In the continent of Westeros in the hit television series “Game of Thrones”, humankind is coming under threat from a zombie-like race from the north – but also from an ominous impending winter.
Year: 2015
20 injured in Munshiganj bus accident
Twenty people were injured when a speedy passengers’ bus fell into a roadside ditch at the turning point of Shimulia Ghat on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway under Lohajang Thana here this afternoon.
2 killed in separate incidents in Ctg
Two persons, including a truck driver’s helper, were killed in separate incidents in the city’s Madarbari and Karnaphuli areas on Friday.
Upazila Jamaat secretary joins AL in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi Bagmara unit Awami League on Friday welcomed a Jamaat leader to its ranks with garlands. The new entrant to the AL was Maulana Nurul Islam, he secretary of Bagmara Upazila Jamaat. Addressing a press conference he told reporters…
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.
11 BNP-Jammat activists detained in Ctg
Chittagong city and district police in a series of drives detained 11 leaders and activists of BNP and Jammat on Thursday night.
Smuggled drugs recovered in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an Indian bicycle,200 amples of sedative injection and 65 bottles of phensidyl in separate drives last night and early today.
Over 100 people injured in clashes
over one hundred persons were injured in clashes between two rival groups of villagers at Ratanpur village under Habiganj sadar upazila of the district this morning and at noon.
Prof. Emajuddin demands army deployment for city polls
Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed, convenor of Adarsha Dhaka Andolon, yesterday reiterated his demanded to deploy army in Dhaka and Chittagong during the ensuing three city corporation polls scheduled to be held on April 28.
City polls called to win, set Manna free: Rob
President of the Jatiya Sanajtantrik Dal ASM Abdur Rob said on Friday that Awami Leaguers would never be able to become democrats just as Razakars cannot become Freedom Fighters. Addressing a discussion meeting on recent politics and the freeing Mahmudur…
US, Cuba hold highest-level meeting in over 50 years
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez have held talks, in the highest level meeting between the two countries in more than half a century. The two held closed-door discussions after arriving in Panama for…
US Govt agency said marijuana help fight brain tumors
By Arijeta Lajka Researchers have been studying the medical benefits of marijuana for years, but this month marks the first time the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a research group funded by the US government, has acknowledged that cannabis…
Maldives threatens migrant workers with expulsion over protest
Jason Burke in Delhi and Zaheena Rasheed in Malé Tens of thousands of immigrant workers employed on luxury resorts in theMaldives have been told they will be ordered to leave the island nation if they go ahead with a planned…
India’s police should arrest suspects, not kill them
Meenakshi Ganguly Two new shooting incidents in India where suspects died under fire from the police shows once again the need for urgent reform. During a police operation this week to combat sandalwood smuggling in Andhra Pradesh state, 20 loggers…
Holding US police who kill accountable
Alba Morales The murder charge against Michael Slager, the South Carolina police officer who fatally shot 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back on April 4, is unusual. Between 2005 and 2011 murder or manslaughter charges were brought against just 41officers…
UNHCHR Call to halt execution of Kamaruzzaman
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani made the following statement on Thursday. We urgently call on the Government of Bangladesh to halt the execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, which is reportedly imminent, following…
Stay in khaleda’s coalmine case extended by six months
The High Court has extended its stay order on the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The bench of Justice Md. Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed gave the order, extending the stay by six months on…
Kamaruzzaman’s death sentence execution apparently postponed
Jail authorities on Friday evening apparently postponed a decisioin to go ahead with executing the verdict given against Jamaat Leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman who has remained in a death row for sometime. Earlier two magistrates visited the Dhaka Central Jail to…
Kabari, Salam withdraw from mayoral race
Former Awami League MP Sarah Begum Kabari has quit the race for Dhaka North City Corporation mayor. BNP leader Abdus Salam, mayor candidate for Dhaka South, also pulled out on Thursday, the last day for withdrawing nomination.
Rosatom presents booklets on nuke energy to Ishurdy schools
Dhaka: Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation- Rosatom with the support of Ministry of Science and Technology has presented popular science book titled “Nuclear Energy: Questions and Answers” to various schools located at Ishwardi area where country’s first nuclear power plant…
Bnp supports Awal Mintoo’s son Tabith for Dhaka North
Finally, BNP has extended its support to Tabith Awal, son of party chairperson’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo to contest the mayoral polls in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia endorsed him hours after the Supreme Court upheld…
Call for calm as Mick Schumacher reignites father’s legacy with F4 debut
Following in the exalted footsteps of his father, Formula One legend Michel Schumacher, Mick has made his pre-season test debut in Formula Four.
Scientists restore the good name of Brontosaurus
Paleontologists are restoring the good name of Brontosaurus more than a century after it was deemed scientifically invalid and the famous dinosaur was reclassified as another genus called Apatosaurus.
Myanmar onions for Bangladesh
Myanmar may supply enough onions to fill the demand-supply gap in Bangladesh, a top Myanmar official has said.
Jury finds surviving brother Tsarnaev guilty in Boston Marathon bombing
Dzokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on Wednesday of killing three people and injuring 264 others in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and of fatally shooting a police officer four days later.
Former UP member killed in Laxmipur road accident
A former union parishad member was killed as a bus ran over him in Charchamita Baaar area of sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
Teenage girl drowns in Sylhet
A teenage girl with physical disability drowned in a pond at Rail Colony in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj district on Thursday morning.
6 BNP activists arrested in Manikganj
The detective police of the district arrested six BNP activists from different parts of the district last night for their suspected involvement in subversive activities, like hurling petrol bombs, blasting cocktails and other terrorist activities in recent times.
2 held with Phensidyl in Faridpur
Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-8 stationed in Faridpur district recovered 208 bottles of contraband phensidyl and arrested two drug peddlers in this connection from Khondoker Nuru Mia by-pass road on Wednesday.
Tight security for Pahela Baishakh celebration in Khulna
Police will take special security measures in the city so that people can celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, peacefully.