Two local leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were injured in an attack by Juba League (JL) men at Narayanpur village in Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.
Year: 2013
Indian clothes worth Tk39 lakh seized in Benapole
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) seized huge smuggled Indian sarees and different other clothes worth about Tk39 lakh from Kharidagnga Battala area under Sharsha upazila early Sunday.
46 held foiling intrusion thru Jessore border
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) early Monday arrested 46 people from Sadipur border in Sharsha upazila foiling their attempt to enter Bangladesh from India illegally.
Muhith wants to contest for Sylhet 1 again
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Saturday said that he wanted contest the next general elections again for Sylhet 1 parliamentary constituency from the ruling Awami League-led alliance.
New Vincent Van Gogh painting identified
A previously unknown landscape painting by Vincent van Gogh has been identified by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Croatia’s new Unknown festival ‘unique’ says co-founder
A brand new festival will be opening its gates to thousands of partygoers on the northwest coast of Croatia on Monday.
Riddick blasts into US box office
Actor Vin Diesel has shot to the top of the US box office with Riddick, his third outing as the titular convict turned anti-hero.
Williams ‘needed’ US Open title
By Piers Newbery BBC Sport
US Open 2013: Rafael Nadal is best in world – Djokovic
Rafael Nadal is the best player in the world heading into the US Open final, says world number one Novak Djokovic.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc set to miss Ashes with back injury
Australia bowler Mitchell Starc is set to miss the Ashes in Australia later this year because of a back injury.
Zimbabwe elephants poisoned by poachers in Hwange
Poachers have used poison to kill 41 elephants in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, an official has told the BBC.
Bat flaps used to help clear Galashiels railway tunnel
A series of one-way flaps and pipes have been fitted to a Victorian rail tunnel in the Borders to enable bats to leave ahead of renovation works.
The great Cold War potato beetle battle
By Lucy Burns
Schools’ tricks to inflate science grades revealed
By Judith Burns
James Webb telescope: ‘First starlight’ instrument complete
Europe has reached another milestone in its contribution to Hubble’s successor – the James Webb Space Telescope.
UK scientists to probe Pine Island Glacier
By Jonathan Amos
Putin ally Sergei Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor election
Kremlin-backed candidate Sergei Sobyanin has won the election for mayor of Moscow, Russian election officials have announced.
UN ‘should reopen inquiry into Dag Hammarskjold’s death’
A commission looking into the death of former United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold has recommended that the UN reopen its investigation.
Bashar al-Assad: US will pay price for Syria strike
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that the US would “pay the price” for any strike against Syria.
Yesterday’s poll results
Question: After allowing coal-powered power plant at Sunderbans’ backyard shall conditions ensure pollution control? Yes 0 percent No 100 percent Other 0 percent Today’s question: Is Jatiya Party secretary general’s stand for polls under interim government of elected MPs helpful…
Charge No. 5 against Nizami missing in tribunal record!
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday expressed its surprise after the conclusion of deposition by a freedom fighter prosecution witness to prove the charge No. 5 against war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami.
13 charges BCL activists charged in Zubair murder case
A Dhaka court framed charges against 13 leaders and activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League for killing Zubair Ahmed, a student of Jahangirnagar University.
Tarique, Mamun express no confidence in court
The lawyers conducting the money launder case against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun informed no-confidence against Dhaka’s Senior Judge Court-3 on Sunday.
SUPRO for 6pc GDP allocation in education
Sushashoner Jonno Procharavizan (SUPRO), a civil society network, on Sunday demanded the government allocate 6 percent of GDP to the education sector to improve the quality of education.
3G auction held; govt to earn $525 mn
The government will get $525 million as the country’s four private mobile phone operators won licenses for the third generation (3G) cellular mobile phone services at an auction here on Sunday.
RMG workers’ grand rally on Sept 21
A grand rally of garment workers will be held at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan on September 21 demanding fair wages for them and revival of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).
Mozena effusive about Bangladesh Agriculture
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Sunday lauded Bangladesh’s achievement in agriculture.
Jamaat Ameer arrested in Noakhali
NOAKHALI: The law enforcers arrested Basurhat municipality Jamaat Ameer Moulana ABM Helel Uddin for his alleged involvement in bomb explosion.
Khaleda promises new era of politics, no revenge: Non-stop movement against polls under party govt
Narsingdi – Leader of the opposition and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday warned that the opposition would launch non-stop programme including hartal and blockade if the government doesn’t accept its demand for restoration of non-partisan caretaker government to oversee…
Re-elect us for war crimes trials to continue: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed her grassroots leaders to seek the people’s mandate to continue with the trials of suspected war criminals who had tried to thwart Bangladesh’s struggle for freedom in 1971.