CHITTAGONG – A female engineer was killed after miscreants threw stones into a running train at Bhatiyari area under Sitakunda upazila of the district on Saturday night.
Month: August 2013
Section 144 imposed in Chuadanga
CHUADANGA: The local administration on Sunday imposed section 144 at Bhangbaria village in Alamdanga upazila to avert an imminent clash between two groups of BNP convened separate programmes at the same venue and time.
Gazipur mayor, councillors take oath
Dhaka – Newly elected mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Prof MA Mannan and its 75 councillors, including 19 women, took oath on Sunday.
Section 144 imposed in Naogaon over AL, BNP row
Naogaon – The local administration has imposed section 144 in Mahadebpur upazila for today (Sunday) as the local BNP and Awami League called separate meetings at the same venue and time.
Gazipur clash over land dispute leaves 20 injured
GAZIPUR: At least 20 people including a lawyer were injured in a clash over land dispute at Kapasia upazila of the district on Sunday.
Bhola without power for two days
Bhola has been without power since Saturday night after the 34.5MW gas-fired power plant there closed down following technical glitches.
35 shops gutted in Bandarban
BANDARBAN – Thirty-five shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Prodhan bazaar under Gozalia union of the district on Saturday evening, police said.
Guaranteeing communication coverage in event of disaster
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3 killed in seperate Chittagong incidents
CHITTAGONG – Three persons including women and a young girl were killed and five others injured in separate incidents here on Saturday.
Perseid meteors to light up summer skies
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African nations for tougher stance on dumping electronic waste
By EurActiv EurActiv — African nations have called for continent-wide action to staunch the import of electronic waste, including old computers and mobile telephones from Europe where stringent environmental laws make exporting used goods cheaper than disposing of them at…
Tangail market fire burns 42 shops
Tangail – At least 42 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market in Ghatail upazila of the district early Sunday.
Eels to be helped back into Lake Windermere
Critically endangered eels are to be helped back into Lake Windermere, Cumbria, where they have not been seen in significant numbers for 30 years.
‘Golden rice’ GM trial vandalised in the Philippines
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What does a stem cell burger taste like?
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How to: make a microscope from a webcam
Mark Miodownik, presenter from Dara O Briain’s Science Club on BBC Two, reveals how you can perform simple science experiments at home. Try some DIY science and see the microscopic world up close by turning a webcam inside out…
car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph
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Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to reach Rogers Cup final
Rafael Nadal moved into the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal after beating world number one and top seed Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-2).
Ashes 2013: Chris Rogers the unlikely superhero in fourth Test
Chris Rogers does not look much like the classical sporting hero. Almost 36 years old, a short-sighted spectacle wearer who is also colour-blind, he is less Superman than Clark Kent, Peter Parker rather than Spider-Man.
Brendan Rodgers tells striker Suarez to apologise
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has told striker Luis Suarez he must apologise for his recent conduct.
3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
DHAKA: Three United States soldiers were killed in Afghanistan’s eastern borderlands on Sunday, US and Nato officials said, the first Nato combat deaths this month.
Gunmen kill 5 Yemeni soldiers at checkpoint
SANAA – A Yemeni military official says gunmen believed to be from al-Qaida have killed five soldiers at a checkpoint in a southern province.
Amnesty for restoring ethnic minorities’ land rights
Dhaka – Amnesty International (AI) has recommended the government of Bangladesh taking ‘concrete steps’ to restore the land rights of ethnic minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). In a recent article published in its official blog, the AI also…
ICT defers Nizami’s trial hearing till Aug 19
DHAKA – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today deferred the hearing in the trial of Matiur Rahman Nizami, charged with committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, till August 19.
Mojahid files appeal
Dhaka – Convicted Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid on Sunday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division against his capital punishment in the case of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
People coming back after Eid; offices, banks reopen
Dhaka – Government and non-governmental offices, banks and newspaper offices reopened on Sunday amidst festival fever after a three-day holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
91 killed in Iraq bombings
DHAKA: At least 91 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a series of car bombs that rocked Baghdad and other Iraqi cities amid Eid al-Fitr celebrations, an interior ministry official said.
Be alert against undemocratic force coming to power: PM
DHAKA – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the people to stay alert so that the undemocratic force does not come to power and play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people by taking advantage of differences…
B Chy flays billboard politics, seeks Adilur’s release
Dhaka – Comparing the government’s ‘billboard politics’ with the culture of char capture, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday asked the government to seek apology to people for this and urged it to compensate the affected billboard…