BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia turns ’70’ on Saturday. Unlike previous years, Party sources hinted, Khaleda may not cut cake at the wee hours on Saturday celebrating her birthday at her Gulshan office. A BNP leader close…
Day: August 14, 2015
National Mourning Day Saturday
The National Mourning Day will be observed in the country on Saturday marking the 40th anniversary of assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with all but two members of his family at the crack of dawn on August 15…
Crude bombs let loose at Shahriar’s Charghat college meet
Miscreants set off two crude bombs during a meeting of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam with a college governing body in Charghat upazila on Friday night.
SAU Convocation Nov 16
Convocation is marked as a great event in the university academic calendar. It’s a special occasion to bring together the Graduates and the Academics. For the graduating students it’s a time to celebrate their accomplishment in front of their friends…
An alleged drug dealer arrested with yaba pills
Police arrested an alleged drug dealer along with 39,000 pieces contraband yaba tablets from BK Das Road in Old Dhaka on Thursday night. The arrested illegal drug trader was identified as Sabbir Hossain alias Sabbir. Briefing to reporters at DMP…
One held for illegal possession of fire arm
Police arrested an alleged possessor of illegal firearms from the city’s Kafrul area on Thursday night. Officer-in-charge of Kafrul police station Sikder Md Shamim Hossain said acting on a tip-off, a Kafrul police team conducted a raid in the thana…
Tripple murder in gun attack for control over extortion: Police
Establishment of supremacy, collection of extortion money and controlling ‘jhute’ (cuttings of fabrics of garment factories) business in the area were main reasons behind the triple murder in Madhya Badda in the city, police sources suspected. Awami Leaguer ward-6 president…
Mother with 3-month-old found dead in Brahmanbaria
A woman and her three-month-old baby were found dead at Ashurail village in Nasirnagar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Farzana Akter,22, wife of a Dubai expatriate Nur Mia, and her three-month-old son Tanvir Mia of the village.
Japan PM Abe to deliver closely watched WW2 statement
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver a much-anticipated statement on Friday marking 70 years since his country’s World War Two surrender. Its content will be closely watched by Japan’s neighbours, who are concerned he may water down past apologies…
EC doesn’t accept audit reports of 22 parties
The Election Commission has turned down the audit reports of 22 political parties submitted on their financial transactions in 2014 as they failed to follow the due process. The Commission on Thursday sent a letter to the 22 political parties…
BCL men’ assault at DU
The executive engineer of Begum Rokeya University was assaulted allegedly by a group of activists of the university unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over extortion on the campus on Wednesday. On the contrary, the university unit of the ruling…
BGB seized 84K Indian cigarettes
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 84,000 cigarettes of Indian Nasir brand from Kumarpara border village of Kanaighat upazila on Wednesday.Mohammad Saiful Islam, assistant director of Kanaighat BGB 31 battalion, said a team of BGB led by habildar Mohammad Montu Miah of Suraighat…
Councilor’s son shot to death
Nazrul Islam alias Nazu, 28, son of Shahida Begum, a councilor of women reserved seat of ward no-2 of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) was gunned down by unidentified miscreants at BIDC intersection on Khulna-Jessore Highway in the city last night.
Tobacco Control Act to be imposed strictly
Speakers at a meeting have called for saving stressed for thousands of nonsmokers from indirect smoking through ensuring strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) in public places.They put importance on creating public awareness about harms of using smoking and nonsmoking…
Swechchhasebak League leader among 3 killed in night firing
A local Swechchhasebak League leader, who sustained bullet injuries in a gun attack in the city’s Madhya Badda area on Thursday, died at a hospital here on Friday, raising the death toll from the incident to three. Mahbubur Rahman Gama,…
Chor ppl expecting to earn a good chink
Thousands of people living in the remote char areas of ten northwestern riverine districts are expecting better profits through selling their locally reared sacrificial animals before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivity.Following the ban imposed on ‘exporting’ cows from the neighbouring country to…
Huge explosions in China’s Tianjin port area kill 17, hurt 400
Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring as many as 400, official Chinese media reported.Authorities had lost contact with…
Barcelona beat Sevilla 5-4 after extra time to win European Super Cup
Barcelona substitute Pedro scored deep into extra time to secure the European Super Cup with a 5-4 win over Sevilla in a thriller on Tuesday after they surrendered a three-goal lead in Tbilisi. Unsettled Pedro had said in the build-up…
Is there a ‘woman’ living on Mars?
NASA has not confirmed what actually is the ‘woman-like’ figure in a Mars picture that has kept UFO and alien life enthusiasts hooked for the past few weeks, CNET reported.Over the past several weeks, UFO and alien life enthusiasts have…
Zac Efron says new ‘Baywatch’ movie to be raunchy comedy
Former teen idol Zac Efron, who rose to fame in the Disney “High School Musical” franchise, says the upcoming “Baywatch” movie in which he will co-star with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be almost nothing like the 1990s TV series…
No politics in GSP denial for Bangladesh, says US Ambassador Bernicat
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed sees politics behind the US decision to deny Bangladesh products GSP, but US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat disagrees.After visiting a few readymade garment factories in Gazipur on Tuesday, Bernicat told reporters that ‘there was no…
Seminar on human rights held at RU
A seminar entitled “Human Right Situation in Bangladesh : Duty of Law Learners” held at the Deans’ Complex of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday at 4.00pm organiged by Rajshahi University Association of Law Finders (RUALF). M A Sayeed Shuvo, President…
Nobel Peace Laureates endorse violence
Robert J. Burrowes In a recent letter to US President Barack Obama twelve Nobel Peace laureates declared their support for the long history of US elite violence against Native Americans and enslaved Africans, as well as the US imperial violence…
Rights activists honored
New York – Four courageous and tireless advocates for human rights are the 2015 recipients of the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights Watch said today. The winners, leading voices for justice in their countries, are…
Indo-Bangla task force to check fake currency notes
Bangladesh and India on Thursday agreed to cooperate with each other to control the circulation of fake currency notes. The decision was taken at a 2-day long Joint Task Force meeting on Fake Currency notes between Bangladesh and India held…