Police arrested two kidnappers and rescued a cattle trader from a house at Putkhali here on Friday, eight hours of his abduction.
Year: 2014
Eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir held
Police arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Azizul Haque College unit president, from Satmatha area of the district town on Saturday morning.
2011 bus arson: Charge-sheeted accused held
Police arrested a charge-sheeted accused in a case for torching a bus in South Surma upazila in 2011 from Temukhi area under Moglabazar thana of the city on Friday night.
50 injured in clash
At least 50 people, including women and children, were injured in a clash between two warring influential clans over establishing supremacy at Charkoijhuri village in Shahjadpur upazila on Friday.
Woman drug peddler held
Police in a drive arrested a woman drug peddler along with 200 pieces of Yaba tablet at Chanchra Raypara area of the upazila on Friday night.
Valuables looted from Sylhet house
Robbers looted valuables from a house at Tirashi village in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Friday.
Bangladesh needs 9 more wickets on the final day
Bangladesh needs 9 more Zimbabwean wickets to get another test victory over the visitors. Bangladesh threw a target of 449 to Zimbabwe and they scored 71 for the loss of 1 wicket. Bangladeshi top orders batted with lot of confidence…
Boy dies after fall from rooftop
A minor boy died after he fell down from the rooftop of a two-storey under-construction building at Rajashan in the municipality area on Friday evening.
3 held with Phensidyl in Narail
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 147 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup at Sitarampur Bhanga Bridge in Sadar upazila on Friday.
Female RMG worker’s hanging body found in Gazipur
Police recovered the hanging body of a female garment worker from her rented house at Purba Kalemshwarer in the city on Friday.
5 social business projects approved at 37th SB lab
The 37th Social Business Design Lab took place on 15 November 2014 at the Grameen Bank Bhaban. Hundred and fifty participants and observers from national and international organizations including Dr. Cecep Effendi Director General of Centre on Integrated Rural Development…
Indonesia tsunami alert after 7.3 scale quake
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia has triggered a tsunami warning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was a possibility of “hazardous” waves up to one metre (3.3ft) high on coasts within a 300km (186…
AL prepare for Sirajgaj-3 by-election
The Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) has decided to sell party nomination papers for the by-election to Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency from November 15-17. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ALPB held at Ganobhaban, the official residence of…
Jahangir Mohammad Adel laid to rest
Jahangir Mohammad Adel, a former MP of Jatiya Party, was laid to rest at his family graveyard at Sobhanbagh here today. The first namaz-e-janaza was held after Juma prayers at Tara Mosque in Armanitola of Old Dhaka. Begum Rawshan Ershad’s…
BNP missed election train, says Nasim
Awami League presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has said that BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia missed the last election-train. “Play was held on the ground but you couldn’t play. It’s your failure and that’s why…
Isis to introduce its own currency, the Islamic dinar
Website affiliated with Islamic State says leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has instructed his followers to start minting coins Islamic State says its leader has ordered that the organisation start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency, the…
Gas line catches fire in Dhaka city
A gas supply line caught fire in Dhaka city’s Gulshan area on Friday night. Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire erupted in the gas supply line near Navana Tower at Gulshan-1 at 9:12pm.
Harvesting of Aman begins in Joypurhat
JOYPURHAT, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS)- Harvest of transplanted (T) Aman paddy, a highly valued crop, has been progressing fast in all the five upazilas in the district during the current season.
Three arrested with phensidyl in Narail
NARAIL, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS)- The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested three drug peddlers and recovered 147 bottles of phensidyl from Shitarampur Bridge area on the Narail-Jessore highway under Sadar upazila this morning.
‘Proper financial, cooperative microcredit management stressed’
RANGPUR, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – Proper management in microcredit and savings activities of smaller community based organisations (CBOs) could accelerate uplift to alleviate poverty bringing self- reliance to rural people and empowering the women.
Large python rescued in Rangamati
RANGAMATI, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – A large python was rescued from a classroom of a primary school on Thursday at the frontier upazila of Baghaichhari.
Phensidyl recovered in Satkhira
SATKHIRA, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS)- Members of RAB of Satkhir camp in a raid seized 790-bottle of Indian contraband phensidyl from Kalaroa Upazila on Thursday.
Cultivate flood tolerant rice to ensure food security: Dr Bari
RANGPUR, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – Project Scientist (Country Manager) of STRASA-IRRI Project in Bangladesh Dr M A Bari has called upon the framers for expanded cultivation of flood tolerant rice to increase rice production under adverse climate.
Govt annihilates democracy, Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the current regime has annihilated democracy in the country snatching people’s all democratic and basic rights. “Now the situation has turned so worse that people cannot express their…
Role of mothers vital in preventing malnutrition of children’
RANGPUR, Nov 14, 2014 (BSS) – Speakers at a daylong nutrition fair have stressed for creating adequate awareness among the rural mothers who could play vital role in selecting nutritious foodstuffs available all around them to prevent malnutrition of the…
Five-year-old passes Microsoft exam
A boy from Coventry has become the youngest computer specialist in the world.
UN says Islamic State imposing rule of terror in Syria
The militant group Islamic State is committing war crimes and imposing a “rule of terror” in areas it controls in Syria, a UN report says.
Comet lander: Future of Philae probe ‘uncertain’
The Philae lander has attempted to drill into the surface of comet 67/P, amid fears that its battery may die in hours.
2015 Nations Cup: Equatorial Guinea to host tournament
Equatorial Guinea have been named as the hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football has confirmed to the BBC.
Ctg Test: B’desh lead by 152 runs against Zimbabwe
Bangladesh took 152 runs lead against Zimbabwe after first innings on third day in their third and final match of the Bashundhara Cement Test Series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday.