Around 600 ethnic populations have started enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water in Kalna village for the first time as two hand-driven tube-wells were commissioned there around one month ago which are capable to provide water round the year.
Day: December 15, 2013
Job opportunities for poor people stressed
Searching job opportunities in both public and private sectors for the unemployed poor and extreme poor households is needed for improving their living and livelihood condition, speakers at a discussion said here yesterday.
Measures to prevent Nipa Virus disease in Faridpur
The date juice collectors (Gachi) are taking preventive measures by putting a lid on the earthen made juice containers so that the bats cannot come in contact with the juice for sipping which is the origin of deadly Nipa Virus…
Kurigram rail link snaps as pickets remove fishplate in Rangpur
Train communications on Rangpur-Kurigram route remained suspended as the engine and two bogies of an inspection train derailed early Sunday when the hartal pickets removed fishplates of the rail track near Annadanagar station in Pirgachha upazila.
‘Foreign orders for Bangladeshi apparel to decline by 30pc’
Garment orders from foreign buyers would decline by 30 percent owing to the turbulence prevailing in the country that is affecting the Bangladeshi garment industry, said Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA) president Atiqul Islam, after a meeting with…
Everything possible under Hasina’s leadership: Ashraf
LGRD Minister and Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said the trial of other accused war criminals will be completed and their sentences will be executed accordingly.
Petrol bombs hurled on 2 N’ganj police camps
Activists of Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir hurled petrol bombs at two police camps at Chasara in the city Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said 25-30 Shibir activists equipped with sticks brought out a protest procession near Government Tolaram College around…
BNP to face music if destructive progs don’t stop: Hasina
Dhaka – Issuing a strong note of warning against opposition BNP, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said if this party doest not stop its destructive agitation programmes it will have to face the music.
Iran quits nuclear talks after US sanctions move
Iran has halted fraught nuclear talks with the West, saying that Washington has acted contrary to the spirit of a ‘landmark agreement’ established last month.
Govt destroying liberation spirit with lopsided polls: BNP
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government is destroying the spirit of the Liberation War and democracy with its ongoing efforts to hold a unilateral Election.
‘Ershad sticking to poll boycott’
An advisor to HM Ershad has claimed that by not accepting Jatiya Party chief’s appeal to withdraw his nomination, the former military dictator has been ‘forcefully pushed’ into the elections.
New concerns over safety of common anesthetic
Patients receiving the widely used anesthesia drug etomidate for surgery may be at increased risk or mortality and cardiovascular events, according to a study in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society…
Bagerhat AL office torched
An Awami League ward office has been set to fire in Bagerhat early on Saturday. Local AL leaders have blamed the Jamaat-e-Islami for the arson at Kachuya Upazila’s Shankharikatthi Bazaar.
Nepal elections: Five things that went wrong
The CA-II election in Nepal was held successfully, gathering many accolades within the country and among the international community as well.
Laxmipur Jamaat leader shot dead
A local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants at his residence in Uttar Temuhni area in the district town early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Dr Fayez Ahmed, nayeb-e-ameer of district unit Jamaat.
China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon
China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in its programme of space exploration.
Ershad forcibly admitted to CMH, says B Chowdhury
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has alleged Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) forcibly.
‘300 BNP men ‘enforced disappearance’ victims in one month’
Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Saturday alleged their 300 leaders and activists remained missing since the arrest by law enforcers, including Rab, during the last one month.
BNP has missed ‘walkover’, says PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her party would have given ‘walkover’ to opposition BNP in some seats if BNP had joined the ‘all-party’ polls-time government.
300 candidates pull out of polls race
Some 300 candidates, out of 880 across the country, pulled out from the January-5 general electoral race, according to data provided by the Election Commission Secretariat on Saturday.
151 candidates set to be elected unopposed
There will be no need for balloting in 151 constituencies for the January-5 10th parliamentary election as only one valid candidate is found in those seats each after the final scrutiny.
Govt out to bury democracy: BNP leaders
Dhaka – Accusing the government of trying to burry democracy, BNP leaders on Saturday urged the government to back off from its stance to hold one-sided polls and thus avert dire consequences.
5 killed in AL-BNP, Jamaat clash in Nilphamari
Five people, including three BCL activists, were killed and 47 others injured as Awami League men clashed with BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists at Ramganj in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
Mollah execution: Jamaat calls countrywide hartal Sunday
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will observe countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Sunday protesting execution of party leader Abdul Quader Mollah. The shutdown was announced following the execution of Quader Mollah on Thursday night.
Iran ‘sends monkey to space for second time’
Iran says it has successfully sent a monkey into space for the second time this year as part of a programme aimed at manned space flight.
Pakistan criticises Mollah execution
Pakistan has severely criticised Bangladesh for executing Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah, but recognised that Mollah remained supporter of a united Pakistan till the very end before the creation of Bangladesh.
6 Jamaat-Shibir men killed in clash with cops
Noakhali – Six activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student ing Islami Chhatra Shibir were killed and over 50 people, including five cops, injured in a fierce clash between law enforcers and activists of the Islamist party in Companyganj upazila…
‘Dont give too many visas, Indian HC asked’
Bangladesh has requested the Government of India to restrict issuing visas to Bangladesh nationals trying to cross over to West Bengal following sporadic violence and rioting in different parts of the country, says the “Indian Express”.
Savvy bar-tailed godwit equipped for climate challenge
The bird world’s long-distance champion is probably savvy enough to cope with climate change, researchers believe.
Snow falls in Cairo first time in over 100 years
Cairo has been transformed into a winter wonderland after a “historic” storm in the Middle East brought a rare treat to Egypt’s capital Friday: a blanket of powdery, white snow.