A court here on Thursday placed three people arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of seven people on a 10-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Monowara Begum passed the order when police produced them before her court. Those who…
Day: May 8, 2014
‘Missing’ not “enforced disappearance:” Ashraf
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said the term “forced disappearance” is being wrongly used for missing persons. “There is no word like forced disappearance rather it should be missing. Many people go missing…
3 children drowned in Netrakona
Three minor children drowned in the river Dhali at Ilazpur village under Purbadhala upazila of the district on Wednesday.
737 bottles of liquor seized in Sylhet
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 737 bottles of liquor from Companyganj border area early Thursday.
Youth jailed for possessing hemp in Satkhira
A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to two years’ imprisonment for possessing hemp.
Outlaw leader held in Chuadanga
Police arrested a leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party from Sultanpur village in Damurhuda upazila early Thursday.
Bus passengers robbed of valuables in Comilla
Highway robbers looted valuables worth Tk several lakhs from passengers of a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Putia in Daudkandi upazila on Wednesday night.
Minor girl killed getting hit with spade in Sirajganj
A minor girl was killed after she got hit with a spade in her house at Mosipur village in Shahjadpur upazila on Wednesday.
54 students fall sick for food poisoning in Kushtia
At least 54 students of a local women’s madrasah were hospitalised after they fell sick eating foods at a feast at the madrasah ground in Bheramara upazila on Wednesday.
Huge Indian clothes seized in Chuadanga
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 2,200 pieces of Indian three-piece worth about Taka 2.60 crore from Jibannagar frontier area under Jibannagar upazila of the district on Wednesday evening.On a tip-off, a BGB team conducted the…
Discussion meeting on education for disabled held
A discussion meeting for ensuring integrated education arrangements for the disable children jointly organized by ‘Campaign for popular education’ and local NGO Racine was held here on Wednesday.
Plantation of off-season Parija rice seedling begins
The farmers have already started plantation of the off-season indigenous parija rice seedlings to complete the process by this month-end everywhere in Rangpur division.
Mango output likely to suffer setback in Rajshahi, C’nawabganj
Mango production is likely to suffer a setback in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts, famous for mango production, this year as immature mangoes are falling off trees due to a drought like situation which has been prevailing in the region for…
‘Digital Shadow’ Exposes Exactly How Much Facebook Knows About You
Ubisoft has created a video game promotion called Digital Shadow, that’s actually one of the best ways to determine exactly what you are sharing online right now.
‘Pinocchio Rex’: T. Rex’s Long-Snouted Cousin Discovered
Dead men tell no lies, but perhaps dead dinosaurs do. A new dinosaur species found in China and nicknamed “Pinocchio Rex” was a long-snouted cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Two siblings murdered at Rangamati
Miscreants have killed two brothers early on Thursday in Rangamati district of the Chittagong hill tracts. The dead were identified as Sushanta Chakma, 40 and Tridev Chakma, 35. The two were former activists of Parbatya Jana Sanghati Samity faction (JSS-…
‘Move to obstruct Khaleda’s political activities’
BNP alleges the government is plotting to throw Khaleda Zia out of politics by not allowing a rally at Narayanganj that she was to address and by changing court premises in two cases filed against her. On Wednesday Narayanganj Mayor…
No whitening black money in next budget: Muhith
The next budget will have no provision to legalise black money, says Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith. “There will be no more chance for converting black money into white,” the finance minister said, while addressing the 35th meeting of…
EU renews dialogue call, wants justice to prevail
“Justice should prevail”, a European Union delegation in Dhaka says while expressing concerns over Bangladesh’s human rights situation. Ambassador William Hanna, the head of the delegation, also renewed call for dialogue between major parties to solve political crisis as he…
Ivy refuses permission for BNP’s N’ganj rally
Narayanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has refused the BNP permission to hold a rally in the city in fear of deterioration of law and order. The city has been under the media spotlight after the abduction and killing of seven…
Ukraine separatists to delay referendum at Putin’s call
Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine are due to consider a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to delay referendums on autonomy. Separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk say they will put the matter before “people’s councils”. The referendums are due…
Ganasanghati demand for ending extrajudicial killings
Speakers at a sit-in programme in the city on Wednesday demanded stopping extrajudicial killings and fair investigation into and trial of every incident of secret killings. They also observed the whole country, including Narayanganj, has turned into a death valley…
3 including 2 drivers killed in Natore road mishap
Three people, including two drivers, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Natore Highway in Sadar upazila of the district early Thursday.
Court rejects innocence plea, charges framed against MK Anwar
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday framed charges against BNP standing committee member MK Anwar in a defamation case filed by Swechchhasebak League leader Debashish Biswas. Passing the order, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh fixed July 27 to…
Huda renames BNF as BNA
Barrister Nazmul Huda has renamed his faction of the Bangladeshesh Nationalist Front (BNF) as Bangladeshesh Nationalist Alliance (BNA). Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club Huda said that the objective of his new organization was to ensure good…
Illegal Bangladeshi migrants will have to go back: Modi
Sticking to what he said in his earlier meetings despite strong criticism, Narendra Modi on Wednesday reiterated that illegal migrants from Bangladesh would have to go back and claimed that Mamata Banerjee had said back in 2005 what he was…
Online VAT payment from 2015: NBR
A new online value added tax (VAT) system will be introduced with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) from mid of next year (2015) to facilitate the online payment of the duties. According to official sources, the NBR has already…
HC halts KPPL IPO offerings
The High Court has stayed the initial public offering (IPO) of Khulna Printing and Packaging Limited (KPPL). The bench of justices Mirza Hussain Haider and Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar issued the order on Wednesday after initial hearing of a petition.…
No bar on Gayewshar’s release from jail
The High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail for six months to BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed in connection with the killing of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist on December 29, 2013. An HC…
Bhutan wants to import Bangladesh’s surplus bandwidth
Bhutan wants to import Bangladesh’s unused internet bandwidth as Dhaka in principle has decided to sell the surplus. The new Bhutanese High Commissioner Pema Choden expressed Thimphu’s interest in importing surplus bandwidth while meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs…