Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 70 metric tons of government wheat while being smuggled by a vessel in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district on Sunday night. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Coast Guard West Zone conducted a…
Month: March 2014
HC wants to know more on RU
The High Court has asked if a police action at the Rajshahi University is being probed and whether a case has been filed against the ‘armed attackers’ who fired at protesting students last month. The bench of Justices Mirza Hussain…
Panel to recover Jagannath Varsity halls
The government has formed an eight-member committee, headed by a Jatiya Party lawmaker, to recover the illegally occupied halls of Jagannath University (JnU). An emergency meeting of the education ministry formed the committee on Monday. The move follows a month of…
Railway GM Yusuf Mridha sent to jail
A Chittagong court has sent the railway’s former General Manager (East Zone) Yusuf Ali Mridha to jail in two cases over irregularities in appointing staff. Metropolitan Sessions Judge SM Mojibur Rahamn issued the order on Monday after Mridha turned himself…
10 held in Satkhira for entering Bangladesh illegally
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 10 people on charge of entering Bangladesh illegally at Kulia road in Debhata upazila on Monday morning. The arrested are Nityananda Roy, 25, Sarjit Kabiraj, 18, Sanjit Mallick, 29, Pradip Roy, 30, Prokash…
Journalist killing case hearing Wednesday
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed March 5 for hearing on a 10-day remand of the four accused in the case filed in connection with the death of journalist Shah Alam Mollah Sagar, 41, who died as the police claimed…
PM wants talks on Myanmar refugees
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed on resolving the issue of Myanmar refugee problem through friendly and cordial discussion in her meeting with the country’s president. Hasina is currently in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw to take part in the BIMSTEC summit,…
BSF hands over Bangladeshi’s body
The Indian Border Security Force has handed over the body of a cattle trader to the Border Guard Bangladesh. BGB’s Shimulbarhi Company commander Subedar Rai Mohan Roy received the body on Monday. Mukul, 35, succumbed to bullet injuries at a hospital…
Prothom Alo sued for defamation
Karnaphuli Ship Builders Limited owner Engineer MA Rashid lodged a defamation case against the Editor, Publisher and two others of Bangla daily the Prothom Alo on Monday for printing four news items about land grabbing. Judge Mohammad Abu Taher of…
ACC asks 3 AL MPs, families to submit wealth statements
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday served separate notices to three ruling Awami League leaders and their family members to submit wealth statements within a week, said an ACC official. He said the concerned ACC enquiry officers sent the notices…
Bumper potato production expected in Khulna division
Farmers and agronomists are expecting a bumper production of Potato in ten south-western districts under Khulna division in this current season.
Program chalked out to observe 44th Independence Day
The 44th Independence and National day will be observed here in a befitting manner.
Bangabandhu’s 94th birth anniversary to be observed
The 94th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day will be observed here on March 17 in a befitting manner as elsewhere across the country.
Hasina, Suu Kyi meet, discuss issues of common concern
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Monday. Both the ladies lost their fathers to assassins, and they joined politics after the assassination of their fathers. Both fought against military rulers for long to…
Six shops burn down in Noakhali town
Six shops were gutted by a fierce fire on the Hospital Road in the town early Monday.
Minor boy killed in Sunamganj road crash
A minor boy was killed as a pickup van crashed into him at Syedpur village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
Govt loyalists being made polls presiding officers: BNP
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that the government is conspiring to make ruling party loyalists presiding officers for the remaining upazila elections in a bid to manipulate the results. “We’ve come to know from different…
15 hurt in Sunamganj clash
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two feuding groups at Chilaura Bazar in Jagannathpur upazila on Sunday night.
BNP’s participation in UZ polls questionable: Ashraf
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday said BNP’s participation in the upazila polls is questionable as its chairperson Khaleda Zia herself does not believe in the upazila system. “BNP doesn’t believe in upazila system. Assuming power in…
Cop hurt with own bullet in Gazipur
A policeman sustained injuries as he unconsciously fired a bullet from his shotgun while cleaning it on the Tongi Police Station premise on Monday morning.
Farmer’s throat-slit body recovered in Jhenidah
A farmer was found dead with the throat slashed at Siddhi village in Shailakupa upazila on Monday morning.
Selim’s threat proves he qualify to be MP: Gayeswar
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday criticised Awami League presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim for calling opposition activists anarchists and threatening to cut their limbs, and demanded his removal from the ruling party within 48 hours.…
Civil society instigating BNP to wage movement: Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Monday alleged that some civil society members through television talk-show programmes are instigating the BNP to wage movement. “We are witnessing that some civil society members are instigating BNP through talk-show to…
California farmers hire dowsers to find water
St. Helena, Calif. — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches.
Public hearing Tuesday on power tariff hike proposal
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will begin a three-day public hearing Tuesday on the proposals submitted by five state-owned electricity distribution companies to raise retail power tariff. The hearing will take place at the BERC meeting room on March 4…
Rummenigge: Bayern won’t apologise for success
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he will make no apologies for the German champion’s domestic dominance.
Ronaldo rescues Madrid in 2-2 draw at Atletico
Madrid — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late equalizer as Real Madrid avoided a bruising derby defeat at Spanish title rival Atletico Madrid with a 2-2 draw on Sunday.
3 killed in ‘shootouts’ in city, Savar
Three people, including two suspected kidnappers, were killed in separate incidents of ‘shootout’ in the city and Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Monday. In the capital, two alleged kidnappers were killed in a ‘shootout’ with Rapid Action…
Snake eats crocodile after battle in Australia
A snake has won a lengthy battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland, wrestling it, constricting it and then finally eating it.
Oscars 2014: List of winners
The full list of winners for the 86th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles on 2 March.