Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir has doubted the opposition BNP’s ability to carry out the threat of a nonstop anti-government movement if the caretaker system was not reinstated to oversee the next general elections.
Year: 2013
Onion market manipulation, middlemen making profit
Middlemen are earning huge profit from the sale of locally produced onion at higher rate of Tk 70 to Tk 75 to the wholesalers, which the middlemen purchased from farmers at Tk 24 on an average, consumers rights group said.
PM opens Padma Bridge approach road in Oct
Munshiganj: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the construction work of approach road of Padma Bridge at Jajira pokint I October.
Jamaat’s countrywide protest Monday
Dhaka: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will stage protest across the country on Monday demanding release of its top leaders and protesting government ‘anarchy’.
Reach new varieties of crops, technologies to doorsteps of farmers
Food Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Friday urged the agronomists and researchers to reach the new varieties of crops and agricultural technologies to the doorsteps of the farmers to boost crop production and thus meet the increased demand of food…
Crane collapse kills 2 workers in city
Two construction workers were killed as a crane collapsed while bringing down embroidery machines from a multi-storied building in the city’s Sutrapur area early Friday.
Section 144 clamped in Patuakhali
The local administration on Friday imposed Section 144 at Hataliabadghat in Sadar upazila as Awami League and BNP called separate meetings at the same venue and same time for the day.
Change in temperature unlikely
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions in 24 hours till…
Jamaat calls half-day hartal in Meherpur
MEHERPUR: Jamaat-e-Islami has called a half day shutdown for Sunday in the district protesting Jamaat leader Delwar killing. Jamaat’s district unit acting Ameer Siddiqur Rahaman confirmed the matter to banglanews on Friday. He said, “We announced the strike after a…
Four Indian nationals held in Moulvibazar
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested four Indian nationals from Harinchhara Tea Estate in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar district on Thursday night.
Clothing corporations need to step up for BD factory collapse victims
There was a meeting that took place last week in Geneva. A big meeting. An important one.
150 sued in Satkhira for hartal violence
A case was filed against 150 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir early Thursday for unleashing violence during Wednesday’s hartal in Kadamtala area in the outskirt of the town.
2 killed in Jhenidah boiler explosion
Two workers were killed in a boiler explosion in a rice mill at Narayanpur Trimohoni in sadar upazila on Thursday night.
4 drowned in Kurigram, Laxmipur
Two children were drowned in a pond at Durgapur union under Ulipur upazila in Kurigram district at noon on Thursday.
Labourer killed on tree fall in Kurigram
A day labourer was killed as a tree fall on him while he was cutting a tree at Ulipur upazila in Kurigram district at noon on Thursday.
IBBL launches Mudaraba Muhor Savings Account for women
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has introduced Mudaraba Muhor Savings Account (MMSA) to create awareness among the Muslims about the basic right of wives. As per Islami Shariah, it is ‘fard’ (mandatory) for a husband to pay Muhorana to his…
West Bengal names airport after Nazrul
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has christened the airport at Andal near Durgapur in Bardhman, some 100 km from Kolkata, as Kazi Nazrul Islam International Airport, after the Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary.
Sixth Asian, Pacific Population Conf begins in Bangkok
Bangladesh has made a significant progress on the frontline International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals and objectives, and placed the highest importance to people-centric development, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze.
CEC disowns report on phone conversation with Khaleda Zia
Dismissing the media report that he had a telephonic conversation with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said he never talked to her since he assumed office.
Engine breakdown snaps Dhaka’s train links with Ctg, Sylhet
Train communications of the capital with Chittagong and Sylhet remained suspended from Thursday evening as the locomotive of an express train went out of order at Dewpara in Kaliganj upazila.
Pass rate comes down by 5pc due to political violence: Nahid
The pass rate (in public exams) has dropped by 5 percent as compared to the last year due to political violence in the country, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told Parliament on Thursday.
Registration to send workers aboard begins Sept 22
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday said the registration process to send Bangladeshi workers abroad will begin on September 22.
OC, SI among 9 sued for ‘torturing’ lawyer
A case was filed against nine people, including officer-in-charge (OC) and sub-inspector (SI) of Mirpur Police Station in the capital on Thursday for allegedly torturing a lawyer for issuing an order to grab his land at Mirpur Barbagh.
Mandatory Use of Jute in Packaging Bill passed
A bill, titled ‘Mandatory Use of Jute in Packaging (Amendment) Bill-2013’, was passed in Parliament on Thursday.
Saarc Handicraft Exhibition begins in city Sunday
A six-day Saarc Handicraft Exhibition will begin here on Sunday, aiming to strengthen mutual harmony among Saarc countries through promoting the traditional local handicraft industry and developing the cultural institutions.
BNP complains of irregularities in voter list, terms Zabed Ali’s remarks disrespectful
The BNP has complained about irregularities in the updated voter list. The current Election Commission, ‘loyal’ to the government was responsible for this, said BNP’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press conference on Thursday.
Wage, not death: A photojournalist’s move to draw world attention to garment workers’ plight
Taslima Akhter, award-winning photojournalist and activist, witnessed and documented the deadly conditions in Bangladeshi factories that make the clothes for consumers in wealthy countries.
Dialogue on polls, politics must within country: Dipu
Ruling out the possibility of discussion at the top political level during the 68th UNGA, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday said dialogue on internal political issues, especially the national election, must be held at home as Bangladesh is…
Crisis could be resolved thru dialogue, Khaleda tells Kerry
Responding to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s letter, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has said she thinks the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh can be resolved through a constructive dialogue.
Police asked to counterattack
The police have been ordered to launch a counter offensive against those who attack them.