Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday placed a wreath at the mazar of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungi[ara, marking the the National Mourning Day, 40th martyrdom anniversary of the great leader. After placing the wreath, the Prime Minister stood…
A local activist of ruling Awami League died from electrocution while hanging a banner on the occasion of the National Mourning Day in the city’s Talaimari area on Friday.
Police recovered the slaughtered body of a police informant from near a slum of Shah Ali thana area on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Md Jasim, 35, son of Hanif Hawlader. He was residing at Kingshok Balurmath (Sand…
Five suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with army at Dokhaiapara in Baghaichhari upazila early Saturday.
S. Korean has sacrificed family, career and health to free his father, victim of a 1969 plane hijacking My hometown, southern sea, I can see the blue water / How can I forget the calm sea in the village /…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday claimed that the country’s overall law-and-order situation is good barring some stray incidents. “Except for several murders, the overall law-and-order situation is quite good,” he said while talking to reporters after distributing food at…
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has criticised a High Court observation on interim government, dubbing it ‘uncalled for’. The Gazipur-1 MP was speaking at a discussion and special prayers programme organised to mark National Mourning Day in the…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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,…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…