Detective Branch (DB) of police rescued a minor boy from Narayanpur area under Matlab thana (South) in Chandpur district on Wednesday, five days after his abduction from Siddhirganj upazila of the district.
Year: 2014
10 AL ‘rebels’ expelled in Jessore
The ruling Awami League has expelled its three local leaders for contesting the upazila polls in Sharsha, Jhikargachha and Bagharpara of Jessore district going against the party decision and also seven other leaders for supporting them.
Farmers encouraged for adopting modern irrigation method
In the wake of abnormal lowering of underground water table, farmers in the vast Barind tract are being encouraged adopting water-saving irrigation method like AWD.
Dropout students get educational support in Rajshahi city
Dropout students from the distressed and underprivileged communities in the city are getting financial support for continuing their institutional learning in the city, speakers at a grants-distribution ceremony said in Rajshahi on Wednesday.
Community-based adaptation to climate change stressed
Experts at a divisional seminar have stressed for innovation and adoption of the community-based mechanisms, ways, strategies and technologies to adapt with changing climate in vulnerable areas including inland chars.
Shaheed Day pledges
Sixteen crore people of Bangladesh once again recall the supreme sacrifices of the language martyrs who symbolised the spirit of love and respect for the mother tongue and the right to democracy and self-determination in the then East Pakistan. They…
10 crore birth registrations available online
Bangladesh has touched a milestone completing online birth registration of 10 crore (100 million) people on Sunday, according to a message received from the Birth and Death Registration Project of the Local Government Division. So far more than 16 crore…
10 AL ‘rebels’ expelled in Jessore
Benapole – The ruling Awami League has expelled its three local leaders for contesting the upazila polls in Sharsha, Jhikargachha and Bagharpara of Jessore district going against the party decision and also seven other leaders for supporting them. Party sources…
India court suspends Rajiv Gandhi murder plotters’ release
India’s Supreme Court has put on hold the release of three of the seven people convicted of involvement in the murder of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, where the plotters are held, ordered the…
North and South Koreans hold rare family reunions
Hundreds of North and South Korean relatives are seeing each other for the first time in decades, at a reunion for families separated by the Korean War. More than 100 mostly elderly South Koreans arrived in the North on Thursday…
4 killed in Narsingdi bus-mini bus collision
Four persons were killed when a bus and a microbus were involved in a head-on collision at Narsingdi’s Belabo Upazila. The accident, which left 10 others injured, occurred around 1.30am past midnight on Thursday on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, said Belabo…
PM hands over Ekushey Padak to 15 eminent citizens
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday formally handed over the prestigious Ekushey Padak to fifteen eminent citizens at a ceremony at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital. These distinguished persons have been selected for the Ekushey Padak 2014…
Women’s representation in government still low
New Worldwatch Institute study examines the number of women active in national legislatures Washington DC—In late 2013, women accounted for slightly more than 21 percent of the representatives in the lower or popular chambers of national legislatures worldwide, according to…
Food security thru sustainable agri in southern region urged
Agricultural experts at a programme have called for boosting agriculture for achieving food security and reducing malnutrition through increased environmentally sustainable agriculture production in the country’s southern region. Addressing a seminar organised by BRAC at its Mohakhali head office on…
Wi-Fi on Dhaka road during T20 World Cup
Dhaka residents will enjoy Wi-Fi on busy roads during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. The wireless Internet will be available from March on a three kilometre stretch of road from Jahangir Gate to Banani. Advertising agency ‘Vinyl World’ is behind…
Singer Rumey secures conditional bail in wife’s case
A court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted conditional bail to singer Arefin Rumey in a case filed for repression allegations over dowry filed by his first wife Ananya. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 of Dhaka granted the remand on…
IBBL launches VISA Debit Card
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched its next generation VISA Debit Card. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Dasgupta Asim Kumar inaugurated the card as the chief guest at a programme at a city hotel with IBBL Managing Director and CEO…
Forex reserve hits US $19-bn mark
The country’s foreign currency reserve hit a record high US$ 19-billion mark on Wednesday. The forex reserve now stands at US$ 19048.09 million which is enough to meet import expenditures of the next six months, according to a central bank…
Jamuna Gr chairman sues Bashundhara Gr chairman
Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul sued Basundha Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and five others demanding a compensation of Tk 20 billion for publishing fake, false and defaming news items in the Daily Kalerkantha and the Bangladesh Pratidin. Judge…
Teenage girl, company employee murdered in city
Dhaka – In separate incidents, two people, including a teenage girl, have been murdered in the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas. One of the deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 44, a private company employee while the identity of the…
Cleaner held with 40 gold bars at Dhaka airport
Customs officials have detained a cleaner with 40 gold bars worth Tk 20 million at the Shahjalal International Airport. ‘Jainal’, 45, a cleaner of the airport was arrested around 12 noon on Wednesday, said Quamrul Hassan, assistant commissioner of Customs…
Saarc FMs meet in Male Thursday
The 35th sitting of the Saarc Foreign Ministers will be held in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Thursday with a focus on regional connectivity and enhancing trade ties among the Saarc countries. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar…
Bangladesh-US security dialogue Apr 16
The third round of the Bangladesh-US security dialogue will be held on Apr 16 in Dhaka, the foreign ministry has said. The US confirmed the date when Bangladesh’s foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque met senior state department officials including Assistant…
David Bergman faces another contempt of court
Journalist David Bergman has been accused of being in contempt of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for making making ‘adverse comments’ about the court on his blog. The ICT-2 chaired by Justice Obaidul Hasan has scheduled a hearing for Thursday.…
BNP charges govt with vote manipulation
Accusing the government of trying to manipulate the upazila polls, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said no fair election is possible under the current regime. “Today’s upazila elections have once again proved that elections won’t…
Blank shots fired to prevent rigging
Police fired two rounds of blank gunshots to prevent proxy voting at a polling centre at Abhoynagar Upazila of Jessore district during the Upazila Parishad elections on Wednesday. The incident took place at Rajghat Jafarpur Girls’ Secondary School polling centre…
Decks cleared for women voting in KSA civic elections
Preparations have been made for women to participate in the third municipal elections next year.
BNP leaders Khoka, Major Hafiz released
BNP vice chairmen Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed have been released from prisons on Wednesday. Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who is also former Dhaka city mayor, was released from Dhaka Central Jail in the afternoon as he…
Illegitimate resolutions against Sri Lanka
Shenali Waduge With respect to Sri Lanka, there are some facts that the world needs to take into consideration.
BNP backed candidates lead UZ polls with limited margin
The BNP backed candidates lead in the first phase of upazila elections held on Wednesday with a slight margin. Candidates loyal to the 19-Party alliance that it leads have won the race for chairman in 43 of the 95 Upazila…