A young man was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Kachubari Bhata village on the Panchagarh-Thakurgaon highway in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.
Year: 2014
Minor boy drowns in river in Thakurgaon
A minor boy drowned in the Lachhi river in Pirganj upazila on Friday evening.
2 killed in Rajshahi road accidents
Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in the city and Godagari upazila on Friday.
Cop-criminal gunfight: 464 sued in Laxmipur
A case has been filed against 464 people, 64 among the members of notorious gang ‘Jisan Bahini’, in connection with the Thursday’s gunfight with police at Chandraganj in sadar upazila.
Man killed by falling branch in Sylhet
A man was killed when a branch of a tree fell on him at Munshirgaon village in Biswanath upazila on Friday.
Transport owners call strike in Sylhet div from Tuesday
Sylhet Division Road Transport Owner-Worker Action Council will enforce an indefinite transport strike in the division on Tuesday to press home their seven-point demand. The announcement came at a press conference held at a city hotel on Saturday afternoon.
One killed in road accident in Rajbari
An autorickshaw driver was killed when a truck rammed his autorickshaw at Goalondo Bazaar bus stand in Goalondo upazila on Saturday morning.
Body of unidentified youth recovered in Sylhet
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from the Surma River at Southern Surma area of the town on Saturday.
Countrywide demo Sunday against BNP rally denial
The BNP has announced a countrywide demonstration programme for Sunday, protesting ‘the government’s undemocratic attitude’ as permission for its Saturday rally Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Uddya has been denied. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared the protest programme at…
Apparel Summit in Dec to dispel negative image
Bangladesh will send out an impressive message to its partners in the global apparel market through the first-ever ‘Dhaka Apparel Summit-2014’ to be held here next month helping global stakeholders to come out from the negative perception about the sector.…
New protected area for dolphins, whales, sharks in Bay of Bengal
The Government of Bangladesh has created the country’s first marine protected area that will now safeguard whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and other oceanic species, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The creation of the “Swatch of No Ground Marine…
Celebrations mark 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
Germany has kicked off celebrations marking 25 years since the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall, set to culminate in rock stars and freedom icons joining millions at an open-air party. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in communist East…
Wasfia Nazreen among Adventurers of the Year
A Bangladeshi aid worker hula-hoops on the Seven Summits to empower her country’s women and girls. She has been selected one of the National Geographic’s adventurers of the World for 2014/15 While exact numbers are difficult to pin down, approximately…
Frustration drives Khaleda to talk rubbish: Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Friday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is talking nonsense against the government out of the frustration that she will not be able to come to power in near future. “As Khaleda Zia…
India records maximum foreign tourist arrivals from B’desh
Bangladesh sent the highest number of foreign tourists to India in October. Official sources in India’s tourism ministry said the number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) this year was the highest over the previous years. Bangladesh tourists accounted for 14.15…
Growing tension at Al-Aqsa holy site
There have been disturbances in some parts of Jerusalem and surrounding areas in the occupied West Bank after Israeli police staged a huge security operation to prevent rioting after Friday prayers. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there are…
Blanket factory gutted inside Dhaka Central Jail
A blanket factory inside the boundary of Dhaka Central Jail was gutted by a fire in the city’s Bakshibazar area on Friday afternoon. Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire originated at the comforter factory, ‘Warming…
China and Japan smooth over East China Sea island row
China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea.
‘Ghostly presence’ created in lab
To investigate, the researchers scanned the brains of 12 people with neurological disorders, who had reported experiencing a ghostly presence.
Many stars ‘outside galaxies’
A new study of the universe’s background light has suggested that as many as half its stars might be hidden in the space between galaxies.
Toy Story 4: Disney Pixar confirm ‘exciting’ new film
Buzz, Woody and the gang are returning to our screens for Toy Story 4.
Shakib Al Hasan scores 100 and takes 10 wickets in same Test
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become only the third player in history to take 10 wickets and score a century in a Test match.
Mosharraf urges business people to follow business ethics
Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain urged upon the business people on Thursday evening to follow the business ethics to ensure respite for the consumers.
Flourish talent to ensure rights of girl child: speakers
Speakers at a discussion meeting here have stressed for properly flourishing latent talent of the girl children to ensure their equal universal rights and make equally worthy citizens for sustainable national uplift.
Huge raid to shut down 400-plus dark net sites
Silk Road 2.0 and 400 other sites believed to be selling illegal items including drugs and weapons have been shut down.
Bangladeshi lynched on other side of Comilla border
A Bangladeshi young man was beaten to death by Indian civilians along Katakbazar border in Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ershad Hossain, 30, son of Ayat Ali of Aranyapur village in the upazila. This is the…
Latest technologies can increase crop production
Adoption and popularisation of the climate resilient cropping patterns with latest technologies can further increase crop production at reduced costs to attain sustainable food security despite adverse impacts of climate change.
Matior underlines importance of women empowerment for economic uplift
Religious Affairs Minister Principal Matior Rahaman on Thursday underlined the importance of women empowerment for economic development of the country.
Agro-processing enterprises prospects bright in Rajshahi region
Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers here said.
Election must be acceptable to all, not just one party: Dr. Kamal
Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain has said that an election has to be acceptable to all and not to a specific party only. A controversial elections brings no good to country, he said. Addressing a discussion on democracy and…