Speakers at a press conference in Rajshahi Thursday said collective efforts of all authorities concerned including media is very important to make the April 5 National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign-2014 a total success to address vitamin deficiency disorders among babies.
Parliament on Thursday passed the “Law and Order Disruption Crime (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill-2014” with a provision of extending the speedy trial law for another five years. With passage of the law, the extension of the law will be effective…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 125 pieces of Yaba tablet from Jamalganj Rukindipur village in Akkelpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
A young man was found dead at Pashchim Jamirtali village in Sadar upazila early Thursday.
Robbers shot at two members of a family and looted valuables from an expatriate’s house at Charuruhita village in Sadar upazila early Thursday.
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged robber along with a revolver and one round of bullet from Adarsha Ayesha School ground at Hujarajapur village in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
At least 25 people were injured in a clash between supporters of Awami League and BNP over establishing supremacy at Shabdalpur union in Sreepur upazila on Thursday morning.
Police arrested three people from different areas in the district town on Wednesday night for their alleged involvement in leak of question paper of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, scheduled to begin today.
The farmers in the district have cultivated Boro paddy on 54,710 hectares of land during the current season and expecting a bumper production of the yield.
Police recovered the body of a CNG run auto driver from the Karotoa river of Gakul Bazar area under Sadar upazila of the district this morning.
An Awami League activist was killed in a clash between the supporters of Awami League and BNP at Charbalorampur village under Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday evening.
Dubbed Amazon Fire TV, the device is a small black box similar to Apple TV. It will cost $99 (£59) and is available immediately in the US.
By Leo Kelion The voice-controlled app, named Cortana, uses both the firm’s search engine Bing and data stored on the handsets to make personalised recommendations and carry out tasks.
A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked northern Chile, just over 24 hours after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, destroyed 2,600 houses and led to mass evacuations. A tsunami alert in Chile and Peru was again issued, but was…
A couple and two of their daughters have burnt to death in Chittagong’s Lohargara. The fire broke out at Adhurnagar village in the Upazila around 3.30am on Thursday, said Lohagara Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahjahan.
Four construction labourers were killed and another was injured as an old bridge during its demolition collapsed on them at Barun village in Kapasia upazila on Thursday morning. None of the deceased could be identified immediately.
The chehlum of Dr. M. S. Haq, a former Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister of Fiji Government, will be held at his residence “Bad Asar” on Saturday, 05 April. Mrs. Sarwar Sultana and family request all relatives,…
Robert J. Burrowes Sociologists, political scientists, activists of various persuasions and many others often describe social stratification in terms of such measures as class, race and gender. There is much talk in the academic and other literature about the working…
The High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of an accused in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed dismissed the bail petition of Tanveer Rahman who is now…
A perfume godown caught fire in the city’s Chawkbazar area on Wednesday, leaving three employees injured. Those suffered burn injuries are Mofiz, 40, Aziz, 30, and Kabir, 32. They were rushed to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital…
This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begins across the country on Thursday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made this announcement at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday. As many as 1,141,374 examinees — 606,293 boys and…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated four top officials of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, a sister concern of Petrobangla, in connection with a graft allegation. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali grilled them from 10 am…
Over 2 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed Vitamin A-plus capsule under a national campaign to be observed on Saturday. “The National Vitamin A-plus Campaign will be observed across the country on Saturday (April…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent five people, including three policemen, to jail in a case filed in connection with the recovery of gold bars. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order when police produced the accused to the…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the next date of the case filed in connection with the celebrations Bangla New Year on April 1, 2001, when a blast killed 10 people and inured 50 others to April 10. Earlier, on…
A bill, tilted ‘Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust Bill, 2014’, was placed in Parliament on Wednesday, aiming to provide support to ailing, insolvent and injured journalists.
A local activist of Awami League was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling party at Pirpur village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Amzan Ali Mollah, 50,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday identified internal and external barriers related to the country’s macro economy that stood in the way of its development and progress. She said this while replying to a question from MA Hannan (Mymensing-7) during…
Terming the January 5 election ‘unusual but legitimate’, visiting British State Minister for International Development Alan Duncan on Wednesday said his country wants to see ‘proper democracy’ in Bangladesh. “…we want to see proper democracy – free from violence, focusing…
Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran on Wednesday said the 1320 MW Rampal coal-fired power plant will not be harmful to the Sundarbans as “supercritical technology” will be used in the plant. “Rampal plant will have no impact on the Sundarbans…