Russia has vowed its troops will remain in Ukraine to protect Russian interests and citizens until the political situation has been “normalised”.
Month: March 2014
Cattle trader killed in Satkhira road crash
A cattle trader was killed in a road accident at Labsha crossing on the Satkhira- Jessore Highway under Sadar upazila of the district today.
One killed in Jamalpur road crash
A pedestrian was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Dikpait area under Sadar upazila of the district today.
Man held with ganja in Brahmanbaria
Police in a drive arrested a drug trader with ganja from Uthalia Para area in Bijoynagar upazila here on Sunday.
Two killed in Sylhet road crash
Two people were crushed under the wheels of a truck in Chargaon area on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila in Habiganj on Saturday.
Migrant domestic workers across Asia rise up
Tania Branigan Migrant workers are treated as second class citizens, but now women are organising and speaking out. On a dark, damp Sunday, hundreds of women are massed in a city park. “Women united will never be divided! Migrants united…
G7 condemns Russia military build-up over Ukraine
Russia’s G8 partners have condemned Moscow’s military build-up in Ukraine amid fresh diplomatic efforts to avert a dangerous escalation of the crisis. The world’s seven major industrialised powers also suspended preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi in June. Meanwhile, European…
Oscars: Slave and Gravity share Academy spoils
Historical drama 12 Years a Slave has won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards, while space drama Gravity won the lion’s share of awards. Gravity’s Alfonso Cuaron became the first Latino to win the best director award, adding to…
Murdered Farmer’s body recovered in Jhenidah
A farmer was found dead with the throat slashed at Siddhi village in Shailakupa upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Moinuddin, son of Ekdil Biswas of the village. Officer-in-charge Monir Uddin Mollah of Shailakupa Police Station said Moinuddin…
SC upholds HC order: 8 Pubali Bank directors to go
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order that declared illegal the posts of eight Pubali Bank directors elected through its 30th annual general meeting. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel…
Hasina off to Myanmar to join Bimstec Summit
Red carpet was rolled out when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here Monday morning on a two-day official visit to Myanmar to attend the third Bimstec Summit. The summit of the seven-nation regional body of South Asia and South East…
Changes only around core values
-SHAHID ALAM As the ritualistic celebration of Ekushey February returned this year, I have been struck by the changes that have subtly crept in the Bengali language down the years since Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign independent nation-state. Of course,…
Great Ormond Street doctors aim to grow ears from fat
By James Gallagher Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are aiming to reconstruct people’s faces with stem cells taken from their fat. The team has grown cartilage in the laboratory and believe it could be used to rebuild…
Pro-BNP Blue penal gets 19 of 25 Dhaka Bar posts
BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya-Parishad’s Blue penal also got the Treasurer post of Dhaka Bar Association, as announced on Saturday at 10.15 pm. Earlier, on Friday the result of 24 posts, leaving the position of the Treasurer was declared as Md…
‘Locals’ torch Jagannath University banner
Locals in Potuatoli have destroyed a banner on Shaheed Ajmal Hossain Hall, minutes after it was put up by Jagannath University students agitating to reclaim occupied dormitories. Students said the vandals are working for ‘influential illegal occupants.’ The area is tense…
Qayyum Chowdhury gets Independence Award
Nine personalities including artist Qayyum Chowdhury and Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute have been nominated for Independence Award. The Cabinet announced this in a press release on Sunday. Artist Qayyum Chowdhury is being awarded for his contribution to culture this year.…
11-kilograms gold seized from car
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday seized about 11 kilograms of gold and arrested a man after a private car was searched in capital Dhaka. The arrested man has been identified as Bijoy Sarker, 42. Operation Officer of…
Many do politics for their own interests: Noor
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Sunday said most of the country’s politicians do politics to gain their own interests; rather than for the country. “Many politicians say they do politics for the country. In fact, they don’t do it.…
500 taxicabs to hit Dhaka, Chittagong soon: Obaidul
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said some 500 taxicabs will hit the streets of Dhaka and Chittagong cities soon. “Primarily, 60 taxicabs will hit the capital streets on the occasion of Bangla New Year to reduce public sufferings.
‘Deranged’ mother attempts suicide killing 2 kids in Bogra
A young housewife, said to be mentally ill, attempted to kill herself after strangulating her two children to death in the district town on Sunday afternoon. Salma Begum, 35, wife of Farid Uddin, an officer of Bogra branch of City…
Assault on AL MP: 6 sent to jail in Chittagong
A court here on Sunday sent six people, including newly elected Lohagarah upazila vice-chairman Nurul Absar, to jail in a case filed for assaulting Awami League MP Abu Reza M Nezamuddin Nadvi. Senior Judicial Magistrate Masud Parvez passed the order…
3 MPs, families may be asked to give wealth info
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will send notices to three ruling party MPs and their four family members seeking their wealth statements following the allegations of illegal wealth accumulation. The Commission at its regular meeting on Sunday decided to serve…
9 ‘land forgery syndicate members’ held in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine alleged members of a land forgery syndicate from different places of the city on Saturday. The arrested people are ringleader Mohsin Reza, 48, a UP chairman of Barisal, Jasim Uddin, 40, Kalim…
No Bangladeshi injured in Kunming attacks, says Govt
No Bangladeshi is among those injured and dead in the mass knife-attack at a railway station of Yunnan’s provincial capital Kunming, China on Sunday night. At least 33 people were killed and at least 140 wounded in the knife-attack, triggering…
Bangladeshis safe in Kunming, says Govt
No Bangladeshi is among those injured and dead in the mass knife-attack at a railway station of Yunnan’s provincial capital Kunming, China on Sunday night. At least 33 people were killed and at least 140 wounded in the knife-attack, triggering…
Ukraine orders full military mobilisation over Russia moves
Ukraine has ordered a full military mobilisation in response to Russia’s build-up of its forces in Crimea.
China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage
The Kunming city government later said that evidence from the scene pointed to separatists from Xinjiang as being behind the attack.
Gravity eyes Oscars prizes as countdown begins
The final countdown to the Oscars has begun, with space thriller Gravity expected to scoop multiple awards at Sunday’s ceremony in Los Angeles.
Pakistan scores thrilling victory against India in nail-biting finish
Shahid Afridi quick-fired 34 off 18 deliveries to help Pakistan survive anxious moments to overcome India by one wicket in a thrilling last-over finish in their third Asia Cup match in Shere-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. With the…
Alan Resnais, experimental French director, dies aged 91
Acclaimed French director Alain Resnais, whose film career spanned more than 60 years, has died at the age 91.