Apprehending manipulation in the third phase of upazila polls set to be held on Saturday, BNP on Friday threatened to lay a siege to the Election Commission (EC) in case of any vote fraud. “We together with people will lay…
Month: March 2014
Do massive dams ever make sense?
By Lauren Everitt A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment – soaring past projected budgets, drowning emerging economies in debt and failing to deliver promised benefits. Do they ever really make…
Govt to ban Jamaat by June: Mozammel Huq
The government is planning to ban Jamaat-e-Islami by June this year for its war crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971. Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq disclosed this on Friday while the 13th Muktir…
BNP-backed panel wins SC Bar Asociation polls
The BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad (JAOP) swept the Supreme Court Bar Association elections against the ruling Awami League-supported Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP). JAOP bagged 13 posts, out of 14, including the posts of the president and the general…
GM crops: UK scientists call for new trials
By James Morgan A new report on genetically modified (GM) crops, commissioned by the prime minister, calls for more UK field trials and fewer EU restrictions. The Council for Science and Technology (CST) wants “public good” GM varieties to be…
Middle East ban for Hollywood’s Noah epic
The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain are among Middle Eastern countries banning Hollywood epic Noah as it breaks Islam’s taboo of depicting a prophet. “There are scenes that contradict Islam and the Bible, so we decided not to show it,” Juma…
Indian Ocean search for missing Malaysian jet
The US has sent surveillance teams to the Indian Ocean to help search for the missing Malaysian plane, after claims emerged that it may have flown for longer than investigators had thought. Unnamed officials said the plane sent signals to…
Only 10 percent water flowing down the Teesta
The Indian authorities have been diverting water and so Bangladesh get only 10 percent water at the Teesta Barrage. The Teesta is supposed to have 5,000 cusecs water at the time but we receive only 500 cusecs that is the…
Parents punished for arranging child marriage
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Jhenaidah: Father get 15 days jailed and mother one thousand taka penalty for arranging their minor girl’s marriage, by mobile court led by upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) at Sundorpur village under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah Thursday morning.
28 Jamat leaders sent to jail in Jhenaidah
Shahneawz Khan Sumon Jhenaidah: 28 Jamaat Islami Bangladesh, Moheshpur upazila unit activists were sent to jail on Wednesday after noon when they went to the court in a case filed on the charge of torching vote centers during last general…
SC Bar Association polls end
The voting in the two-day election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) ended on Thursday afternoon. The voting was held from 10am to 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday with a one-hour break from 1pm every day. Some 3,143 lawyers,…
BB to fix loan refinancing for small women investors
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Atiur Rahman on Thursday said they are going to issue an order to fix the loan refinancing for some small women entrepreneurs below Tk 50,000. Addressing the Women Entrepreneurs’ Conference and Product Display 2014, the BB…
Tazreen MD’s bail petition rejected
Dhaka’s District and Sessions Judge’s Court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Tazreen Fashions’ Managing Director (MD) Delwar Hossain and set March 20 to pass order on the prosecution’s petition to scrap the bail of Delwar’s wife and also…
ACC gets money laundering info of five former ministers, MPs
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has collected some information on money laundering by some former ministers of the BNP-Jamaat led government, says Commissioner M Sahabuddin Chuppu. “The commission has received specific information on money laundering by about four or five BNP…
Dandy Dying-Sonali issue framing on anvil
The mediation between Sonali Bank Limited and the directors of Dandy Dying Limited in the case filed for a defaulting loan amount of Tk 45.49 crore failed and the court fixed March 23 to frame issue of the case. Judge…
PM wants updated terrorist list
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Home Ministry to update the lists of terrorists. While talking to journalists at the secretariat in the afternoon, the state minister said that the Prime Minister had given the direction when she attended…
Defence counsel accuses PMO of being behind Nizami case
The defence counsel on Thursday accused the Prime Minister’s Office of planning the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami out of political vengeance. “It’s purely a politically-motivated case designed and planned by the Prime Minister’s Office, and…
Perpetrators of communal attacks to be tried: Minister
Law Minister Anisul Haq on Thursday said the government is committed to bringing to justice those who attack minority community members. “The anti-liberation forces are still active. They’re involved in conspiracies against the pro-liberation forces. They’re carrying out attacks on…
PM switches gala opening of T20 World Cup
The fifth edition of the ICC T20 World Cup kicked off in the city as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday evening formally opened the gala event seeking cooperation of all in making the tournament a grand success. “I seek…
Mosharraf Hossain placed on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on a three-day remand for interrogation in a case of money laundering. Metropolitan magistrate Shamsul Arefin granted the remand for the former health minister upon an appeal filed…
BNP terms power tariff hike anti-people calls agitation Friday
The BNP has announced agitation programmes across Bangladesh on Friday in protest against the latest power tariff hike. Earlier in the day, the government had announced an average 6.96 percent rise in the electricity price. BNP’s spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam…
4 of a family among 8 killed in road crashes
Eight people, including four of a family, were killed in two road accidents in Brahmanbaria and Feni districts on Thursday. In Brahmanbaria, five people, including four members of a family, were killed and two people injured in a collision between…
‘Shocking’ scale of pangolin smuggling revealed
Official records show that pangolins are being illegally traded on a “shocking” scale, according to a report.
Malaysia plane: China debris images ‘released by mistake’
Chinese satellite images that were said to show debris from a missing Malaysian airliner were released by mistake, Malaysia’s transport minister says.
German football boss Hoeness jailed
A German court has sentenced Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, to three years and six months in jail for tax evasion.
Stars gather to honour Sir David Frost
Leading figures from the world of politics and showbusiness have been remembering Sir David Frost at a memorial at Westminster Abbey.
HIV protection gel for women ‘comes a step closer’
A gel that can be used by women after sex to protect against HIV is a step closer, according to researchers.
Protecting wild animals to have better environment stressed
Speakers at a function here on Wednesday stressed the need for protecting and preserving wild animals anyhow to have a better environment with bio-diversity.
No more irrigation DTW in high barind area
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), a state-owned organization has decided to check any more installation of deep tubewell (DTW) to control the lowering of underground water table.
Late blight a deep worry for Chuadanga potato growers
The viral disease shatters their hope after price fall Late blight disease has attacked potato plants on vast tracts of land in the district, causing a severe concern for the farmers after they experienced sharp fall in price of the…