Top officials of five business houses, accused in the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam cases, on Monday failed to turn up at the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) head office to face their scheduled grilling.
Day: December 2, 2013
Postpone polls schedule, save country: Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Election Commission to postpone the schedule announced for the 10th parliamentary election and thus save the country.
Human stem cells converted to functional lung cells
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells.
JU VC, Juta president receive death threat
Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice-chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain and JU Teachers’ Association (Juta) president Prof Ajit Kumar Majumder have received death threats on their cell phones.
Two killed on 3rd day blockade observed amid violence
The 3rd day of the 72-hour opposition’s road-rail-waterway blockade passed off amid bomb blasts, vandalism, clashes, arson attacks on buses and railways across the country on Monday, leaving two people dead.
Opposition enforces non-stop hartal in Comilla-9 JS seat
The BNP-led 18-party alliance enforced a non-stop hartal in Comilla-9 constituency (Laksam and Monaharganj upazilas) on Monday demanding that two opposition leaders allegedly picked up law enforcers be traced and released.
Govt put its last nail in the coffin of democracy: BNP
Opposition BNP on Monday alleged that the government is going to put the last nail in the coffin of democracy by arranging a ‘one-sided farcical election’.
Air pollution, genetics combine to increase risk for autism
Exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk for autism among people who carry a genetic disposition for the neurodevelopmental disorder, according to newly published research led by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of…
Jamaat delegation meets Russian envoy
A delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday met Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander A. Nikolaev at the latter’s office and discussed the current political situation. Jamaat assistant secretary general Barrister Abdur Razzaq led the delegation. A Jamaat leader, wishing not…
Japan for acceptable solution for peaceful, inclusive polls
Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima on Monday urged all the political parties to engage in a constructive dialogue to find a mutually acceptable solution for holding the coming general election in a free, fair, credible, inclusive and peaceful manner in the…
Egypt’s new draft Constitution approved for referendum
Egypt’s new draft constitution was approved Sunday for a referendum billed as the first stage in a “democratic transition” promised by military-installed authorities after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s July ouster.
Kazi Zafar demands release of BNP leaders
Kazi Zafar Ahmed has demanded the release of all Opposition BNP leaders, including the party’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Thai PM rejects resignation demand
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters’ demands that she step down, amid fresh clashes in Bangkok.
Caffeine energy drinks ‘intensify heart contractions’
Energy drinks packed with caffeine can change the way the heart beats, researchers warn.
Muslim Brotherhood rejects Egypt’s draft Constitution
The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected Egypt’s new draft constitution.
Hunger Games stays top of US box office
Hunger Games: Catching Fire has held on to the top spot at the US box office for a second week, with Disney’s Frozen opening at number two.
Turner Prize winner to be announced in Londonderry
The entries have been on show at a former Army barracks at Ebrington, in the city.
Barca need quick answers after second straight loss
Madrid – Barcelona’s 2-1 loss at Ajax Amsterdam in the Champions League last week was down to a lack of intensity while Sunday’s 1-0 reverse at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga exposed their relative physical frailty.
Pepe: Madrid showed we can cope without Ronaldo
Real Madrid defender Pepe claims his club and international colleague Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world, but the team can cope in his absence.
RSM sets to produce sugar from Dec 13
Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML), a state owned enterprise, is going to start sugar production from December 13.
Two Rajshahi villages declared early marriage-free
The village of Govindapur under Paba Upazila of the district had been declared free from child marriage on November 27 last year.
Committee for employments of disabled people formed in Rangpur
An 11-member ‘District Employment Implementation Committee for Physically Challenged People’ was formed at a meeting held here at ‘Adhikar Chamber’ in the city on Sunday afternoon.
World AIDS Day-2013 observed in Rangpur division
The World AIDS Day-2013 was observed in all eight districts under Rangpur division with a fresh call for creating awareness and obeying social values to prevent formidable threat of deadly disease.
Mymensingh has 60,786 disabled persons
The government is preparing a list of disabled persons across the country in order to ensure their welfare by taking various programmes.
JCD man shot dead in Natore
A local leader of JCD, the student front of BNP, was shot dead and 15 others were injured in a clash with Awami League activists in Kanaikhali culvert area of the town during the daylong hartal enforced by local BNP…
11 get 6 months’ jail for picketing in Satkhira
A mobile court here on Sunday night sentenced 11 people to six months’ jail each for picketing in support of the BNP-led 18-party alliance’s 72-hour rail-road-waterway blockade in Jhaudanga area of Sadar upazila.
4 hurt in Magura election office attack
At least four people, including three policemen, were injured as miscreants attacked the local election office in the town on Sunday evening during the 72-hour rail-road-waterway blockade enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.
2 get life for killing BRDB official in C’nawabganj
A court in Chapainawabganj on Sunday sentenced two people to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) each for killing an official of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) in 2010.
‘Will Bangladesh ever have a future?’
By Pankaj Mishra To an Indian who grew up in the 1970s and ‘80s, the sights of Dhaka, Bangladesh, seem to belong to a past that Indian metropolises have mostly outgrown: exuberantly battered buses, unpainted buildings, pavement book vendors with…
Enclave children’s education, nobody’s concern!
“Enslaved kids at enclaves” a report published in a vernacular daily has drawn my attention. When free and compulsory primary education has been introduced for a long time, thousands of kids remaining deprived of primary education in the 33 enclaves…