The 35th sitting of the Saarc Foreign Ministers will be held in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Thursday with a focus on regional connectivity and enhancing trade ties among the Saarc countries. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar…
Month: February 2014
Bangladesh-US security dialogue Apr 16
The third round of the Bangladesh-US security dialogue will be held on Apr 16 in Dhaka, the foreign ministry has said. The US confirmed the date when Bangladesh’s foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque met senior state department officials including Assistant…
David Bergman faces another contempt of court
Journalist David Bergman has been accused of being in contempt of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for making making ‘adverse comments’ about the court on his blog. The ICT-2 chaired by Justice Obaidul Hasan has scheduled a hearing for Thursday.…
BNP charges govt with vote manipulation
Accusing the government of trying to manipulate the upazila polls, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said no fair election is possible under the current regime. “Today’s upazila elections have once again proved that elections won’t…
Blank shots fired to prevent rigging
Police fired two rounds of blank gunshots to prevent proxy voting at a polling centre at Abhoynagar Upazila of Jessore district during the Upazila Parishad elections on Wednesday. The incident took place at Rajghat Jafarpur Girls’ Secondary School polling centre…
Decks cleared for women voting in KSA civic elections
Preparations have been made for women to participate in the third municipal elections next year.
BNP leaders Khoka, Major Hafiz released
BNP vice chairmen Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed have been released from prisons on Wednesday. Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who is also former Dhaka city mayor, was released from Dhaka Central Jail in the afternoon as he…
Illegitimate resolutions against Sri Lanka
Shenali Waduge With respect to Sri Lanka, there are some facts that the world needs to take into consideration.
BNP backed candidates lead UZ polls with limited margin
The BNP backed candidates lead in the first phase of upazila elections held on Wednesday with a slight margin. Candidates loyal to the 19-Party alliance that it leads have won the race for chairman in 43 of the 95 Upazila…
Ukraine crisis: Renewed Kiev assault on protesters
Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev have launched a fresh attack on anti-government protesters as the death toll in renewed clashes has climbed to 26.
Upazila polls fair, largely peaceful: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday said the first phase elections in 97 upazila parishads of the country were held in a free and peaceful manner except a few minor incidents. “We’ve completed (the first phase) elections taking…
Upazila polls held peacefully amid enthusiasm: AL
The ruling Awami League said elections in 97 upazila parishads in the first phase were held peacefully amid high turnout of enthusiastic voters on Wednesday. PM’s adviser HT Imam presented the party’s preliminary assessment at a press briefing at Awami…
Sochi 2014: Tina Maze wins giant slalom for second gold medal
Slovenia’s Tina Maze won her second Sochi Olympic title with victory in the women’s giant slalom.
10 candidates boycott polls: BNP calls shutdowns in 8 upazilas
BNP on Wednesday called daylong hartals for Thursday in eight upazilas under six districts to protest what the party said upazila polls fraud. The upazilas are Sadar in Meherpur, Sadar and Shailakupa in Jhenidah, Sonatola in Bogra, Bakerganj and Gouranadi…
Stray incidents mar Upazila polls
Stray incidents like clashes, attacks and breach of electoral code of conduct and arrests were reported from various Upazilas of seven districts in Bangladesh during Wednesday’s first phase of polling. Magura: At least 13 people were injured in two separate…
Man City v Barcelona: Pellegrini says referee was ‘not impartial’
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini said Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson favoured Barcelona in the Spanish side’s 2-0 victory at Etihad Stadium.
Pussy Riot members are released in Sochi
Two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot who were arrested on Monday near the Winter Olympics resort of Sochi have been released.
US embassy officials meet Hefazat leaders
The United States has expressed its interest to know about 13-point demands of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and the qaumi madrasha education. US embassy political officer Kathleen Gibilisco and assistant political expert Lubain Chowdhury Masum expressed the interest during a meeting with…
Banksy’s Kissing Coppers sold at US auction
A Banksy mural entitled Kissing Coppers has fetched $575,000 (£345,000) at a US auction after being removed from the wall of a Brighton pub.
Railway Graft: Ex-GM Yusuf Mridha indicted in another case
Chittagong – A court here on Wednesday indicted suspended general manager of Bangladesh Railway (East) Yusuf Ali Mridha and four others in a graft case filed over corruption in the railway recruitment. The four other accused are Railway additional chief…
Dubai: Desert oasis or mirage for expats?
Palm trees, Vegas-style clubs, tax-free salaries, perfectly manicured promenades.
Rasel held for al Qaeda message circulation on 10-day remand
A Tangail Court has sent Md Rasel bin Sattar, arrested for circulating al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s audio message in Bangladesh, to 10-day police custody for interrogation. Judicial Magistrate Court judge Shahadat Hossain on Wednesday granted police the remand in one…
2 youths commit suicide in Rajshahi
Two young men allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents in Godagari and Durgapur upazilas on Tuesday.
HYV vegetables lift up Barguna farmers
Once sharecroppers, a few now own lands A good number of farmers in Amtali upazila of the district have learnt to turn around economically by cultivating different high-yielding varieties (HYV) of vegetables.
One held with 3 stolen transformers in Munshiganj
Police arrested an alleged member of an organised gang of thieves in possession of three power transformers while fleeing after stealing those from Tajpur village in Sirajdikhan upazila early Tuesday.
RAB nabs one with revolver in Pabna
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with a Pakistan-made revolver and 30 rounds of bullet from a house in Shalgaria area of the district town on Tuesday afternoon.
Housewife ‘commits suicide’ in Moulvibazar
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking pesticide at Chhatakchhara village in Kamalganj upazila on Tuesday.
2 Jamaat leaders held in Sirajganj
Police in two separate drives arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of attacking police and obstructing them from performing duties and vandalising vehicles on Tuesday night.
Huge quantity of drugs seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized huge quantity of various types of drugs from Putkhali and Shikerpur frontier area under Sharsha upazila of the district in the early hours today.
Why do we fear the truth?
Robert J. Burrowes If we want to take appropriate action to fix something that is not working properly, then it is necessary to understand, precisely, the nature of the problem. Obviously, if our diagnosis is inaccurate, then the solution applied…