Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has threatened to “sell” the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks ago.
Month: May 2014
Unidentified youth found dead in Gazipur
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from a pond at Pubail in the city on Monday morning.
AL leader hurt in Satkhira bomb attack
A local leader of Awami League sustained injuries in a bomb attack by miscreants at Islamkati in Tala upazila early Monday.
One held with Phensidyl in Sylhet
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup at Muchargaon village in South Surma upazila early Monday.
Sharsha Jamaat leader arrested
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Jamtala Bazar of Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.
Extensive jute cultivation programme taken in Gaibandha
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme on jute cultivation in the district during the current season.
Bumper output, fair price make wheat farmers happy
Super bumper output and excellent market price of wheat have made the farmers are happy in northern districts this season, officials, farmers and market sources said.
Bumper maize production expected in Joypurhat
Farmers of three upazilas in the district are expecting a bumper production of maize this year due to favorable weather.
Mechanized harvester makes the potato farmers happy in Rajshahi
Instead of the long-lasting conventional method the potato farmers have started using mechanized harvester as it saves cost and reduces labor requirement during the recent past peak harvesting season for the first time in the district.
Passenger train derails in India; at least 19 dead
A passenger train derailed in western India on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 100, police said.
Jewel, Delwar, Sohel secure bail
The High Court on Sunday granted six months’ bail to Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, former Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) president Delwar Hossain and Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal (SD) president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel in separate criminal cases.…
AL involved in killings, abductions, not BNP: Khaleda
Claiming that it is the ruling party, not BNP, is involved in the growing incidents of abduction, secret killing and forced disappearance, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday urged all to rally round under her party’s umbrella to wage a…
Nur Hossain was under surveillance, but fled: Assaduzzaman
Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the Narayanganj abduction case, was under surveillance, but went into hiding at one stage, State Minister for Home Assaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Sunday.
ACC presses charges against Destiny chief, MD
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has pressed charges in court against Destiny Group chairman, general manager (GM) and 49 others over misappropriation of Tk 41.18 billion and siphoning off Tk 960 million.
8 found dead in 5 districts
Eight people, including two children, were found dead in separate places of Moulvibazar, Laxmipur, Brahmanbaria, Munshiganj and Chittagong districts on Saturday and Sunday.
PM for BD-Myanmar initiatives to end human trafficking, smuggling
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday underscored the need for joint initiatives by Bangladesh and Myanmar to stop human trafficking as well as arms and drug smuggling.
EC warns 12 parties for failing to submit polls expenses in time
The Election Commission has warned all the 12 contestant political parties in the January 5 parliamentary elections for failing to submit return of polls expenses in the stipulated time.
Spontaneous hartal observed in N’ganj
A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by the District Bar Association protesting the killing of their fellow lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker and six others after abduction, was observed spontaneously in the district on Sunday.
CPD for rationalising tax incentive structure
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, on Sunday said the government should revisit and rationalise the existing tax incentive structure to ensure ‘distributive justice’.
Voter list update: enumerators to collect data from May 15 to September 10
The Election Commission, over three phases, will collect data of possible voters from May 15 to September 10 this year, with a view to updating the country’s electoral rolls.
Now Jamaat-run inst has to vacate Suchitra’s house
After long 26 years, Imam Gazzali Institute, an educational institution run by Jamaat-e-Islami, has to quit the ancestral house of celebrity film actress in the Indian subcontinent Suchitra Sen in Pabna district town as the Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed…
Money Laundering: ACC signs MoU with FIU
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Sunday with a view to increasing scopes of cooperation between the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) for dealing with money laundering and other financial crimes.
196 candidates contest in 13 upazilas: EC
The Election Commission said Sunday 196 candidates will contest in the election of 13 upazila parishads on May 19.
RCC implements Taka 427.31 cr projects
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been implementing five major projects involving Taka 427.31 crore at present aims at bringing a qualitative change particularly in the field of infrastructural and environmental elevation in the metropolis.
IBBL opens 358th ATM booth in Uttara
The 358th ATM booth of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has been inaugurated at the Sector-11 of Uttara in the city recently.
2 bodies recovered in Ctg
CHITTAGONG, May 4, 2014 (BSS) – Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) and district police recovered two unidentified bodies including a girl in separate incidents from city’s CRB hills and Mirsari upazila today.
Minor girl killed in Jamalpur road accident
A minor girl was killed in an accident at Beparipara on Jamalpur-Mymensingh road under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday.
Drug peddler held in Thakurgaon
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested a drug peddler with 1.5 kg ganja from Bara Khochabari Bazar in the district on Saturday.
Call for popularising eco-friendly ‘Bandhu Chula’
Speakers at a discussion here have stressed popularising the use of eco-friendly and fuel saving cooking furnace ‘Bandhu Chula’ to save huge firewood and improve public health and environment.
Husband kills wife in Meherpur
A housewife was chopped to death allegedly by her husband at Bashbaria village under Gangni upazila on Saturday.