At least 20 Shibir activists, including two with bullet, were injured in police firing on their Independence Day procession at Lamabazar in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said when over 200 activists of Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir…
One of the best topics in the Mathematics curriculum in grade eight is introducing Pattern in the first chapter. It is really an excellent initiative by the curriculum authority though there are very few changes in the curriculum only.
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A meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) was held at Islami Bank Tower in the capital on Monday. Sheikh Moulana Mohammad Qutubuddin, chairman of the committee, presided over the meeting which was attended by…
Kevin John Steele said Tuesday he resigned as the chief executive officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on medical grounds, insisting he had no dispute with the board. The resignation of Kevin, the first foreign CEO of the national flag carrier,…
The authorities are in a fix whether to hand over the land of the state-owned Rangamati Textile Mills for setting up a power plant or to build a medical college and hospital. The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee approved a proposal…
India and Bangladesh railways have decided to issue return journey tickets of Maitree Express. The system will come into effect from May 16, the Indian High Commission has said. It says, with this, passengers in Bangladesh would be able to buy…
Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. The Army Chief was accompanied by Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled.
Some 56.12 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the fourth phase election on March 23 (Sunday) in 91 upazila parishads of the country’s 43 districts, according to the Election Commission. The highest 81.48 percent votes were cast in…
Jahangirnagar University (JU) Administrative Officer Mahtab-ud-Zahid testified on Tuesday to Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in the case filed for the killing of JU student Zubair Ahmed. Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of the tribunal recorded the depositions of the witness and…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced two convicts to death for killing schoolboy Nafiz in Keraniganj of Dhaka in 2012. Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 passed the order in absence of the convicts. The sentenced convicts…
Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque Aslam on Tuesday submitted his and his wife Maksuda Haque’s wealth statements to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), says an ACC official. The AL lawmaker from Dhaka-14 constituency submitted the wealth statements to the deputy director…
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu said Tuesday the government is mulling over lifting the ban on private television channels, Islamic Television and Diganta Television. Inu’s statement in parliament came in reply to a written question of AKM Mayeedul Islam (Kurigram-3).…
Opposing the draft Toll Policy, 2014, BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government has taken the decision only to plunder public money, as it did in rental power plants. “We think that the government has taken the decision to loot…
Civil society members here on Tuesday laid emphasis on taking proper measures to strengthen democratic institutions and protect minorities and indigenous people’s rights and human rights defenders, space for ‘mainstream’ opposition parties. They expressed concern over the reported irregularities in…
The High Court has dismissed a petition by Kader Siddiqui challenging a decision of the Election Commission (EC) on cancellation of his candidature for Tangail-8 by election. The bench of Justices Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Zafar Ahmed issued the order…
The nation will celebrate the 44th Independence and National Day on Wednesday with a fresh vow to turn Bangladesh into a peaceful and non-communal country to materialise dreams of the martyrs. On this day in 1971, the unarmed valiant Bangalees…
Seven million people died as a result of air pollution in 2012, the World Health Organization estimates.
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The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday demanded the resignation of ex-chief justice ABM Khairul Haque as the chairman of Law Commission (LC), a statutory body, for his remark terming the Law Minister as the guardian of the judiciary.…
Experts at a training workshop have underscored the need for optimum and safer use of chemical pesticides in crop fields to save the agro-products from poisonous contamination that causes harms to the public health.
Khulna district administration have chalked out elaborate programme to celebrate the Independence and National Day- 2014 here in a befitting manner tomorrow (Wednesday).
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at a meeting with visiting Australian first assistant secretary Paul Robilliard reiterated that a meaningful dialogue is needed to resolve the ongoing political crisis. “Khaleda Zia has underscored the need for a meaningful dialogue for holding…
Rajshahi City Corporation and district administration together with various political, social and cultural organizations and educational institutions including Rajshahi University chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the Independence and National Day here tomorrow with much enthusiasm and patriotic zeal.
Bangladesh conceded a frustrating 73-run defeat to holders West Indies in their first Group B Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the home of Bangladesh Cricket — Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium– in Mirpur on Tuesday. In reply…
Irrigation crisis hits Boro farming in Rangpur Irrigation on 60,500 hectares of Boro land under the Teesta Barrage project area is facing setback in the current season due to abnormal fall of water flow in the Teesta following unrestrained withdrawal…
Recalling that BNP founder Ziaur Rahman had proclaimed the country’s Liberation War, speakers a at a discussion on Tuesday said Awami League will not be able to wipe out his name from history by resorting to falsehood and plots. They…
Police recovered the body of a housewife from Chapadah village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.