Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev have launched a fresh attack on anti-government protesters as the death toll in renewed clashes has climbed to 26.
Year: 2014
Upazila polls fair, largely peaceful: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday said the first phase elections in 97 upazila parishads of the country were held in a free and peaceful manner except a few minor incidents. “We’ve completed (the first phase) elections taking…
Upazila polls held peacefully amid enthusiasm: AL
The ruling Awami League said elections in 97 upazila parishads in the first phase were held peacefully amid high turnout of enthusiastic voters on Wednesday. PM’s adviser HT Imam presented the party’s preliminary assessment at a press briefing at Awami…
Sochi 2014: Tina Maze wins giant slalom for second gold medal
Slovenia’s Tina Maze won her second Sochi Olympic title with victory in the women’s giant slalom.
10 candidates boycott polls: BNP calls shutdowns in 8 upazilas
BNP on Wednesday called daylong hartals for Thursday in eight upazilas under six districts to protest what the party said upazila polls fraud. The upazilas are Sadar in Meherpur, Sadar and Shailakupa in Jhenidah, Sonatola in Bogra, Bakerganj and Gouranadi…
Stray incidents mar Upazila polls
Stray incidents like clashes, attacks and breach of electoral code of conduct and arrests were reported from various Upazilas of seven districts in Bangladesh during Wednesday’s first phase of polling. Magura: At least 13 people were injured in two separate…
Man City v Barcelona: Pellegrini says referee was ‘not impartial’
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini said Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson favoured Barcelona in the Spanish side’s 2-0 victory at Etihad Stadium.
Pussy Riot members are released in Sochi
Two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot who were arrested on Monday near the Winter Olympics resort of Sochi have been released.
US embassy officials meet Hefazat leaders
The United States has expressed its interest to know about 13-point demands of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and the qaumi madrasha education. US embassy political officer Kathleen Gibilisco and assistant political expert Lubain Chowdhury Masum expressed the interest during a meeting with…
Banksy’s Kissing Coppers sold at US auction
A Banksy mural entitled Kissing Coppers has fetched $575,000 (£345,000) at a US auction after being removed from the wall of a Brighton pub.
Railway Graft: Ex-GM Yusuf Mridha indicted in another case
Chittagong – A court here on Wednesday indicted suspended general manager of Bangladesh Railway (East) Yusuf Ali Mridha and four others in a graft case filed over corruption in the railway recruitment. The four other accused are Railway additional chief…
Dubai: Desert oasis or mirage for expats?
Palm trees, Vegas-style clubs, tax-free salaries, perfectly manicured promenades.
Rasel held for al Qaeda message circulation on 10-day remand
A Tangail Court has sent Md Rasel bin Sattar, arrested for circulating al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s audio message in Bangladesh, to 10-day police custody for interrogation. Judicial Magistrate Court judge Shahadat Hossain on Wednesday granted police the remand in one…
2 youths commit suicide in Rajshahi
Two young men allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents in Godagari and Durgapur upazilas on Tuesday.
HYV vegetables lift up Barguna farmers
Once sharecroppers, a few now own lands A good number of farmers in Amtali upazila of the district have learnt to turn around economically by cultivating different high-yielding varieties (HYV) of vegetables.
One held with 3 stolen transformers in Munshiganj
Police arrested an alleged member of an organised gang of thieves in possession of three power transformers while fleeing after stealing those from Tajpur village in Sirajdikhan upazila early Tuesday.
RAB nabs one with revolver in Pabna
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with a Pakistan-made revolver and 30 rounds of bullet from a house in Shalgaria area of the district town on Tuesday afternoon.
Housewife ‘commits suicide’ in Moulvibazar
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking pesticide at Chhatakchhara village in Kamalganj upazila on Tuesday.
2 Jamaat leaders held in Sirajganj
Police in two separate drives arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of attacking police and obstructing them from performing duties and vandalising vehicles on Tuesday night.
Huge quantity of drugs seized in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized huge quantity of various types of drugs from Putkhali and Shikerpur frontier area under Sharsha upazila of the district in the early hours today.
Why do we fear the truth?
Robert J. Burrowes If we want to take appropriate action to fix something that is not working properly, then it is necessary to understand, precisely, the nature of the problem. Obviously, if our diagnosis is inaccurate, then the solution applied…
Oman giving over 100,000 jobs from expatriates to its own nationals
Muscat: More than 100,000 jobs are to be stripped from expatriates and given to Omanis as the government works to redress the imbalance in the Sultanate’s employment market. Minister of Manpower Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri on Monday affirmed…
3 Regency Hotel executives held on cheating charges
Dhaka –Police arrested two directors and a manager of Dhaka Regency Hotel and Resort from the capital’s Khilkhet area on Tuesday evening following a case filed over cheating, murder attempt and money embezzlement.
CHT Commission for protecting hill people’s basic rights
Dhaka – Voicing deep concern over the continued ‘impunity’ to perpetrators of violence against indigenous women in the CHT region, the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission has urged the government to take effective measures to put an end to the…
Outlaw leader killed in Madaripur ‘gunfight’
Madaripur –A leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Shibchar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kiron Bepari, 29, son of Abu Bepari of Goalanda upazila of Rajbari district.
Rise against repression, Khaleda says welcoming JP-men
Khaleda Zia has welcomed new members into the BNP before calling on them to stand up together against ‘abduction, murder and torture’ by the government. Lakshmipur Jatiya Party Secretary General Mahmudur Rahman along with some 50 members joined the BNP…
Voting in 97 upazilas begins: BNP lodges complaints with EC
A delegation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has visited the Election Commission to lodge the complaint that it is not playing its appropriate role in the Upazila elections. Although the election is being held on a non-party basis, BNP-backed…
Farmland butterflies bounce back
By Ella Davies Farmland butterflies have flourished thanks to last year’s hot summer, the charity Butterfly Conservation says. The annual Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) recorded almost double the number of insects compared with the previous year. Long, sunny periods…
Master monkey’s brain controls sedated ‘avatar’
By James Gallagher The brain of one monkey has been used to control the movements of another, “avatar”, monkey, US scientists report. Brain scans read the master monkey’s mind and were used to electrically stimulate the avatar’s spinal cord, resulting…
Rajiv Gandhi murder plotters to be freed
The government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has decided to free three men and a woman convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of…