State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam has insisted that the Hifazat-e Islam will not be allowed to rally in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Chittagong-based group has announced the public meeting at Motijheel, the site of its May 5 programme that…
Day: December 22, 2013
Detectives investigating Gopibagh murders
Police have made no arrests over Saturday’s murders of six people in a house in the capital’s Gopibagh.
Ershad fears deportation
Jatiya Party chief Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said he is being ‘detained’ in the name of ‘treatment’ and fears he might be ‘forced’ to leave Bangladesh.
22.60 lakh babies given polio vaccine in Rangpur division
Over 22.60 lakh under five (0-59 month) babies were administered with oral polio vaccine while observing first round of the 21st December 21, official sources said.
National Immunization Programme (NID) was observed in the district
NID observed in Faridpur despite blockade. According to Civil Surgeon (CS) of the district, yesterday’s NID achieved the target of 97 per cent when two drops oral polio vaccine(OPV) was administered to 2,48,381 children out of set target of 2,56,432…
5 Jubo League men held with arms in Bogra
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested five activists of Jubo League, youth wing of Awami League, along with arms and weapons in Circuit House area of district town on Saturday.
Unidentified body recovered in Jessore
The body of an unidentified young woman was recovered from Shankarpur area of the district town last night.
Balanced use of fertiliser, pesticide increases crop production
Balanced use of compost fertilisers with chemical fertilisers and optimum application of pesticides could increase crop production to ensure food security in the natural disaster-prone areas, speakers said on Saturday.
Missing youth found dead in Madaripur
Police recovered the body of a run-on-hire motorcycle driver from Madra area of Madaripur Sadar upazila on Thursday evening seven days after he went missing.
Daulatdia-Paturia ferry services resume
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Sunday morning after two hours of disruption due to dense fog.
14 crude bombs recovered in Comilla
Police recovered 14 crude bombs from separate places in the town on Saturday midnight.
Cotton mill gutted in Khulna
A cotton mill was gutted in a devastating fire at Bejerdanga area in Fultala upazila on Sunday morning.
Compromise, tolerance and reconciliation the only panacea
Mostafa Kamal Majumder As the all-round confrontation between the government and the opposition has almost completed two months and has entered the third, ordinary citizens are passing breath-taking time and anxiously awaiting a way out of the hostilities that are…
PCB hints at pull-out from Asia Cup, WT20 in Bangladesh
Pakistan Cricket Board’s acting Chairman Najam Sethi has conceded that the national team may have to pull out of the forthcoming Asia Cup and World Twenty20 in Bangladesh owing to security concerns.
Severed hand kept alive on man’s ankle
Chinese doctors have saved a man’s severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, it is reported.
Ancient Tributes to the Winter Solstice
By Laura Poppick Today (Dec. 21), those living in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate the mark of increasingly longer days, those in the Southern Hemisphere will transition to shorter days, and those at the equator won’t notice much of a difference…
Neanderthals could speak like modern humans
By Melissa Hogenboom An analysis of a Neanderthal’s fossilised hyoid bone – a horseshoe-shaped structure in the neck – suggests the species had the ability to speak.
The amazing world of pseudoscience …
Dr. Sudhurendar Sharma Throughout recorded history, humans have widened their choices by focusing on things that either don’t exist or exist only in imagination. Isn’t the opposite of everything more interesting? No wonder, paranormal persists, myths fascinate and pseudoscience captivates.…
Vandalism in Sirajganj, Gazipur
Opposition activists set fire to trucks in Sirajganj on the first day of the fifth nationwide blockade in recent weeks. At least 20 passengers were injured in Gazipur when a bus crashed into a truck after stones were hurled at…
AL MP Dipu dies of brain hemorrhage
Ruling Awami League MP Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu, 49, has died at a Dhaka hospital. He died of brain haemorrhage around 3am on Saturday, the MP’s personal assistant Abu Ahmed Lipu told journalists.
More home-made bombs recovered in Dhaka
More bombs have been recovered from Mohammadpur in Dhaka. 32 handmade bombs and a huge quantity of explosives and gunpowder was recovered from the Geneva Camp , which houses the ‘Stranded Pakistanis’.
Industrial, commercial consumers face problems in getting gas
Despite withdrawal of embargo, decision on new gas connections to industries and commercial consumers has been put on the backburner by the gas distribution companies due to reconstitution of a high level committee after departure of its head. As a…
Pakistanis’ investment in BD ‘faces uncertainty’
Billions of dollars of investment made by more than 10,000 Pakistanis in Bangladesh is facing uncertainty in the wake of tense situation ahead of next parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. Experts monitoring the situation, however, say although the situation poses some…
Six including Muslim saint slaughtered at Gopibagh in capital
Six persons have been slaughtered at a house in Dhaka’s Gopibagh for reasons yet unknown, police say.
Conditions for inclusive, credible polls missing now: EU
Defending their decision not to monitor elections, Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Bangladesh William Hanna on Saturday hoped that the political parties would make the best use of their times to reach some sort of understanding for a…
Scientists still wait for clear signs of ozone hole healing
Earth’s upper atmosphere is still so saturated with ozone-eating chlorine that it will take about another decade for evidence that a nearly 25-year-old ban on such destructive chemicals is working, scientists said.
PM blames opposition for large-scale unopposed winners
Reiterating that the new parliament could be dissolved in case of a political compromise, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is the opposition that has created the scope for 154 MPs to get elected unopposed through its election boycott.
BCIM joint working group’s next meet likely in June
Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar have agreed on a joint research programme on an ‘Economic Corridor’ connecting the four Eastern South Asian countries, officially setting up the mechanism to promote cooperation among the four nations. The agreement came from the…
BNP turns down PM’s parliament dissolution offer
Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Saturday rejected the Prime Minister’s offer that she might request for dissolution of Parliament for a fresh election if the opposition stops movement and reaches a compromise, saying it is Sheikh Hasina’s evil design to foil…
Experts for multi-sectoral approach to reduce child malnutrition
Speakers at a roundtable here on Saturday said only through employing a multi-sectoral approach can Bangladesh overcome its current alarming scenario of child malnutrition. Despite the country’s success in reducing child and maternal mortality, malnutrition in children under five years…