Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation at 7.15pm on Monday. PM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury said, the Prime Minister will make the address marking completion one year of the general election held on January 5, 2014.
Day: January 4, 2015
11 vehicles torched, 4 crude bombs blasted, 247 held
At least 11 vehicles were torched in different places of the capital, Gazipur and Mymensingh on Sunday ahead of the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s planned January-5 rally, leaving 18 people injured. Of the vehicles, seven were set ablaze in the capital…
Khaleda not confined, can go back home anytime: Hasina
Accusing Khaleda Zia of staging a confinement drama, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the BNP chief is not confined and she can go back home anytime if she wants to do so. “She (Khaleda) is not confined, she…
Khaleda to ‘take to street,’ invites all parties to movement
Besieged at her Gulshan political office, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday expressed her firm stance about taking to the street on Monday to mark the day as ‘Democracy Killing Day’. Leaders of different pro-BNP professional bodies, including teachers, journalists,…
Barred from seeing Khaleda B. Chowdhury supports movement
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury was barred from meeting besieged BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday. The BDB chief came to Khaleda’s Gulshan office around 12 noon to meet the former Prime Minister. As his motorcade…
Facility opens to safeguard the future of chocolate
A new facility has opened in Reading, to safeguard the future of chocolate. It is a bigger and better clearing house for all the world’s new cocoa varieties, which must be quarantined before they can be grown. Demand for chocolate…
Country star Little Jimmy Dickens dies aged 94
Renowned American country music singer-songwriter Little Jimmy Dickens has died at the age of 94. His spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said Dickens died on Friday of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. His novelty songs, including May the…
Sony cyber-attack: North Korea calls new US sanctions hostile
North Korea has described new sanctions imposed in response to a major cyber-attack against Sony Pictures as part of groundless and hostile US policy. The US placed sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals, after the FBI blamed…
Soumya Sarkar in Bangladesh World Cup squad
Allrounder Soumya Sarkar has been named in Bangladesh’s 15-member squad for the 2015 World Cup, which also includes fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam. Mashrafe Mortaza will lead the side while Shakib Al Hasan has been named…
Australia v India: Mitchell Johnson ruled out of final Test
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will miss the final Test against India, which starts in Sydney on Tuesday, because of a hamstring injury. But the left-armer is expected to be fit in time for the subsequent one-day tri-series against England…
New York Book fair of Mukthodhara 22-24 May
Mahfuz Adnan, New York Correspondent International Bangla festival and book fair 2015 will be held from 22 to 24 May next in New York city. Rukeya Haider, the head of Bangla Service of voice of America has been selected as…
Eid-e-Miladun Nabi being celebrated Sunday
Muslims in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world the holy Eid-e-Miladun Nabi (birth day of Hazrat Muhammad (sm) with due religious fervour. Sunni Muslims observe the birthday of Prophet Muhammed (sm) on the 12th day of the Islamic month of…
Traffickers ‘made $3m’ on ship to Italy
Police in Italy believe traffickers made some $3m (£1.9m; €2.5m) from 359 illegal migrants found abandoned on a cargo ship in the Mediterranean. The Ezadeen was towed into the Italian port of Corigliano Calabro after being found by coast guards…
BNP head office locked, Khaleda confined, Rizvi hauled
Police on Saturday night confined BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to her Gulshan political office, 36 hours before her party-led 20-party’s scheduled January-5 rally. “Madam Khaleda Zia is confined at her office by the members of law-enforcement agencies, including police, of…