Accusing Khaleda Zia of looking for newer pretexts to wage a fresh movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the people of the country and her party leaders and workers to get united to stand against any evil power.…
Day: March 7, 2014
Gayeshwar wants traitors punished
BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has criticised party’s central leadership’s handling of ‘traitors’. He said many of those expelled for anti-party activities after the traumatic the 1/11 (January 11, 2007) political changeover were later forgiven. The BNP leader…
Rab detention of chairman candidate sparks protest in Gazipur
The Rapid Action Battalion detained an upazila chairman candidate in the upazila polls billed for March 15 from Barmi area around 2pm while he was campaigning there. As the news of his detention spread around, Jalil’s supporters took to the…
Two siblings get life term for killing in Lalmonirhat
A court here on Thursday awarded life term to two siblings for killing one Shahadat on September 22, 2009.
Concern at ban on battery-powered rickshaws in Dhaka city
The owners and manufacturers of battery-run rickshaws on Friday expressed their concern over imposing ban on plying such rickshaws in Dhaka city, despite giving permission to import and assembling such rickshaws. President of Dhaka District Rickshaw Owners Cooperative Society Fazlur…
Robber shot in Satkhira ‘gunfight’
A suspected robber was shot and wounded in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Chhoyghoria in Sadar upazila on Friday noon.
37 BNP, Jamaat workers held in Ctg, Bogra
Police in their separate drives arrested 37 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from different places of Chittagong and Bogra districts on Thursday night and Friday on charges of their involvement in vandalism and subversive activities. In Chittagong, at least 24…
Couple hurt in Meherpur bomb attack
A couple sustained splinter injuries in a bomb attack by robbers at Hinda village in Gangni upazila on Thursday midnight.
Attack on devotees: Thousands stage demo in B’baria
Thousands of Muslim devotees staged demonstrations in the district town on Friday in protest against Thursday’s attack on madrasah teachers and students and members of Tabligh Jamaat by miscreants in a local mosque.
One gets 1 yr jail for taking drug in Barguna
A mobile court on Thursday night sentenced a man to one year imprisonment for taking drug in Sadar upazila of the district.
Women’s unpaid work equals 11pc of GDP: Unnayan Onneshan
The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, revealed. The organisation found this in their nation-wide survey…
Dispatches: Leaked call, but where’s the truth in Ukraine?
Rachel Denber The Russian-government-funded television network RT (formerly Russia Today) has reported a “leaked” phone call between EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that is getting a lot of attention, but all…
No brothel in B’desh should be Int’l Women’s Day slogan
The 8th March, the international women’s day will be celebrated in Bangladesh as in other countries of the world. The theme of the day is INSPRING CHANGE. The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MoWCA) and many NGOs will squander…
28 indigenous fish species become extinct in Jhenaidah
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Twenty Eight species of indigenous fish have become extinct in Jhenaidah district during the last 8 to 10 years, a source at the Department of Fisheries said. Drying up of rivers, pollution and indiscriminate use of pesticides…
The war on emotions is driving us insane
Anita McKone Have you ever been provoked by someone into fear, anger or pain, and then blamed, punished or humiliated for feeling and expressing these feelings? This is a form of psychological torture which has very serious consequences. Here are…
500m family farmers have enormous potential to feed the world
CHICAGO, IL – As the world celebrates the International Year of Family Farming, Food Tank: The Food Think Tank (http://www.FoodTank.com (http://www.foodtank.com/) highlights new research showing how family farms, can nourish the world while protecting the environment. The new report, Food…
‘Proposal from Khaleda for talks on fresh polls awaited’
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will give a proposal to the government to sit across the table for holding free ad fair polls be participated by all political parties. Secretary General of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Maj (Retd) Abdul Mannan told…
Ramna Batamul explosion case adjourned till match 9
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned the argument of the case in connection with the Ramna Batamul carnage till March 9. Judge Ruhul Amin of Dhaka’s Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court heard the arguments of the for three consecutive…
Tazreen garment factory fire case hearing March 13
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed March 13 to hear on the bail petition of Tazreen Fashions Managing Director (MD) Delwar Hossain in the case filed in connection with the devastating fire in the garment factory in 2012. Dhaka’s District…
Envoy Li Jun says Bangladesh matters to China
China wants to contribute to Bangladesh’s development, ambassador of the world’s second largest economy, Li Jun, has said. Meeting diplomatic correspondents in Dhaka on Thursday, he said Bangladesh “really matters” to China, as it is an important developing country with…
Submit contempt reply sans affidavit, ICT asks HRW
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday asked the assigned local counsel for the New York-based 5 Human Rights Watch (HRW) to submit its reply on the show cause notice in order to contest the contempt of court case before it…
ACC sues ex-junior minister Alamgir Kabir, 3 others
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir and three others for reportedly causing a loss of about Tk 15.52 crore to the government by allocating a…
Bomb explosition inside secretariat case hearing June 16
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed June 16 to hear on charge framing against BNP-led 18-party leaders including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the case filed in connection with cocktail explosion in side Bangladesh secretariat. Earlier,…
Abducted youth’s body found in Naogaon
Police recovered the body of a youth from a paddy field at Nilkuthi Boumaridanga in Manda upazila on Thursday after 26 days of his abduction. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 18, an HSC examinee and son of Mohammad…
Historic 7th March Friday
The historic 7th March, marking the epoch-making speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman calling upon the Bangalees to prepare for the war to liberate Bangladesh from the exploitative Pakistani regime, will be observed on Friday. ‘Ebarer Sangram Amader Muktir Sangram,…
Govt to plant saplings along 652km roads: Minister
The government has taken a plan to plant saplings along 652 km roads in the current fiscal year with a view to recouping damages recently done to the environment by felling trees in the name of movement. Environment and Forest…
Segun timber at nominal prices
A dozen of former minister, state ministers, whips and lawmakers, including former speaker and incumbent President Abdul Hamid had received 4,202 cft “segun wood” at a nominal price from the forests department during the previous Awami League led grand alliance…
AL nominates 39 for women reserved JS seats
The ruling Awami League has finalised 39 nominees, mostly new faces, for elections to reserved women seats in the 10th Parliament. The candidates were listed in a media statement signed by the party’s Office Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap on Thursday.…
Tigers fail to get a face-saver concede defeat to Srilanka
Sri Lanka smartly reached the final of the five-nation Asia Cup Cricket with all win record packing Bangladesh empty hand in the continental meet beating the Tigers by three wickets in the last league match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket…
Govt. will be thrown out if it continues vote fraud: BNP
Apprehending vote fraud in the remaining phases of the upazila polls, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned that people will throw the ruling party into dustbin if it tries to manipulate the vote further. “You’ve been…