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Day: November 18, 2013
Beheaded body of a man recovered in Ctg
Police on Monday morning recovered the beheaded body of a man at a tea garden in Fatikchhari upazila.
Indian spice, shawls seized in Natore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 984 kilograms of contraband Indian cumin and 20 shawls from Azimnagar railway station in Lalpur upazila on Sunday evening.
Youth jailed for stalking in Munshiganj
A mobile court on Sunday sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for stalking a JSC examinee in Gazaria upazila.
Easy-bike driver beaten to death in Jessore
A battery-run easy-bike driver was beaten to death by miscreants in Benapole town of the district on Monday.
5 cattle traders stabbed, robbed of Tk 12 lakh in Rajshahi
Muggers injured five cattle traders by stabbing them and took away Tk12 lakh from their possession at City Hat in the city on Sunday night.
Plan taken to protect riverbank from Jamuna erosion
A mega plan has been taken up for development work aimed at protecting the right bank of the Jamuna, one of the mighty rivers in the country, from its erosion and flood stretching from Sirajganj to Kurigram districts.
Balanced fertilization must for retaining soil productivity
Speakers at a farmers’ awareness meeting have underscored the need for soil health management rightly for retaining its productivity.
Media plays important role for women empowerment: Speakers
The media successfully plays its vital role in establishing women rights and gender equity through empowering and flourishing women leadership by creating social awareness against repression and violence.
Training on disaster management begins in Rajshahi
A three-day students training workshop for disaster management and fire fighting began at Fire Service and Civil Defense Station here yesterday.
Torture of girls can be tacked by proper education
Internationally a sixteen-day campaign is being organised from 25 November to 10 December each year starting from 1991 at the initiative of the UN for elimination of all sorts of tortures against women.
Dhaka to hand over Anup Chetia after formalities
Greenwatch Desk Agartala: ULFA leader Anup Chetia, currently lodged in a jail in Bangladesh, will be extradited to India after the completion of judicial formalities, Bangladesh’s Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir said here Sunday.
BNP rejects swearing in of new cabinet as farce
Greenwahtch Desk The BNP has called the polls-time cabinet set to be installed on today a farce. BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told journalists, “We are worried that such decision of the government will take the country…
Motorola targets budget buyers with Moto G smartphone
Google’s Motorola unit has launched a relatively low-cost smartphone that includes features more commonly found in higher-priced models.
2013 ‘one of warmest’ on record
This year is likely to be among the top 10 warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Hydrogen phone chargers to keep connected when power runs short
By Wendell Roelf African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world’s poorest continent – a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.
Mandela still unable to speak, says ex-wife Winnie
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is still unable to speak but uses facial expressions to communicate, his ex-wife has told a local newspaper.
People will decide on polls acceptable to all: Nisha Deshai
Greenwatch Desk The United States hopes that the general election in Bangladesh will be credible and fair. The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal said this during her meeting with Leader of…
‘All-party govt’ to take oath today with some new faces
A 15-member poll-time interim government is going to be form at 3 PM on today headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to oversee a free, fair and credible upcoming parliamentary poll for transition to next elected government.
Nagasaki meet recommends concrete steps for nuke abolition
By Ramesh Jaura More than 50,000 nuclear weapons have been eliminated since the historic Reykjavík Summit between the then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his counterpart from the erstwhile Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, which culminated into a groundbreaking Intermediate-Range Nuclear…
BNP’s black-flag protests today: Meeting with resigning ministers
The main opposition BNP will bring out a black-flag procession across the country on today in protest against the cabinet meeting held with ministers who have already resigned.
Social media versus journalism
By Alsir Sidahmed The fast-emerging social media has played a crucial role in the so-called Arab Spring. It is a popular belief that Facebook played a crucial role in the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
Case against Tarique proved false, politically motivated: BNP
Opposition BNP on Sunday said the verdict in the money-laundering case acquitting its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman has proved that all the allegations against him were baseless and politically motivated.
Ershad to take part in polls, iterates plan for new alliance
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Sunday said they will take part in the election forming a new alliance, and said his party will sever its ties with the ruling alliance.
Election Commission to meet President Tuesday
An Election Commission delegation will meet President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday to apprise him of the preparations made so far for the 10th parliamentary election.