Begum Rokeya University unit of Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Saturday called an indefinite strike at the university from Sunday to realise their three-point demand, including opening of its two newly-constructed residential halls.
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Alleged ‘top terror’ found bullet-hit in Joypurhat
An alleged top terror and his associate sustained bullet injuries in an attack by their rivals at the railway station in the district town on Saturday evening. The injured were identified as Polsan, a top terror of the town and…
Greens call for protecting Baily Road nursery
Citizens on Saturday demanded the government take immediate steps to stop developing lands of the 90-year-old government nursery in Baily Road area of the city. They organised a sit-in programme in front of the Fine Arts Faculty at Dhaka University…
2 found slaughtered in N’ganj flour mill
Two people were found slaughtered in a flour mill at Nitaiganj Khalghat in the district town on Sunday morning. Police recovered the bodies of Abdul Aziz,55, night guard of the mill and son of Mala Baks of Paikpara of the…
Development is blind without participation: experts
Eminent professionals and members of the Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) at a meeting on Saturday observed that public policy without evidence and participation can make journey towards blind development. They made the observation while addressing the annual general…
Kazi Zafar terms Ershad is a traitor, shameless
Chairman of a section Jatiya Party Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Saturday termed HM Ershad as traitor and shameless. “Ershad will never have a birth in Jatiya Party,” he said while addressing a function at Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB).
Purba Bangla Communist Party activist killed in blast
An activist of the outlawed Purba Bangla Communist Party has been killed in a bomb attack in Jhenaidah’s Harinakundu. Jahangir Hossain, 45, came under the attack on Friday night and died on Saturday morning, said Harinakundu Police Station OC Mohibul…
Sylhet transport strike withdrawn
Transport workers withdrew their indefinite strike in Sylhet district on Saturday afternoon following a discussion with district officials and the mayor of Sylhet City Corporation. Earlier in the morning, they enforced the transport strike in the district protesting against an…
PM visits ailing Awami League MP Hiron
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited city’s Apollo Hospital on Saturday to see Awami League leader and lawmaker Showkat Hossain Hiron who has been critically ill after suffering heart attack and brain hemorrhage. Hasina stayed there for some time and enquired…
642 jailed in city anti-narcotics drive
A mobile court sentenced 642 people to various terms of imprisonment conducting anti-narcotics drives in the capital in the last two months.
Strike at RU protesting BCL leader’s death
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Rajshahi University Unit, enforced a strike on the campus on Saturday protesting the killing of a leader and demanding arrest of the killers. Activists of BCL took position at important points on the campus since the…
Schoolboy crushed under wheels of train in Comilla
A schoolboy was crushed to death by a train on an unmanned level crossing in Daulatganj Bazar area of Laksham upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Tanimul Ahmed Tuhin, 14, a class VIII student of Laksham Pilot…
BCL challenges Manch-men prove it attacked them
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student associate body of the ruling Awami League, on Saturday said it will apologise to the nation if Ganajagaran Manch can prove that BCL men attacked their activists at Shahbagh on Friday. “If Imran H…
BNP demands removal of CEC, Acting CEC
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday demanded formation of supreme judicial council to impeach Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed and acting CEC Abdul Mobarak. “The CEC and acting CEC should be impeached for violation of the constitution through…
Indian Mujahideen active in B’desh?
Indian Mujahideen, whose India head Tehsin Akhtar and four other operatives were arrested this week from the India-Nepal border and Jodhpur, began as a small group of radicalised Muslim youth called ‘Usaba’ and now has operations spread through South Asia,…
Another river route to Kolkata soon
The government is planning to start dredging the Mongla-Ghusiakhali channel, to ease navigation to Kolkata, as early as next week, said Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan. The channel is vital to both Bangladesh and India because all the ships to and…
Madrasah teacher killed for ‘protesting stalking’
A madrasah teacher has been slaughtered by a local youth allegedly for protesting sexual harassment of a girl at Shahjadpur Upazila in Sirajganj district. The deceased has been identified as Nazrul Islam, 65, a teacher of Chandragati Dakhil Madrasa at…
Shakib accused of breaching BCB code of conduct
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has broken Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) code of conduct of not speaking to the public/local media during the World Twenty20. The board has demanded of him an official explanation of his conduct.
Gunshots rock hills again: PCJSS man killed in Khagrachhari
An activist of Parbatya Chhatragram Janasanghati Samity (PCJSS) was shot dead by some unknown assailants at Beltolipara in Laxmichhari upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Narayan Marma, 35.
3rd contract on Rooppur NPP likely in May
Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom expects to sign with Bangladesh the third and final contract for the preparatory phase in May next for the construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). This was disclosed by Valeri Limarenko, Director General of…
Malaysia missing plane search China ship ‘picks up signal’
A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media say.
Regional parties cannot be ignored in Indian Polls
Political speculations and analyzes about the Indian electoral battle are mainly revolving around the prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) possible victory.
Falklands: Residents mock Argentina’s ‘Nato base’ claim
Residents of the Falkland Islands have ridiculed claims from the Argentinian president that nuclear weapons were deployed in the area, joking that they were in fact penguins, not missiles.
Bouchard outs Venus Williams at family circle
Charleston — Venus Williams couldn’t dig herself out of a hole this time and lost to Eugenie Bouchard 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4 at the Family Circle Cup on Thursday.
Malaysia bans’Noah’ film as un-Islamic
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has joined other Islamic countries in banning the Hollywood biblical epic “Noah” starring Russell Crowe, decrying it as irreligious and saying it violates Islamic law against depicting prophets.
Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels
Berlin — After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it.
Forging social movement to resist human rights violation stressed
Speakers have unequivocally called for forging social resistance against all sorts of human rights violation.
CDI changes fortune of 822 extremely poor families
The community-based development initiative (CDI) programme of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has changed fortune of 822 extremely poor families living in two backward communities in the district.
Provide Vitamin A Capsule to every baby: RCC mayor
Mayor of Rangpur city and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today asked the parents, public representatives and citizens to provide Vitamin A Plus Capsule to every under-five baby.
Tree collapse kills housewife in Satkhira
A housewife was killed when a tree collapsed on her during a storm that swept Pratapnagar village in Ashashuni upazila on Friday.