Former Awami League MP Sarah Begum Kabari has quit the race for Dhaka North City Corporation mayor. BNP leader Abdus Salam, mayor candidate for Dhaka South, also pulled out on Thursday, the last day for withdrawing nomination.
Day: April 9, 2015
Rosatom presents booklets on nuke energy to Ishurdy schools
Dhaka: Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation- Rosatom with the support of Ministry of Science and Technology has presented popular science book titled “Nuclear Energy: Questions and Answers” to various schools located at Ishwardi area where country’s first nuclear power plant…
Bnp supports Awal Mintoo’s son Tabith for Dhaka North
Finally, BNP has extended its support to Tabith Awal, son of party chairperson’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo to contest the mayoral polls in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia endorsed him hours after the Supreme Court upheld…
Call for calm as Mick Schumacher reignites father’s legacy with F4 debut
Following in the exalted footsteps of his father, Formula One legend Michel Schumacher, Mick has made his pre-season test debut in Formula Four.
Scientists restore the good name of Brontosaurus
Paleontologists are restoring the good name of Brontosaurus more than a century after it was deemed scientifically invalid and the famous dinosaur was reclassified as another genus called Apatosaurus.
Myanmar onions for Bangladesh
Myanmar may supply enough onions to fill the demand-supply gap in Bangladesh, a top Myanmar official has said.
Jury finds surviving brother Tsarnaev guilty in Boston Marathon bombing
Dzokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on Wednesday of killing three people and injuring 264 others in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and of fatally shooting a police officer four days later.
Former UP member killed in Laxmipur road accident
A former union parishad member was killed as a bus ran over him in Charchamita Baaar area of sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
Teenage girl drowns in Sylhet
A teenage girl with physical disability drowned in a pond at Rail Colony in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj district on Thursday morning.
6 BNP activists arrested in Manikganj
The detective police of the district arrested six BNP activists from different parts of the district last night for their suspected involvement in subversive activities, like hurling petrol bombs, blasting cocktails and other terrorist activities in recent times.
2 held with Phensidyl in Faridpur
Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-8 stationed in Faridpur district recovered 208 bottles of contraband phensidyl and arrested two drug peddlers in this connection from Khondoker Nuru Mia by-pass road on Wednesday.
Tight security for Pahela Baishakh celebration in Khulna
Police will take special security measures in the city so that people can celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, peacefully.
One killed in Magura road crash
A man was killed in a road accident at Simakhali on the Magura-Jessore highway under Shalikha upazila of the district this afternoon.
3 robbers beaten to death in Meherpur
Three suspected robbers were killed in a mass beating at Rajapur village under Sadar upazila early this morning.
5 arrested with 3,000-kg jatka in Lakshmipur
Fisheries Department in a drive arrested five persons and recovered 3,000-kg jatka (small hilsa fish) from Khaserhat Bazaar area under Raipur upazila of the district this morning.
1,500 farmers to come under e-Agro service in Jessore
Nearly 1,500 farmers of Jessore district would get chance to boost their production as they are going to come under e-Agro service.
US warns Iran against Yemen support
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran over its alleged support for Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen. He said the US would support any Middle Eastern country that felt threatened by Iran, and would not “stand by” if…
24 passengers killed 22 hurs as bus hits tree in Faridpur
In a worst bus accident of recent times in Bangladesh, twenty four people, including five women, were killed and 22 people seriously injured on the Faridpur-Barisal highway at Koidhubi in Bhanga upazila early on Thursday.
Saving passengers of the good ship Titan… Earth
Robert J. Burrowes On 15 April 1912, the Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. The large and unnecessary death toll –…