Masum Billah Bangladesh has occupied a unique position in the globe in many respects both in positive and negative senses. The distribution of new textbooks at the beginning of every academic year free of cost among the learners of primary…
Month: January 2014
Bangladesh remains host for Asia Cup cricket
Dhaka – Despite the political unrest, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Saturday decided to go ahead with the Asia Cup in Bangladesh as scheduled from February 25-March 8, a top Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official said. BCB media committee chairman…
30 injured in Ishwardi BCL, JCD clashes
At least 30 student activists have been injured in clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Pabna’s Ishwardi. The clashes between the student fronts of Awami League and BNP that started from Railgate area on…
2 cops hurt in Rajshahi crude bomb attack
Rajshahi – Two policemen were injured in a crude bomb attack on a polling station in Paba upazila on Saturday evening. The injured were identified as constables Belal and Sajiul.
10 injured as Juba Dal vandalises vehicles in Savar
Savar – At least 10 people were injured when activists of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal went on the rampage here on Saturday night. Witnesses said the activists of the youth wing of main opposition BNP brought out a procession from Hrishipara…
Presiding officer killed in Jhenidah road crash
Jhenidah – A presiding officer was killed as a human hauler (Alamsadhu) plunged into a roadside ditch at Sastar Bazar in Maheshpur upazila on Saturday afternoon.
UP member’s ‘killer’ dies in gunfight
A suspected killer of a Union Parisad member has died in an alleged gunfight with police in Khulna. Two constables-Mamun and Israfil – of Dumuria Upazila’s Tolna Police Station were also injured in the gunfight on Friday night, said Assistant…
Gas cylinder blast kills 1 in city
A woman was killed and another person injured as a gas cylinder exploded in the city’s Dhaniya under Jatrabari Police Station on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Josna Begum, 36, wife of Mosharraf Hossain Fulchand of 576 Dhaniya Bazar…
B’desh human flag world’s largest, certifies Guinness
Guinness World Records authorities have officially certified Bangladesh’s human flag record of 27,117 people created on December 16 last as the world’s largest human national flag. The record has also been officially posted on the Guinness World Records website Private…
Crackdown escalates ahead of polls: HRW
(London) –The Bangladesh government should end its crackdown on the political opposition leaders and activists, and create conditions for free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said today. Opposition parties should condemn and end violence by their supporters, which have…
12 types of vehicles banned in capital
Police have banned the movement of 12 types of vehicles in Dhaka City on the polling day. The ban will be effective from Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight, said the city police in a statement on Saturday.
JP (Zafar) urges people to boycott polls
Chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed and secretary general Golam Masih in a statement on Saturday called upon the people to boycott Sunday’s “farcical” elections and not to come out of their homes. They said that…
Govt wants to cling to power without involving people
Acting secretary general of the opposition BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the government wants to cling to power by holding elections without involvement of people as the ruling Awami League (AL) has become politically bankrupt. “This election…
20 injured in Natore BNP, AL supporters clashes
Opposition BNP supporters have engaged in back-to-back clashes with ruling Awami League activists in Natore. The clashes took place after the BNP supporters set fire to a train by hurling a petrol bomb on Saturday morning. At least 20 people…
Polls in 147 seats amid opposition boycott Sunday
Dhaka – The much-talked-about 10th national election is going to be held on Sunday amid the opposition’s boycott and widespread arson attacks across the country that left about 100 polling stations damaged and one person dead on Saturday. The election…
Stay away from polling centres: BNP urged people
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP has called upon the people from all spheres of life irrespective of political affiliations, religion, age, caste, creed and profession to stay away from polling centres of Sunday’s election taking place in different…
96 polling stations torched on election eve
At least 96 polling centres were set afire in different districts, including the capital, from Friday night to Saturday evening as anti-election activists continued their arson attacks on the eve of the 10th general election to be held on Sunday. …
Some burnt centres will be relocated: CEC
A few polling centres, which have been burnt, might be shifted at the last moment, but they would not be set up very far from their earlier locations, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said. Over 100 voting centres…
Awami League will resist BNP-Jamaat: Tofail
Awami League leaders and activists will resist all the attempts of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to foil the 10th national elections on Sunday, says ruling party leader Tofail Ahmed.
Tarique Rahman calls for polls boycott
BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman has called for a boycott of the Jan 5 parliament polls in Bangladesh. He sent his appeal through a video message posted on the website of a social media. Tarique Rahman is…
1st day hartal marked by attacks, violence; BNP man killed
The first day of the 48-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by the 18-party alliance alongside its ongoing nonstop blockade programme demanding cancellation of the Jan-5 election, was marked by the killing of a BNP man and widespread arson attacks on polling…
A Sri Lankan truth and reconciliation commission?
One of the completely unexpected outcomes of the recently concluded Colombo Commonwealth Summit was the ignition of a dialogue on the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Sri Lanka.
Odor receptors discovered in lungs
Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa have shown that your lungs have odor receptors as…
Ancelotti: Cristiano Ronaldo has to win Ballon d’Or
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti on Thursday said Cristiano Ronaldo has to win the Ballon d’Or and also revealed he expects Xabi Alonso to sign a new contract with the club.
Serena recalls moment she gained edge over Sharapova
BRISBANE (Reuters) – Perhaps unsurprisingly, Serena Williams has a clear memory of the moment her on-court rivalry with Maria Sharapova swung in her favor, leading to one-way domination for the last eight years.
2014 will likely be down, because not all sequels are equals
Enjoy those back-to-back record-breaking box-office years while you can, Hollywood. It looks like the streak will end in 2014.
Are investors too optimistic about WreamWorks animation?
Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne thinks so, sticking with his bearish case today following a year when the studio’s stock soared 114% to $35.50.
After Antarctic drama, Chinese rescue ship is threatened by ice
Beijing — One day after a Chinese icebreaker played a central role in the rescue of 52 passengers from an icebound research vessel in Antarctica, crew members on the Chinese ship said it might itself become trapped by ice, according…
Manmohan hits back at Modi, blames him for 2002 Gujarat riots
In his strongest ever attack on Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday said that someone who “presided over massacre of citizens on the streets of Ahmedabad” shouldn’t be the PM.
Dolphins can get high on puffer fish, says nature show
Adventurous eaters may get a rush out of flirting with death by eating a piece of puffer fish, but dolphins may experience something completely different.