Dhaka: Opposition BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia categorically said that his party would not join in the Awami league’s plotted polls without caretaker government.
Month: September 2013
Passport delivery of opposition being delayed: BNP
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged that the passport-issuing authorities, dictated by the government, are putting the delivery of passports of the opposition leaders on hold just to harass them.
CCTV to curb drug abuse at varsities
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has informed Parliament that the government has asked the private universities to install close-circuit cameras to curb drug abuse on the campus.
Indian rights body to take Felani shooting case to Delhi SC
Kolkata: A West Bengal-based human rights group is working on filing a writ petition seeking justice for Felani Khatun, a Bangladeshi minor girl shot dead by BSF personnel while she was trying to illegally cross the international border.
Speaker to attend Int’l Day of Peace in Kunming
A two-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, left here for Kunming, capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Friday to attend events marking the International Day of Peace and a forum on regional peace and development.…
Another power deal likely with Indian private company
The government is likely to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Indian private power trader PTC India Ltd within a few days to import 250 MW from October.
RMG workers rally in city’s Suhrawardy Udyan at 2pm Saturday
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Friday called for making Saturday’s grand rally of readymade garments workers a success.
DCCI urges Malaysian businessmen to invest in Bangladesh
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President M Sabur Khan, now in Kuala Lumpur, has invited the Malaysian businessmen to invest in Bangladesh, especially in the power, energy and infrastructure sectors.
MK Alamgir terms BNP stir threat empty
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir has doubted the opposition BNP’s ability to carry out the threat of a nonstop anti-government movement if the caretaker system was not reinstated to oversee the next general elections.
Onion market manipulation, middlemen making profit
Middlemen are earning huge profit from the sale of locally produced onion at higher rate of Tk 70 to Tk 75 to the wholesalers, which the middlemen purchased from farmers at Tk 24 on an average, consumers rights group said.
PM opens Padma Bridge approach road in Oct
Munshiganj: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the construction work of approach road of Padma Bridge at Jajira pokint I October.
Jamaat’s countrywide protest Monday
Dhaka: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will stage protest across the country on Monday demanding release of its top leaders and protesting government ‘anarchy’.
Reach new varieties of crops, technologies to doorsteps of farmers
Food Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Friday urged the agronomists and researchers to reach the new varieties of crops and agricultural technologies to the doorsteps of the farmers to boost crop production and thus meet the increased demand of food…
Crane collapse kills 2 workers in city
Two construction workers were killed as a crane collapsed while bringing down embroidery machines from a multi-storied building in the city’s Sutrapur area early Friday.
Section 144 clamped in Patuakhali
The local administration on Friday imposed Section 144 at Hataliabadghat in Sadar upazila as Awami League and BNP called separate meetings at the same venue and same time for the day.
Change in temperature unlikely
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions in 24 hours till…
Jamaat calls half-day hartal in Meherpur
MEHERPUR: Jamaat-e-Islami has called a half day shutdown for Sunday in the district protesting Jamaat leader Delwar killing. Jamaat’s district unit acting Ameer Siddiqur Rahaman confirmed the matter to banglanews on Friday. He said, “We announced the strike after a…
Four Indian nationals held in Moulvibazar
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested four Indian nationals from Harinchhara Tea Estate in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar district on Thursday night.
Clothing corporations need to step up for BD factory collapse victims
There was a meeting that took place last week in Geneva. A big meeting. An important one.
150 sued in Satkhira for hartal violence
A case was filed against 150 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir early Thursday for unleashing violence during Wednesday’s hartal in Kadamtala area in the outskirt of the town.
2 killed in Jhenidah boiler explosion
Two workers were killed in a boiler explosion in a rice mill at Narayanpur Trimohoni in sadar upazila on Thursday night.
4 drowned in Kurigram, Laxmipur
Two children were drowned in a pond at Durgapur union under Ulipur upazila in Kurigram district at noon on Thursday.
Labourer killed on tree fall in Kurigram
A day labourer was killed as a tree fall on him while he was cutting a tree at Ulipur upazila in Kurigram district at noon on Thursday.
IBBL launches Mudaraba Muhor Savings Account for women
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has introduced Mudaraba Muhor Savings Account (MMSA) to create awareness among the Muslims about the basic right of wives. As per Islami Shariah, it is ‘fard’ (mandatory) for a husband to pay Muhorana to his…
West Bengal names airport after Nazrul
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has christened the airport at Andal near Durgapur in Bardhman, some 100 km from Kolkata, as Kazi Nazrul Islam International Airport, after the Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary.
Sixth Asian, Pacific Population Conf begins in Bangkok
Bangladesh has made a significant progress on the frontline International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals and objectives, and placed the highest importance to people-centric development, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze.
CEC disowns report on phone conversation with Khaleda Zia
Dismissing the media report that he had a telephonic conversation with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said he never talked to her since he assumed office.
Engine breakdown snaps Dhaka’s train links with Ctg, Sylhet
Train communications of the capital with Chittagong and Sylhet remained suspended from Thursday evening as the locomotive of an express train went out of order at Dewpara in Kaliganj upazila.
Pass rate comes down by 5pc due to political violence: Nahid
The pass rate (in public exams) has dropped by 5 percent as compared to the last year due to political violence in the country, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told Parliament on Thursday.
Registration to send workers aboard begins Sept 22
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday said the registration process to send Bangladeshi workers abroad will begin on September 22.