Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by incessant monsoon rains, left six people dead in the district on Saturday. With the six people, the death toll from landslides and flashflood-related incidents in the district rose to 17. A woman and her daughter…
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged political parties to get united to save the country and its people from misrule as the current “unelected” government she said has no responsibility towards them. “Many top leaders of different political…
Police in a drive arrested three people, including a leader of the local unit Chhatra League, for possessing Phensidyl syrup at Komorpur in Debhata upazila on Friday.
A three and a half years old boy drowned in a ditch at Khalfalia village in Shailkupa upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Tasim, son of Milton Zoarder of the village.
Three members of a family were stabbed allegedly by some drug addicts at Baimael Pashchimpara village in Singair upazila early Saturday.The victims were identified as Rokeya Begum,35, wife of Kahinur Islam, a resident of the village, her daughter Farida Akter,15,…
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) sustained stab injuries in an attack by miscreants in Shahi Eidgah area of the city on Friday night.The injured was identified as Arafat Hossain Chowdhury Akash,21, a resident of the area and BBA…
A schoolgirl was killed when a roof of a two-storey building collapsed on her at Ahsan Ahmed Road under Kotwali thana in the city on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Abida Arabi Sarafi, 15, a class VIII student of Iqbalnagar…
By virtue of its diversified benefits, significant number of small and marginal farmers attained economic emancipation through the participatory social afforestation programme.The Department of Social Forestry (DSF) has been executing various lucrative programmes in all 31 upazilas of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj,…
The prices of essential commodities on high demand during Ramadan are rising, while the vegetables prices dropped.The prices of lentils, palm oil, soybean oil, ginger, chicken and beef increased from those of the last week. But in the capital’s kitchen…
Actors, singers and Hollywood celebrities, many of whom have played a major role in driving acceptance of gay rights in mainstream culture, whooped with joy at the US Supreme Court’s ruling that made gay marriage legal nationwide on Friday.Twitter lit…
Four years after his miss in a penalty shootout sent Argentina spinning out of the Copa America, Carlos Tevez slammed home the winning spot kick against Colombia on Friday to book his country’s place in this year’s semi-finals.After a goalless…
Sri Lanka’s president dissolved parliament on Friday, a government spokesman said, in an effort to consolidate power and push through political reforms.Two government officials told Reuters elections will be held to elect a new parliament on Aug. 17.
K M Atikur Rahman Education is such type of service and process by which human being can explore its mental, moral and spiritual world. It can bring out a man from darks into an enlightened life. It is a prime…
Ryan Teague Beckwith Supreme Court rulings are typically dry legalistic documents, but Friday’sdecision recognizing gay marriage nationwide was more lyrical than most. Here are some of the most memorable passages from the majority opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy. He…
A manager of a Ice Cream company was gunned down in the city’s Central Road of Kalabagan on early Saturday. The victim was identified as Obaidul Haque, 35, a manager of Kuality Ice cram company, a sister concern of Sanwar…
Police has arrested president of Chhatra League Bangla College unit from near Kafrul Thana on early Saturday on charge of instigating a girl student of the same college to commit suicide. Sub-inspector Moniruzzaman of Kafrul thana said Fatematuz zohora alias…
At the request of the Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) for a screening committee interview all main candidates agreed to join from 3:00 to 6:30 pm on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Smart Academia 165-23 Hillside Avenue –…
By Joe Parkin Daniels On March 16, 2007, a Colombian military general named Henry William Torres Escalante gave the “direct order” to kill an unarmed farmer and his teenage son, dress them with weapons, and declare their bodies enemy combatants…
By John Dyer Marijuana legalization and decriminalization has vaulted weed into the realm of commodities like corn, pork bellies, tin, gold, and rubber. In other words, now that people can buy pot almost everywhere, the market is expansive and uniform…
Bangkok – The governments of Thailand andBurma should immediately end discrimination and other rights abuses against the Moken, sea nomads who are among the few remaining hunter-gatherer populations in Southeast Asia, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today.…
Annie Gowen Mohammed Islam is a Rohingya Muslim who has lived in a refugee camp in Bangladesh since age 9, after his family fled religious tension in his home country of Burma, also known as Myanmar. His life is one…
As Qatar’s construction sector continues to expand ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the country’s demand for international labour is expected to remain high. Figures published in September 2014 show that the total number of migrant workers living in…
M A Gofran Biogas is an old technology. Volta invented biogas in 1776. In Bangladesh it was introduced by Dr. Karim in 1972. At present, there are about 100,000 biogas plants in the country. Biogas technology is now known in…
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recovered fake stamps worth around Tk 60.66 crore raiding a printing press in the city’s Lalkuthi area on Friday. A special team of CID conducted the drive at the printing press located at 157 Lalkuthi of…
The BNP on Friday demanded of the government to send relief materials to flood affected areas in greater Chittagong immediately. Party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand through a press statement. He said about 20,000 people of Chittagong, Cox’s…
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is crippling local government bodies through politicisation by removing the opposition-backed elected public representatives on ‘fabricated’ charges. “The opposition-supported elected public representatives are being removed from local government bodies, including upazilas and municipalities,…
Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, left 11 people dead in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts on Friday. In Cox’s Bazar, two people — Futu, 18 of Juyaria Nala area and Amir Hossian, 45, of Kaoyar Kup area–…
Bangladesh is set to sign the Articles of Agreement (AoA) of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on June 29 in Beijing in which the country is expected to get less than one percent or 0.6729 percent shares of the…
Bangladesh’s leading climate scientist Dr. A Atiq Rahman has said that the world is looking forward to positive outcomes of the Paris COP 21 talks of the parties to combat climate change although not much progress has been made in…
Hundreds of depositors have filed two criminal cases in Patuakhali Sadar police station, alleging they have been duped of nearly TK 200 million by RDP Finance & Investments MCS Limited.This company has been approved by the Ministry of Cooperatives. Its…