A Bangladeshi worker was killed in a road accident in Amwaz area of the Bahrain capital of Manama on June 29.
Month: July 2015
Militants including woman held in Madaripur
Police arrested three suspected militants including an woman along with jihadi books, leaflets, CDs and other propaganda materials from an orphanage on Thursday.
Schoolboys drowned in the Buriganga
Two schoolboys drowned in the Buriganga River in Fatullah of Sadar upazila on Friday.
BMP formed probe panel to investigate bribe-fund
The Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) has reconstituted its probe panel formed to look into the raising of bribe fund for promotion, replacing its head.
Ansar man shot dead in Khagrachhari
An Ansar member was shot to death allegedly by one of his colleagues at Chowdhury Tilla Ansar post in Dighinala upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Nayek Amir Hossain, 55, commander of the Ansar post (security camp)…
Hydroelectric dams drastically reduce tropical forest biodiversity
Samir Mehta samir@internationalrivers.org Widely hailed as ‘green’ sources of renewable energy, hydroelectric dams have been built worldwide at an unprecedented scale. But research from the University of East Anglia reveals that these major infrastructure projects are far from environmentally friendly.…
Thailand: Junta arrests 14 student activists
New York – Thai authorities should immediately drop all charges and release unconditionally 14 student activists who peacefully expressed opposition to military rule. On June 26, 2015 in Bangkok, police and soldiers enforced a military court warrant to arrest 14…
Manipur may soon lose its Sangai deer habitat
A critically endangered brow-antlered deer found in the world’s only floating wildlife park in Manipur may soon lose its habitat. Imagine being a large mammal confined to an area of just 10 sq km. Imagine surviving genetic experiments, floods, encroachments,…
Food for nutrition, nature and livelihood
By Sunita Narain What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory. Poorer countries have health problems because of lack of food. Then as people get rich, they end up losing the health advantage of food availability. They eat…
Govt fears facing people in polls for massive graft: Khaleda
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said on Thursday that the government if afraid of facing the people in election because of the wrath the ministers and their cohorts have earned by resorting the corruption and misrule. Addressing an iftar mohfil…
Charge against 46 Bnp leaders in bomb case 28 Sept
A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP 46 leaders and activists of the party including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir until September 28 in a case filed for alleged crude bomb explosion…
Bail rejected, Rony sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan and also passed orders to send him to the jail in a case filed for shooting two people with his…
Yunus presides over Glasgow Varsity graduation ceremony
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has just presided over summer graduation ceremony at Glasgow Caledonian University as Chancellor.
Man held with 3 for allegedly setting wife to brothel
A court here on Thursday sent a man and his three associates to jail in a case filed for selling his wife to a brothel. The accused are Rana, who sold his wife to a brothel in Daulatdia of Rajbari…
US envoy lauds Bd’s low-middle income status, iterates dialogue
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Thursday appreciated Bangladesh’s graduation from the low-income status to lower middle-income nation (LMIC) terming it as an ‘extraordinary progress.’ She made the remark while talking journalists after a meeting with Foreign Minister AH…
Two arrested with Yaba in Faridpur
Two alleged drug lords who happens to be husband and wife of Madhukhali upazila were arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 from their residence yesterday evening (Wednesday)along with huge number of Yaba tablets.
One held with Phensidyl in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man along with 140 bottles of Phensidyl from Raghunathpur border in Laxmichar area of Shibganj upazila on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Tariqul, 30.
Buddhist monk held with 2,785 Yaba tablets
Detectives in a drive arrested a Buddhist monk along with 2,785 pieces of Yaba tablet from a hotel in district town on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Owara Marma, a resident of Keyajupara area of Lama upazila and a Buddhist…
Youth held with revolver in Pabna
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with a revolver and seven rounds of bullet from Mahisher Depot area of the district town on Wednesday evening.
6 passport brokers jailed in N’ganj
A mobile on Wednesday jailed six passport brokers to one month’s imprisonment each for harassing people in the name of making passports in Narayanganj passport office.The convicts were identified as Bahar Uddin, 21, Nahid 19, Naim, 22, Azim Ahmmed, 28,…
Muggers kill youth in Netrakona
Muggers killed a young man by slitting his throat at Satrai in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Jewel, 28, a resident of Barshipora village of the upazila.
Man’s body recovered from C’nawabganj well
Members of fire service recovered the body of a man from an abandoned well after 20 hours of his falling into it in Tartipur area of Shibganj upazila on Thursday.
13 held on charges of paddling drugs, robbing
Detective Branch (DB) of Metropolitan Police detained 13 people, including three on charges of robbing and five for paddling drugs from different areas of the city on Tuesday night.Police recovered 935 pieces of yaba tablets, 330 liters liquor and 45…
Eid shopping gains momentum in Khulna
With at least 16 days left of the Eid-ul-Fitr, the people in the industrial city have started Eid shopping to avoid abnormal rush at the last moment in the city markets.According to the market sources, Eid shopping in all markets,…
At least 36 die in Philippine ferry sinking, 118 survive
A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized off the central Philippines in heavy waves on Thursday killing at least 36 people, the coast guard and police said, with at least 118 survivors.
Messi is desperate to win a major title with Argentina
Argentina talisman Lionel Messi has revealed his eagerness to win a major title in national colours ahead of the Copa America final against Chile.Argentina will face hosts Chile in the Santiago final in a bid for a record-levelling 15th Copa…
China turns focus to smoky ships, boats in fight against pollution
China is considering regulating emissions from boats and ships, the environment ministry said on Monday, as it tries to clamp down on pollution.Facing mounting public pressure, leaders in Beijing have declared a war on pollution, vowing to abandon a decades-old…
Dhaka, Chittagong stock exchanges closed from July 15 to 20 due to Eid holidays
The capital market in Bangladesh will be closed from July 15 to 20 due to the Eid-ul-Fitr.
2 wild elephants killrf in sd
Two wild elephants were found dead at the foot of a hill in Kaptai Sadar upazila in the district. Divisional forest officer of Parbataya Chittagong (South) forest department M Salah Uddin said locals found the corpses of the two elephants…
UN terminates election strengthening project in B’desh
The United Nations has decided to terminate a project titled ‘Strengthening Election Management in Bangladesh’ much earlier than the schedule citing reasons for withdrawal of funds by donors. “With the withdrawal of donor funds to the project however the project…