World leaders are due to arrive in Saudi Arabia to pay their respects in person after the death on Friday of King Abdullah.
Month: January 2015
Eoin Morgan blackmail plot investigated by police
England one-day captain Eoin Morgan was the victim of a five-figure blackmail attempt after an alleged relationship with an Australian woman five years ago, cricket chiefs have revealed.
Bradley Cooper to bring Elephant Man to London stage
Three-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper is to play the Elephant Man in London following the critical acclaim he has received for the role on Broadway.
63 maunds of jatka seized in Munshiganj
A mobile court in a drive seized 63 maunds of jatka (small hilsa) from two trucks on the Dhaka-Mawa highway at Chanbari in Srinagar upazila of the district on Thursday.
Netrakona AL condemns BNP-Jamaat’s nonstop blockade
An extended meeting of Awami League (AL) Netrakona district unit on Friday vehemently criticized the nonstop blockade programme enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance across the country.
Experts ask media to create awareness about leprosy
Experts at a views-sharing meeting on Saturday called upon the media workers for playing their due role in preventing the infectious disease of leprosy through creating adequate social awareness.
Motivation of farmers on cultivation of lentil, chickpea in Barind tract stressed
There should be more motivational programme for the farmers towards cultivating lentil, chickpea and grasspea on more lands in the region including the vast Barind tract to meet up the gradually increasing demands of pulses, agriculturists and scientists concerned here…
Tolerate, respect and honour each other – have dialogue
Mostafa Kamal Majumder All in Bangladesh have remained in a state of despair with the warring sides the AL-led alliance in the government and the Bnp-led alliance waging movement in the form of blockade not buzzing an inch from their…
Bangladesh HR agency finds Amnesty, AHRC reports not factual
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the government to take tough legal measures against those responsible for the violence unleashed amid the countrywide blockade. In a statement on Friday, the commission expressed concern and said brutality against ‘innocent…
World leaders pay respects to late Saudi King Abdullah
World leaders are due to arrive in Saudi Arabia to pay their respects in person after the death on Friday of King Abdullah. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande will be in Riyadh. The US delegation…
Brazilians urged to cut water use
Brazil’s Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira has said the country’s most populous region is experiencing its worst drought since 1930. The states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais must save water, she said after an emergency meeting in…
Miscreants gun down Kushtia primary school headmaster
A primary school headmaster was shot to death by miscreants at Mahendrapur village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Munsi Rabiul Islam,45, headmaster of Mahendrapur Government Primary School. Officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali Police Station…
Karen Armstrong: Nothing in Islam that’s more violent than Christianity
Lisette Thooft The terrorist attacks in Paris rendered her new book Fields of Blood. Religion and the History of Violence suddenly and tragically very urgent. In over five hundred pages Karen Armstrong, once a nun and the respected author of…
KrisEnergy completes 2D seismic program in offshore block
KrisEnergy has completed a 3,146km 2D seismic acquisition programme in the SS-11 exploration block offshore Bangladesh. CGG Services carried out the programme, which took 22 days to complete. Block SS-11 covers a total of 4,475km² in the Bay of Bengal,…
Mourning for King Abdullah Saturday: Hasina, Khaleda shocked
The government has declared a national mourning for Saturday to pay respects to Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who died on Friday. The national flag will fly at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous bodies, educational institutions,…
‘Amnesty paid for by Bnp speaks in its tone’: Quamrul
Taking a swipe at Amnesty International (AI) for its statement on Bangladesh’s ongoing political situation, Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday termed it a ‘BNP-paid organisation’ as it what he said speaks in BNP’s tone. “They’re criticising the government accusing…
25 suffer burn injuries as buses torched in Demra, Rajshahi
At least 15 people suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in the city’s Demra area on Friday night. Witnesses said miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a Narayanganj-bound bus of ‘ Glory Paribahan’ when it…
Three arrested with 20 kg ganja in Rangpur
Police seized 20 kilogram ganja along with a pick-up van and arrested three persons red-handed from the Girls’ School turning point at Kawnia upazila town in the district yesterday, police sources said.
Five Shibir activists arrested in Noakhali
Police arrested five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, and recovered two LG-guns, five petrol bombs and six cocktails in Khrisnarampur area in the district town this morning.
One killed in Bagerhat road crash
A truck helper was killed and its driver injured in a road accident in Sukdara area on the Mongla-Khulna highway here this morning.
352 bottles of wine seized in Sunamganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 352 bottles of Indian wine from Karimpur village under Chatak upazila of the district this morning.
21 air guns seized in Chuadanga
Damurhuda thana police in a drive recovered 21 Indian made air guns from Joyrampur village on the Darsana-Chuadanga road under Damurhuda upazila of the district last night.
12 BNP-Jamaat-Shibir activists held in Ctg
Chittagong district police in a night-long drive detained 12 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from five upazilas of the district on Thursday night.
Steve Smith hits century as Australia beat England
Captain Steve Smith made a composed century to lead Australia to a thrilling three-wicket tri-series victory over England in Hobart.
Pop star Rihanna wins image battle
Singer Rihanna has won a legal battle against high street store Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image.
Rosetta: ‘Goosebumps’ on ‘space duck’ hint at comet formation
Scientists working on Europe’s Rosetta probe, which is tracking Comet 67P, say they may have found evidence for how such icy objects were formed.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz dies
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, royal officials have announced, weeks after he was admitted to hospital.
Khaleda’s arrest will bring political funeral of Govt: Bnp
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday that the current illegal government will have its political funeral if it arrests Khaleda Zia as the agitators are active in the hartal and blockade programmes despite the so-called gunfight…
1 killed, 4 injuried in Sylhet petrol bomb attack
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and four people, including two truck drivers, suffered burn injuries as two trucks came under petrol bomb attacks during the 20-party’s blockade in Dakkhin Surma and Biswanath upazilas Thursday midnight. Quoting witnesses, police said auto-rickshaw…
Interview: Women unequal under Lebanon’s law
Lima Fakih and Ami Braunschweiger When Lebanon was part of the Ottoman Empire – before it was even a country – its religious groups were allowed to oversee the equivalent of family law. French colonizers upheld this system, and today…