Dhaka Central Jail will be shifted to Keraniganj from Lalbagh by June next while nine acres land of the existing prison will be utilized for construction of a park with opening of two museums in central jail for public. Prime…
Month: December 2014
Look for BNP subversion in oil spill: Dr Hasan Mahmud
Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said investigation needs to be done in the oil tanker capsize in the Sundarbans whether it was an act of subversion by BNP-Jamaat clique. Criticising the BNP’s remark that oil…
8 killed 40 hurt as bus plunges into ditch in Barisal
At least Eight people were killed and 40 injured as a bus lost control and plunged into a roadside ditch at Biswasbari in Rajapur upazila of Barisal district on Tuesday afternoon. Four deceased passengers out of the eight so far…
Duel gauge double rail track from Akhaura-Laksham on anvil
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project for Bangladesh Railway (BR) to set up two dual gauge double rail tracks from Akhaura to Laksam aiming to develop rail communication and the Akhaura-Chittagong section…
IBBL Shariah committee meeting held
A meeting of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower in the city. Mufti Sayeed Ahmad, Vice-chairman of the committee and Mufti of Al Jamiatus Siddikiah Darul Ulum (Madrasha-e-Furfura Sharif),…
IAB road march for capital punishent against blasphemy
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday started a road march from capital Dhaka to Rangpur to press the party’s demand for capital punishment against blasphemous utterances. Workers of Islami Andolan assebled at the Suhrawardy Uddyan in the morning before starting…
Cases against Khaleda geared up with political motive: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed its concern over not getting of justice in the ongoing two much hyped cases against party chairperson and former premier Khaleda Zia. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed the concern at a…
Alleged kidnapper lynched in Chittagong mob attack
An alleged kidnapper was lynched and three others were injured in a mob attack at Madam Bibirhat in Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Tofazzal Hossain, 30.
7 alleged JMB activists sent to jail
A court in Mymensingh on Tuesday sent seven suspected activists of the banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to jail in two explosion cases. Judge of the Mymensingh Cognisance Court-2 Mehnaz Siddiqui passed the order after police produced them…
40-day employment generation programme begins in Joypurhat
The first phase of 40-day employment programme of the government began in the five Upazilas of the district on December 18 for hard-core poor, seasonal unemployed and destitute people.
Info fair, cultural festival against corruption begins in Gaibandha
A two-day information fair and cultural festival against corruption kicked off at Independence Square of the town here on Monday with a call to build corruption free Bangladesh.
Faridpur Muktijoddha command council protests Tareque’s remarks
Faridpur district Muktijoddhya command council organized a protest rally and formed a human chain yesterday in the city against Tareque’s derogatory remarks over the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman recently in London.
Book publication festival of RSSP held in Rangpur
Three books, written by three renowned literarily personalities, were published at a publication festival organised here by Rangpur Sahittya Sangskritik Parishad (RSSP) at Town Hall auditorium in the city last night.
Suspected militant held in Jessore
Police arrested a suspected militant from in front of Jessore Medical College Hospital in Jessore district town on Monday night.
Bus-truck collision kills two in Rangpur
Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Rangpur-Borra highway in Kelamu bridge area of Pirganj upazila early Tuesday morning.
Shane Watson shocked after hit by a bouncer
The all-rounder Shane Watson’s helmet was struck by a ball from fast bowler James Pattinson in the Melbourne Cricket Ground nets. Watson, 33, was assessed by doctors and a Cricket Australia spokesperson said he was “shaken but otherwise okay.”
5 JMB suspects held in M’singh
Police in separate drives arrested five suspected activists of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Fulbaria upazila on Monday.
Cotton factory catches fire in B’baria
A fire broke out in a cotton factory in Kalibari area of Sarail upazila on Monday morning.
Drug peddler held with 600 yaba tablets in Joypurhat
Detectives arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 600 pieces of Yaba tablet from Amtali area of the district town on Monday morning.
Suspend users who post leaked documents: Sony urges Twitter
By Lauren Raab contact the reporter Sony Pictures Entertainment called on Twitter to stop its users from tweeting information leaked in the hack of the studio’s computer systems, saying it would hold Twitter responsible for damages unless the company complies.…
Tribunal sentences Kaiser to death for 1971 war crimes
Former Jatiya Party minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 delivered the verdict in Kaiser’s presence on Tuesday. The tribunal found him guilty in 14 of the…
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s condition ‘vastly improved’
The condition of boxing legend Muhammad Ali has “vastly improved” since he was taken to hospital with a mild case of pneumonia, his spokesman has said. Bob Gunnell said Ali’s doctors hoped to discharge him soon.
North Korea partially back online after internet collapse
Some internet services have been restored in North Korea after an almost unprecedented internet outage, amid a cyber security row with the US. Though there has been no comment from the authorities in Pyongyang, US experts reported the restoration. Some…
5 JMB suspects held in M’singh, one in Jessore
Police in separate drives arrested five suspected activists of the banned Islamic militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Fulbaria upazila on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Abdul Barek Munshi Bari, 45, teacher of Jorbaria Balika Dakhil Madrasah, Touhiduzzamn…
Bringing govt colleges under public varsities
Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof AK Azad Chowdhury on Monday said government university colleges need to be brought under public universities to improve the quality of education alongside reducing session jams at the tertiary level. The UGC…
End exploitation for domestic workers in the Gulf
Rothna Begum “I would wake up to start cooking, then cleaning, washing clothes, and then cooking again. No rest, there was just no rest… Because she kept yelling, I cried and asked to go back to [the recruitment] agency, but…
Arrest warrants pile up against Tarique
More courts on Monday issued either arrest warrants or summons against him in separate cases filed for his disparaging remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Besides, freedom fighters staged demonstrations in various places across the country protesting his remarks and…
BNP’s student wing JCD asks BCL to dare stop Gazipur rally
The BNP’s student front asked the ruling Awami League’s student wing to dare stop Khaleda Zia’s Gazipur rally. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Sunday said it would not allow Khaleda to hold the Dec 27 rally unless her son Tarique…
BNP probe finds govt faltering about Sunderbans
Although international donor agencies are concerned about the Sunderbans, the government is still reluctant about protecting the mangrove forest and it is indeed taking steps to destroy it, said a BNP probe body in Bagerhat on Monday. “Even though the…
Upazila Jamaat ameer among 56 held in Bogra
Police in separates drives arrested 56 people, including an upazila unit ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, from ten upazilas of the district on Sunday.