Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is to star in To Walk the Clouds, a film adaptation of the documentary Man on Wire, about the man who tightrope-walked between the World Trade Centre towers in 1974.
Day: February 25, 2014
Foreign powers fostering militants in B’desh: Matia
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Tuesday alleged that some ‘foreign powers’ are fostering militants in Bangladesh. “Some diplomats were holding meetings with the militants in madrasahs. This proves foreign powers are fostering militants. These diplomats don’t have any shame,” she…
The young Muslim entrepreneur who is hungry for success
Shazia Saleem jokes that she started her food company simply because she was hungry.
5th anniversary of BDR carnage observed
The nation recalled on Tuesday the horrific carnage at Peelkhana BDR headquarters in the capital where 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed on this day in 2009. Relatives of the martyrs, government high-ups, and Border Guard Bangladesh and…
Govt out to bolster one-party rule: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government has completed its all measures to bolster its one-party rule by snatching people’s basic rights. “All the basic rights of people are being snatched one after…
MPs debate militancy, accuse BNP, Jamaat of role
Members of Parliament on Tuesday accused the BNP and Jamaat-Shibir and their leaders of patronising and promoting militancy in the country. Speaking in Parliament session on point of order, they also demanded the government to carryout investigation to find out…
Facebook quietly ends email address system
Facebook has quietly shuttered its three-year-old email service that gave users “@facebook.com” email addresses.
Real’s long wait over as it goes top in Spain
Madrid — Real Madrid’s long wait to be back on top of the Spanish league is finally over. And it wasn’t all due to Cristiano Ronaldo.
How the Sochi Games changed figure skating forever
The re-emergence of Russia Whether or not there was home cooking, Team Russia dominated figure skating, winning the team event and gold in two of the four disciplines.
Siblings get life term for murder in Panchagarh
A Panchagarh court on Monday afternoon sentenced two brothers to life term rigorous imprisonment and fined them Taka 20,000 each, or in default, to suffer another six month jail term each, for murdering a man.
More media reporting needed for strengthened local govt
Speakers at an annual press briefing in Rajshahi today said more local governance related media reporting is very important for making the local government institutions strengthened and vibrant.
Ornaments, donation box stolen from Tangail temple
Ornaments, donation box and puja materials were stolen from Sree Sree Anandamayee temple at Gopalpur upazila under Tangail district early Sunday. Chittaranjan Shaha, president of the managing committee of Anandamayee Mandir, said a gang of thieves entered into the temple…
One gets ten years imprisonment in Netrakona
District Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Court here on Monday sentenced a man to ten years jail for taking attempt to violate an adolescent girl in 2006.
UP chairman among 4 bullet-hit in Benapole
Four people, including a union parishad chairman, were bullet injured in a gun and bomb attack by some miscreants at Bahadurpur in Benapole town last night. The injured were identified as Lakhkhanpur Union Parishad chairman and union unit Awami League…
Youth’s body recovered in Habiganj
Police recovered the body of a young man from Babnakandi village in Bahubal upazila on Monday.
AL men assault Digholia LGED engr
An engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) was assaulted allegedly by activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies in Digholia upazila on Monday following an altercation over tender submission for construction works in six…
AL leader found dead in Faridpur
Police recovered the body of a local Awami League leader from Bashagari area in Nagarkanda upazila on Monday night.
Expat’s decapitated body recovered in Narsingdi
Police recovered the body of an expatriate with the throat slashed from Champaknagar village in sadar upazila here on Tuesday.
Shortage of anesthetists hits Bhola Sadar Hospital
Patients in agonies as surgeries suspended All kinds of surgical operation at Bhola Sadar Hospital have remained suspended over the last seven months for want of anesthetists, much to the sufferings for surgical patients.
11 BNP men sent to jail in Pirojpur
A court here on Monday sent 11 BNP leaders and activists to jail in a case filed for arson attack.
21 hurt as CNG-run bus cylinder goes off
At least 21 people suffered burns when the cylinder of a CNG-run bus exploded in the BRAC area on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Palashbari upazila on Monday night.
One gets 10 yrs for possessing arms in N’ganj
A special court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case.
Firearms, bullet recovered in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized single firearms along with two rounds of bullet from the house of an alleged arms trader at Batopota village in Benapole of Jessore on Tuesday.
Baul singer stabbed on dais, dies
A baul (Folk) singer was killed and two of his troupe members were injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants at Dumdia village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Muktar Hossain, 31,…
BNP-backed candidate Nur wins Pirganj UZ polls
BNP-supported candidate Nur Mohammad Mondal was elected chairman of Pirganj upazila in the upazila parishad polls on Monday.
GreenWatch Dhaka mourns Dr MS Haq
Dr MS Haq, the prolific writer who used to fill the Green Corner of this online newspaper, is no more. He died of a massive heart attack in Dhaka on late Monday afternoon. He was buried near his parents’ graves…
AL men assault Digholia LGED engineer
An engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) was assaulted allegedly by activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies in Digholia upazila on Monday following an altercation over tender submission for construction works in six…
Dhaka-Delhi textiles sector cooperation working group meet Thursday
The first meeting of the joint working group (JWG) for cooperation in textiles sector between Bangladesh and India will be held here on Thursday, said an official. Bangladesh and India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in textiles…
Partial trial in BDR mutiny killings: BNP
A BNP leader has alleged that the country has only seen ‘partial trial’ over the killings during the 2009 BDR mutiny. “The masterminds of the mutiny are still at large. Their godfathers are not yet nabbed. It appears that the…
BNP candidate wins Peerganj UZ chairman election
The BNP-backed candidate has been elected chairman in the Pirganj Upazila Parishad elections in Rangpur, a parliamentary constituency from where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was elected in the Jan 5 elections. The balloting, in the first phase of the local…