Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three youths with 157 Yaba tablets on Friday evening from Guha Lakhhipur area of this town.The arrested were identified as Md. Arif, 19, Liton Das, 28, and Md. Hassan, 30. According to RAB…
Day: May 30, 2015
World No Tobacco Day observed
A seminar titled ‘Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products’ was held at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Saturday marking the World No Tobacco Day to be observed on Sunday. ADHUNIK (We Prevent Smoking), a national anti-tobacco organisation,…
Schoolboy killed by lightning strike in Manikganj
A school student was killed by a lightning strike at Charmastul village in Daulatpur upazila on Friday.
One held with 360 bottles of phensidyl
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a man along with 360 bottles of Indian contraband phensidyl syrups in Kutibari area under Joypurhat sadar upazila of the district on Friday.
1.50 lakh tonnes summer vegetables expected in Narsingdi
About 150,000 tonnes of summer vegetables are expected to produce in Narsingdi district during the current season.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said if the favorable weather condition continues in the next couple of weeks the production target would be…
‘Nazrul struggled for establishing universal humanism’
Speakers at a discussion here have said that the lifelong struggles of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam were aimed at establishing universal humanism against injustice and communalism in the society.They termed rebel poet Nazrul as a philosopher and great source…
Zia’s 34th anniversary of death observed with self-criticism
The 34th death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman, who announced the war of liberation of Bangladesh and is, the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was observed on Saturday with due solemnity. BNP, its associate bodies and different socio-cultural…
6 held for teasing Gazipur medical students
Police in a drive arrested five construction workers and a contractor for teasing a number of female students of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College from the college area on Friday.
Acid hurled at woman, daughter in Narsingdi
A woman and her daughter received serious burn injuries as miscreants threw acid on them at Moulvipara village in Monohardi upazila early Saturday.The victims were identified as Rokeya Begum,42, wife of Abdul Mannan, and their daughter Sabekun Nahar,25.
Two bodies recovered in Khulna, B’baria
Police recovered the bodies of an elderly man and a boy in Khulna and Brahmanbaria districts on Friday.In Khulna, police recovered the body of a boy from the river Atrai in Dighalia upazila.
‘Terrorist’ held with revolver, bullets in Rajbari
Detectives arrested an alleged terrorist in possession of a foreign-made revolver and two rounds of bullet from Khankhanapur area in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
82.77 pc students pass SSC exams in CEB
A total of 82.77 per cent students passed in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations under Chittagong Education Board (CEB) this year.According to results of the SSC-2015 published here today, the percentage of pass in CEB is 82.77 which was 91.40…
272 arrested in Ctg
Chittagong district police in separate special drives arrested 272 people including 18 Jamaat-Shibir activists from three upazilas of the district on Friday night.
ADB distributes agriculture equipments in Rangamati
Asian Development Bank (ADB) today distributed 10 agriculture equipments in Belaichhari upazila for agriculture development of rural areas of hill district under its Chittagong Hill Tract Development project.
Land boundary ratification like fall of Berlin Wall: Modi
Just a week ahead of his visit to Dhaka, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has compared the settling of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between Bangladesh and India as the fall of the Berlin Wall. Modi, who is scheduled to…
US and Iran address obstacles to nuclear deal as deadline nears
US Secretary of State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday in a bid to overcome the remaining obstacles to a final nuclear agreement, a month ahead of a deadline for a deal between Tehran and…
As global CO2 breaks records, India faces dilemma
During the week of April 6 to 12, average carbon dioxide (CO2) levels touched 404.02 parts per million (ppm), the highest-ever in recent human history – and 15 percent above the levels of 350 ppm scientists say is ideal for…
Fifa’s Blatter comes out fighting despite scandal and divisions
Fifa President Sepp Blatter came out fighting on Saturday as he began his fifth term in charge of soccer’s governing body, implying that the United States timed the announcement of a major corruption probe to try to scupper his re-election…
‘San Andreas’ set to shake up box office despite faults
Director Brad Peyton grilled scientists, scoured earthquake footage and submerged sets in one of the world’s biggest water tanks to create the biggest earthquake ever to hit California in his new film “San Andreas.”That effort might pay off at the…
Prices of onion drop, lentil rise
Onion prices have dropped from last week, but consumers say prices of the staple should be lesser in the beginning of the season.On Friday, local onion was sold at Tk 40 to 42 per kilogram, which is Tk 5 to…
US calls for land reclamation ‘halt’ in South China Sea
The US has called for an “immediate and lasting halt” to land reclamation in disputed areas of the South China Sea. US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that China’s actions in the area were “out…
87 pc pass SSC examinations
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations were published across the country on Saturday, showing a pass percentage of 87.04 percent. A total of 12, 82, 618 students, out of the total 1,473,594, came out…
Ziaur Rahman’s dath anniversary Saturdy
30 May is the 34th death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). On this day in 1981 some misguided members of the Army assassinated Zia at the Chittagon Circuit House in the dead…
Myanmar tells migrant confeence – Finger pointing will not help
A regional conference called to address the swelling tide of boat people in Southeast Asia ended Friday with no major breakthroughs, as Myanmar criticised those blaming it for fueling the crisis and warned that “finger pointing” would not help. But…
Fresh march to coal-powered Ramphal plant site vowed
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources and Power and Ports on Friday again vowed to launch a long march towards Rampal Power Plant site in Bagerhat demanding cancellation of the project. National committee member secretary Prof…