Three people, including a Jubo League (JL) activist, were killed and another injured as two motorcycles rammed into each other on the Chatkhil-Sonaimuri road in Chatkhil upazila early Thursday.
Month: August 2013
Youth sentenced for teasing housewife in Bogra
An eve-teaser received an year’s of imprisonment by a mobile court for harassing a housewife in Palokury village of Gunaher union under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district on Tuesday.
12 crude bombs recovered in Joypurhat
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 12 crude bombs from Shaheed Zia Degree College compound in the town on Wednesday night.
Meghalaya lynching: Bodies of 2 victims handed over
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over bodies of the two Bangladeshis who were beaten to death by a mob at Chichingpara in the state of Meghalaya of India on Tuesday.
2 Jamaat men arrested in Jhalakathi
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami and an activist of the party from Baghri village in Rajapur upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Shibir’s half-day hartal in Pabna Sunday
Local unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student body of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday called a half-day hartal in the district for Sunday protesting the death of Khalilur Rahman, 88-ward unit president of the capital.
15 fishermen kidnapped in Bhola
Pirates kidnapped 15 fishermen along with one trawler from Talia Char area in the Meghna river under Hatia upazila of Noakhali district early Thursday.
Bradley Manning apologises in court
By RFE RL
The Habeas Corpus myth
By Anthony Gregory
Sri Lanka told to prosecute mobs who attacked mosque
By Arab News
Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announces her retirement
Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli is retiring from tennis just 40 days after winning her only Grand Slam title.
Stevens charged by ICC for not reporting corrupt approach in Dhaka
It was revealed on Tuesday that nine individuals have been charged with corruption offences – seven with match-fixing or spot-fixing and two with failure to report illegal approaches – stemming from the second season of the Twenty20 league.
Rickie Lambert says debut goal is ‘dream come true’
Rickie Lambert said it was a “dream come true” after scoring England’s winning goal against Scotland with his first touch in international football.
Warming climate pushes plants up the mountain
By Eurasia Review
Another step towards halting desertification
By Ramesh Jaura
Pay compensation for non-compliant car air conditioning: Greenpeace
Environmental lobby group says that despite supporting Daimler in its quest for CO2 air conditioning, the ‘polluter pays’ principle should be applied to it for not complying with the MAC Directive
Global AC demand could outstrip US 50 times over
By Julian Milnes
Hollywood studios reach deal with China over tax row
Hollywood studios say they have reached a deal with Chinese authorities over missing payments for some of the year’s biggest box office films.
Mad Men actress cast in Flowers in the Attic film
Mad Men actress Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper, has been cast in The Flowers in the Attic film.
Michael Jackson’s ex-wife recalls star’s fear of pain
Michael Jackson’s former wife broke down in court as she told of the pop star’s “incredible” fear of pain.
iPhone uses more energy than a refrigerator
And smartphone energy consumption is only going to increase.
Brain-eating amoebas
A Florida boy contracted Naegleria fowleri while knee boarding in a water-filled ditch. Here’s what you need to know about the sometimes fatal amoeba.
India offers to train teachers
India has proposed to train secondary and higher secondary-level teachers of Bangladesh in science, mathematics and English.
Tributes paid to Bangabandhu on National Mourning Day
Speakers at a discussion today said it was a rare example that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman united all the countrymen under an umbrella through a 18-minute historical speech at the Rescourse maidan in Dhaka.
SQ Chy awaits war crimes trial verdict
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday formally closed summing–up arguments from both sides in the trial of the 1971 war crimes including genocide, allegedly perpetrated by detained BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and kept the verdict pending for any day.
UNHCR urge Adilur`s immediate release, US, EU, Aus envoys visit Odhikar office
The United Nations voiced concern about the recent arrest of a prominent human rights defender in Bangladesh and urged the Government to secure his immediate release.
Nagarkanda BNP leader Khokon faces war crimes trial in absentia
War crimes accused Nagarkanda municipality mayor in Faridpur Zahid Hossain alias Khokon will be tried in absentia as he failed to appear before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 within the stipulated time.
Jamaat’s 2nd day hartal marked by violence; 1 dead in city
The second day of the 48-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, passed off amid stray incidents of clashes, vandalism and crude bomb blasts across the country, leaving a Shibir leader dead.
3 ministers among 12 on Islamist group’s hit list
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has said it has got a hit list containing the names of 12 eminent people, including three ministers, prepared by a radical Islamist network, ‘Ansar Ullah Bangla Team’.
Arson case haring against 18-party leaders Sept 17
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred until September 17 the recording of the depositions of the witnesses against 46 leaders and activists of the 18-party alliance, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in an arson attack case.