The High Court on Wednesday started hearing on a revision petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking to quash the trial court indictment orders against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. An HC…
Day: April 16, 2014
Unending wait of familyto get Ilias back alive
Even though BNP organising secretary M Ilias Ali has been traceless for the last two years, his family members and party colleagues are still hopeful of his safe return. Two years back on April 17, 2012, former BNP MP Ilias…
Khaleda demands Rizwana’s husband’s immediate rescue
Expressing deep concern over the abduction of Syeda Rizwana Hasan’s husband, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday night demanded the government take immediate steps to rescue him for his safe return to his family. In a statement, Khaleda also demanded…
Cop’s wife commits suicide in Rajshahi
The wife of a police official committed suicide in the police line area of the city on Tuesday morning.
Services being hampered at understaffed Bandarban hospitals
Medical services at the seven upazila health complexes in the district are being seriously hampered due to an acute shortage of staff, including doctors and nurses.
One missing varsity student’s body out of 4 found in St Martin’s
The body of a missing student, out of four, of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, was found in the bay in the Saint Martin’s Island here on Wednesday morning.
4 killed 32 injured in road accidents around the country
Four people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a human-hauler on the Chapainawabganj-Sonamosjid Road in Shibganj upazila on Tuesday night.
Imams can play role vital in eliminating tuberculosis: Speakers
Imams could play the most vital role in creating social awareness to detect tuberculosis infected patients for bringing them under free treatment facilities to eliminate the completely curable disease, speakers said on Tuesday.
Digital fair begins in Panchagarh
A two-day long digital fair began on upazila parishad premises here last night.
Manchester City players are best paid in global sport – survey
Manchester City are the best paid team in sport, according to a new study.
Belgian Emmanuel de Merode shot in DR Congo ambush
The Belgian director of Africa’s oldest national park – Virunga in the Democratic Republic of Congo – has been shot and wounded in an ambush.
Ismael died saving others from bus crash smoke, flames
Ismael Jimenez, a teenager who was killed in last week’s bus crash in California, died a hero.
Jessica Simpson stuns in short, sunny yellow dress
Little Miss Sunshine! Jessica Simpson was a bright spot on the red carpet at the John Varvatos Stuart House Benefit on Sunday, April 13, in West Hollywood, where she turned heads in a short, canary yellow dress by Yigal Azrouel.
Why your neighbours will finance solar panels for your roof
Here’s another reason to be nice to the neighbors: They might just give you a no-money-down, low-cost loan to put solar panels on your roof, and once you pay off that debt you’ll get essentially free electricity as long as…
Copa del Rey: Cristiano Ronaldo out of Real Madrid v Barcelona tie
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss his side’s Copa del Rey final against rivals Barcelona on Wednesday.
A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia
The Kazakhs of the Altai mountain range in western Mongolia are the only people that hunt with golden eagles, and today there are around 400 practising falconers. Ashol-Pan, the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter, may well be the country’s…
N. Korea officials ‘target London salon over Kim haircut ad’
London – British police said Tuesday they had intervened after North Korean embassy officials reportedly told a London hairdresser to take down a discount haircuts advert featuring leader Kim Jong-Un.
BELA CEO Rizwana wants abducted husband back safe
Assailants have kidnapped businessman Abu Bakar Siddiqui from Narayanganj in broad daylight on Wednesday. He is the husband of Rizwana Hasan, executive director of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and winner of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award. Siddiqui, 47,…
High Court accepts appeals against Chittagong arms haul verdict
The High Court has accepted appeals of the four death row convicts including Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami against the verdict of the 2004 Chittagong arms haul case. The bench of Justice Mohammad Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore…
Detained BNP leader Mosharraf hospitalised
BNP standing committee member Khandker Mosharraf Hossain was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Wednesday morning from Kashimpur Jail as he fell sick. The BNP leader was admitted to the BSMMU’s coronary care unit around 8:30am after…
How RAW held ISI agent in BD – BNP: Knew from newspapers – Minister
BNP on Wednesday sought an explanation from the government over the report of an Indian daily that India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has arrested a Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI agent from a Bangladesh airport. “A report…
BNP to stage long march towards Teesta on Apr 22
BNP will stage a long march towards the Teesta Barrage in Nilphamari on April 22-23 demanding due share of the river water. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme at a press briefing on Wednesday at…
2 dead, hundreds missing as ferry sinks off South Korea coast
Two people have died and more than 100 remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 476 people capsized and sank off South Korea. So far, 368 people have been rescued, local reports say. A major rescue operation is under way,…
Putin warns of Ukraine civil war as Kiev moves on rebels
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine is “on the verge of civil war” after Kiev sent in troops against pro-Russia separatists. Mr Putin, in a phone call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the move as a “sharp…
Body of one missing student out of 4 found in St Martin’s
The body of a missing student, out of four, of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, was found in the bay in the Saint Martin’s Island here on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hasan, 22, a…
Shrinking space for media persons in northeast India
By Nava Thakuria A debate, one may call prejudiced, on the implementation of various financial schemes for media persons in India under a statutory wage board, is gaining momentum in Assam. The Justice Majithia Wage Board, instituted in 2007 for…
Cricketer Muktar equals world record 16 sixes in an innings
Muktar Ali said he would have slammed a few more big hits had someone told him that he had equaled the record for most sixes in a first-class innings, during his 168 that helped Rajshahi Division beat Chittagong Divison by…
‘B’desh supports Palestine’s full UN membership bid’
Bangladesh has backed to the hilt Palestine’s demand for “full membership” of the UN and condemns Israeli occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories, including West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza strip. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali reiterated Bangladesh’s position…
Youth beaten to death in city
Alleged friends have beaten to death a youth in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan Apu, 20, a resident of the Atibazar area in Keganiganj. His mother Selina Begum told reporters at the…
BNP preparing for movement: Rizvi
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said their party is taking all-out preparations for waging a greater political movement to dislodge the current regime. ‘We’ll take to the streets together with people and force the current autocratic…