By Jenna Pope and Miriam Wells Hundreds of people marched in Manhattan, New York City on Wednesday night as protests against the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore spread across the United States. Chanting slogans such as…
Month: April 2015
Who did break marble plates at Ziaur Rahman’s tomb
Eleven marble plates broken open at the tomb of Bnp’s founder and late President Ziaur Rahman have been repaired by the Department of Housing and Public works on late Thursday. Unidentified miscreants had partially damaged the surrounding design of the…
Cyber Tribunal rejects bail for remarks against Prophet (sm)
The Cyber Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh yesterday (Wednesday) sent an accused to the jail rejecting his bail plea in a case filed against him for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH) through face book in 2013.
Unprecedented vote rigging in city elections: TIB
Condemning the widespread vote rigging, violence and obstruction towards balloting at different polling stations during the city polls, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has said the Election Commission (EC) and law enforcement agencies have failed to hold credible and peaceful…
US-Bangla partnership dialogue begins Thursday
A two-day fourth annual Bangladesh-US partnership dialogue begins here on Thursday to advance the ‘robust’ and ‘growing’ bilateral relationship and give it a strategic direction. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque will lead the home side, while Under Secretary of State…
Adarsha Dhaka Andolan calls polls farce, urges EC to resign
Terming the Tuesday’s city polls farce, Adarsha Dhaka Andolon, a pro BNP group on Wednesday demanded thaka he cancellation of city polls in Dhaka and Chittagong and resignation of Election Commisison. Prof Emaj Uddin Ahmed, convenor of the organisation made…
Inquire rigging, violence in city polls, descalate tension: EU
There are credible reports that vote-rigging, intimidation and violence have marred the elections in Dhaka and Chittagong on 28 April, despite the calls from the international community to peaceful, inclusive and transparent elections, the Spokesperson of the European Union said…
Yoga discourse in city Friday
As part of celebrations of the first International Day of Yoga, Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre will arrange a comprehensive discourse on its scientific theory and practice on Friday evening. The discourse, to be held at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, will…
City building catches fire
A fire broke out in a seven-storey building at Fakirapool in the capital on Tuesday night. Three fire-fighting units were trying to put out the blaze that fire broke out around 9:50pm. It was not yet clear what actually…
Mega agri projects envisages to pull one-fifth population out of poverty
The government has taken two mega agricultural development programmes seeking to enhance the capacity of farmers and improve water management and agri-business, and thus pull some one-fifth population of the country out of poverty. According to official documents obtained by…
Jubo League leader shot dead in Noakhali
An activist of a local unit of Jubo League was shot dead and another one injured by their rivals at Amishapara Bazar in Sonaimuri upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ibrahim, 28, son of late Korban…
54 held for ‘subversive activities’ in Satkhira
Police arrested 54 people, including five activists of Jamaat-Shibir, from different parts of the district during a drive continuing for 24 hours till Wednesday morning on charges of subversive activities. Sheikh Emdad Hossain, officer-in-charge of the Special Branch of Satkhira…
3 receives bullet injures in a clash with BGB in Lalmonirhat
Three civilians sustained bullet injuries as a clash broke out between a group of villagers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Shomreshpur village in Patgram upazila on Tuesday night.
5 get life term jail for murder in Netrakona
A court here on Wednesday sentenced five people, including a woman, to life term imprisonment and three women to one year for killing a man over land related dispute in 2005.
Youth’s body found in Gazipur
Police recovered the hanging body a young man at Baksibari in Baliwadi village of Kaliakoir upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as, Masfir Baksi, son of Nazim Uddin, a resident of the area. Police said they recovered Masfir’s…
Bangladesh Bank suspends mobile banking to prevent ‘vote buying’ in city polls
The Bangladesh Bank has ordered suspension of all financial transactions through mobile banking until 5pm Tuesday at the Election Commission’s ‘request’, a senior bank official says.
Baltimore streets quiet after first night of curfew enforcement
The streets of Baltimore were largely quiet overnight, with only scattered arrests reported during a curfew imposed after the latest wave of rioting fueled by anger against US police killings of black men.
Rare elephant bird egg could fetch more than $70,000 at auction
Believed to be more than 400 years old and nearly 200 times the size of a chicken egg, an extremely rare elephant bird egg will be auctioned in London this week, with an estimated price tag of up to $76,000.
City elections held in healthy atmosphere, Bnp rejected: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said people of Bangladesh would never vote for a party like BNP and in future people of the whole country will reject them like yesterday’s city poll in Dhaka and Chittagong. “Why people will…
Duration of protocol on water transit for India extended
The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh will be renewed after every five years instead of the current norm of three years. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan announced the decision at a press briefing at…
JU students for trial of sexual offenders
Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have demanded exemplary punishment against sexual harassment of a indigenous female student on the ‘Pahela Baishakh’ night. The demand was voiced from programme under the banner ‘Nipironer Birudhe Jahangirnagar’organised in front of the administration building…
Ban Ki-moon wants inquiry of electoral fraud
The secretary general of the United Nations Ban ki-moon want competent authorities to investigate all allegations of electoral fraud in the city corporation elections of Dhaka and Chittagong.
Official mourning declared for Nepal quake victims
Nepal has declared three days of mourning for the victims of Saturday’s earthquake in which more than 5,000 people are now known to have died. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala says the government is doing all it can but is overwhelmed…
Account of election observers of city polls
A registered election observer from Mass Line Media Centre, a local NGO that has been engaged in observing elections since 2003, was forced to leave a polling centre at gunpoint, as ‘ruling party men’ engaged in acts of rigging. The…
AL-backed candidates elected in lack-lustre polls
Awami League-backed candidates Sayeed Khokon, Annisul Huq and AJM Nasir were unofficially elected mayors of three major city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong in Tuesday’s elections amid boycott by pro-BNP contenders. Before the boycott was announced by the Bnp-backed candidates…
Joke with nation in name of election: Charmonai Pir
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim on tuesday said that the backbone of the electoral process had been broken and a constitutional body like the Election Commission destroyed and turned into government’s plaything through vote rigging…
Swedish ambassador caught in crossfire
Swedish ambassador to Dhaka Johan Frisell inadvertently got a taste of the dark and rough side to politics in Bangladesh, as he found himself caught in the middle of a serious clash between two rival councilor candidates supporters. Independent candidate…
Afroza Abbas could not cast her vote
Afroza Abbas, wife of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas for Dhaka South City Corporation, did not cast her vote as she had to rush to different polling stations after receiving complains that many polling agents of Abbas was being ousted…
Low voter turnout after boycott: Zonaid Saki rejects polls
With the voting period drawing to a close for the Dhaka North and Dhaka South city corporation elections, very low turnout has been reported from different areas of the capital. Though no major incident of violence has been reported at…