies, said to be of Myanmar nationals, along the Teknaf coast off Bay of Bengal on Thursday afternoon.
Ershad slams govt for crackdown on Hefajat men
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday slammed the government for driving away activists of Hefajat-e-Islam from Shapla Chattar in the capital after their May 5 rally.
Aman, Shahjahan, Jahid get HC bail
The High Court on Thursday granted interim bail for six months to BNP joint secretaries general Aman Ullah Aman, M Shahjahan and chairperson’s adviser Dr ZM Jahid Hossain in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
All Ashulia garments reopen Friday
Thousands of workers will start working again in hundreds of readymade garments factories in Asulia area under Savar from Friday as per decision of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
Atiur reminds bank chief executives of irregularities
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Thursday warned the chief executives of all the operating banks about irregularities, and said the relevant banks must say first why the irregularities are taking place despite repeated warnings.
After Bangladesh, seeking new sources
Bennett Model helped pioneer the exporting of garments from China in 1975, the year before Mao Zedong died, and ever since, his New York fashion company has searched for other countries, from Guatemala to Vietnam to Indonesia, capable of supplying…
EVM to be used for 3 centers RCC election
BSS, Rajshahi More than 6,000 voters will exercise their right of franchise through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in three centers in the forthcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) scheduled to be held on June 15. According to the officials…
Slum households to get solar street light
BSS, Rajshahi More than 10,000 slum dwellers, who haven’t electricity facilities, are going to avail the privileges of solar street light in the city for elevating their living and livelihood condition. Officials concerned revealed this while installing a solar street…
Day-labourer electrocuted in Narail
BSS, Narail A day-labourer was electrocuted in Chourasta area of Lohagara upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Pulse husking mill worker, outlaw slaughtered
Jhenidah Correspondent A worker of a pulse husking mill at Phulahari Bazar in Sailakupa upazila of the district was slaughtered to death on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hasmat Ali, 60, of Ishwarrdi in Pabna. Hasmat was working…
Candidates yet to remove leaflets in Sylhet
Sylhet Correspondent : Probable candidates, who have already submitted nomination papers for mayoral and ward councilor posts in the Sylhet City Corporation polls, are yet to remove the posters, leaflets and banners in the city. They had put up the…
Papers of 5 mayor candidates found valid
Sylhet Correspondent : Election Commission (EC) in Barisal on Wednesday began to scrutinise nomination papers for Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Election scheduled to be held on June 15.
Wheat procurement drive yet to start
Wheat farmers in the district are being deprived of getting fair price as district food department has not yet started wheat procurement drive though one and half month is going to expire after government’s direction to start wheat procurement drive…
Tour leaves Bangladesh bruised
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Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
Panic escalates as ‘Mahasen’ fumes
The people of the country’s coastal regions started running for safety amid an escalating panic as the cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ is likely to hit the areas early Thursday.
BNP-led 18-party calls off Sunday’s hartal for cyclone
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Wednesday called off its Sunday’s countywide hartal in the wake of cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ which may hit the country on Thursday night.
UP Chairman among 3 killed in Luxmipur clash
At least three people, including a UP chairman, were killed and 35 others injured, including 25 with bullets hit, in a clash in Dattapara under Sadar Thana of the district on Wednesday.
PM castigates Bangla daily for ‘misleading survey’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday castigated vernacular daily Prothom Alo for publishing what she said a misleading survey report on the caretaker government issue.
Rapp happy over trial, concerned at death penalty
Visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues of the Office of Global Criminal Justice Stephen J Rapp on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the progress in war crimes trial but voiced concern over the death penalty of the accused.
ACC team reports on collapsed building, Rana’s wealth
An inquiry team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday submitted its probe report on graft allegation in construction of the collapsed Rana Plaza and the illegal wealth of its owner Sohel Rana.
‘Mahasen’ causes deferring of HSC exams
Thursday’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations have been rescheduled for May 25 fearing inclement weather due to cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’.
TIB for early selection to appoint ACC chairman
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Wednesday urged the government to start the process of appointing new chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission immediately.