A local activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death allegedly by some Jubo Dal men in front of Shilpakala Academy in the district town on Friday night.
Year: 2013
Medical, dental entrance results out
SMSs conveying the results of a combined medical and dental admission test for both public and private institutions started being sent to the candidates on Sunday, two days after the test.
‘Drug peddler’ chopped to death in Faridpur
An alleged drug peddler was chopped to death by some criminals over drug trading at Alipur in the district town on Saturday night.
2 jail guards held with arms in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two jail guards along with pistol and bullets in Faridpur Medical College Hospital area in the town on Saturday.
Man dies from snakebite in Khulna
A fisherman died from snakebite at Bakultala village in Sharankhola upazila on Friday.
Indian cloths worth Tk 1cr seized in Benapole
Border Guard Bangladesh members seized Indian smuggled cloths worth Tk 1 crore from a shallow-engine run vehicle (Nasimon) along Gatipara border here Sunday morning.
21 held in Benapole while going to India illegally
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested 21 people, including women and children, while going to India illegally through Putkhali frontier Sunday morning.
Another Ten HC judges confirmed
Dhaka – Ten additional judges of the High Court division were regularised as judges on Sunday.
Graft case in Zia orphanage case deferred again
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others until October 27.
Eid-ul-Azha Sept 16
Dhaka – The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated throughout the country on October 16 as the moon for the Hijri month of Zilhaj has been sighted in the sky of Bangladesh.
Moudud admitted to hospital for chest pain
Dhaka, Oct 6: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed was admitted to a city hospital as he suddenly fell sick on Sunday afternoon.
Hasan Mahmud slams TIB for its climate change fund report
Dhaka – Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday slammed Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) for its recent study report on utilisation of government’s climate change trust fund.
Jamaat demo against move for ‘one-party election’
Dhaka – Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday staged demonstration in the city and elsewhere in the country protesting what it called “conspiracy to hold one-party farcical election” and demanding the release of 18-party leaders including top Jamaat leaders.
Steve Jobs Died Two Years Ago Today
By JOANNA STERN Apple’s visionary co-founder is a constant presence even now, living on in movie posters that adorn bus stops and periodically in the news, like when his childhood house is considered for historical landmarking.
Moon Dances with Three Planets in Sky Shows on Sunday, Tuesday
The moon will meet up with three different planets in the evening sky during two upcoming celestial encounters, one on Sunday (Oct. 6) and the other on Tuesday (Oct. 8).
Leonardo Da Vinci painting surfaces in Swiss bank vault?
A legendary 500-year-old portrait by Leonardo da Vinci has turned up in a Swiss bank vault ¬after decades of debate by art ¬experts over whether it existed, New York Post reported. The 24-by-18-inch painting depicts Marquesa Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance…
Thousands march in US for immigration reform
Thousands of people poured into streets across the United States on Saturday in a push to overhaul immigration and end the legal limbo of more than 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Two hydrogen and one oxygen don’t make water!
True to its name, New Society Publishers are surely into the business of spreading ‘good’. Else, it won’t have been as eager in getting ‘Small Stories, Big Changes’ across to this reviewer. Fourteen ordinary folks narrate their unique ‘inner’ journeys…
Dhaka University passes critical phase, centenary programme told
Greenwatch Desk Speakers at a roundtable in the city on Saturday underscored the need for celebrating the centenary of the University of Dhaka for seven years from the date of announcement of the decision to set up the highest seat…
Things are getting worse
We cannot buy apples, grapes and all kinds of fruits due to widely used formalin in them. Some others chemicals are also used for particular fruits. Can we be sure buy fresh fish without chemical mixed?Due to too much fees…
Of corruption in the education sector
Masum Billah Corruption prevails in every strata of the society. It has engulfed every aspect of government, non-government office and institution. But the corruption in education proves seriously sensitive as corruption in this sector directly affects all the machineries of…
Bangladesh garment expo advanced a month ahead fearing pol trouble
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The readymade garment (RMG) sector is fighting two odds to keep its production and export performances rolling and has convened the annual Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition (BATEXPO) from 10-12th of this month, one month ahead of…
Khaleda for all-party committees to face one-sided election
Sylhet – Opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia has called for formation of all-party Sangram Committees centring each polling centres across the country, to stop the ruling Awami League holding one sided elections.
You won’t be able protect war criminals, Hasina tells BNP chief
Reaffirming her firm resolve to execute the verdicts of the ongoing war crimes trial, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday warned the opposition leader that she would not able to protect the war criminals no matter what she does.
60pc urban people unhappy over civic amenities: Study
More than 60 percent residents of the country’s city corporations and municipalities are unhappy with the civic amenities they are provided with, says a study conducted by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Robbery attempt on Kolkata-bound bus foiled
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police foiled an attempted robbery and arrested eight alleged robbers from inside a Kolkata-bound Green Line Paribahan bus at the city’s Gabtoli bus stand early Saturday.
Railway employee murdered for ticket sale proceeds
Miscreants decamped with nearly Tk 1.7 million collected sale of tickets after murdering a railway employee at Dhaka’s Kamlapur railway station.
Youth electrocuted in Moulvibazar
A youth died from electrocution at Uttar Kanthalkandi village in Kamalganj upazila on Thursday night.
Nat’l Committee to announce nonstop sit-in at Rampal
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas and Power-Port on Saturday threatened to announce tough programmes like nonstop sit-in at the project site in protest against the Rampal coal-fired power plant.
Thousands throng Digital Innovation Fair in Gaibandha
Thousands of people from all walks of life thronged the Digital Innovation Fair-2013 at Independence Square of the town here on Thursday and Friday.