Police arrested 41 Shibir leaders and activist while they were allegedly holding a secret meeting at a restaurant of Firmgate area in the city on Friday afternoon.
Month: September 2015
Three sentenced to prison for selling turtles in city
A mobile court on Friday sentenced three people simple jail ranging from 3 to 9 months on charge of being involved involved in selling turtles in the city’s Shakhari bazaar area. A Rab-10 team along with executive magistrate Md Sarwar…
Woman detained with 1,000 yaba tabs
In its anti-crime operation, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a woman with 1000 Yaba tablets from Hadirmore Bowbazar area under Boalia Police Station in the city yesterday.The arrested was Shakila Aktar Popy, 20, wife of Bilal Hossain of Maria…
Cattle influx from India resumes as Eid-ul-Azha gets close
The cattle influx from India has resumed along the border in the district ahead of Eid-ul-Azha after months’ of fall in its supply since April this year as Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh had asked BSF jawans to put a…
Ensuring urban public, environmental health underscored
Ensuring urban public and environmental health is very vital for substantial and sustainable livelihood improvement of the civic lives in Rajshahi city through improving its health status of the mass people especially poor, health experts, educationists and development activists here…
Public representatives should have knowledge on RTI Act
The grassroots level elected public representatives should have adequate knowledge on the Right to Information (RTI) Act for smoothly running the local government bodies ensuring accountability and transparency.The observation came out at a daylong orientation course on ‘Right to Information…
Digitisation process creates employment, income scope
As a whole, the digitisation process had already created scope of employment and income generation in various ways including outsourcing, selling products through e-shop and offering different services everywhere in the country including the Union Digital Centres (UDCs), speakers at…
NBR clarification over VAT on private universities eyewash, says BNP
The BNP sees a deception in the assurance the National Board of Revenue (NBR) gave to students who were demonstrating against VAT on tuition fees at the private universities. The party says VAT should not be collected from either the…
Atletico looking to new boys to see off Barca
Atletico Madrid will be looking to some of their new signings to help see off Barcelona when the champions visit the Calderon in La Liga on Saturday, according to fullback Filipe Luis. Atletico were one of Spain’s most active clubs…
Plummer plays Auschwitz survivor in Venice film ‘Remember’
Christopher Plummer plays an Auschwitz survivor searching for a former camp guard in a film that explores the themes of memory and undying anger. In Canadian director Atom Egoyan’s “Remember”, competing for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival,…
Oil falls more than 2 percent after Goldman cuts forecasts
Oil prices fell more than 2 percent on Friday after Goldman Sachs cut its crude forecasts, citing global oversupply and concerns over the Chinese economy, and after Saudi Arabia dismissed the idea of an oil producer summit. Joining a long…
US to China: Take back your undocumented immigrants
In early June, in cities across America, US immigration agents arrested more than two dozen Chinese nationals with unfulfilled deportation orders, telling them that after years of delay, China was finally taking steps to provide the paperwork needed to expel…
Europe launches two more Galileo satellites
Europe came a step closer to setting up its own satellite navigation system after successfully launching two Galileo satellites from French Guyana on Friday. The European Space Agency’s Galileo project is meant as an EU alternative to the US Global…
Auto driver protesting anti-social acts burnt to death in Kishoreganj
An auto-rickshaw driver was burnt to death allegedly by some spoiled youths at Amati Shibpur village in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 20, son of Jahangir Miah. Family sources said some youths of…
160 kilograms of rare turtles recovered in capital
The Forest Department has recovered four maunds (about 160 kgs) of turtle of different species from the Sankhari Bazar area in the capital early Friday.
Young man gets one month in prison for child marriage in Magura
A mobile court in Magura on Thursday sentenced a young man to one month’s imprisonment for marrying an underage girl at Khamarpara village in Sreepur upazila. The convicted was identified as bridegroom Masud Munshi, 25, son of Bakhtiar Munshi, a…
Vote allows Palestinian flag to be raised over UN
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a motion allowing the Palestinian flag to be flown in front of UN buildings. Israel strongly opposed the move and urged member states to vote against it. The motion was…
Alleged Ansarullah Team chief among 3 held for blogger killing
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Fakirerpool area on Thursday in connection with the murders of bloggers Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das. The arrestees…
Students’ demo against Vat paralyses Dhaka’s traffic system
Students of various private universities staged demonstrations at different parts of the city on Thursday protesting the imposition of VAT on the tuition fees and police action on East-West University students, bringing the entire city traffic to a standstill. The…
SC scraps HC verdict acquitting ex-MP of Bnp, Millat
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court verdict acquitting former BNP lawmaker Rasheduzzaman Millat in connection with a corruption case. In response to an appeal petition filed by the government challenging the HC verdict,…
SC status que on restriction over screening of Rana Plaza movie
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered to maintain status quo on the Appellate Division’s order on screening of Rana Plaza movie till September 14. The chamber court imposed the restriction just a day of releasing the movie at the screens…
Motor transport fares increased in Dhaka, Chittagong cities
The government has increased the fare of CNG-run buses, minibuses and auto-rickshaws in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation areas which will be effective from October 1, while the revised fares for auto-rickshaws will be effective from November 1 this year.…
Apology to varsity teachers, students won’t pay Vat: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday apologised for his remarks against the movement of public university teachers seeking a separate pay scale. “I’m sorry for my remarks if those hurt anybody. What has happened is over here, I’ve withdrawn my…
Khaleda Zia attends court in Trust graft cases
The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed September 17 for the next hearing on the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar passed the…
RU students submit memo for library entrance sans condition
Student of Rajshahi University (RU) submitted a memorandum to the university authority to get permission for entrance to the University Central Library without any condition. The memorandum was submitted on Thursday to the secretaries Abdus Satter, Alhaj Mozaffar Hossain and…
Enhance teachers’ dignity, drop Vat on private varsities: Bnp
BNP on Thursday demanded the increase of salary and dignity of teachers in the public universities and withdrawal of VAT (value added tax) on private universities. The party also extended its support to the movement of public university teachers for…
Hungarian army stages border exercise to face migrant crisis
Hungary’s army has begun exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the southern border to try to stem the influx of migrants. Budapest plans to send soldiers to help police at the border where thousands of migrants…
GM embryos ‘essential’, says report
By James Gallagher It is “essential” that the genetic modification of human embryos is allowed, says a group of scientists, ethicists and policy experts. A Hinxton Group report says editing the genetic code of early stage embryos is of “tremendous…
The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head
Seventy years ago, a farmer beheaded a chicken in Colorado, and it refused to die. Mike, as the bird became known, survived for 18 months and became famous. But how did he live without a head for so long? On…
