Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized huge smuggle drugs from Elahinagar village under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday evening.
Month: November 2013
UP secretaries asked for increasing income of union parishads
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – High officials here on Thursday asked the union parishad secretaries for engaging their sincere efforts to increase income and resources of the strongest tier of the local government bodies at the most bottom level.
Formulation of effective social safety-net strategy stressed
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – Speakers at a regional views- sharing meeting here have stressed for formulation of a time befitting and more effective strategy to make the massive social safety-net programmes successful in building a poverty-free nation.
48 buy AL nomination papers to contest in Khulna
KHULNA, November 22, (2013) (BSS) – At least 48 leaders of Awami League (AL) and its front organizations Jubo League and women AL bought nomination papers from AL central office in the capital to seek AL tickets to contest in…
Construction of new academic building at Barasholua College inaugurated
CHUADANGA, Nov 22 (BSS)-The construction of a new academic building of Barasholua model college of Chuadanga Sadar upazila was inaugurated yesterday (Thursday).
Bangladesh on its way to achieve self-reliance on electricity
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – Bangladesh has been achieving continuous success in increasing power generation capacity on its way to achieve completely self-reliance on electricity at its own very soon, speakers at a launching ceremony said today.
Union Jamaat Ameer arrested in Patgram
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – A union level Ameer of Jamaat- E-Islami Bangladesh was arrested from Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat today on charges of attempting to conduct subversive activities, police sources said.
14 gamblers arrested from Hili frontier
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS)- Fourteen gamblers were arrested in separate raids conducted at different places in Hili frontier town under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur district this afternoon, police sources said.
PM asks people to unite against anarchy & violence
Bamna (Barguna), Nov 19 (UNB) – Again accusing the opposition BNP-Jamaat-Hefajat for conducting sniper attacks on common people as well as burning people to death in vehicles during the countrywide shutdowns, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the…
PM performs Umrah, offers Jum’a prayer in Makkah
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in Saudi Arabia on a three-day visit, performed holy Umrah on Friday. After performing Umrah, Hasina prayed for peace, progress and prosperity of the Muslim ummah as well as welfare of Bangladesh and its people.…
Opposition to stage demos across country Sunday
The BNP-led 18-party alliance will stage countrywide demonstrations on Sunday demanding the arrangement of the next general election under a non-party government.
Pay commission for govt employees Sunday: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the government is likely to announce on Sunday a Pay Commission on temporary basis for recommending raising the salaries and allowances of the government officials and employees.
World Expo 2020 host to be selected on Nov 27
The host for the World Expo 2020, which is held after every five years for six months, will be decided on November 27 in Paris through voting. Dubai is bidding to host the event against Izmir in Turkey, Sao Paulo…
Bangladesh will burn in case of hanging, says Jamaat
Bangladesh will be set afire once a move is made to execute the death verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary Abdul Quader Molla, the party has warned. The ICT-1 has sentenced Bangladesh Jamaat founded Ghulam Azam to 90 years in prison.…
Cyclone ‘Helen’ crosses India’s Andhra coast
The severe cyclonic storm, ‘Helen’, over the west-central Bay and adjoining area moved westwards and crossed Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam of India at 3 pm on Friday.
‘Slave’ women rescued: Three held in ‘horrific conditions’
Three women rescued from a house after allegedly being held as slaves for 30 years were kept in “horrific conditions”, a charity has said.
Election only under non-party government: Islami Andolan
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai and Ameer of the Bangladesh Islami Andolan Mufti Sayed Moulana Rezaul Karim has said that the government would have to arrange elections only under a non-party neural government.
Three militants surrender in Tripura
Agartala: Three tribal militants, who had fled from their hideout in southeastern Bangladesh along with their families, surrendered to security forces in Tripura, police said here Thursday.
Indian politics bevoid of democratic norms
Unarguably, Mahatma Gandhi remembered as the “Father of the Nation” took many democratic steps to reach out to the Indian masses and identified himself with them.
US remembers Kennedy 50 years after assassination
The US is marking 50 years since President John F Kennedy was killed by an assassin’s bullet in Dallas, Texas.
Deaths rise in Latvia store collapse
At least 33 people have died after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in the Latvian capital Riga.
Indo-Pacific corridor to greatly benefit Dhaka if divisive legacy over: US
Bangladesh can benefit greatly from the establishment of an Indo-Pacific economic corridor if it can overcome the troublesome legacy of its past and come together around a democratic political transition in the coming months, said an US official.
Opposition being forced to take stringent programs: Fakhrul
The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance on Friday said it would be left with no option but to take up stringent programmes of movement if the election schedule is declared without taking measures to arrange the next parliamentary polls under a…
China ‘flies first stealth drone’
China successfully flew a stealth drone for the first time on Thursday, state media said, citing eyewitness reports.
Opposition in disarray, says Muhith
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has expressed doubt over continuation of the BNP-led Opposition’s movement for a non-party polls-time government in future.
Green groups walk out of UN climate talks
Environmental campaigners walked out en-masse from climate talks here in Warsaw saying they felt no progress was possible.
Polls schedule by Monday likely: EC
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz has indicated that the election schedule may be announced on the first or second day of the next week to conduct polling in early January.
Dr Kamal complains of plot on to hold voter-less dramatic polls
Gano Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday alleged that a plot is on to hold a ‘dramatic election’ without voters in a bid to destroy parliamentary democracy.
Yunus avoids talking Bangladesh politics
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus prefers not to talk about the state of politics in Bangladesh. “It is good to speak less about the politics of Bangladesh,” he said in New York, USA, when asked for his views on current political…
Five British Greenpeace activists freed from Russia
Five Britons arrested by Russian authorities during a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic have been freed on bail after two months in detention.