Leader of the Shoto Nagorik Committee Prof. Emajuddin Ahmed said on Friday that the Bnp would take part in the city corporation elections of Dhaka and Chittagong if a level playing field and congenial atmosphere was created for the same.…
Day: March 27, 2015
Overthrowing govt won’t come true as it didn’t in 81 days: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to call off her blockade programme, saying that her motive to overthrow the government would not come true as she had failed to do it even in 81 days.…
Lightning kills couple in Thakurgaon
A couple was killed in a lightning strike in Ranisankail upazila headquarters early Friday.
Drug addict youth rescued from container at Mongla port
A drug addict youth was rescued from a container while it was being unloaded at Mongla port on Thursday night.
4 JMB men held with grenade, explosives in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested four members of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in possession of a grenade and some explosives from Kasai Bazar in Dakkhin Khan area of the city early…
7 DB members suspended in Comilla
Seven members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police have been suspended on charge of crossing Bangladesh border here on Thursday.
Schoolboy drowns in Mymensingh
A schoolboy drowned in the Brahmaputra River while taking bath on the occasion of Astami Snan, a religious festival of the Hindu community, at Noumahal in the town on Friday.
2 bikers killed in road accident in C’nawabganj
Two bikers were killed in two separate accidents in Shibganj upazila of the district on Friday.
Sunflower farming flourishing in Satkhira
Sunflower (scientific name Helianthus annuus) has turned out to be a strong medium for economic uplift of the farmers in the district as the oilseed’s cultivation has risen around 35 times here over the last three years.
Newspaper vehicle overturns killing 1 in city
A newspaper press employee was killed and four other people were injured as a pickup van carrying newspapers overturned on the road near Kamalapur Pir Jangi Mazar in the city’s Shahjahanpur area early Friday.
Germanwings crash: Co-pilot ‘had depression’
The man suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings A320 plane in the French Alps required treatment for depression, German media say. Regular assessments were recommended in Andreas Lubitz’s official notes after a serious episode some years ago. The Barcelona-Duesseldorf plane…
10 killed in Langalbandh bathing festival stampede
At least 10 Hindu devotees were stampeded to death and 30 others injured during ‘Astami Snan’, one of the major religious festivals of the Hindu community, at Langalbandh in Bandar upazila on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on Friday.
Arrested by plainclothes Police, released by Rab
Samedur Rahman alias Mithu Biswas, the younger brother of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, was released early Thursday, hours after he was picked up by people masquerading as detectives. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)…
Abducted girl rescued in Sylhet after10 days
Ten days after her abduction, a class VIII girl was rescued from Shukria Market area of Jindabazar in the town on Tuesday. A joint team of Kanaighat Police Station and Kotwali Model Police Station conducted a drive in Jindabazar area…