A minor girl drowned in a pond at Mirpur in Sirajganj district town on Friday noon.
Year: 2014
52nd death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Sunday
The 52nd death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque will be observed on Sunday with due respect. Various socio-political organisations, including Awami League, BNP and Dhaka University, have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day. The programmes include placing…
Chased by ‘cops’, slum dweller drowns in city
A slum dweller drowned in a water body after being ‘chased by cops’ at a slum in the capital’s Mirpur area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khaleque, 40, son of late Abul Kalam of Rangpur Sadar upazila…
13 rescued from traffickers’ clutches on Putkhali border
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 13 people, including nine women and two children, while they were being trafficked to India through Charermath on Putkhali border here on Friday night.
Mob lynches 3 robbery suspects in Gazipur
Three suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Shohadia village in Sreepur upazila early Saturday.
BB Governor for raising tax rebate ceiling on CSR activities
Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the ceiling on tax exemption for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by banks and financial institutions should be raised. “For enjoying the income tax rebate, I think, the minimum limit for expenditure…
Second bone marrow transplant successful
Doctors at Bangladesh’s first-ever bone marrow transplant unit conducted the second stem cell transplant on Saturday even as the first patient was released from the hospital and recovering fast at home. Prof MA Khan who led the team told bdnews24.com…
BNP’s mass hunger strike May 4 to protest repression
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage mass hunger strike across the country on May 4 protesting extra judicial killing and repressive acts of the government on its leaders and activists. The hunger strike will begin at 9:00am and continue till…
Politics in US denial of duty-free access: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has lashed out at the US saying it was refusing Bangladesh duty and quota privileges for political reasons. Muhith returned from his two week-long visit to the US and Mexico on Apr 23. “The US has…
Juba Dal leader’s body found in Laxmipur
Police have recovered the bullet-ridden body of a Juba Dal leader in Laxmipur Sadar two days after he was picked up from Dhaka’s Uttara by a group of people claiming to be from security forces.
AL repressive acts outshine medieval-age barbarism: BNP
Voicing deep concern over the ‘growing incidents of repression and extrajudicial killing’, BNP on Saturday alleged that Awami League’s repressive acts surpassed the barbarism of the medieval age. “BNP leaders and activists are being killed, made disappeared and repressed. Extrajudicial…
AL-BNP activists clash in Noakhali
Local Awami League and BNP activists have clashed in Noakhali’s Companyganj Upazila, leaving at least 15 people injured.
Maiden Ticfa meeting in Dhaka Monday
The first-ever meeting under the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) between Dhaka and Washington begins in Dhaka on Monday, aiming to identify and address obstacles to further expanding bilateral trade and investment. However, a series of meetings will…
Bullet-riddled bodies recovered in Cox’s Bazar
Police have recovered three bullet-riddled bodies of suspected drug peddlers from a trawler in Cox’s Bazar.
‘Sudden rise, fall in Teesta flow poor quality drama’
Addressing a discussion meeting at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday termed the sudden rise and the fall in Teesta water flow as a poor quality drama. “It is nothing but a joke that the water…
G7 ‘to intensify Russia sanctions’ over Ukraine
The G7 group of economic powers has agreed to intensify sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. A G7 statement gave no detail of the sanctions, but US officials said they could announce measures by Monday. The West accuses…
South Korea ferry disaster: All navigation crew ‘held’
All 15 crew members involved in the navigation of the ill-fated South Korean passenger ferry Sewol are now reportedly in custody, facing criminal negligence charges. The prosecution requested arrest warrants for four additional crew members. Eleven others, including the captain,…
Three suspected thieves lynched in Gazipur
Three suspected thieves have been beaten to death by a mob in Gazipur early on Saturday. This happened in a village of Bormi Union under Sreepur Upazila around 3am, Sreepur Police Station OC Mohsin-ul Quadir said. “All three were members…
AL-BNP activists clash in Noakhali
Local Awami League and BNP activists have clashed in Noakhali’s Companyganj Upazila, leaving at least 15 people injured. Police arrested five persons, including a Union Parishad (UP) chairman, after the clash on Friday night, said Companyganj Police Station OC Sajidur…
Juba Dal leader’s body found in Lakshmipur
Police have recovered the bullet-ridden body of a Juba Dal leader in Lakshmipur Sadar two days after he was picked up from Dhaka’s Uttara by a group of people claiming to be from security forces. Md Shamsul Islam Solaiman, a…
BNP’s demo April 28, hunger strike May 4 against repression
BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Apr 28, while ‘mass hunger strike’ on May 4 to register its protest against what it said the repressive acts of the government. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced…
Ties with Washington not comfortable: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said Bangladesh’s relation with the United States is not ‘comfortable’ politically though the ties in economic field are okay. “Politically, their (US) pressures aren’t comfortable, not good either, and beyond norms,” he told reporters…
Corporate social responsibility of banks
Dr. Atiur Rahman Corporate social responsibility, is no more a supplementary or optional activity for any corporate, so is for banks. CSR is really about companies operating in a manner that is sustainable, cognizant of their responsibility to the wider…
Mainstreaming of climate change issues in media urged
Speakers at a meeting yesterday emphasised the need for bringing the climate change issues in the mainstream of the media much more to face their impacts to the people. Addressing the yearly evaluation meeting of Network on Climate Change, Bangladesh…
8,000MW electricity added under AL regime: Tofail
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday said the country achieved the capacity of producing 11,000 MW of electricity during the Awami League government. “Country’s power general capacity reached 11,000 MW during the Awami League from only 3,000 MW,” he said…
Ershad visits Ruhul Amin Howlader in hospital
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Friday visited his party’s ailing senior leader ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader at a city hospital. The Jatiya Party chief went to United Hospital around 11am and spent some time beside Howlader, a Presidium Council…
Saima for local effective mechanism to manage autism
Saima Wazed Hossain has suggested taking concerted efforts in finding a locally designed and effective indigenous mechanism and diagnostic to manage autism that is appropriate for Asian culture. Saima, also daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, observed that Asian countries…
Kidnapped trader rescued in Sirajganj after 8 days
Police rescued a trader from Chhongachha in Sadar upazila early Friday after eight days into his abduction. The rescued is Jilur Rahman, 31, son of Abul Hossain of the area. He has an electronics goods shop at Chhangachha Bazar.
SAARC cabinet secretaries meet in Dhaka Saturday
The second meeting of the SAARC Cabinet Secretaries will begin at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Dhaka today (Saturday). The cabinet secretaries from Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host Bangladesh are participating in the two-day meeting. An…
BGB hands over 2 Indians to BSF
Seven hours after two Indian citizens were kidnapped by some Bangladeshi nationals along the India-Bangladesh border in Feni district, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued and handed them over to their counterparts Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday. Earlier, a…