Dhaka – BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Thursday said they will not allow the next national election to be held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Year: 2013
Case against Latif Siddiqui dismissed
A Dhaka court on Thursday summarily dismissed a case hours after it was filed against Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui. Supreme Court lawyer Gazi Quamrul Islam Sajal filed the case with the Chief Judicial Magistrate in the morning…
ICT-1 holds back order on charge framing against Quasem
Allowing a defence plea, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday refrained from passing order as to whether it would indict detained Mir Quasem Ali, a Jamaat-e-Islami policymaker, for ‘committing crimes against humanity’ during the 1971 Liberation War.
B’desh to seek WB support for energy sector
Bangladesh will seek major support from the World Bank for the power and energy sector in its meeting with the Washington-based multilateral donor agency next month.
Bd Telecom MD, 3 ex-MDs among 22 sued for graft
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed four cases against 22 people, including four top officials of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL), on charge of swindling over Tk 607 crore by erasing international incoming call lists.
Specialists ask for water connection to city slums
Water experts at a seminar on Thursday stressed providing legal water connection to the city slums with a view to ensuring access to safe water for the slum dwellers.
Bangladeshi monk beaten in Lanka dies
A Bangladeshi Buddhist monk who was beaten in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo and remained hospitalised for about a week there succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Officials at Colombo National Hospital said the Buddhist monk was in its…
DU admission tests shifted to Nov
The written tests for admission to first year honours courses of Dhaka University for the session 2013-2014 will begin on November 1 instead of October 11 as the university authorities changed the schedule on Thursday evening.
Bangladesh, Myanmar sign deal on flight resumption
Dhaka – Bangladesh singed a bilateral agreement with Myanmar on Thursday to resume Dhaka-Yangon air connectivity after halting the air link between two neighboring countries in 2006.
Court orders Oishy be sent to Jail
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to send Oishy Rahman, arrested in connection with the killing of her parents, to jail from the Juvenile Correctional Centre in Gazipur.
Actions against salt mills failure to iodise salt
The government will take legal actions against the salt mills failing to maintain adequate iodine proportion in their salt production after August 31, said officials of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) on Thursday.
Stocks continue fall on last day of week
The key index at the country’s both bourses — Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) –- witnessed marginal fall on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.
Daughter suspects relatives for ASP murder
Police are yet to make arrests in the killing of retired Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Fazlul Karim, but his daughter suspects her relatives had committed murder over property matters.
B’embassy to hold job fairs in Saudi Arabia
The Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia says it will organise job fairs in three cities in the kingdom to facilitate Bangladeshi nationals get jobs at companies.
Farmers cultivating vegetables on water in Khulna
Growing vegetables on floating beds made of water hyacinth and beside the land of shrimp gher(field) has turned out to be a boon for farmer Nurul Islam Morol at Paikgacha upazila here.
Death anniversary of SPGRC leader Nasim observed
The eighth death anniversary of Stranded Pakistani General Repatriation Committee (SPGRC) leader Alhaj Nasim Khan was observed here through various daylong programmes on Wednesday.
Rajshahi jute growers deprive of fair price for middlemen
Since beginning of the harvesting season, the jute growers are being deprived of fair price due to dominance and malpractices by the middlemen and traders gang at different hats and bazars in the district.
2 ‘robbers’ killed in gunfight with cops in Laxmipur
Two alleged robbers were killed and 15 people, including locals and a policeman, injured during a gunfight at Kazir Char village in Raipur upazila early Thursday.
Peaceful hartal underway in Sylhet
A dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by local unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is progressing peacefully in the district without any incident of violence today (Thursday).
‘Manpasha’ cucumber variety turns out to be profitable
Farmers in Jhalakathi are now showing more interest to cultivate cucumber than any other crops with the vegetable’s ‘Manpasha’ variety proved profitable.
Girl’s body recovered in Pirojpur
Police on Thursday morning recovered the body of a young girl at Dhanisafa village in Mathbaria upazila.
34 held in Jessore foiling illegal entry into India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 34 people, including women, while they were trying to enter India illegally through Putkhali border on Wednesday night.
Man gets 14 yrs for rape in Jessore
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 14 years’ imprisonment for violating a girl.
Jackson’s ‘drug requests 10 years before death’
Michael Jackson asked a doctor for propofol 10 years before he died of an overdose of the drug, a court in Los Angeles has heard.
Leonardo da Vinci famous drawings on show in Venice
Fifty two drawings by Leonardo da Vinci – including his famous study of the body – have gone on show in Venice.
Florida schools banning cheerleaders from wearing uniforms
School spirit is taking a back seat to fashion propriety in Florida, where a school district is banning its own cheerleaders from wearing their uniforms during the school day.
Deadly effects of air pollution detailed in MIT study
From: Roger Greenway, ENN
Tanzania: Hazardous life Of child gold miners
Children as young as eight years old are working in Tanzanian small-scale gold mines, with grave risks to their health and even their lives, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Tanzanian government should curb child labor…
Wildfires seen worsening with climate change
Research by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling dozens of fires in at least 11 states.
Fidel Castro: The tariffed truth, Snowden and Syria
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