BNP has expressed its frustration, surprise and shock as the Appellate Division upheld the death sentence o party leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury on charges of crimes against humanity. “Our party considers like his lawyers that he did not get justice.…
BAU Correspondent Four BCL men of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit were arrested on Wednesday on charge of attacking at the mymensing dist. BCL president’s house on 7 July. The arrestees are BAU BCL unit assistant general secretary Monirul Hasan…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four people along with 39 kg hemp from Chandaikona Bazar area in Raiganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.
A schoolboy was electrocuted at Kadamtali in the city on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Rasel Ahmed, 10, son of Fazlu Miah, a resident of the area. He was a class IV student of Kadamtali Government Primary School.
Celebration of National Fisheries Week-2015 began in the district today (Tuesday) with elaborate programmes.With the slogan “In Ocean, River, All Water, Fish Culture Creates Gold,” Fisheries Department and District Administration jointly organized a discussion at District Shilpakala Academy auditorium here…
Distribution of identity cards with photos among the fishermen of Sadar upazila began in the district aimed at bringing them under different subsidized programmes of the government.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three Bangladeshi nationals after their illegal intrusion into Bangladesh from Hili frontier under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur this afternoon, BGB and police sources said.The arrested persons are: Subornolota, 50, wife of Dulal Nath and Maloti…
A mobile court fined eight gamblers with Taka 600 each in Pirganj upazila town in the district this afternoon, police sources said.Earlier, Pirganj Thana police arrested them from a house in village Chotrahat area under Chhatra union of Pirganj upazila…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in a drive arrested a person and recovered 310 bottles of Indian liquor from his possession at Boithakhali jetty in the town early Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Osman,60, son of late Anwar Ali,…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed a fake cigarette factory in Bagsara area under Paba Upazila of the district today, RAB Sources here said.On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a sudden raid at the area…
Train communication on the Parbotipur-Khulna and Chilahati-Rajshahi routes has remained suspended as a freight train derailed in Panchbibi upazila on Wednesday morning.
A police constable drowned in a pond on the Faridpur Police Station complex in the district on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Yasin Ali, 48, son of Afzal Hossain, a resident of Shahajadpur upazila of Sirajganj district.
A man was beaten to death by his rivals over a land-related dispute at Sonapur in Roypur upazila of the district on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, son of Ismail Hossain, a resident of Sonapur village.
Police arrested two young men along with a firearm and bullets at Teghoria village in Bera upazila of the district on Tuesday night.
The process for admission to the first year honours courses in 2015-16 academic sessions at Rajshahi University (RU) will begin on October 01 this year. The decision has recently been made at a meeting of the university admission test affairs…
Detailed update by hundreds of scientists on climate indicators in 2014 reveals highest recorded rises in temperatures, sea levels and greenhouse gases. Forget talk of a slowdown in global warming. Scientists say the climate is heading smartly in the opposite…
The permanent representatives of foreign countries to international organizations in Vienna visited Russia’s Rostov region in the framework of cooperation in the area of use of atomic energy in peaceful purposes and for acquaintance with modern Russian technologies for NPP…
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division’s Additional Secretary Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury has been appointed Managing Director of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL). Public administration ministry issued a circular to this effect on Tuesday.Previously, he served in the Office…
The Toronto International Film Festival will kick off its 40th year with the world premiere of Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Demolition”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, festival organisers said on Tuesday. “Demolition” follows the unravelling of a successful investment…
Bolivia already has the largest urban cable car system in the world. Now the booming country is tripling the size of the network and will soon have nine lines whizzing above the administrative capital of La Paz.The Andean city of…
War-time terror of Chittagong Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will have to hang after the Supreme Court in the final verdict has confirmed the death penalty of the war crimes tribunal.The four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered…
An Asia-Pacific group that dreams of a hepatitis free world has called upon Bangladesh government to take “concrete steps” towards eliminating the killer liver disease.The Singapore-based Coalition to Eradicate Viral Hepatitis in Asia Pacific (CEVHAP) gave the call on Tuesday…
James Rodriguez curled home a superb free kick to cap Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Inter Milan in a friendly in Guangzhou on Monday.The Colombian midfielder, brought on for just the last 10 minutes of the International Champions Cup match,…
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country’s 2011 revolution that ended his father’s rule.The court also…
Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to…
Bad or default loans amounting to Tk 62.61 billion were written off by banks in the calendar year 2014. These loans were written off when they became adversely classified. In CY13, about Tk 62.97 billion was written off. This was…
The appellate division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of condemned war crime convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the court, led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, delivered…
It is often blamed that now-a-days education, particularly at the university level got stuck to only some lecture synopsis; students hardly use text or reference books! True to some extent, but why it’s so? Text and reference books are expansive,…
Robert J. Burrowes There is much that is revolting about the current world and Andre Vltchek, Christopher Black and Peter Koenig are well placed to document it, which they have done in their new book ‘The World Order and Revolution!…
The World Tiger Day will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday, aiming to build awareness across the globe to save the remaining population of the majestic big cat from extinction. The global population of tiger, which is also popularly…