BNP on Thursday urged the government to demonstrate a human attitude by assisting the family members of its leader Salahuddin Ahmed to safely bring him back home from India instead of doing foul politics over his disappearance. “We’re very happy…
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Salahuddin tells relatives he was left blindfolded in Shilong
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has told two of his relatives who met him at a hospital in Shillong that he had been brought there blindfolded after changing vehicles for several times, according to a report released by BBC Bangla on…
GDP growth 6.51 pc, per capita income $1314: Minister
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said the provisional GDP growth in the current fiscal year has reached 6.51 percent although the government was earlier hopeful of achieving 7 percent. “The GDP growth in the current fiscal year reached…
Jamaat leader held in Sylhet
Police arrested a union level leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Baro Pathar village in Jakiganj upazila on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Jalil,45, president of Birshri union of Jamaat.
7 held with 5 lakh Yaba tablets in Ctg
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested seven people in possession of five lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from the outer anchorage of the port city early Thursday.Identity of the arrestees could not be known immediately.
2 killed by lightning strikes in Sunamganj
Two people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in South Sunamganj and Jamalganj upazilas on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Lutfar Miah,45, a resident of Laxmipur village in Jamalganj upazila, and Sayed Miah,30, a resident of…
Two kids drown in Comilla
Two minor boys drowned in a pond at Harong village in Chandina upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Siyam, 5, son of Mostafizur Rahman, and Robius Sunny, 4, son of Joynal Abedin, a resident of the village.
Three held with ganja in Jamalpur
Police in a drive arrested three drug peddlers from Chhankanda area of the town on Wednesday.The arrested persons are Swapna Begum, 33, Deluara Begum, 35, and Md Mozaffar, 28, of Roumary upazila in Kurigram district.
3 arms traders held with shutter guns, bullets in Jessore
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three alleged arms traders in possession of two shutter guns and 122 rounds of bullet from Khajra union in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira district early Thursday.The arrestees were identified as Mafijul Islam, son…
Wheat procurement drive begins in Gaibandha
Wheat procurement drive has begun in Sundarganj upazila in the district on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm to the farmers. Manjurul Islam Liton, MP, formally inaugurated the wheat procurement drive in the upazila as the chief guest and acting upazila parishad…
Call for freeing young generations from drug addiction
Speakers at a school-level anti-drug campaign launching ceremony here have stressed for launching vigorous social movement to free the young generations from the wraths of drug abuse and addiction. Reputed social organisations ‘Rang’ and ‘Shankhochil’ organised the ceremony at RCCI…
Experts for enhancing zinc-enriched rice cultivation
Enhanced cultivation of zinc-enriched rice ensures food and nutrition security preventing deficiency of zinc, iron and vitamin-A for normal growth of the children and increasing disease resistant capacity, experts said yesterday.They were addressing a farmers’ field day organised by RDRS…
Demra mass killing day tomorrow
The mass killing committed by the Pakistani occupation forces on May 14, 1971 under Demra union in present day Faridpur upazilla of Pabna district still reminds crimes against humanity.It is estimated that 800-900 people mostly unarmed Hindu residents of Demra…
George Miller sweeps viewers back into striking world of ‘Mad Max’
When director George Miller returned to his dystopian “Mad Max” franchise after 30 years for “Fury Road,” he wanted to find a visceral way to immerse the audience in his surreal, saturated post-apocalyptic world.”It felt like going back to something…
Rhino poaching continues unabated in South Africa
South Africa has lost 393 rhinos this year, despite intensified efforts to protect the endangered animal from poaching, according to official data.The Kruger National Park (KNP), one of Africa’s biggest game reserves in north-eastern South Africa, continued to bear the…
Real forwards flop as holders exit Champions League
Real Madrid paid more than 200 million euros (145 million pounds) to assemble their forward line of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema but the attacking trio failed them again in Wednesday’s Champions League exit to Juventus.Ronaldo did manage…
Oil glut worsens as OPEC market-share battle just beginning: IEA
A global oil glut is building as OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia pumps near record highs in an attempt to win a market-share battle against stubbornly resistant US shale production, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday.The West’s energy watchdog…
Toll rises to 96 in Tuesday’s Nepal quake
The toll in the powerful earthquake that rocked Nepal on Tuesday has reached 96, Nepal Police said on Thursday.The 7.3- magnitude quake with the epicentre in Dolakha district, some 130 km east of Kathmandu, caused heavy human loss as well…
Roof Top Gardening- an urban trend
Dear Editor, Now-a-days, roof top gardening is being popular for the urban citizens in Bangladesh. As open space is so little in the cities people who loves greens are being interested to it.
No fuel price lowering soon, Muhith’s response to stimuli
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said the government is not going to lower the fuel price anytime soon despite its fall in the international market. He said this while talking to reporters after a pre-budget discussion with the secretaries…
Rumi established unity of all people thru love: Iranian envoy
The Ambassador of Iran in Bangladesh Abbas Vaezi has said that poet and philosopher of the 13th century Jalaluddin Rumi wanted to unite all people through love. Addressing a seminar on Jalaluddin Rumi organised by the Nawab Salimullah Academy at…
Modi on China visit in a diplomacy of mutual conveniene
Indian PM Narendra Modi is in China on a three-day visit intended to boost economic co-operation but in danger of being overshadowed by mutual mistrust. Ties between the two countries are strained because of a long-running border dispute.
Foreign currency worth 19.45 lakh recovered, one held
Customs Officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport arrested a Singapore bound passenger and recovered foreign currencies worth Tk 19.45 lakh from him in the airport on Wednesday.
UN condemns killing of blogger Ananta Das
The United Nations has condemned the brutal killing of Ananta Bijoy Das, another fatal attack against online activists in Bangladesh. The UN called for thorough investigations into these crimes to bring the perpetrators to justice.
City cleaner, motorcyclist killed in accidents in capital
Two people, including a city corporation cleaner, were killed in separate accidents in the city on early Wednesday. The victims were identified as Asadullah Selu, 45, a cleaner of Dhaka South City Corporation, and Md Masud, 18, a motorcyclist. Sources…
DU student drowns in dormitory pond
A Dhaka University (DU) student drowned on the water of Shahidulah Hall’s pond on the DU campus on Wednesday. The student was identified as Mafizul Islam Rahi, 22, a second year student of Physics Department of the university.
Two stabbed to death in city Pallabi house
A woman and her uncle-in-law were stabbed to death in a flat in the city’s Pallabi area on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Sweaty Begum,23, wife of Desco engineer (Uttara Division) Jahed Hasan, and Jahed’s uncle Aminul Islam,…
BCL factional clash, death prompts Bhashani Varsity closure
The authorities suspended all academic activities of Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University for an indefinite period after an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed in a factional clash on the campus on Wednesday. The deceased was identified…
5 held with 67 Yaba tablets in Keraniganj
Police arrested five alleged drug peddlers in possession of 67 pieces of Yaba tablet from a filed at Auliabad village near Kacharighat bridge here on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Sentu,33, son of Lal Miah, and Khandakar Billal Ahmed,45,…
Woman electrocuted in C’nawabganj
A woman died from electrocution at Makrampur Ghunti in Gomostapur upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Reshma,45, wife of Anwarul, a resident of the area,Locals said Reshma came in contact with a live electric wire while she was working…