The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Wednesday sought government’s cooperation in holding its scheduled rally in the capital on Friday in a peaceful manner. “We the Dhaka city unit 18-party wants to hold the rally in front of BNP’s central office…
Day: October 23, 2013
Savar factory collapse victims no closer to recovery
Six months after the garment factory disaster at Rana Plaza in Savar, victims of the deadly building collapse are still awaiting compensation and suffering debilitating physical and psychological injuries that have prevented the vast majority of them from returning to…
Bombs explode in Uttara
Two improvised bombs exploded near the Uttara (East) Police Station on Wednesday evening.
Parag abduction charge framed, 12 indicted
The First Women and Children Repression Prevention tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against 12 people for abducting school-going child Parag Manda, a year back.
Police raid Jamaat city office, arrest 18 workers from Jatiya Press Club
The members of law enforcement agency raided office of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at Paltan on Wednesday evening.
1520 police sub-inspectors recruited
The government has recruited 1,520 persons for the post of Sub Inspector (SI) in Bangladesh Police.
China, India deal aim at soothing Himalayan tension
China and India signed a deal on Wednesday aimed at soothing tension on their contested border, as the two nuclear-armed giants try to break a decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long remote stretches of the Himalayas.
Gambling and obscene cultural shows protested in Barisal
Human chain and rally held on Tuesday protesting arrangements of gambling and obscene cultural shows in different parts of the city and adjacent areas of Barisal.
Death anniversary of Jibanananda Das passed silently in his native city Barisal
The 59th death anniversary of poet of Ruposi Bangla Jibanananda Das passed silently in Barisal, the native city of the poet, on Tuesday.
Mari Stops opens maternity clinic at Basial, Narsingdi
Mari Stops Bangladesh under its project Urban Health: strengthening care for poor mothers and new born in Bangladesh, opened a new maternity clinic at Basial (Shaheed Lokman Hossain Road) in Narsingdi town today Tuesday.
One killed, nine injured in a road mishap in Jhenidah
A helper of passenger bus was killed and at least nine injured when a Khulna bound bus met a collision with a truck from the behind near Kulchara village on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway under Sailkupa upazila in Jhenidah on Tuesday morning.
Couple among 3 killed in Tangail road crash
Three people, including an Awami League leader and his wife, were killed and three others injured as a jeep carrying them hit a roadside tree after a wheel of the vehicle punctured in Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday morning.
Man found dead with throat slit in Kushtia
Police recovered throat-slit body of a man from a paddy field at Dharampara in Kumarkhali upazila on Wednesday morning.
10 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Satkhira
Police arrested 10 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from different upazilas of the district early Wednesday on charges of killing a BCL leader and creating violence during hartal.
699 bottles of Phensidyl seized in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 699 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a plum garden in Bholahat upazila early Wednesday.
8 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Bagerhat
Police arrested eight leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir while holding a secret meeting at Nobboirashi in Morelganj upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
Couple held over blast in Ctg bldg
Police arrested a couple along with bomb making materials from Rasulpur residential area under Bakalia Police Station in the city following a ‘mysterious’ explosion inside a building early Wednesday.
3 hurt in UPDF-PCJSS gunfight in Khagrachhari
Three people, including a child, sustained bullet injuries as activists of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) locked in a gun battle in Lakshmichhari upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
Padma’s unabated erosion poses threat to city protection embankment in Rajshahi
The massive and unabated erosion in the river Padma has been posing a serious threat to the city protection embankment, officials and others concerned here said.
Taken plan to construct bridge over Teesta in Gaibandha
The government has taken up a plan to construct a much need bridge over the Teesta River to ease the road communication system between Kurigram and Gaibandha districts including Lalmonirhat.
Early preparedness for effective disaster management stressed’
Speakers at workshop today stressed for coordinated GO-NGO efforts involving local community people for early preparedness to ensure effective and emergency response management system to reduce risk of natural disasters.
Cultivating resilience in the face of ecological change
Greenwatch Dhaka Desk Washington, D.C.-In the past decade, approximately 200-300 million people have been seriously affected by natural disasters or technological accidents each year-a staggering figure that is bound to only increase in the coming decades. It is becoming clear…
Nokia World reveals phablets and tablets in Abu Dhabi
By Leo Kelion Nokia has unveiled its first phablets – extra-large phones – as well as its first tablet computer.
Quake rumours over new beached ‘sea serpent’ in US
Social media has lit up with earthquake rumours after a giant oarfish washed up on a California beach – the second such discovery in several days.
PM slams Khaleda for rejecting her all-party govt formula
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came down heavily on the opposition leader as she rejected her offer to form an all-party election-time government. “I offered to form an all-party government for the election period, but she (Khaleda) didn’t like…
Lift ban on rallies, meetings: BNP
The BNP’s Oct 25 rally would be peaceful and the government should lift its ban on rallies and meetings to help the opposition organise peaceful programmes, BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.
Ministers, MPs not to enjoy govt facilities: Zabed
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Zabed Ali on Tuesday said the ministers and MPs will not able to enjoy government facilities other than security during their electioneering.
Khaleda for partisan government
Khaleda Zia has come up with an offer of a polls-time ‘partisan non-party government’ in the name of a ‘neutral government’ for holding the next general election, says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu.
BNP demands removal of cop who ‘attacked’ Khaleda’s motorcade
Condemning the police attack on the opposition leader’s motorcade on Monday night, the main opposition BNP on Tuesday demanded removal of the police official responsible for the ‘unbecoming incident’.
President for specialized treatment to remove child blindness
President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday underscored the need for ensuring specialized treatment to remove child blindness apart from creating social awareness about the malaise.