Businessman Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of green activist Syeda Rizwana Hasan, was freed by the abductors 35 hours after his abduction but the abductors could not be traced nor could the motive behind his abduction be debunked till Friday afternoon.…
Small traders, especially fish, fruits, vegetables and traders and food vendors, are facing a surge in extortion demands by a section of corrupt law enforcers and different political elements to do their business in the capital. Sources said small traders…
Green activist Syeda Rizwana Hasan’s husband and businessman Abu Bakar Siddique, who was freed on Thursday midnight from captivity of the kidnappers, yesterday said he still feels insecure. “I could not think that I would be able to return alive.…
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BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that prominent environment lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan’s husband Abu Bakar Siddique was abducted by the very people who had carried away BNP Organising Secretary M Ilyas Ali. He made the allegation…
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Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for the captain of the ferry that sank on Wednesday, officials say.
A review of the best commentary on and around the world… The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite.So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page.
Twelve bars of gold have been recovered from the stomach of a businessman in the Indian capital, Delhi, a surgeon treating him has said.
Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, his family says.
A private funeral for Peaches Geldof will be held on Easter Monday at the Kent church where she was married, her family has said.
Organisers of the Hay Literary Festival say they are “incredibly lucky” to welcome big names such as Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher as part of the line-up for this year’s event.
In a setback for the renewable energy movement, the state House in Oklahoma this week passed a bill that would levy a new fee on those who generate their own energy through solar equipment or wind turbines on their property.
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Manchester United boss David Moyes flew to Lisbon on Wednesday to observe the Portuguese Classico between Benfica and Porto.
Two day-labourers were killed and two others injured in a lightning strike in Itna upazila early Friday.
A minor boy was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Telkupi Hazatipara village in Sadar upazila early Friday.
An oil wholesaler has been killed by muggers at Sulukia village in Sadar upazila of the district.
A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot and wounded by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members along Korla border in Phulbari upazila early Friday.
The daylong reunion of the 14th batch of Jahangirnagar University will be held on the JU campus on April 25.
RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed NGO, has taken a massive programme for cultivation of the off- season, eco-friendly, short duration and indigenous variety parija rice everywhere in Rangpur division this season.
Bagherpara thana police on Thursday recovered an unidentified decomposed body from Maiender Beel under Dohakhola village of Bagherpara upazila of the district.
Two persons were killed and another three received injuries when a pickup van rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Srimai Bridge area on Cox’s Bazar road under Patiya upazila of the district at 7 am today.
At least 12 local guides have been killed after an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Everest, Nepali officials say. The avalanche struck around 06:45 local time (01:00 GMT) in an area known as the “popcorn field”, just above Everest…
Businessman Abu Bakar Siddique , who was set free by the abductors after 35 hours of abduction, was taken to the office of Superintendent of Police here on Friday morning. A police pick-up van took AB Siddique to the SP…
A housewife got the wrist of her right hand blown off as a bomb exploded at Bhaturia village in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was identified as Renuka Begum, 50, wife of Fazer Ali of the village.
For decades both India and Pakistan continued to throw stones at each other showing their military aptitude, cultural superiority and even sports. It happened sometimes latently and sometimes manifestly. For instance, if India tests a missile, the world gets sure…
Hugh Williamson On a recent visit to the headquarters of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna, I met diplomats and officials racing to keep up with the worsening events in Ukraine. The OSCE is the only…
Geneva – Firms in Kenya are using secrecy instead of patents to protect their valuable ideas and innovations, according to preliminary results from a World Bank study, and this is hampering collaboration and creativity in the country. The results were…