Customs officials seized 40 gold bars weighing 4.50 kg at Shah Amanat International Airport here on Thursday morning.
Month: November 2014
DAE fixes 13.33-lakh tonnes wheat production target
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a record target of producing 13.33 lakh tonnes of wheat from 4.30 lakh hectares land in the country during the current Rabi season, official sources said.
Students get grant from NF in Gaibandha
A total of 250 poor but meritorious students, who will appear in the SSC and Dakhil exams-2015, received grant of Taka five lakh from Nahid Foundation (NF) on Wednesday to fill up their examination forms.
2 held on cyber crimes charge in Rajshahi
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained two persons on charge of cyber crimes at Railway gate area under Godagari Upazila of the district yesterday, RAB sources here said this morning.
Huge smuggled goods seized in Joypurhat
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in anti smuggling drives seized huge Indian smuggled goods and drugs worth about Taka 70.3 lakh from different areas of the district last night.
80 Bangladeshi immigrants detained in Malaysia
Police detained 80 illegal immigrants, believed to have been working at a construction site in Cameron Highlands here, during two separate raids on two houses in Tringkap and Blue Valley, Kampung Raja on Wednesday. Cameron Highlands district police chief DSP…
BCS job assurance exposes govt’s extreme politicisation: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that PM’s adviser HT Imam’s reported assurance about arranging government jobs for Chhatra League activists has exposed the government’s extreme politicisation and nepotism. “The government has already politicised the…
Aman among 89 BNP workers indicted for torching vehicles
A court here on Thursday indicted 89 BNP leaders and activists, including its joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, in two cases filed for vandalising and torching vehicles. Passing the order, judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal of the Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal…
State should esure human rights of even offenders: Dr. Mizan
Criticising the role of law enforcers in the incidents of ‘crossfire’, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman said on Thursday the state must ensure human rights even to offenders. He said this while addressing a…
Attacks on lighterage vessels alarming, two bodies found
Police on Thursday confirmed that they recovered the body of a missing crew of lighterage vessel ‘Karnaphuli-5’ from the Monpura upazila of Bhola district. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Enamul Haque Mukit, son of Mominul Sheikh of Attail village…
Harris, Mayor Arif indicted afresh in Kibria murder case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in a supplementary charge-sheet submitted on Thrsday indicted eleven persons including BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the party chief Khaleda Zia, the the Mayor of Sylher Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in connection with…
Bangladesh 503, Zimbabwe 113/1 on second day
Rubel Hossain helped Bangladesh to score their highest runs against Zimbabwe, breaking the previous record of 488 runs scored almost 10 years ago. At once stage Bangladesh were 9 down for 452, but Rubel scored unbeaten 45 to help his…
JS condoles death of Ishaque Hossain Talukdar MP
The fourth session of Jatiya Sangsad that began yesterday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair adopted a resolution condoling the death of Ishaque Hossain Talukdar MP. In the obituary reference some other eminent persons were also mentioned.…
Professor Yunus launches social business week in Tirana
The social business week in Albania, from 3-8 November in Tirana, was launched by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and HE Prime Minister of Albania Mr. Edi Rama. Two Senior Ministers and two Deputy Ministers were also present…
Six weeks of US-led air strikes kill over 860 people in Syria
The U.S. military says U.S.-led forces have conducted 16 air strikes in Syria since Monday, most around the heavily contested town of Kobani near the Turkish border. The U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday that 10 of the strikes hit…
Mayor Khokan gets death pealty in Bangladesh war crimes trial
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday condemned fugitive mayor of Nagarkanda municipality, Faridpur and local BNP leader Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of…
India police detain doctor as 13 women die after sterilisations
Police have detained a doctor who performed mass sterilisation surgeries in central India that left 13 women dead and dozens ill in hospital, a senior officer said Thursday. – AFP/BSS “He has been taken into custody. He will be produced…
Obama warns of Myanmar reform ‘backsliding’
US President Barack Obama is to hold talks with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, hours after accusing his government of backsliding on reforms. Mr Obama is in Nay Pyi Taw for the East Asia summit, which follows Wednesday’s Asean meeting. In…
Why G20 governments subsidising climate change?
Analysis by Shelagh Whitley London – Just a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave its starkest warning yet that the vast majority of existing oil, gas and coal reserves need to be kept in the ground,…
Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui passes away
Eminent academic Zillur Rahman Siddiqui passed away in the early hours of Wednesday at the emergency ward at the capital’s Shamorita Hospital. Doctor said he was brought to the hospital dead, probably he died on the way. He was 85…
European probe makes historic comet landing
European robot probe Philae has made the first, historic landing on a comet, after descending from its mothership. The landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was confirmed at about 1605 GMT. There were cheers and hugs at the control room in Darmstadt,…
No duty-free access to US, Tofail refutes Mozena claim
Bangladesh does not get duty free access of the exports to the United States, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Wednesday. Refuting US Ambassador Dan W Mozena’s claim of zero tariff facility for Bangladesh in the US, Tofail said this in…
No democracy in Bangladesh, says Ershad
Observing that there is no democracy and good governance in the country, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said they will build a new Bangladesh establishing good governance if his party returns to power. “There’s no democracy in the…
Indian sterilisation clinic full of cobwebs and dust
Thirteen women have died after undergoing sterilisation surgery at a health camp organised by the government in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Amphipolis skeleton from Alexander’s time found in Greece
Archaeologists in northern Greece have found a skeleton inside a tomb from the time of Alexander the Great, during a dig that has enthralled the public.
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone health workers go on strike
More than 400 health workers involved in treating Ebola patients have gone on strike at a clinic in Sierra Leone.
Ukraine crisis: Russian troops crossed border, Nato says
Nato officials have seen Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander says.
Rosetta mission: Robot making historic descent to comet
A European spacecraft is on course for the first, historic landing on a comet.
IBBL gets ‘Small Entrepreneur Friendly Bank’ award
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has received the best ‘Small Entrepreneur Friendly Bank of the Year’ award. Finance Minister AMA Muhith handed over the crest of the award to Managing Director of the bank Mohammad Abdul Mannan at a function at…
Lego Movie 2 ‘will feature more female characters’
The film industry is waking up to the fact that it needs to better represent female audiences, says one of Hollywood’s most successful writing teams.