Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) faces no interference from the government as it probes into graft allegations against some ruling party politicians, said ACC commissioner M Shahabuddin on Sunday. “If the government puts pressure on the anti-graft body,…
Munshiganj – Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the much-hyped Padma Bridge is now a visible reality as all uncertainties over the bridge have been removed. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after visiting different…
Jagannath University Teachers Association (JnUTA) has issued 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw DC Lalbagh Harun-ur-Rashid and Kotwali OC Mohammad Moniruzzaman, following a clash between students and police over occupying a students’ hall that injured 50 people. The association president Akkas Ali…
Four accused in the Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed murder case escaped from the dock of a court after the judge cancelled their bail on Sunday. The four fugitives are Ashiqul Islam Ashique, Khan Mohammad Rois, Mahbub Akram and Ishtiaque…
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya M Wahidur Rahman came under attack by ‘masked muggers’ at his Nairobi’s Karen residence on Saturday night, said an official here on Sunday Though the Bangladesh envoy and his family members were unhurt, they are…
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former Dhaka City Corporation Ward Commissioner Saidur Rahman Shahid known as Shahid Commissioner on a four-day fresh remand in a murder case. Dhaka’s Chief Judicial Magistrate Court’s Senior Judicial Magistrate Tayebul Hassan passed order…
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Sunday staged demonstrations protesting the government’s move to increase the power tariff and award tender of the offshore gas blocks to the US and Indian companies. The party brought out a procession and held a…
Manikganj – Two local leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have been sued on charge of abducting a college girl in the district town on Saturday. The accused are Sabbirul Islam alias Sony, organising secretary of BCL district unit, and…
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday called upon the people to work together against communal evil forces to build the country imbued with the spirit of war of liberation. Addressing the Atish Dipankar and Bishudhananda Peace Award giving ceremony…
Former state minister for water resources Mahbubur Rahman on Sunday termed his interrogation at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as a positive step. He made the comment while talking to some reporters after emerging from the ACC headquarters at Segunbagicha in…
Dhaka – In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said Sheikh Hasina should do ‘Tawba’ (repentance) for running the state as per the will of a particular country ignoring Bangladesh…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday warned that the people of Bangladesh will not tolerate if BNP leader Khaleda Zia again wanted to play with their fate and dare kill them through acts of arson. “Let me tell you one…
Two separate inquiry committees have been formed to look into the snatching of three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a prison van in Mymensingh. The Home Ministry formed a four-member probe panel, headed by…
Kurigram – Jatiya Party chairman and special envoy to the Prime Minister, HM Ershad on Sunday said the present government would be there in power for five years, and no situation has created in the country that requires a midterm…
Head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Bangladesh William Hanna on Sunday said they are happy to see a larger participation, both by political parties and voters, in the Upazila Parishad elections, and encouraged parties to take part in…
Criticising the Election Commission for its ‘subservient’ role, BNP on Sunday said the commission is acting like a type machine of the current illegal regime. “It’s the constitutional duty of the Election Commission to hold a free and fair election.…
By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple of years.
At least 15 students of a school were injured as a picnic bus plunged into a ditch at Kashempur in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district on Saturday.
A ringleader of forest robbers was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police in Pakhimara area in Shyamnagar upazila early Sunday morning.
Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from the Buriganga river here on Saturday.
Two people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch at Barsha in Birganj upazila on Sunday morning.
By Jonathan Amos Electric fish from South America are opening up new ideas in robotics. Ghost knifefish, as they are known, put a small current through the water to sense their environment, and undulate a long fin to move around.…
By Pallab Ghosh The US city of Chicago is considering drastic measures to prevent giant fish infesting North America’s Great Lakes. Authorities are thinking of blocking the city’s canal system to stop Asian carp entering Lake Michigan. Such a move…
By Owen Phillips Everton manager Roberto Martinez said Chelsea’s ability to “use every trick in the book” contributed to his side’s 1-0 defeat by the league leaders. Martinez felt the stoppage-time free-kick that led to John Terry’s winner at Stamford…
The last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers, the group whose story inspired The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 99, her family say. Maria von Trapp died at her home in Vermont on Tuesday, her…
Financial leaders from the 20 biggest economies have set a goal of generating $2 trillion (£1.2 trillion) in extra output over the next five years. During that period they aim to boost the gross domestic product of G20 countries by…
An explosion has killed two people and wounded more than 20 others near a protest site in a busy shopping district of the Thai capital Bangkok. One of those who died in the attack near the Central World shopping mall…
Dubbed The Boneyard, but officially known as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility, this sprawling US airbase is reputed to be the world’s largest military aircraft cemetery. Spread across the huge 2,600 acre site, equivalent in size…
The Australian television personality and presenter Charlotte Dawson has been found dead at her home in Sydney. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the 47-year-old, who had a long history of depression. Ms Dawson, a…
Alexander Legkov led home a Russian clean sweep in the men’s 50km cross-country race to ensure the host nation finished top of the Sochi medal table. Legkov, 30, won gold by only 0.7 seconds – the second narrowest margin ever…