ZH Sikder Women’s Medical College and Hospital has sacked a doctor and a staff for confining and beating a journalist. They are Dr Mohammad Safiul Azam and his telephone operator Abu Sufian.
Year: 2014
Hotel Regency sues 16 shareholders for vandalism
Hotel Regency Resort Limited lodged a case on Wednesday morning with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka against 16 of its general shareholders including shareholder Shah Ashraf Islam for vandalism and looting while the court directed Khilkhet Police…
Hearing against Parimal sacking on 26 June
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing in the case filed against sacked teacher Parimal Joydhar of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College for molesting a girl student of the institute deferred to June 26. Judge-in-Charge of Dhaka’s Women and…
9 army men injured in training grenade blast
A grenade accidently went off during a training session on Wednesday, leaving nine army personnel injured at Dinajpur Cantonment. The explosion at the firing range took place at 2pm, Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate’s (ISPR) and local sources confirmed.
CPB, BSD demand immediate arrest of N’ganj killers
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) at a protest rally on Wednesday voiced their concern over the government’s failure to arrest the main culprits of seven murders of Narayanganj although 17 days have…
Foreign diplomats press govt-BNP dialogue
Several Dhaka-based foreign diplomats have urged the government to keep open the option of holding dialogue with opposition BNP on the modalities of future general election. The diplomats’ call came at a briefing arranged by the Foreign Ministry at the…
BNP rally to protest killing, disappearance at Jatrabari Saturday
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold its public meeting at Jatrabari in the city on Saturday protesting growing killing, enforced disappearance and abduction across the country including Narayanganj. BNP chairperson and former premier Khaleda Zia will address the meeting as…
‘No mercy for Narayanganj killers’
The government has told diplomats that the Narayanganj murderers will be brought to justice “regardless of their party ranks and affiliation”. Prime Minister’s adviser for political affairs HT Imam told a group of diplomats about the government’s resolve at the…
Delay won’t be contempt of court, says AG
The delay in carrying out the High Court order for arrest of three disgraced RAB officers over the Narayanganj multiple murders will not be a contempt of court, the attorney general has said. Mahbubey Alam remarked the government was giving…
PM wants DGFI ready to protect democracy
The prime minister has asked the members of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) to remain alert to all sorts of threats to protect democracy. Sheikh Hasina was addressing a ‘Darbar’ of the officials and staff of the military’s…
Maternity allowance distributed among mothers in Sundarganj
Department of Women Affairs (DWA) distributed Tk 6.93 lakh asmaternity allowance to 330 poor mothers of Sundarganj upazila in the district for the first six-month of 2013-2014 fiscal.
India, not China, has the world’s worst urban air pollution
From: Jeremy Hance, MONGABAY.COM ,Breathing in urban India is hard: of the world’s top twenty cities with the worst air, 13 of them are found in India, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite the…
Forecast possible for Irukandji box jellyfish blooms
The sudden arrival of huge blooms of box jellyfish can now be predicted, a study suggests.
Federer beaten in return after boys’ birth in Rome
Rome — Roger Federer appeared to lose focus in his first match back after the birth of his second set of twins, losing to 47th-ranked Jeremy Chardy of France 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the second round of the Italian…
Barca’s Valdes thanks coaches in farewell message
Barcelona – Outgoing Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has paid tribute to Louis Van Gaal and all other coaches he worked under at the club in an emotional farewell message to fans.
Grace of Monaco slammed at Cannes Film Festival
Early reviews of Grace of Monaco, the Grace Kelly biopic chosen to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, have slammed the film, with one describing it as “a timeless camp classic”.
Phone-hacking trial: Kate Middleton ‘hacked 155 times’
Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman hacked Kate Middleton’s phone 155 times, a court has heard.
Nigerian village vigilantes ‘repel Boko Haram attack’
Residents of three villages in northern Nigeria have repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters, an eyewitness has told the BBC. About 200 of the militants were killed during the fighting in the Kala-Balge district of Borno state,…
Comments on Lankan Tamils seeking refuge in India
Ten Sri Lankan Tamils, including two women and five children, from Sri Lanka who landed Aricha Munai off the Dhanushkodi coast (Tamil Nadu) on May 5 2014, have been arrested by police for entering the country without passports.
Russia to oust US from International Space Station
Russia is to deny the US use of the International Space Station beyond 2020 and will also bar its rocket engines from launching US military satellites as it hits back at American sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis.
2 girls rescued in Satkhira while being trafficked to India
Police rescued two teenage girls from Kolaroa border point of the district while they were being trafficked to India on Tuesday.
Villagers’ clash kills 1 in Laxmipur
A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land dispute at Charporagachha village in Ramgati upazila on Tuesday night.
Man killed by wife, stepsons in Dinajpur
A man was beaten to death allegedly by his second wife and his step sons at Ramchandrapur village in Parbotipur upazila on Tuesday night.
Putkhali border: 1 held with 20 gold bars
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man along with 20 gold bars weighting 2.5 kilograms on Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
800-kg jatka seized, two jailed in Laxmipur
Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive seized 800-kg jatka and awarded two people one- year imprisonment each in Jhumur cinema hall area here last night.
Lightning kills mother, daughter in Mymensingh
A mother and her daughter were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them at Bangaon village under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Jatra pandal demolished in Gaibandha
The upazila administration last night demolished a Jatra pandal in Bala Ata area under Sadar upazila in the district for holding obscene dance and gambling.
Google hopes test drives steer Americans to embrace its robot cars
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Google Inc’s self-driving car technology likely will not be available for several more years. But the Internet company is already beginning the job of making the public comfortable with the futuristic vehicles.
Samsung pledges compensation for cancer sufferers
Samsung says it will compensate chip factory workers who developed cancer while working for the firm.
Steel industries want duty waiver for chemicals import
Owners of local steel industries on Wednesday demanded increase of tax on the import of billet and withdrawal of tax from the import of chemicals in the upcoming national budget for fiscal 2014-15 to protect the local industries. They also…