The 95th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day was observed in Joypurhat today in a befitting manner.
Month: March 2015
‘Wide-ranging mass-awareness can help reducing road accidents’
In addition to creating wide-ranging mass-awareness, strict enforcement of traffic rules has become an urgent need to reduce road accidents, speakers at a discussion said.
Freedom fighter killed in Jessore road crash
A freedom fighter was killed as a truck knocked down his bicycle at Paikpara in Bagharpara upazila of Jessore district on Monday night.
Need for accurate survey of surface water stressed
Speakers at an open discussion have stressed the need for collective efforts for conducting an accurate survey on surface water and ensuring safe water from source to consumers to protect the city dwellers from various waterborne diseases.
Sewing handloom garments turning rural women self-reliant
The rural women are becoming self-reliant through various income generation activities, including sewing of handloom garments, to contribute their own in building a middle income Bangladesh.
Mongladob Bridge inaugurated in Gangachara
The newly built Mongladob Bridge on a canal at Mongladob point on Kolkond-Tentultola-Betgari road in Gangachara upazila was inaugurated at a ceremony arranged on the bridge site yesterday.
Swedish business delegation in Dhaka to explore investment prospects
The visit assumes significance as it comes at a time when even local businesses are getting nervous about losing potential investors due to ongoing political impasse in Bangladesh.
Fashion duo Dolce and Gabbana attacked for ‘synthetic’ babies comment
Pop superstar Elton John, leading the chorus of criticism, called for a boycott of the brand on Sunday.
Time stands still in Japan’s village of scarecrows
Tsukimi Ayano made her first scarecrow 13 years ago to frighten off birds pecking at seeds in her garden.
‘Giant lobster’ ate like a whale
Scientists have discovered a bizarre human-sized lobster ancestor that lived 480 million years ago.
Israelis to vote in key election
Voters in Israel are preparing to go to the polls in what is expected to be a tightly-fought election.
Hartal for two more days seeking Salahuddin release
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance has called 48-hur nationwide hartal demanding the return of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed. The announcement of hartal beginning at 6:00am today (Wednesday) was given yesterday through a press statement signed by BNP joint…
Laxmipur Juba League leader killed in intra-party clash
A local Jubo League leader, who was injured in a clash between two rival groups of the ruling party Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy at Haiderganj Bazar in Raipur upazila on Friday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)…
‘Take corrupt, partisan judges away from sacred chair’
Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokan who has been reelected secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association has urged the Chief Justice to remove those judges who deliver judgments through corrupt means or on partisan basis from the sacred chair of courts.
Canadians’ response to protect freedom of choice
Rania El-Alloul, a Canadian citizen who emigrated from Kuwait 12 years ago, appeared in a Quebec court last week in a hearing to get her car back, which had been seized for 30 days by police who caught her son…
Body of 4-year-old found in travel bag on city bus identified
The body of a 4-year-old was found in a town service bus in Dhaka city on Monday afternoon. The incident occured in the Kalsi area of Mirpur after the bus crossed the Banani flyover. Khaled Saifullah SI of Banani Police…
Charge-sheet against 5 including police for custodial death
A Dhaka court on Monday took cognizance of a charge sheet in the case filed in connection with the death of Mahabubur Rahman Sujon, a garment-waste trader in police custody. Judge-in-Charge KM Imrul Kayes of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court…
Six hurt in Chittagong crude bomb blast
Six people were injured in a crude bomb blast in the city’s Boxirhat area on Monday night. The identities of the injured could not be known immediately. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Mohammad Jasim Uddin said two crude bombs were…
HC asks DU: Why not second chance to admission seekers
The High Court has asked why aspirants would not be given a second chance to take the Dhaka University admission tests. In a rule issued by the bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo on…
Khaleda summoned in Barpukuria Coal Mine graft case
A Dhaka court on Monday summoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on April 13 in Barapukuria graft case. Judge Hosne Ara Begum of Dhaka Special Judges Court-2 passed the order in the afternoon.
Hearing on HC rule on Salahuddin adjourned till April 8
The High Court on Monday further adjourned the hearing till April 8 on its rule asking the government to explain why directions should not be given to find out BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and bring him before it.…
Return Salahuddin unharmed: 20-Party reiterates
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance on Monday reiterated the demand for returning of untraced BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed hale and hearty. In a press statement signed by BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu, the alliance also called upon…
Khaleda, Koko’s wife daughter face Sonali loan default case
A Dhaka court on Monday granted a petition of Sonali Bank Limited to include BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others in the case filed against the directors of Dandy Dyeing Limited for defaulting a loan of Tk 45.49 crore.…
240 kg jatka seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 240kg of jatka ((hilsa fry less than 10 inch in length) from Meghna river in Gozaria upazila on Sunday.
BNP leader held in Rajshahi
Detectives in a drive arrested a district unit BNP leader from Horgram Bazaar area of the district town on Sunday on ‘sabotage charges’.
3 crude bombs blasted in Khulna
Miscreants blasted three crude bombs in PTI intersection area of the city on Sunday night during 72-hour spell of nationwide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
25 house gutted in Ctg
At least 25 houses were gutted as a fire broke out in Khitapchor area of Sharoatoli union parishad of Bowalkhali upazila early Sunday.
Housewife stabbed by youth dies at SOMCH
A housewife who was critically injured on Sunday in an attack by a youth for refusing his marriage proposal two years back died at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) early Monday.
46 BNP-Jamaat men sued for torching BRTC bus in Barguna
A total of 46 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including president of Barguna district unit of BNP Mahbubul Alam Farooq Mollah, have been sued for allegedly setting fire to a BRTC bus in the…
96th birth day of Bangabandhu will be observed tomorrow in Faridpur
The 96th birth day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day will be observed here in this district tomorrow in a befitting manner as elsewhere across the country.