The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have suspened five students, including a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist, for their alleged involvement in an assaulting of a teacher of the university. The decision was taken at in emmergency syndecate meeting chaird by…
Bangladesh have ended their ICRC Twenty20 Cricket Tournament for people with disabilities with a thumping victory against India in their last match. The hosts beat their neighbours by seven wickets at BKSP ground No. 3 on Tuesday. England beat Afghanistan…
A weekend screening of “Steve Jobs,” a biopic about Apple Inc’s famous co-founder, drew high praise from some reviewers and suggestions that actor Michael Fassbender could be an Oscar contender for his portrayal of Jobs. While the positive views were…
Dhaka – Robiul Islam (Robi) 17 student of class VIII. Rajdhani Pilot High School and also part time news paper Hawker. S/O Md. Dagon Mia Rickshaw Puller, House 1143, Norerchala, Vatara, in capital Dhaka.
India’s move to plug cattle smuggling will not have much impact on Chittagong market during the Eid-ul-Azha, when the demand for sacrificial animals runs high, local cattle traders and government officials say. They maintain that the local demand for animals…
Comparing Awami League with a snake, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Hindu people to rally around her party changing their traditional mentality of supporting Awami League. “You should make your family members understand that it won’t…
Why the new Sustainable Development agenda is “fundamentally compromised” by corporate interests By Nafeez Ahmed The SDG stakeholder engagement process draws selectively on the input of civil society groups to promote its public legitimacy, while systematically ignoring the voices that…
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred recording the deposition in the case filed against 147 BNP-led 18 party-men including BNP Joint Secretary Generals Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman and former Chief Whip Zainul Abedin Farroque to October 7. Magistrate Atiqur…
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed October 19 to hear on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 36 other party men in a case filed for arson attack and burning people to death on…
States and local governments will be given €3bn while federal government allocates €3bn extra to pay for benefits, says ruling coalition The German government will spend an extra €6bn (£4.4bn) to cope with this year’s record influx of refugees, the…
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Monday to take in up to 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years, responding to a growing public clamour for his government to help those fleeing civil war in the country. “We…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday asked all the police units to ensure foolproof security so that no unpleasant incidents occur centering on Eid-ul-Azha. He also directed members of law-enforcing agencies not to stop any vehicle…
Police recovered the body of a young man from Jessore General Hospital in the district town on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Rakib Raihan, son of Firoz Mollah, a resident of Ramnagar village in Abhoynagar upazila.Police said two…
A minor girl drowned in a pond at Satbaria village in Sujanagar upazila on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as Dipa, 6, daughter of Satbaria union parishad chairman bul Hossain.
Two old men reportedly died from snake bites in different incidents in Poba and Charghat upazila of the city on Sunday.The deceased were identified as snake charmer Munjed Ali, 70, son Aroj Ullah, a resident of Holidagashi Moddapara village in…
A cell named Expatriate Help Cell (EHC), has been set up at the police headquarters to address the complaints of Bangladeshi expatriates. Inspector General of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque disclosed this while briefing reporters at the police headquarters after…
Customs Intelligence officials seized huge illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment worth Tk 10 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. Briefing reporters at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) office, its Director General Mainul Khan said…
Police arrested three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in Nagua area of the district town on Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Masum Ahmed, 21, Mostakim, 18, and Al…
BNP yesterday alleged that law enforcers are once again resorting to extra-judicial killing and abduction of opposition workers. “After the killing of some ruling party men in crossfire, we feared that the opposition men will again be subjected to enforced…
Government earned revenue of around Tk 112 crore as 14,5,92 unregistered motorcycles were forced to registered during on going drive against unregistered motorcycles by police across the country till September 5 from July 1 5. It was disclosed by Inspector…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the “breathtaking” flow of migrants into Germany will “occupy and change” the country in the coming years. She said Germany would speed up asylum procedures and build extra housing, but called on other EU states…
By Thomas E. Franklin By now, you’ve probably seen the photo. A lifeless boy, body limp and legs dangling, is carried by a Turkish paramilitary officer from the water’s edge. The image is a powerful representation of the refugee crisis…
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) dissolved its Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit committee. Confirming the matter BCL central organising secretary Mobarak Hossain said that the committee was disbanded as investigation found that the tenure expired long ago. Besides the leaders…
Bangalore – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the new corporate head quarters of Grameen Koota (GK), one of the largest microfinance organizations in India reaching over one million women members in five states of the country. GK began…
People from the developing countries are adopting illegal, risky and dangerous ways and means to migrate to the advanced countries in hope for job plus better living condition. Many of these unfortunate people have already met with tragic end of…
In mega city Dhaka, traffic jam is a serious problem acting as retardation to our economic activities. In addition, blocking of footpaths by small businessmen is causing deceleration to our everyday movement. The law enforcers off and on conduct drives…
Bangladesh National Cricket Team player Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nitto Shahadat have been sued in court over torturing their housemaid early Monday. A journalist named Mojammel Hossain filed the case with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Women and…
Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing. They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and…
UN Shadow Conference of United Nation Youth and Student Association Bangladesh (UNYSAB) held at Rajshahi University (RU) for the third day on Sunday. The Conference consists of five divisions that are United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), Human Right Council (HRC),…
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed November 26 for hearing in a case filed against 130 BNP leaders and activists, including its Joint Secretary Generals, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Amanullah Aman.