Police recovered hacked bodies of two young men from Dhopadi beel (water body) in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Thursday morning.
Month: January 2015
Shimulia-Kawarakandi ferry services resume
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawarakandi route in the Padma river remained suspended for four hours till this morning.
Charlie Hebdo attacks: Hollande says magazine ‘reborn’
French President Francois Hollande has insisted Charlie Hebdo and its values will survive, after the new edition of the satirical weekly sold out in hours.
BGB chief’s word to open fire beyond jurisdiction, unlawful: BNP
The National Standing Committee of the Bnp in a statement to the press on Thursday termed the directive given by the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) to open fire on political workers as totally beyond jurisdiction and in…
Stray violence mark Thursday’s hartal: Anti blockade demo in Gulshan
Stray incidents of violence causing death of a bus helper in Gazipur marked the day-long hartal of the Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance on Thursday. A burn victim died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Meanwhile, a group of…
Harnessing canal top solar power: Gujarat way
By Nava Thakuria It was a sunny afternoon, when the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inaugurated a canal top solar power plant at Vadodara (earlier known as Baroda) of Gujarat in western India, where the UN chief highly commended the vision…
Govt puts law enforcers face to face with people: Rizvi
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday alleged that the government has put the law enforcers face to face with the people to cling to power. He made the allegation in a statement issued yesterday. The BNP leader…
‘In dog we trust’ misprint on US sheriff’s office rug
A rug has been removed from a sheriff’s office in Florida after it was noticed that it read “in dog we trust” instead of “in God we trust”. The $500 (£329) mat lay at the entrance to the office in…
Man killed in Natore road crash
A man was crushed under the wheels of a truck in Chhatni Bazar area of Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
526 goat rawhides seized at Benapole
Members of Border Guard (BGB) in a drive seized 526 goat rawhides foiling a smuggling bid at Putkhali border point on Wednesday morning.
3 motorcyclists killed in Jessore road crash
Three motorcyclists were killed and three others injured as a truck rammed two motorcycles on Jessore-Keshabpur road at Begaritola in Manirampur upazila on Wednesday.
Produce duck chicks for self-reliance: Speakers
Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a month-long training course on Tuesday called upon the unemployed and poor rural women for producing duck chicks using modern technologies to achieve self-reliance.
JSM produces 3,000 tonnes sugar in a month
Joypurhat Sugar Mill (JSM), one of the largest state owned enterprises, has produced 3,000 tonnes of sugar by crushing 45,000 tonnes of sugarcane in 32 days ignoring blockade.
Netrakona farmers busy sowing boro seeds
The farmers in the district are passing busy time sowing Boro seeds in their farm lands since the first week of the current month.
‘Farmers-friendly banking needed for boosting crop production’
Speakers have asked the branch managers and other field staffs of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its farmers-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to face the gradually increasing food demand.
Woody Allen to create TV show for Amazon
Director Woody Allen is to create his first ever television series.
Fingerprints ‘breakthrough’ for wildlife crime investigators
Scientists say they have made a forensic breakthrough in the fight against wildlife crime.
Charlie Hebdo publishes new issue, one week after attack
The new edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has gone on sale, with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad on its cover.
Moeen Ali: England batsman ‘over’ short-ball struggles
England batsman Mooen Ali has admitted mental problems caused his struggles against the short ball.
BCL attack: 2 Bnp, Jcd leaders injured in comilla
Two local leaders of BNP and its youth front Juba Dal were injured in an attack allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Dal (BCL) on the Nazrul Avenue in the city on Thursday morning. The injured, Kotwali BNP joint general…
FBI ‘foils IS-inspired plot to attack US Capitol’
The FBI has arrested a man in Ohio for allegedly planning to attack the US Capitol in Washington in an Islamic State-inspired attack. Christopher Cornell, 20, is charged with attempting to kill a US government officer, according to court documents.…
Beyond flesh and mortality….
Each story begins as a perfect example of ‘romantic love’ between a man and a woman, transcending into ‘intense passion’ before culminating into ‘spiritual ecstasy’. As much a part of folk literature as of contemporary rendering, the love stories from…
Excellent handbook for agri extension students, workers
Prof. M Zahidul Haque Agricultural extension is a discipline of providing need and demand-based knowledge to farming communities in a systematic, participatory manner, to increase their production, income, and improving the quality of life. Extension is essentially an education system…
‘Meghalaya coal mining ban hits Bangladesh brick kilns’
Production has been hit in thousands of brick kilns in Bangladesh that are dependent on coal from Meghalaya following an interim ban on the primitive rat-hole mining practice in the northeastern state, a Bangladeshi official said Shillong Monday. “If coal…
Gulf Arab states having unified database on migrants
Expatriates blacklisted in any Gulf Cooperation Council nation could be banned from all the member countries, if a law gets the nod this May. A unified immigration database, aimed at helping member countries keep track of criminal record of expatriates…
‘SB Bar reception for Justice SK Sinha, not outgoing CJ’
The Supreme Court Bar Association would accord reception to the newly appointed Chief Justice SK Sinha, but has decided not to give farewell reception to outgoing Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain. SCBA president Khandakar Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday said that the…
Bnp demands punishment for Rangpur bus arson
The BNP has demanded punishment for those involved in torching of a bus that left four persons dead in Rangpur during its non-stop transport blockade. The party made the demand in a media statement issued on Wednesday. Joint Secretary General…
Reaz Rahman under close observation after surgery
BNP chairperson’s adviser Reaz Rahman who was injured in a gun attack by unidentified criminals on Tuesday night underwent surgery at the city’s United Hospital on Wednesday. Doctors at the hospital said he was taken to post operative room of…
Stop playing with fire, PM urges BNP
Blasting Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its destructive acts including burning people to death, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the BNP to stop playing with fire, otherwise they would die in its own blaze. “The hands of those who…
US, EU, UK shocked say, stability not at cost of freedom
The United States, The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday called for genuine dialogue to strengthen democracy in Bangladesh all sides to refrain from acts of violence violence. The US, the UK and the EU expressed…