Police arrested six people, including four women, suspecting them of having links with a militant organisation, from police line area of the district town on Monday afternoon.
Year: 2013
3 bodies recovered in 3 dists
Police recovered the bodies of three people, including a farmer, from separate places in Satkhira, Moulvibazar and Madaripur districts on Monday.
Jute yield, market price low in Faridpur
Faridpur district sees harvesting of jute by the growers in a flamboyant mood but its production, despite going beyond target, could not come up to the amount to satisfy them.
6 killed in road accident in dists
A young girl and a child were killed and 22 others injured in a road accident at Iqbal Nagar in the municipality area of the district on Tuesday morning.
BNP’s 8-hr hartal underway in Sylhet
An eight-hour hartal, called by the local unit of BNP to press for confirming the whereabouts of the missing party leader M Ilias Ali and release of its 93 activists, is passing off peacefully in Bishwanath upazila on Tuesday.
Fukushima leaks: Japan pledges $470m for ‘ice wall’
Japan is to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into building a frozen wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant to stop leaks of radioactive water.
Weird! tiny frog uses its mouth to hear
by Denise Chow, LiveScience
Seized shark fins dumped in Pacific ceremony
The Marshall Islands symbolically disposed of confiscated shark fins at sea Tuesday in a ceremony witnessed by regional leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
Sir Elton John wins first Brits Icon award
Sir Elton John has won the first ever Brits Icon award, in a gala concert which marked his stage return after surgery for appendicitis.
Miley Cyrus speaks out on VMAs performance
The sitdown with MTV appears to be part of a longer documentary Cyrus is currently working on. ‘It’s been done before,’ the singer said of her VMAs performance.
Acer launches world’s first 4K smartphone
With three days to go until the start of this year’s IFA consumer electronics show, the Taiwanese company gets the jump on its rivals by unveiling what is currently the only handset that can record footage in ultra-high definition.
No cell phones allowed: Some colleges ban modern-day gadgets
Erin Milligan has to surrender her cell phone to school officials before going back to college this year.
Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s handset business for $7.2 bln
Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it will buy Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion).
On giant blue alien planet, it rains molten glass
Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor
The three-decade delay of a nuclear waste repository
By Alan Caruba
The Arab divide on Syria
By C. Raja Mohan
The consequences of Cameron’s Syria defeat
By Deepak Tripathi
Bale reveals Ronaldo was major factor in Madrid move
Gareth Bale has stated that the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid was one of the reasons why he joined the Liga giant and added that he’s looking forward to playing alongside the Portugal star.
Female athlete breaks record with Cuba to US swim
By Suzanne Presto
BCB elections by first week of October, says Hassan
BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said the board’s elections, which have been much delayed, will be completed by the first week of October at the latest. It has been 39 days since the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled in favour…
Syria hails ‘historic American retreat’ as Obama hesitates
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Syria hailed a “historic American retreat” on Sunday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military response to last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus until after a congressional vote. U.S.…
International Crimes Tribunal seeks HRW response on contempt charges
DHAKA — A special tribunal dealing with war crimes involving Bangladesh’s independence war against Pakistan on Monday asked an international rights group to explain why it shouldn’t be charged with contempt of court for comments the group made about a…
PM briefs secretaries, spells out her poll-time role
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought support of the secretaries and the administrative mechanism for the continuation of democratic system in the country.
Constitution made ambiguous to hold stage-managed polls: BNP
The BNP claims the government set the field to conduct a ‘stage-managed’ election by introducing an element of ambiguity in the Constitution through its 15th Amendment.
GB borrower directors urge govt not to change its rules
Nine borrower directors of Grammen Bank on Monday urged the government not to formulate the proposed rules regarding selection of directors to the Grameen Bank.
US won’t buy BD workers’ bloodstained shirts: Mozena
US Ambassador Dan Mozena on Monday expressed his hope that all the stakeholders in Bangladesh’s apparel sector will choose the path that makes Brand Bangladesh a mighty global brand, reminding that America will not buy shirts stained with the blood…
6 held over Mymensingh upazila chairman murder
Police early Monday arrested six people from different places of Dhobaura upazila on charge of their involvement in the killing of upazila parishad chairman Forkan Uddin Selim.
Russian MPs to urge U.S. Congress not to approve Syria strike
NOVO-OGARYOVO – Russian lawmakers will urge the U.S. Congress not to approve military strikes on Syria, the speaker of the upper house of parliament told President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
Cabinet clears DNA Bill 2013
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the ‘Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Bill 2013’ keeping a provision for both imprisonment and fine to bring the existing DNA test process under a legal framework.