by Sunita Narain Coal is an environmentalist’s bugbear. The use of coal to generate energy is the key reason the world is looking at a catastrophic future because of climate change. Recognising this, global civil society has given a rousing call for coal…
Dubious umpiring decisions against Bangladesh during the second quarterfinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at MCG on Thursday apparently snatched away Bangladesh’s grip on the match, raising questions about the decisions that went against Tigers. The negative hype…
Gaibandha police searched remote char areas of Phulchhari in Gainabdha district on Thursday evening to find out Bnp joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed on the basis of a phone call, but subsequently confirmed that it was a hoax. The superintendent…
A meeting of the Shari’ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday at Islami Bank Tower. Sayeed Ahmad, Vice Chairman of the Committee and Mufti of Al Jamiatus Siddikiah Darul Ulum (Madrasha-e-Furfura Sharif) presided over the…
A Dhaka court on Thursday once again deferred the argument in the case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy HM Ershad and others in the case filed for corruption in connection with the purchase of ruder…
BNP-led 20-party alliance on Thursday demanded an end to implicating opposition leaders and activists in false cases and stop arresting them staging drama in the name of recovery arms and bombs and carrying out enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing. BNP…
Meher Nigar, wife of detained Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, on Thursday urged the government to ensure her husband’s better treatment with through health checkup, and provide him division in jail. Addressing a press conference at Topkhana Road Nagorik…
Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 1,590 ampoules of pethidine injection and 25 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from separate places in the city on Wednesday.
Due to favourable weather potato production in the district has exceeded the production target in the current Robi season.
The farmers have cultivated Boro in 2.5 percent more land in the district this season then the target fixed by the Department of Agriculture Extension.
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e- Islami from Natun Bazar area of Chhatak upazila on Wednesday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 1,000 bottles of phensidyl from Chapor area under Shibganj upazila of the district on Wednesday night.
Six Bangladeshi people, including two females, returned home through Benapole check post on Wednesday after serving two years’ imprisonment in an Indian jail.
Cultivation of various crops has become popular on the dried up riverbeds and low-lying char lands in the river basins bringing fortune to thousands of the river-eroded, landless and extremely poor people in recent years.
World Cup quarter-final, Melbourne: India 302-6 (50 overs): Rohit 137, Raina 65, Taskin 3-69 Bangladesh 193 (45 overs): Nasir 35, Yadav 4-31 India won by 109 runs Defending champions India coasted into the World Cup semi-finals with a 109-run win…
A total of 16, 000 dogs, including pet and stray ones, in seven upazilas in the district will be vaccinated from March 22 to 25 with an objective of building Gaibandha as a rabies free district.
Speakers at a participatory discussion here yesterday said more responsive role of marriage registrar and imams including other community leaders has become an urgent need to control child marriage as it leads to various violence and repression against women.
Robbers looted valuables from an expatriate’s house at Shriramshi village of Jagannathpur upazila on Wednesday.
A young man died from electrocution at Bagdanga village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.
Five shops were gutted as a fire broke out on Majidpur Road in Savar bus stand area of the upazila on Thursday morning.
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an activist of Swechchhasebak League in possession of a sharp weapon from Sherpur Road area in the district town on Wednesday night.
Police arrested four leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat from different areas of the district on Wednesday.
A man was killed and five others injured in a clash between two rival groups over a land-related dispute at Hosenpur village in Alamdanga upazila on Thursday.
A young man was hacked to death by miscreants at Batikamara village in Kumarkhali upazila on Wednesday night.
Defending champions India coasted into the World Cup semi-finals with a 109-run win over Bangladesh in Melbourne.
Dhaka city unit of BNP will stage demonstration at thana and ward levels on Saturday demanding the whereabouts of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed and his return to his family unharmed. City BNP convenor Mirza Abbas and member-secretary Habib-un-Nabi Khan…
Actress Lily James says the shoes she wore in “Cinderella” are worth more than her home!
King Richard III, the medieval English monarch whose remains were found under a car park three years ago, will be reburied next week nearly 530 years after he was slain in battle and dumped in a humble grave.
In an interesting finding, researchers have detected features around minor planet Chiron that may signal rings, jets, or a shell of dust.
Tunisia’s president has vowed to fight terrorism “without mercy”, following a gun attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis that killed 19 people.