Police arrested an outlawed party leader from Poilanpur village in Harinakundu upazila early Friday.
Month: March 2015
Difficult for EU to stop sourcing garments from Bangladesh: Trade adviser
A European Union trade adviser in Dhaka says they are heavily dependent on Bangladesh’s readymade products and a shift from this market is “not very easy”.
Islamic State accepts Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has announced that its leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has accepted the pledge of allegiance from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram.
Mahatma Gandhi gets London statue near nemesis, Churchill
A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on Saturday in London’s prestigious Parliament Square, a space packed mostly with monuments to men who served the British Empire that Gandhi helped destroy.
Rocket blasts off with NASA magnetic field probes
An Atlas 5 rocket has blasted off from Florida with a quartet of NASA science satellites designed to map bursts of energy and charged particles triggered by criss-crossing magnetic fields around Earth.
Aamir an honest man, true friend: B-Town on his birthday
Aamir Khan has etched an image as Bollywood’s ‘Mr Perfectionist’ in action-packed, comedy, romantic and emotional movies in his career of over 25 years.
Quick-fire Australia romp past Scotland
Australia finished second in Pool A after Mitchell Starc bowled the World Cup co-hosts to a seven-wicket victory against Scotland in a match that lasted just 41 overs at the Bellerive Oval on Saturday.Starc (4-14) and Pat Cummis (3-42) set…
Difficult for EU to stop sourcing garments from Bangladesh: Trade adviser
A European Union trade adviser in Dhaka says they are heavily dependent on Bangladesh’s readymade products and a shift from this market is “not very easy”.
72-hour hartal again from Sunday: 20-Party
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance has called another 72 hours of hartal from Sunday to protest abduction, killing, enforced disappearance, arrest of Bnp joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and press the demand for his release.
Egypt unveils plans to build new capital east of Cairo
The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a new capital to the east of the present one, Cairo. Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the project would cost $45bn (£30bn) and take five to seven years to complete. He said…
Polls only solution- Bnp; punishment of terrorism, says AL
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday once again rejected the assertion that there was any political problem in Bangladesh. In an interview with the BBC he said that the people of Bangladesh are now concerned about…
International Day of Action for Rivers
March 14 is the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams. Every year, thousands of people around the world lift their voices to celebrate the world’s rivers and those who struggle to protect them. The International Day of…
‘Bansher Kella’ facebook site administrator arrested
Detective Branch of police arrested KM Ziauddin Fahad, chief coordinator of publicity wing of Shibir and editorial admin of over 50 radical facebook pages including Basher Kella, from his sister’s house on Comilla Cadet College teachers’ residential area on Thursday.…
Khaleda can be tried for move to resist 05 January elections: AL
In an instant reaction to the BNP chairperson’s speech at the press conference, Awami League leader Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Friday said Khaleda Zia can be brought to book for her attempt to snatch people’s voting rights through resisting the January-5…
5 killed as truck hits bus, autorickshaw in Naogaon
Five people were killed and 20 others injured in a triangular collision of a truck, a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway in Mahadevpur upazila on Friday night.
3 held with 45 bottles of Phensidyl in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested three people, including a woman, and seized 45 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from different parts of the port area here on Thursday.
12 Molotov cocktails recovered in Naogaon
Police in a drive recovered 12 Molotov cocktails from Jatamrul village in Atrai upaizla here early Friday, during the ongoing indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Two firearms seized in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized two foreign made pistols from Gatipara bordering area here on Thursday night.
Youth found hanged in Sylhet
Police recovered hanging body of a young man from his house at Kazitula in the city on Thursday night.
Govt scheme opens up job scope for 5,000 poor women in SW
The Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) has created employment opportunities for 5,000 poor women in 12 southwestern districts of the country, including Bagerhat, through its Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP), according to officials.
Asrayan Prokalpo makes homeless women self-reliant
Hundreds of the river-eroded homeless women have achieved self-reliance to lead better life with family members after their successful rehabilitation under the government’s ‘Asrayan Prokalpo’ in the district.
Police awards 10 personnel for professional excellence in Rangpur Range
The Rangpur range of police today awarded 10 of its personnel with medals acknowledging their professional excellence and courage in delivering their services.
1075 schemes being implemented in Narsingdi
A total of 1,075 rural development schemes are being implemented under the Rural Infrastructure Maintenance (Test Relief) programme in Narsingdi district.
Owners of 3 brick kilns fined Tk 1.60 lakh in Gopalganj
A mobile court of Department of Environment in a drive has imposed of Taka 1.60 lakh fine on three owners of brick kiln for lacking of legal documents for running the units, erecting illegal chimney and burning of wood logs…
Cricket World Cup 2015: England beat Afghanistan in final game
England’s miserable World Cup ended with a low-key nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Sydney.
Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66
Sir Terry Pratchett, fantasy author and creator of the Discworld series, has died aged 66, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
‘Long struggle’ warning on climate
America’s chief climate negotiator has warned of the long battle ahead to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Julian Assange case: Sweden U-turn on questioning
Swedish prosecutors have offered to travel to London to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange over sex assault allegations.
Closing paths to fair election, AL lets loose reign of terror: Khaleda
Bnp Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Friday said that the Awami League and its leader Sheikh Hasina posed the main crisis in the country as they by their one-sided decision stopped all paths to free and fair election after passing…
Tigers concede 3-wicket defeat to New Zealand
Martin Guptill scored 105 as New Zealand faced and only just surmounted the stern test it wanted before the knockout rounds of the Cricket World Cup, beating Bangladesh by three wickets on Friday to finish pool play unbeaten. Mahmudulluh made…