A special court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case.
Year: 2014
Firearms, bullet recovered in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized single firearms along with two rounds of bullet from the house of an alleged arms trader at Batopota village in Benapole of Jessore on Tuesday.
Baul singer stabbed on dais, dies
A baul (Folk) singer was killed and two of his troupe members were injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants at Dumdia village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Muktar Hossain, 31,…
BNP-backed candidate Nur wins Pirganj UZ polls
BNP-supported candidate Nur Mohammad Mondal was elected chairman of Pirganj upazila in the upazila parishad polls on Monday.
GreenWatch Dhaka mourns Dr MS Haq
Dr MS Haq, the prolific writer who used to fill the Green Corner of this online newspaper, is no more. He died of a massive heart attack in Dhaka on late Monday afternoon. He was buried near his parents’ graves…
AL men assault Digholia LGED engineer
An engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) was assaulted allegedly by activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies in Digholia upazila on Monday following an altercation over tender submission for construction works in six…
Dhaka-Delhi textiles sector cooperation working group meet Thursday
The first meeting of the joint working group (JWG) for cooperation in textiles sector between Bangladesh and India will be held here on Thursday, said an official. Bangladesh and India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in textiles…
Partial trial in BDR mutiny killings: BNP
A BNP leader has alleged that the country has only seen ‘partial trial’ over the killings during the 2009 BDR mutiny. “The masterminds of the mutiny are still at large. Their godfathers are not yet nabbed. It appears that the…
BNP candidate wins Peerganj UZ chairman election
The BNP-backed candidate has been elected chairman in the Pirganj Upazila Parishad elections in Rangpur, a parliamentary constituency from where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was elected in the Jan 5 elections. The balloting, in the first phase of the local…
BNP-backed Nur takes lead in Pirganj UZ polls
BNP-backed candidate Nur Mohammad Mondal has taken a lead in the battle of ballots in the polls in Pirganj upazila held on Monday as shown in the latest results. According to the latest results, Nur bagged 52,203 votes in 63…
Progressive teachers’ panel sweep Ruta polls
The panel backed by pro-Awami League and -left-leaning parties swept the Rajshahi University Teachers’ Association (Ruta) polls held on Monday. The Yellow Panel of the progressive teachers bagged all the posts of Ruta 15-member executive committee. Teacher of Geology and…
JnU teachers-students vow to recover hall
Jagannath University Teachers’ Association (JnUTA) has announced to continue their agitation programme on the university campus until the recovery of its Tibet Hall occupied by an Awami League leader. JnUTA President Sarkar Akkas Ali and university Proctor Ashok Kumar Saha…
The five-nation Asia Cup Cricket begins here tomorrow (Tuesday) with defending champions Pakistan taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah. The 50 over-a-side day-night will start at 2 pm. The other…
Titumir boys attack BRAC varsity
Students of Government Titumir College went on the rampage at BRAC University in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Monday, damaging at least two vehicles. BRAC University students took to the street protesting the attack, halting traffic on one of Dhaka’s busiest streets…
Nod to cut down 500 Sal trees of reserved forest
The Cabinet has approved felling of 500 Sal trees, valued for timber, to develop the road from Joydebpur to Mauna, Cabinet Secretary Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has said. “The approval was given to implement the Joydebpur-Mymensingh road development project before time,”…
Minu, Bulbul sent to jail
A Rajshashi court has sent 36 BNP activists to prison — among them the city’s mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and the party’s Joint Secretary General Mizanur Rahman Minu. They were charged in two cases over the killing of a policeman…
28 Shibir men held in Ctg
Twenty-eight leaders and activists of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e Islami’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have been arrested in separate drives lasting from Sunday night to Monday afternoon in the port city of Chittagong. Police said those arrested include Kotwali thana…
BCL men lock city restaurant for delayed service
Activists of Dhaka University’s Shahidullah Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) locked a restaurant for two hours in the city’s Chankherpool area for delay in serving a BCL man. Witnesses said BCL activist Shahriar went to ‘Aftab Hotel and…
2 unauthorised Ctg shipyards evicted
Two illegal shipyards built by destroying coastal forests at Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong district were evicted by the Authorities on Monday. The two shipyards — SK Steel and SK Ship Breaker — were built illegally on lands under coastal forests…
Three-day workshop on regional project begins in Rangpur
A three-day workshop on ‘Improving food security governance in South and South East Asia through strengthened participation of organisations of marginalised farmers’ regional project was launched here from Sunday.
JMB snatching worries BNP
The BNP is concerned over snatching of three convicted Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants from a police prison van at Trishal in Mymensingh. Standing Committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah, speaking at a discussion at the National Press Club on Sunday,…
Egypt’s commitment to press freedom on trial
Three journalists from al-Jazeera’s English news channel go on trial in Egypt on Thursday, in a case which campaigners say is part of a sweeping crackdown on freedom of speech, reports the BBC’s Orla Guerin in Cairo.
Khandakar Mosharraf’s anticipatory bail scrapped
The Appellate Division has cancelled an anticipatory bail that BNP leader Khandker Mosharraf Hossain had secured from the High Court in a money laundering case. The case is pursued by Bangladesh’s national anti-graft watchdog Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Kimora Lee Simmons debuts giant Sapphire Sparkler
Kimora Lee Simmons won’t be blue any longer. The model-turned-mogul stepped out for the first time since she secretly wed her banker boyfriend, Tim Leissner, and was spotted wearing a stunning sapphire bauble on her ring finger as she exited…
Dr Ruhal Haque apologises
Former Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque on Monday apologised to all Awami League leaders and activists and physicians for submitting his affidavit to the Election Commission with wrong wealth information before the 10th general election. “I carelessly and unexpectedly…
Lego Movie blocks out US box office rivals
The Lego Movie is still towering over its rivals on the North American box office chart, after spending a third week at number one.
JMB men Zakaria, Rasel on 20-day remand
A court here on Monday placed two of the snatchers of the three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 20-day remand in two cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate Sonia Akhter passed the order when Sakhipur…
China: General says smog ‘best defence’ against US lasers
A Chinese general says the country’s thick smog is its best defence against US laser weapons, it’s been reported.
Egypt interim government resigns unexpectedly
Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government.
Ukraine arrest warrant for fugitive ex-leader Yanukovych
Ukraine has issued a warrant for the arrest of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, the interim interior minister has announced.