A priest of a church at Utholi in Shibalaya upazila filed a general diary (GD) with Shibalaya Police Station on Saturday afternoon out of fear for a possible attempt on his life.Officer-in-charge of the police station Rakibuzzaman said a group…
Month: November 2015
BNP leader held in C’nawabganj
Police arrested a local leader of BNP from Mobarakpur village in Shibganj upazila on Saturday on charge of planning subversive activities.The arrestee was identified as Ansarul Islam, 40, assistant general secretary of Mobarakpur union unit of the party and son…
7 Shibir activists held in Chandpur
Police in a special drive arrested seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from a mess in Momin Para area of the district town on Saturday evening.The arrestees were identified as Sabbir Hossain, Mohammad Farhaduzzaman, Mohammad Yunus, Mohammad Uzzal, Abdus Salam,…
Turkey PM vows to get lawyer’s killers
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has pledged to bring to justice the killers of leading pro-Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci.Mr Elci was shot dead in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir during a battle between police and unidentified gunmen. Two policemen also died.Mr…
Fury stuns Klitschko to become world champion
Britain’s Tyson Fury pulled off one of the great boxing upsets as he outpointed Wladimir Klitschko to become heavyweight champion of the world. It was a dour and often messy fight but Fury, courtesy of his superior boxing skills, fully…
BSS Director passes away
Md. Liakat Ali, one of the organizers of great Liberation War, Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Editor of Khulna based the Daily Purbanchal died of a cardiac arrest at 12 last midnight (Saturday) at the Holy Family Hospital…
Khulna priests get death threat
Two priests of two different churches in Khulna received death threat over mobile phone from an unknown caller on Friday.Reverent Tomas Joy Sarker, chief of Church of God’s Bangladesh and also executive secretary of the Khulna chapter of Bangladesh Interchurch…
Redmayne made Radcliffe jealous
Actor Daniel Radcliffe says he is jealous of the wonderful wizard outfit Eddie Redmayne gets to wear in “Harry Potter” spin-off film “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”.”Oh f**k you, Eddie, in your brilliant costume… I got jeans and…
More tourists despite travel alerts:Menon
Bangladesh has received more tourists than usual this year despite the travel alerts issued by some countries including the US. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon has made the claim.“Bangladesh is safer than the US. Some people are…
Anne Hathaway expecting first child
Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, producer Adam Shulman, are expecting their first child, according to the website of celebrity news outlet E!”Anne is in her second trimester and feeling great!” a source close to the 33-year-old told…
Extreme heat waves to come
With the help of a new method to model heat wave magnitude, scientists have projected that extreme heat events are likely to increase both in severity and number during the next two decades.”Even if global mean temperatures do not increase…
Army man killed 3 others injured in cannon blast during exercise
An army personnel was killed and three others injured from a cannon blast during the military’s winter exercise at Monkhali area in Ukhia upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Khalil, Corporal of Bangladesh…
Commonwealth urged to support strong climate change plan
Valletta, Malta – France’s president and the secretary general of the United Nations pleaded Friday at the Commonwealth summit for the world to unite and produce an ambitious agreement to combat climate change, with François Hollande saying “man is the…
BD appreciated at the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Convention.
Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Üzümcü has highly appreciated Bangladesh’s role as a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
IGP calls people to remain alert while renting out houses
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque on Saturday urged people to remain alert while renting out their houses for preventing militant activities in the country.
Shia mosque gun attack: 3 on remand
A court here on Saturday placed three people, arrested in connection with the Thursday’s gun attack on a Shia mosque at Haripur village in Shibganj upazila, on remand of different terms.
Govt. to redesign existing coastal embankments to protect from seawater
The government has taken an initiative to redesign the country’s existing coastal embankments keeping in mind the climate-induced changes presumed to take place by 2050 and thus protect the coastal lands from seawater.
Coast Guard arrested 8 poachers
Members of Coast Guard arrested eight suspected poachers along with one deer and 1000 metre current net from Jaglar Char area in the Meghna River in Hatia upazila of the district on Saturday noon.
Altaf Mahmud elected president of BFUJ
Altaf Mahmud and Omar Faruk have been elected the president and the general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), a pro-Awami League association.
Social networks will be opened after getting law enforcers’ green signal
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the temporary ban on social networking site Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber will be withdrawn after getting the green signal from law-enforcing agencies.
Chittagong Hill Tracts situation very sensitive, says Santu Larma
The overall situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has turned ‘very sensitive’ since the government ‘stalled’ the process of implementing the peace accord, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chief Santu Larma stated on Saturday.
Canadian Prime Minister keen to see the changes in Bangladesh
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he is keen to see the changes that have taken place in Bangladesh since his visit to Bangladesh at the age of 13 with his father, the then Prime Minister of Canada.
HIV infection has been reduced globally: Speaker
STAFF REPORTER Speakers at a press conference yesterday cautioned though HIV infection has been reduced globally, including in Bangladesh, the country has certain groups who are vulnerable to HIV infection and there is a chance of spreading it through them.
RU observes World Philosophy Day at
RU Correspondent World Philosophy Day has been observed at Rajshahi University (RU) on Saturday.
5-day banking fair ended Saturday
The 5-day banking fair at the Bangla Academy premises ended on Saturday with enthusiastic response from large number of visitors.
Ctg slum fire kills 1
A young boy was killed and at least 50 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire which broke out at a slum in the city’s Agrabad-Mogpukurpar area on Friday night.The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Travel thru’ Benapole with handwritten passport closed
Travel has been stopped between two neighboring countries India and Bangladesh with handwritten passport through Benapole border from Thursday.The immigration authorities at Benapole check post put an end to the effectiveness of the handwritten passports for entering India from Bangladesh…
3 Jamaat men among 34 held in Satkhira
A joint force of different agencies arrested 34 people, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places of the district from Friday night to Saturdaymorning.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Special Branch, Satkira said a team of the joint force, comprising members…
Man killed in Patuakhali trawler capsize
A man was killed and two others were injured as a timber-laden trawler capsized after being hit by a launch in the confluence of Lohalia and Laukadi rivers in PatuakhaliSadar upazila on early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jamal, hailing…
180 bottles of foreign liquor, drugs seized in Habiganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)seized 180 bottles of Indian wine and one kilogram of cannabis in three separate drives from Madavpur upazila of the district on Friday.A patrol team of the BGB-55 Battalion, led by Naike Saidur Rahman, in…