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.
Month: January 2015
Habiganj municipality mayor suspended for suspected link in Kibria murder
Habiganj municipality mayor G K Gaus has been suspended for his suspected link with the killing of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria.
Housewife found dead in Sherpur
A housewife was found dead at Bakshabaid village in Sribardi upazila on Tuesday morning.
Transport blockade to continue untill further decision: Rizvi
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…
HC rule: Why not directive not to publish Tarique messages
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…
Rizvi secretly leaves Hospital, briefs press from Gulshan
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…
Stephen Fry to marry partner Elliott Spencer
Stephen Fry to marry partner Elliott SpencerStephen Fry has confirmed he is to marry his partner, Elliott Spencer. Comedian and writer Fry, 57, has given formal notice to wed Mr Spencer, 27, at a register office in Dereham, Norfolk, near…
Female suicide attacker hits Istanbul police station
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…
Age of stars is pinned to their spin
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…
Australia v India: David Warner in Phillip Hughes tribute during ton
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…
Pro-AL journos demand resignation of JPC committee
Pro-AL journalist leaders on Tuesday demanded resignation of those from Jatiya Press Club managing committee who were involved in making the club a centre of political party activities and providing scopes to outsiders to stay at night. They made the…
Awami League claims, people reject BNP’s blockade program
Joint General Secretary of the ruling Awami League Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Tuesday claimed that people of the country have rejected BNP’s ‘destructive indefinite siege programme’. “People have rejected Begum Khaleda Zia’s siege programme of terrorising them and politics of vengeance.…
London paper awards Atiur ‘Central Banker of the Year’
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman has been awarded the “Central Banker of the Year 2015” for the Asia-Pacific. The Banker, a magazine of the London-based Financial Times, announced the award on Monday. Dr Atiur received the award for his…
Khaleda indisposed for pepper spray urges all to be vocal
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has still remain confined at her political office at Gulshan since Saturday with he entrance of the House locked by police from outside. Her physician told journalists Khaleda is repeatedly having breathing problems and skin rash…
Mobile court convicts one hemp trader in Faridpur
A mobile court yesterday (Monday) evening convicted one drug peddler and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment for possessing 4.800 kg of hemp (Ganja) in Shovarampur area adjacent to this town.
Blankets distributed among distressed people in Gaibandha
Janata Bank DistrictsLimited (JBL) distributed blankets to the people with disability and the distressed of the town here last few days to mitigate their sufferings caused by cold wave.
Strawberry farming gains momentum in Rajshahi region
Commercial farming of strawberry has started gaining momentum in Rajshahi region as its cultivation is easier and highly profitable.
Digital fair opens in Faridpur
A three-day ‘Digital Innovative Fair-2015’ organized by local district administration was inaugurated here today at local Ambica Memorial ground.
Abducted schoolboy rescued in Noakhali
Duttapara police last night rescued a schoolboy, after two days of his abduction, from Sobhanpur area under Chatkhali upazila in Noakhali district.
2 Myanmarese nationals held with 70,000 yaba tablets
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two Myanmarese nationals and recovered 70,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from their possession at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazaar early Tuesday.
3 robbers arrested after ‘gunfight’ in Satkhira
Police arrested three suspected members of a robber gang after a ‘gunfight’ with them at Choigharia on the Satkhira-Jessore highway in Sadar upazila early Monday.
3 sentenced to death for raping female health worker in Chittagong
A tribunal here on Monday sentenced three men to death for raping a female health worker of a non-government organisation (NGO) in 2005.
Before arrest Mirza Fakhrul urged all to join movement
Police arrested Bnp Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as he came out of the National Press Club ending his little over 24-hour stay to avoid arrest. The managing committee of the club was under pressure from the pro-AL…
24-hour drama at National Press Club ends with Fakhrul’s arrest
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhru Islam Alamgir, who took shelter there to evade arrest, talked to the media before leaving Tuesday Amid mounting pressure from AL and pro-AL journalist union leaders on its management committee. He was arrested at…
N’ganj Bnp president Taimur, 10 others hurt in police action
At least 10 BNP leaders and activists, including its district unit president Taimur Alam Khandaker, were injured in a clash with police on Tuesday morning. Witnesses said local leaders and activists of BNP, led by Advocate Taimur Alam Khandaker, brought…
Attack on Judge’s car: SC Bar Council VP among 250 charged
Some 250 pro-opposition lawyers, including Bar Council vice chairman and BNP chairperso’s adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain, have been sued on charges of obstructing law enforcers and attacking the car of Justice Farid Ahmed on the High Court premises on Monday.…
PM’s media adviser against using JPC in pol programs
Prime Minister’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury today called for not using the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) as the centre of any political party’s programmes. He made the call at a press conference at JPC this evening.
Chairman of closed ETV ‘arrested in Pornography case’
BSS reported: The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) early Tuesday arrested Ekushey Television Ltd (ETV) chairman Abdus Salam from in front of ETV office at Karwan Bazar in the capital. “ETV chairman was arrested in connection with…
Press Club’s free space for all should not be controverted
Mostafa Kamal Majumder There had been a new dimension in the movement of the opposition and the government’s technique of tackling the same. While the programme for the ‘democracy killing day’ of the Bnp-led 20-party alliance had began with the…
Donna Douglas, Beverly Hillbillies star, dies at 82
US actress Donna Douglas, best known for playing the tomboyish Elly May Clampett in 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, has died at the age of 82. The Louisiana native appeared in more than 270 episodes of the popular show, which…