A Pakistani court freed on bail on Friday a man accused of plotting a 2008 militant assault on India’s financial capital that killed 166 people and seriously strained ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours, his lawyer said.
Year: 2015
Heinemann invented homeopathic treatment to serve humanity
Speakers at a discussion here have said that father of the Homeopathy Treatment System (HTS) Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Heinemann sacrificed his life in inventing and launching the HTS to serve the humanity.
Need for children awareness against drug-addiction stressed
Speakers at a prize-giving ceremony in Rajshahi city unequivocally called for creating optimum awareness among children about the destructive consequences of drug addiction so that they can fight against the social curse collectively.
Gaibandha ready to welcome Pahela Boishakh
All Preparations have been completed to welcome the Pahela Boishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year-1422, with much enthusiasm and traditional festivities as elsewhere in the country.
6 km new electric line inaugurated in Panchagarh
About six kilometers new electric line of Pally Biddut was inaugurated in three villages from Nutonhat to Kaliaganj and Suriapara under Boda upazila of the district on Thursday night.
20.81 lakh bales jute to be produced in northern Bangladesh
The government has fixed a target of producing over 20.81 lakh bales of jute from over 1.93 lakh hectares of land during the current 2015-2016 seasons in the northern Bangladesh, officials sources said.
Compost fertilizer use can help protect soil productivity
Substantial and sustainable uses of organic and compost fertilizer in the farming fields can help protecting the soil nutrients from further degradation.
2 held with fake currency notes in Chandpur
Police in a drive arrested two members of a currency forger syndicate along with fake currency notes worth Tk 1.46 lakh from a residential hotel at Chairman Ghat in the town on Friday.
Indian contrabands worth Tk1 cr seized in Joypurhat; 5 held
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested five alleged smugglers and seized Indian contrabands worth over Tk one crore from a train at Panchbibi Rail Station here early Saturday.
2 killed in Gazipur road crash
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Sreepur upazila of the district on Friday night and Saturday morning.
70 shops burn down in Laxmipur fire
At least 70 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at a local market at Alexandar Bazar in Ramgati uapzila early Saturday.
Lawyer commits suicide in Rajshahi
A man committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house at Bulunpur in Razpara area in the city on Friday.
Drug peddler sent to jail in Sherpur
A court here on Friday sent a drug peddler to jail for possessing drugs in Nakla upazila.
2 Bangladeshis shot dead by BSF on Benapole frontier
Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot to death and three others injured by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Daulatpur border here early Saturday.
Khaleda has lost right to do politics, says Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her associates, before coming to people to woo their support, must give answer to deaths of scores of people in petrol bomb attacks. “Carrying out horrendous atrocities on…
Big teams tour must for top level show: Shakib Al Hasan
Shamya Dasgupta, Wisden India Bangladesh had a more than satisfactory 2015 World Cup, knocking England out to make the quarter-finals, where they fought for a while before falling away in the face of the collective muscle of the Indians. Shakib…
IG Prison in Jail apparently for Kamaruzzaman’s execution
The Inspector General of Prisons entered the Dhaka Central Jail along with other officials on Saturday evening in what appeared to be the start of formalities for execution of death row convict Jamaat Leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman Bangladesh authorities are expected…
Kamaruzzaman’s family asked to see him for last time
The Dhaka Central Jail authorities have called the family of death row convict Kamaruzzaman to see him on late Saturday afternoon indicating his death sentence might be executed by the same night. His son Hasan Iqbal said that they had…
High Commission in Dhaka does not control visa: Pankaj Saran
Indian mission in Dhaka does not control its visa system “at all”, High Commissioner Pankaj Saran has said on the heels of allegation of difficulties in getting appointment dates for visa. “The entire system is being administered and controlled and…
Iran warns, Yemen intervention is a ‘mistake’
By Harriet Salem Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Saudi Arabia and the US on Thursday that they would soon learn they were “making a mistake” by intervening against Houthi rebels in Yemen, amid a deepening war of words over the…
Symbols allocation for Mayoral candidates started on Friday
The allocation of symbols among the mayoral aspirants of Dhaka North City Corporation(DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation(DSCC) elections started on Friday morning. Among the major candidates, Awami League-blessed candidate Annisul Huq was given ‘Table Clock’ while BNP-sponsored candidate Tabith…
Higher self-esteem must to identify discrimination
People may not recognise some types of discrimination unless they have high self-esteem, according to a study.
India freezes foreign funding to Greenpeace, cites violations
India has blocked foreign funding to the local branch of Greenpeace and restricted some activities, a government statement said on Thursday, with New Delhi accusing the environmental group of misusing funds.