Five people were arrested along with 2,970 pieces of Yaba tablet, three bottles of Phensidyl and some hemp in a drive at Shibpur village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.
Month: March 2014
Housewife found dead in Sylhet
Police recovered hanging body of a housewife from Niamatpur village in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Wednesday.
Quarry worker killed as stone falls on him in Sylhet
A worker was killed as a few stones fell on him at Bichhnakandi quarry in Goainghat upazila on Wednesday evening.
One held with firearms in Khulna
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with a pistol and two magazines from a market under Khanjahan Ali thana of the city on Wednesday.
12 maunds of jatka seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive on Thursday morning seized 12 maunds of Jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 centimetres in length) from the Dhaleshwari River in Sadar upazila.
Yahoo’s search engine leans on Yelp for help
Ratings and excerpts from Yelp’s merchant reviews began to appear in Yahoo’s search results on Wednesday.
Facebook can spread moods
Using data from millions of Facebook users, the researchers examined the impact of rainy days.
Ending hunger, undernutrition by 2025 must be top dev priority
By Shenggen Fan IFPRI’s 2013 Global Food Policy Report (http://www.ifpri.org/gfpr/2013) reviews major food policy developments and trends from the past year, documents emerging issues, examines key challenges and opportunities, describes the rising political commitment to food and nutrition security, and…
Abed Khan fined for contempt of court
The Appellate Division has rejected appeals of former editor of ‘Bhorer Kagaj’ Abed Khan and correspondent Samaresh Baidya in a contempt of court charge. This pertained to a report regarding the LLB certificate of a former High Court justice. The…
Arrest to divert people’s attention misdeeds: BNP
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government has arrested its senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain as part of its conspiracy to divert people’s attention from its misdeeds and misrule to a different direction. “The government is spreading the net…
PM stresses noughbours’ joint move to curb arms, drug smuggling
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underlined the importance of joint efforts and mutual cooperation by the neighbouring countries to curb arms and drug smuggling alongside tackling smuggling of goods, and women and child trafficking. “We’ll have to reduce further…
Power tariff upped 6.96 percent, effective this month
The government has raised power tariff by an average of 6.96 percent, a move which is most likely to affect all the sectors. Consumers will be charged the new price from this month. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced the…
Court contempt: Joint editor punished, editor acquitted
The High Court has found Prothom Alo Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan guilty of contempt for two of his articles published by the Bangla daily. Khan has been fined of Tk 5,000 and the judges considered the five days of…
4 killed in Madaripur road accident
At least four people, including three women, were killed and 11 others injured as a bus and a human hauler collided head-on at Mostafapur in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Shipon Hawladar,24, driver of the…
China ‘will not give up’ on plane
China’s Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to continue search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight “as long as there is a glimmer of hope”. His comments came as Vietnam and Malaysia investigated satellite images released by China that appeared…
BNP leader Mosharraf being quizzed by ACC
The Anti- Corruption Commission today is quizzing detained BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on charge of siphoning off money abroad. Khandaker Mosharraf was taken to the ACC headquarters from Ramna Model Police Station around 09:45am, Public Relations…
Independence Day Volleyball: Army, PDB reach final
Bangladesh Army and Power Development Board (PDB) reached the final of the Minister Independence Day Volleyball Tournament eliminating their rivals in the semifinals at Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Wednesday. In the day’s first semifinal, Army beat Navy by 25-16, 20-25,…
Oman to take more Bangladesh skilled manpower
Oman is interested in taking more skilled manpower from Bangladesh, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday. “We’ve requested the government of Oman to take more skilled manpower from Bangladesh for its construction, agriculture and…
Restoring campus stability is priority: New JU VC
Prof Farzana Islam, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, said on Wednesday she will focus on resolving the crisis that has afflicted the campus for months. “My first job will be to restore stability on the campus and its…
EC’s meeting on Tangail-8 by-polls security Thursday
The Election Commission will sit in a meeting with the heads of law enforcing agencies on Thursday to finalise security measures for the Tangail-8 by-elections slated for March 29. The meeting will be held at the commission secretariat with Election…
Those lacing Formalin with food items await action: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday warned that stern actions will be taken against those engaged in food adulteration and formalin mixing in perishable food items. “The government has already taken steps to control this criminal act with an iron…
Arab League watching ICT trials
Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Araby has said he is following Bangladesh’s war crimes trial “quite closely” and that the Arab League will always “stand by the side of justice”. He made the comment in a meeting with Bangladesh’s…
Ex- Rajuk chairman, ex-member questioned
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated former Rajuk chairman Azizul Haque and its former member Nasir Uddin in connection with irregularities in Rajuk plot distribution. ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy questioned them for two hours from 11…
HC orders issuance of Moudud’s passport
The High Court has directed the government to issue within 48 hours a machine readable passport (MRP) to BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed. The bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order…
Gallantry award for civilians on cards: Minister
The government has planned to honour civilians with gallantry award for their heroic role in the War of Liberation, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque told Parliament on Wednesday. Taking part in the general discussions on thanksgiving motion on…
Bogra Sonali Bank burglary: 3 high-ups suspended
Three high officials of Sonali Bank Ltd have been suspended in connection with the looting of Tk 30.80 lakh from its Adamdighi branch in Bogra district. The action was taken against Sonali Bank General Manager (Head Office) Hasan Iqbal, its…
BCL men go berserk for tender in Pabna
Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League went on the rampage and vandalised the local Education Engineering Department office after failing to win the tender for work worth Tk 1.75 crore in lottery. Executive engineer of Pabna EED ATM Faruk Al Maruf…
ACC interrogates BNP leader Anny
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday quizzed BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny over his alleged involvement in acquiring wealth illegally, said an ACC official. The commission deputy director Monzur Morshed interrogated Anee at the ACC head office for one…
Muhith blames global recession for revenue shortfall
Minister for Finance AMA Muhith on Wednesday told Parliament that the current political situation in the country and ongoing global economic recesses have fallen direct and negative impacts on realising of government revenue, investment, import and export trade. “Resulting in…
Oil, gas exploration deal signed
State-owned Petrobangla has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Santos-Kris Energy, an Australia-Singapore joint venture, for hydrocarbon exploration in the shallow sea Block-11 in the Bay of Bengal. Petrobangla’s subsidiary, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX), will…