Day: May 23, 2015
Rapists get state instigation patronage: CPB
Strongly condemning the gang-rape of an indigenous woman in a moving vehicle in the city, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on Saturday alleged that the rapists are out on the prowl due to state instigation and patronage. In a statement,…
Vienna shakes off fusty image as Eurovision carnival hits town
Vienna hopes the final of the Eurovision Song Contest will show a new liberal and light-hearted side to the opulent Austrian capital when the jamboree of glitter, capes and power ballads hits town this weekend.Tourists associate Vienna with classic architecture,…
The Rohingyas – A glimmer of hope
By Chandra Muzaffar It is commendable that the Malaysian government has undertaken a systematic Search and Rescue (SAR) operation in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal aimed at saving the lives of thousands of stranded Rohingyas and Bangladeshis.…
Coast Guard recovers 1.38 lakh pieces of yaba
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized around 1.38 lakh pieces of contraband Yaba tablet with a street value of about Tk 6.90 crore from Chhera Deep island near St Martin’s island in Cox’s Bazaar district early Saturday. Sources at the…
2 siblings held with 10,000 Yaba pills
Police arrested two siblings in possession of 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Leda village in Teknaf upazila on Friday night.
Schoolgirl drowns in Laxmipur
A minor schoolgirl drowned in a pond in Shibpur area of Raipur upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Lamia Akhter, daughter of Latu Miah and a class II student of Kanchanpur Primary School.
Student unrest on JU campus over classroom allotment
The students of Computes sciences and engineering (CSE) and Geological Sciences (GS) department on Saturday besieged the administrative building for the third consecutive day locking up all the main entrance of the building demanding the settlement of classrooms crises among…
10 crude bombs recovered in Magura
Police in separate drives recovered 10 crude bombs from Shalikha and Mohammadpur upazila on Saturday morning. In Salikha upazila, a team of police conducted a drive in Arpara Bazar area around 9.00am and recovered nine crude bombs in an abandoned…
Two held with 700 bottles phensidyl
Two persons were arrested and 700 bottles of smuggled phensidyl syrup seized after searching truck at Thana Mour in Gobindaganj upazila town in Gaibandha this noon, police sources said.
10 killed as truck hits bus in Sirajganj
At least 10 people were killed and over 50 others injured in a triangular collusion between a truck and two buses at Shimantabazar on the western side of Bangabandhu bridge link road in Kamarkhand upazila on Saturday. Two of the…
Youth found hanged in Laxmipur
Police recovered hanging body of a young man from Chandipur village in Ramganj upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, son of late Bazal Haque of the same village.
Transport strike paralyses Khulna-Rajshahi divisions
Transport owners and workers in Rajshahi division have expressed solidarity with their Khulna Division counterparts and joined a strike enforced by the latter since Wednesday. Buses from the eight districts of the northern division of the country would stop operating…
Bus strike in Khulna div enters 5th day
The indefinite transport strike, enforced by the Bus Owners and Sramik Oikya Parishad of the south-western region, entered its fifth day on Saturday.Bus services between the capital and 10 southeastern districts of Khulna division have remained suspended due to the…
Houses of Shwechchhasebak Dal leader attacked
Miscreants attacked two houses and a business establishment of a local leader of Shwechchhasebak Dal in Baluchar area of the city on Friday night.
Lead factories mushroom in Khulna
Environment, public heath in hazardous straits Unauthorised lead factories are springing up in different parts of the city keeping both the environment and public health in a perilous state.Without following any rules and regulations, at least 35 such factories have…
Bail for Salahuddin moved in Meghalaya High Court
Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, on Friday moved a bail application before the first class judicial magistrate in Shillong of Meghalya state of India for his release, Indian media reported. BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony,…
109 rounded up in Ctg
Police in an overnight drive arrested 109 people, among them 31 BNP-Jamaat men, including accused in different types of cases, from various places of Lohagara and Sitakundu upazilas on Saturday.
JU expels 5 BCL-men for sexual harassment
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have expelled five students also activists of university unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for life over sexually harassing a female student on the day of Pahela Baishakh this year. Abu Bakar Siddique, JU…
2000 bottles of phensidyl recovered
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 2000 bottles of Indian phensidyl from Munshipur Muchirbattala under Damurhuda upazila of the district today.
Nazrul’s contribution recalled in Chuadanga
A 10-day-long programme in observance of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 116th birth anniversary was chalked out at Karpashdanga village under Damurhuda upazila of the district. The programme began from May 16.The programme jointly organised by Chuadanga district administration, upazila…
300 bighas brought under mung bean farming
About 300 bighas owned by an equal number of farmers have been brought under BARI mung bean-6 farming during the current season in the district.The variety has been farmed at farmers’ level under direct supervision of RDRS Bangladesh, a nongovernment…
Papaya farming brings fortune to Naogaon farmer
A marginal farmer of Naogaon district has built his own fortune by farming papaya, a tropical sweet fruit and vegetable, on his land.Saidur Rahman, 50, once a small trader of papaya, now turned into a rich man by farming the…
Pheromone trap gaining popularity among farmers
Environment-friendly “sex pheromone trap” for killing harmful insects is gaining popularity among the vegetable farmers in the region including its vast Barind tract, thanks to the awareness and motivational programme of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE).The environment-friendly method serves…
Shoot-out in Mumbai Film City rattles Bollywood
In a real life shoot-out, a Bollywood security contractor was shot and critically injured inside the Film City in Goregaon East in Mumbai on Friday, barely a few metres away from a set where megastar Amitabh Bachchan was shooting.Additional Police…
Shia militia deploy from base near Iraq’s Ramadi
A convoy of Shia militia fighters and Iraqi army forces set out from a base near the western provincial capital of Ramadi on Saturday, heading towards areas controlled by Islamic State militants, an eyewitness and a local official said.
I would never choose to leave Chelsea, says Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho would not choose to leave the club he has just steered to another Premier League title but he is prepared to manage another English team, the Portuguese coach has told the BBC.Mourinho, 52, said in an…
FBCCI voting for 2015-17 term starts
Voting has started to elect the Board of Directors of Bangladesh’s apex business platform FBCCI for the 2015-17 term.The voting started at Motijheel’s Federation Bhaban at 9am on Saturday and will end at 5pm.
Islamic State claims Saudi Shia mosque bombing responsibility
The Islamic State (IS) group says it was behind a suicide bombing on a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia that killed at least 21 people. The attack in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province is the first to be claimed by the…