The government has postponed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’.
Year: 2013
Padma Bridge with local fund: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the much-awaited Padma Bridge would be constructed with local funding.
Fresh clashes kill 4 in two dists
At least four people were killed and over 50 injured in fresh clashes between Jamaat-Shibir activists and law enforcers in Chittagong and Nilphamari district on Saturday.
BNP workers under police firing on hartal eve
Opposition BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have separately enforced 72-hour nationwide hartal from today protesting the countrywide “mass-killing” and Sayedee verdict.
Indian President Pranab arrives today
Dhaka is set to welcome Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday amid a shutdown called by the Jamaat-e-Islami to protest against the war crimes trial.
HR watch calls for restraint in Bangladesh
New York – The Bangladeshi government and the Jamaat-e-Islaami party need to act urgently to ensure that security forces and party supporters do not engage in further acts of violence, which has already led to the death of over 40…
Djokovic overcomes Del Potro in Dubai Tennis
Novak Djokovic overcame some second-set resistance from Juan Martin Del Potro to secure his place in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Dido’s music popular in war zones
Dido’s music is popular in war zones. The singer says she’s had many messages of support from people trapped in places of armed hostility, particularly for her new track ‘No Freedom’.
Delhi in touch with Dhaka over Pranab visit
Ahead of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Bangladesh, New Delhi is in touch with Dhaka and monitoring the evolving situation in the wake of widespread violence that erupted after the International Crimes Tribunal awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader…
BSF issues red alert on Lalmonirhat frontier
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has reportedly issued red alert on Lalmonirhat frontier on Friday morning.
Shahbagh protesters vow to resist hartals
Convener of Blogger and Online Activist Network Imran H Sarker urged all to resist Jamaat-BNP’s hartal.
Mirpur-Banani flyover opens March end
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the Mirpur-Banani Flyover will open to traffic on March 27.
Three successive days of hartal from Sunday
Main opposition BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e- Islami separately announced 72-hour nationwide hartal from Sunday to protest the countrywide ‘mass-killing’ and Sayedee verdict.
Mosque gate closure political game: BNP
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has criticised the Islamic Foundation for its decision to keep the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque closed on Fridays.
FBCCI calls for withdrawing strikes
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Friday asked BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami to withdraw their general strikes for three straight days to help claw back losses due to recent unrests.
Khaleda calls hartal for Tuesday
BNP Chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Friday announced a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Tuesday in protest against the Awami League led government’s “mass killing, corruption, misrule and oppression, report agencies.
BNP out to protect war criminals: AL
Senior Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim on Friday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was trying to create unrest in the country right after returning from Singapore.
Jamaat calls 48 hour hartal beginning Sunday
Jamaat-e-Islam has called a ‘nonstop 48-hour’ shutdown beginning Sunday over Thursday’s death sentence for its Vice President Delwar Hossain Sayedee.
WB eyes poverty cut efforts with anti-graft measures
The World Bank President has said they can work with Bangladesh for a faster poverty cut with ‘governance and anti-corruption measures in place’ amid the saga of a fracas between the two over Padma bridge funding.
Sayadee’s counsels to prefer appeal
Lawyers of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee say they will appeal against his death sentence.
Shahbagh protesters celebrate Sayedee verdict
The protesters who continued their sit-in for 24th straight day celebrated immediately after International Crimes Tribunal had awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee Thursday afternoon.
Countrywide clashes following verdict claim 50+ lives
At least 50 people including cops were killed and over 100 injured in clashes erupted in eleven districts immediately after Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee had been sentenced to death on Thursday.
Sayedee awarded death by hanging
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 led by ATM Fazle Kabir passed the verdict against Allama Delwar Hossain Sayeedee (then called Delwar Hossain Sikdar, an allegation that Sayedee rejects) awarding him death by hanging on Thursday.
‘Solar sponge’ soaks up CO₂ emissions
CSIRO scientists have created a ‘solar sponge’ which captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight – as published today in scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.
African footballers flock to Bangladesh
Anbarasan Ethirajan Awudu Ibrahim thought his playing career was over when his contract was not renewed at an amateur Dutch football club seven years ago. But soon he ended up in Bangladesh and now he is one of the star…
Pop guru Azam Khan’s 63rd birth anniversary
It was early ‘70s, a singer with a difference emerged in the music scene, from his tunes to lyrics, hair style and body language, music presentation and use of instrument, everything seemed new to listeners.
Some army men indulged in graft during CG rule: TIB
A section of the Armed Forces indulged in corruption and abuse of power to accumulate wealth during the 2007-08 caretaker government regime, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) research.
Endangered shallow corals
Coral reefs in shallow ocean waters are far more vulnerable to sea temperature rises blamed on global warming than previously thought, with some areas of the Great Barrier Reef likely to pass critical damage thresholds in roughly 30 years.
Everest scaled twice in a week
A young Nepali sherpa climber has become the world’s first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a week, Guinness World Records has confirmed.
8 banks’ capital deficit Tk70bln
State-owned banks, private banks and eight other financial institutions have a capital deficit of over TK 71.49 billion and five banks have a provision deficit of over Tk 21.2 billion, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told the parliament.