Acute crisis of pure blood keeps critical patients in the district’s hospitals in a complete quandary when its need arises.
Day: October 7, 2013
Cabinet ratifies extradition treaty with India
Bangladesh has endorsed an extradition treaty with India paving the way for exchange of convicts or under-trial criminals between the countries. A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ratified the treaty on Monday.
Abducted schoolgirl rescued in Jessore
Police rescued a schoolgirl from Shiromoni area in Khulna city on Sunday morning, 12 hours after her abduction from Barandi Mollapara area in Jessore town.
Minor girl abducted from N’ganj rescued in Chandpur
An eight-month old girl, who was abducted from Araihajar upazila of Narayanganj on Friday, was rescued from a village of Kochua upazila of Chandpur on Saturday.
Five shops gutted in Chandpur
Five shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at a market in Shahrasti upazila early Saturday.
Youth gets life term for murder in Chandpur
A court here on Sunday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment for murdering a boy in 2011.
Shibir leader held in Khulna
Police on Sunday arrested a local leader of Ismali Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Pabla Shabuj Shangha area of the city.
Indian cloths worth Tk1 core seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized a huge quantity of contraband Indian cloths worth Tk1 crore loaded in a human hauler (Nosimon) at Gatipara border point in Benapole town on Sunday.
Section 144 imposed in Faridpur
The local administration has imposed section 144 in Alfadanga upazila apprehending possible disruption of law and order from a joint demonstration of the local units of Awami League, Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League on Monday.
3 bodies recovered in Gazipur
Police recovered the bodies of three unidentified young men from rail tracks at two separate places in Kaliakoir and sadar upzilas of the district on Monday morning.
Man kills step brother in Natore
A man was killed in an attack allegedly by his step brother over a family feud at Kachua Karigorpara village in Lalpur upazila on Sunday night.
Value-based education emphasised
Participants of a three-day long training workshop and seminar of teachers in Barisal on Sunday stressed on reality and moral values based teaching for quality education.
English Fair held in Lalmohan.
English Action Fair 2o13 was held in Lalmohan High attached Primary School of Wednesday in Lalmohan upazila under the district of Bhola.
Lions service week observed in Sylhet
Sylhet city mayor Ariful Haque chowdhury said , Lion clubs are the claimant of praised as they working for development of socio culture of Bangladesh.
Three win Nobel Prize for medicine
Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology after discovering how cells precisely transport material.
Sponges help coral reefs thrive in ocean deserts
The mystery of how coral reefs thrive in “ocean deserts” has been solved, scientists say.
Health of oceans ‘declining fast’
The health of the world’s oceans is deteriorating even faster than had previously been thought, a report says.
Rolf Harris to stand trial over assault charges in April
Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris is to stand trial in April accused of indecent assault and making indecent images of children.
‘Gravity’ soars to top of N America box office
Space disaster odyssey “Gravity” soared to the top of the North American box office in its debut weekend with $55.
UN begins dismantling syria’s chemical arms
Disarmament experts from the international chemical weapons watchdog have begun destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki beckon nuke free world
By Ramesh Jaua
Security forces become targets of attack in Egypt
Egyptian security forces have been targeted in a wave of attacks across the country, reports say.
Typhoon Fitow hits eastern China after mass evacuation
Powerful Typhoon Fitow has rammed into eastern China after triggering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.