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Month: September 2013
Suicide bomb attack kills 77 at Pakistan church
By Zulfiqar Ali and Mark Magnier
Siege at Kenyan mall continues as death toll reaches 59
NAIROBI, Kenya — The deadly siege at a mall in Nairobi continued Sunday, as the Kenyan government struggled with the question of whether to storm the Shabab militant attackers still holed up inside or keep trying to free people trapped…
‘Arab Spring’ degrades into sectarian counterrevolution
By Nicola Nasser
Russia-US deal puts Syrian rebels back to “minus one”
By Ravi Joshi
Alim’s War Trial Bail canceled, verdict any day
DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 will pronounce any day the verdict of BNP leader Abdul Alim for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war as arguments of both sides completed.
China sentences Bo Xilai to life in prison
By Ria Novosti
FBCCI wants ‘fair’ RMG pay
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has called for formulating a ‘fair’ salary structure for the garment industry to ensure a sustainable growth in the main export-earning sector.
Himalayan bird diversity, distribution survey from November
Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) will conduct a training which will focus on surveying bird diversity and distribution in the Himalayas around Yongkola, Mongar in November. The training will emphasize study design, field data collection, statistical analyses…
Gunbattle on Rajshahi campus
Gunbattle between activists of the Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League left atleast three injured in Rajshahi university on Sunday.
BNP for dialogue to resolve crisis
Dhaka – Terming dialogue the language of democracy, BNP standing committee member Lt Gen Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday urged the government to sit for talks with the opposition to find out a reasonable solution to the ongoing political crisis over…
EC to sit in dialogue with parties if situation demands: CEC
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) – As the national election gets closer amid political bickering between the two major political camps, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Aahmad on Sunday said they will sit in dialogue with political parties if the situation…
Nizami-Trial: Prosecution seeks 3 more PWs statements as evidence
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) – A prosecution witness, also the wife of a surgeon martyred in 1971, on Sunday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that she had no idea whether her husband was associated with any political party or student…
‘Nation can never repay debt to the Freedom Fighters’
The nation can never repay the debt it owes to the Freedom Fighters (FFs), the best sons and daughters of the soil, but it must show due honour to them for upholding real spirit of the War of Liberation.
‘BNP’s movement to be prevented’
DHAKA: Home Minister MK Alamgir categorically said that BNP would be prevented strictly if they tried to stage any movement.
School Feeding Programme reduces dropouts
Speakers at a workshop have said the School Feeding Programme (SFP) has been reducing dropouts substantially encouraging the poorer section of children to go to their nearby primary schools.
Rokeya university VC resigning
Vice-Chancellor of Rangpur’s Begum Rokeya University Prof AKM Nurun Nabi has decided to resign amid calls by teachers.
Plan to hold Digital Innovation Fair-2013 in Gaibandha
The district administration has taken a plan to hold a three-day Digital Innovation Fair-2013 at Independence Square of the town from October 3 to 5 through active participation of all.
Tax Fair ends with collection of over Tk 1117.43cr
Dhaka – The seven-day Income Tax Fair, arranged to motivate people to pay taxes regularly, ended on Sunday posting a collection of Tk 1117.43 crore from taxpayers.
2 killed in Pirojpur bridge collapse
At least two people were killed and four others injured as a small RCC bridge collapsed at north Shialkathi village in Bhandaria upazila on Sunday morning.
BSF picks up teen from Kushtia border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops picked up a Bangladeshi teenager from Jamalpur border in Daulatpur upazila Sunday morning.
1428 chocolate bombs, 30 crude bombs recovered in Rajshahi
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members, in separate drivers, recovered 1428 chocolate bombs, 30 crude bombs and huge gun powder from two buses in the city on Saturday night.
UP member, Swechchasebok League leader stabbed in Satkhira
A Union Parishad member and a local Swechchasebok League leader were injured in an attack allegedly by some Jamaat-Shibir activists at Dhopadanga intersection in Debhata upazila on Saturday night.
HC hears rule over political dialogue on Sept 26
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) – The High Court on Sunday set September 26 for rule hearing over holding a dialogue between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of Awami League, and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, also the leader of opposition…
RMCH students block road after death in road crash
Students and interns of Rangpur Medical College and Hospital blocked the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in the city on Saturday protesting the death of a physician of the hospital in a road accident on Thursday.
No polls sans Hasina: Nasim
Pabna – Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said there will be no election in the country excluding Sheikh Hasina.
Huge arms, ammo recovered from Sundarbans after gunfight
Bagerhat – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued a kidnapped fisherman from Morakaga Khal (canal) area of the Sundarbans under Koira upazila on early Sunday following a five-hour long gunfight with the forest robbers.
20 injured in Laxmipur clash
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in sadar upazila on Saturday.
Unrest forces production suspension at 100 Gazipur RMG units
Gazipur – Production at over 100 garment factories in several parts of the district was suspended for a day on Sunday following labour unrest.
Jubo Dal leader hacked to death in Dinajpur
A local Jubo Dal leader was hacked to death allegedly by some Chhatra League activists following previous enmity over occupying a house in Parbatipur upazila on Saturday night.