Agartala: The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Kolkata under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided not to issue fresh India-Bangladesh Passports (IBP) after November 30, an official said here on Wednesday.
Day: November 13, 2013
Graft case against two police officials for taking bribe
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against two police officials for taking bribes of Taka one crore.
Decision on fresh agitation awaited, no turning back: BNP
The BNP-led Opposition has not announced any fresh agitation plan after its 84-hour shutdown across Bangladesh.
Bangladesh’s battle with fake, substandard medicine
Despite a backlash to its recent crackdown on the sale of counterfeit medicines in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, the government has vowed to continue fighting the growing industry of illicit, substandard, counterfeit and life-endangering medicines.
Cabinet meets Nov 17 after ministers’ resignation
The Cabinet’s first meeting after ministers tendered their resignation letters to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be held on Nov 17.
The Indo-Pak equation: Who will blink first?
By Bikram Vohra They did it again. In the still hot debris of the death by ambush of five Indian soldiers and a shrillness in the hostility, Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh had a lukewarm coming together in…
Khaleda goes to her Gulshan office after five-day gap
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia went to her Gulshan office after a five-day pause on Wednesday night.
US: Tougher sanctions in Iran could lead to ‘war’
By Al Bawaba News The White House warned Congress on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on Iran could lead to “war” by leaving the president only with the option to use force to halt Tehran’s nuclear program.
Jaya Bachchan to make small screen debut?
Noted actress Jaya Bachchan is likely to make her small screen debut with a fiction show on Sony Entertainment channel.
New US Asst Scy of State Nisha Deshai due soon
The new US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal is coming to Bangladesh next week after her visit to Japan.
Khoka, Salauddin implicated in bus blaze
BNP leaders Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Md Salauddin have been implicated in a case concerning the torching of a running bus at Matuail in Dhaka.
Hasina terms BNP, Jamaat terrorist outfits
Terming BNP and Jamaat terrorist outfits, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday blasted the opposition leader saying that she was out there to fulfill her vengeance through burning people to death during hartals as she failed to grab power through…
70 RMG units shut in Gazipur, Savar due to unrest
Production at 70 ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Gazipur and Savar were suspended for Wednesday after workers clashed with cops demanding implementation of the new salary structure recommended by the government-appointed wage board.
JL leader shot dead in Munshiganj
Miscreants gunned down a local leader of Jubo League (JL), an associate body of the ruling Awami League, in Ratanpur area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
PM should resign to resolve crisis: Fakhrul
The BNP has demanded the Prime Minister’s resignation to ‘solve the current political impasse’. Party spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said forming a poll-time government would only add fuel to the fire. “We believe collecting resignation letters from the ministers…
Drug peddler jailed in Jamalpur
A mobile court convicted a drug peddler and sentenced him to six months jail for possessing ganja in Bakshiganj upazila here on Monday afternoon.
‘Khaleda should resign from JS,’ says Nasim
Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim has asked Khaleda Zia, the Leader of the Opposition, to resign from her post. He said this on Tuesday, a day after the BNP demanded the Prime Minister’s resignation as a step to solving the current…
2 held with yaba in Narayanganj
The Narayanganj Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two persons and recovered 2,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Langalbandha area on the Dhaka- Chittagong Highway under Narayanganj Port Thana here on Monday.
Dyeing factory gutted in Gazipur
A dyeing factory was gutted by a fire that broke out at Konabari in the city on Tuesday morning.
Schoolgirl drowns in Sunamganj
A schoolgirl drowned as a boat capsized in the Jadukatha river near Chanpur in Jamalganj upazila on Monday.
Tk 50 lakh clothes, other goods seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian clothes and other goods worth Tk 50 lakh from Sadipur border here on Monday night.
2 held with bombs in Benapole
Police in a drive arrested two people along with three crude bombs from Garikhana Road area of Jessore district town on Monday night.
2 jailed for possessing hemp in Jhalakati
A mobile court here sentenced two young men to six months’ imprisonment each on Monday for possessing hemp.
PM vows to try hartal killings
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia would be tried ‘someday’ for the deaths during the recent shutdowns. “She (Khaleda) will have to take responsibility for them,” Hasina told a rally in Gopalganj, her ancestral home, on…
Ashulia RMG factories closed for Wednesday over wage row
RMG factory owners have decided to keep factories at Ashulia industrial belt shut on Wednesday amid a fresh wave of labour unrest. Their platform BGMEA said that the decision was made keeping security concerns in view. Earlier on Tuesday, RMG workers…
Apple and Samsung back in court over patent damages
Apple and Samsung are returning to court in one of the most high-profile patent battles of recent times.
Potato power: the spuds that could light the world
Mashed, boiled, baked or fried? You probably have a preference for your potatoes. Haim Rabinowitch, however, likes his spuds “hacked”.
Khoka implicated in bomb attack
Police have accused BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka of instigating bomb attacks that left seven people grievously injured.
Twarikat Foundation to contest polls
Bangladesh Twarikat Foundation will contest the 10th parliamentary polls. The party’s chairman, Syed Nazibul Boshor Maijbhandari, announced this after a meeting on Tuesday with the 14-Party Grand Alliance led by the Awami-League.
Fire at Dilkusha highrise under control
Firefighters have doused the fire at a multi-storied building in the Dilkusha commercial area in Dhaka.