The Shela river inside the Sunderbans was opened to movement of water transport vessels barely a month from the oil spill disaster that occured early last month. Environmentalists had been demanding closure of the route through the Sunderbans with a…
BNP joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed yesterday said the 20-party’s countrywide non-stop blockade would continue until they take a fresh decision in this regard. “The blockade programme will continue until further announcement,” Rizvi said while talking to some journalists at…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) allowed police to quiz BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the jail gate within 10 working days. Magistrate Md Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan of the court passed…
Police arrested three leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, including its district unit president Alamgir Hossain, from Basila Dakhil Madrasa in Noldanga upazila on Tuesday night.
The Coast Guard in a joint drive seized 2,000 kg hilsa fry (jatka) from three passenger launches in Dhaleswari River early this morning.
A motorcyclist was killed and four passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Mirsarai bazar here on Wednesday.
A young man was killed after falling from the roof of a running train at the North Outer Signal of Fulbari rail station under Fulabri upazila in Dinajpur district today, police and local sources said.
Honey farming has made many people especially some self-committed persons small entrepreneurs in the region.
Brisk preparations are afoot to hold the fortnight long pollimela (village fair) under the style of Jasim Pollimela commemorating the 112th birth anniversary of great folklore poet Jasimuddin will begin here on January 10 at village Gobindapur on the bank…
Cultivation of highly profitable lemon has been expanding fast bringing fortune to hundreds of farmers, common people and distressed women everywhere in Rangpur region in recent years.
Habiganj municipality mayor G K Gaus has been suspended for his suspected link with the killing of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria.
A housewife was found dead at Bakshabaid village in Sribardi upazila on Tuesday morning.
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said the countrywide transport blockade will continue until their 20-party alliance takes a fresh decision in this regard. The BNP leader came up with the announcement at a press briefing at…
The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule as to why directive should not be issued not to give media coverage to statements of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, living in London since September, 2008. An HC division bench comprising…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, who was picked up by plainclothes police and then admitted to Apollo Hospital in the city on Saturday, is learnt to have left the hospital without informing the hospital authorities early Wednesday. By…
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A female suicide bomber has blown herself up in the Turkish city of Istanbul, injuring two police officers, the city governor says. She hit a police station in the tourist hub of Sultanahmet. Reports say one of the officers has…
Astronomers have proved that they can accurately tell the age of a star from how fast it is spinning. We know that stars slow down over time, but until recently there was little data to support exact calculations. For the…
Batsman David Warner scored a century and paid tribute to Phillip Hughes as Australia dominated day one of the fourth Test against India in Sydney. Warner hit 101 and on reaching 63, he took off his helmet and kissed the…