Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Sunday morning after two hours of disruption due to dense fog.
Month: December 2013
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…
Sporadic violence marks first day of 83-hr blockade
The first day of fresh 83-hour nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance demanding arrangement of the 10th general election under a non-party caretaker government, passed off amid stray incidents of violence on Saturday. The blockade programme started at…
EC conspiring to make army to stand against people: BNP
Dhaka – Criticising the Election Commission for its decision of involving army in the January-5 ‘farcical election’, opposition BNP on Saturday alleged that the commission is plotting to make the armed forces stand against people.
Bappaditya Basu injured in bomb attack
A Ganajagaran Mancha organiser, Bappaditya Basu, was injured when bombs were hurled at the rickshaw in which he was travelling on Saturday. The rickshaw puller was also injured. Both of them were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Tanvir…
Passenger shortage grounds ministers plan to run long-haul buses
Transport owners and workers have claimed that due to lack of passengers there were not many buses despite no major untoward incident and adequate police presence on Saturday.
Hefazat seeks Govt permission for Dec 24 rally
Hefazat-e-Islami Bangladesh (HIB) on Saturday called upon the government to give permission to hold its rally at Shapla Square on December 24 and the opposition alliance to withdraw its blockade programme on the day.
Chhatra Dal acting chief also detained
Police have detained Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s (JCD) acting president Bazlul Karim Chowdhury Abed. Abed is one of the Vice Presidents of the BNP’s student wing.
PCB concerned about security in Bangladesh
The PCB is gathering information from Pakistan’s foreign office as well as the ICC regarding the security situation in Bangladesh, with an eye on its team’s participation in two multi-nation events due to take place in Bangladesh in the next…
Anglican priests to play Vatican team at cricket
The head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has accepted a challenge from the Vatican to play their first ever cricket match.
Thai opposition to boycott 2 February elections
Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party has announced it will boycott snap elections set for 2 February.