Ballroom dancers and aerobics classes have popped up in the midst of an anti-China protest in Hanoi, Vietnam, in an apparent ploy by the government to break up the event. Protesters say the dancers, who showed up with a loud…
Year: 2014
Gas, power price hike on cards
Dhaka – The government is planning to increase the gas and power prices, said State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid here on Tuesday. Nasrul Hamid came up with the government plan while addressing a conference of diploma engineers of the…
Agri officials for reintroducing Aus paddy in northern districts
Dhaka – Rain-fed Aus should be reintroduced in the country’s northern region, where great stretches of land have turned fallow due to the depletion in levels of groundwater, observed officials on Tuesday. They also noted that the related research institutes…
Khaleda visits ailing B Chowdhury
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia visited ailing Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Tuesday night. BDB secretary general Major (retd) Abdul Mannan and joint secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury received Khaleda as she reached B…
Law minister hints at political dialogue after upazila polls
Law Minister Anisul Haq on Tuesday said the government favours dialogue with the political parties to boost the democratic process . The possibility of a dialogue will increase after the on-going upazila polls, the minister told the Canadian High Commissioner…
Elder brother testifies in JU student Zubair murder case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday recorded the depositions of an elder brother of slain Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed in the case filed in connection with the murder. Abdullah Al Mamun brother of the victim testified before the Fourth Speedy…
Bangladeshi boss of TV in UK jailed
The founder of a television station for Britain’s Bangladeshi community has been jailed for three years over a crash-for-cash insurance scam. Mohammed Ferdhaus, 40, admitted to laundering half a million pounds from a scam operated by his brother, Mohammed Samsul…
Court takes cognizance of charges in blogger Rajib murder case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday accepted charge sheets against eight persons and took cognizance of the charges against the accused, including Mufit M Jasimuddin Rahmani, Chief of Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case.
ACC interrogates ex-minister Shahjahan Mia’s APS
The Anti Corruption Commission on Tuesday quizzed Soumendra Lal Chandra Shoilen, former assistant personal secretary of ex-state minister for religious affairs Advocate M Shahjahan Miah on charge of accumulation of illegal wealth and laundering money to India, says an ACC…
SC withdraws stay on defamation case against Gen Moeen
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has withdrawn a stay on a defamation case against former army chief Gen Moeen U Ahmed.A full bench headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain issued the order on Tuesday after hearing an…
BNP-Jamaat out for anarchy joining hands with al-Qaeda: Hasan
Dhaka – Awami League publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday alleged that BNP-Jamaat alliance is trying to create anarchy in the country by joining hands with al-Qaeda. “The BNP-Jamaat alliance has long been enforcing militant programmes. We…
Opposition activists being abducted, killed: Mirza Fakhrul
“Opposition activists are being abducted and killed in Lakshmipur and elsewhere. They are being arrested in false cases,” acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a rally on Tuesday. The meet was held at the National Press Club…
Law enforcers crossed limit at RU: NHRC
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman on Tuesday said the law enforcers crossed their limit by making attacks on a recent peaceful rally of Rajshahi University students. “Members of the law enforcement agencies crossed their…
Upazila polls no marker of nationwide popularity: AL
Dhaka – Stressing the upazila polls’ local essence, party’s Publicity and Publications Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Tuesday evening that important as they are, “there is no scope for drawing conclusions regarding a party’s popularity at the national level…
Voting in 97 1st phase upazilas Wednesday: BNP smells vote fraud
A total of 97 upazilas in 40 districts are going to polls on Wednesday in the first of the staggered local body elections. The voting will open at 8am and continue till 4pm without any break. The Election Commission has…
Youth held in Tangail on charge of spreading ‘al-Qaeda message’
Dhaka – Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained a youth from Tangail on charge of spreading so-called audiovisual message of al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri on the internet. Director (media and legal wing) at the Rab headquarters Wing…
Thailand police and protesters clash in Bangkok
Three people have been killed and dozens injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.
Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf in court for treason trial
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has appeared in a Pakistani court for the first time on treason charges.
Rajiv Gandhi murder: Court commutes execution of plotters
India’s Supreme Court has commuted the death sentences of three men convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Ai Weiwei vase worth $1m broken in local artist protest
A Florida artist is facing criminal charges after deliberately dropping a vase by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in an apparent protest.
China removes $8bn from money markets to control lending
China’s central bank has removed nearly $8bn (£4.7bn) from the money markets in a bid to control the amount of credit in the country’s financial system.
Queen Elizabeth welcomes A-list actors at palace celebration
The Queen has welcomed Hollywood stars and film-makers including Steve McQueen and Dame Helen Mirren to a celebration of UK drama at Buckingham Palace.
How salmon help keep a huge rainforest thriving
The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest temperate forest in the world.
Sochi 2014: Russia lead two-man bobsleigh with Jamaica last
Leading Russian pair Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda lead the Winter Olympics two-man bobsleigh standings at halfway, with Jamaica in last place.
Three drug peddlers arrested with yaba in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered a huge amount of Yaba from Boalmari Upailla of the district and arrested three drug peddlers in this connection on Sunday night.
‘Modern road communications being developed in Rangpur’
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter (FF) Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has said modern road communications are being developed in Rangpur city to free it from traffic congestion.
Farmers expect bumper mustard production in Khulna division
Farmers of 10 districts of Khulna division are expecting a bumper production of mustard in the current rabi season.
Journalists’ role vital to reduce social stigma of HIV/AIDS
Mass-media, both print and electronics, has a vital role to play towards changing mindset towards the transgender and other socially excluded people to ensure their fundamental rights, discussants at a meeting said here today.
Man’s body recovered in Comilla
Police on Tuesday morning recovered the body of a man at Mohammadpur village in Daudkandi upazila.
One killed in Ctg road crash
A man was killed in a road accident near Dampara Police Station of the city early Tuesday morning.