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Year: 2015
India election: Delhi votes in first real test for Modi
Polling stations have opened in Delhi for state elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity.
Chimps ‘learn local grunts’ to talk to new neighbours
Chimpanzees can change their grunts to communicate better with new companions, according to a study of two groups that were housed together in Edinburgh.
Tk 1.5 lakh looted from shop injuring 3 in Jessore
Robbers looted Tk1.5 lakh from a shop injuring three people blasting crude bombs in Rajarhat of Jessore district on Friday night.
13 Molotov cocktails, petrol seized in N’ganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 13 Molotov cocktails and two litres of petrol from Fatullah area in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
JCD strike at RU underway peacefully
An indefinite strike, enforced by the Rajshahi University (RU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on the campus protesting the arrest of its general secretary Kamrul Hasan, is underway peacefully today (Saturday).
Forest robber arrested in Satkhira
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a member of notorious forest robber gang ‘Alam Bahini’ from Laboni More area of the district town early Saturday.
BNP leader arrested in Sirajganj
Police arrested a local leader of BNP from Chanda Alir More in the district town on Friday night in connection with several cases.
2 AL men hurt in attack in Laxmipur
A local leader of Awami League and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in attacks by miscreants at separate places in the district town on Friday night.
AL holds joint meeting in Panchagarh to resist violence
A joint meeting of district Awami League (AL) and its associate organisations was organised at Panchagarh district AL office last night to resist blockade, hartal and violence in the name of political movements.
Pabna police arrest five alleged saboteurs, two with bomb wounds
Police in this northwestern town today arrested five alleged saboteurs after an accidental explosion of bombs which they were manufacturing at Puspwapara area here.
Fruit cultivation brings fortune to thousands in N’dists
Cultivation of fruits on commercial basis has been continuing to increase bringing fortune to thousands of the common people, small and marginal farmers in recent years in the northern districts.
No ‘surrender to militancy’: Hasina
Describing the recent activities of the BNP-Jamaat alliance as militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said her government will in no way give in to this menace. “We’ll never surrender to militancy,” she said addressing the inaugural ceremony…
JCD calls indefinite strike at DU
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, on Saturday called an indefinite strike at Dhaka University from Sunday co-existence of the activists of all political parties on the campus and demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor AAMS Arifin…
End deadly cycle of violence, respect rights of all: HRW
New York – With no end in sight to politically motivated violence and other abuses in Bangladesh, state authorities need to ensure their response respects the rights of all and avoids arbitrary use of force, arrests, and disappearances, Human Rights…
Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman receives The Banker award
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman received the ‘Central Bank Governor of the Year- Asia Pacific, 2015’ award by the London-based Financial Times owned magazine, ‘The Banker’ for his significant contribution towards promoting socially and environmentally responsible financing in Bangladesh…
Delhi votes in first real test for Modi
Voting is under way in Delhi in state elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity. Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded former policewoman Kiran Bedi as its pick for chief minister.…
‘Outlawed party man’ killed while allegedly making bomb
An outlawed party activist was killed and another injured in an explosion allegedly while they were making bombs in Ataikula upazila of Pabna district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mongal Pramanik, 38, son of Malik Pramanik of Dharmagram…
2 Shibir, one Jamaat leaders killed in ‘gunfight’
Three leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, including Chouddagram upazila unit president of Shibir, were killed in separate incidents of ‘shootouts’ in Comilla, Rajshahi and Jessore on Friday. Shahbuddin Patwari,28, president of Shibir’s Chouddagram…
Biman fligt makes mergency landing at Shahjajal Airport
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG047, en-route from Chittagong to Dubai, made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka early Friday morning after one of its engines experienced an in-flight surge. “None of the passengers on board was hurt…
72-hr hartal against ‘crossfire’ deaths, maiming, arrests: 20-Party
The Bnp-led 20-party alliance on Friday called a 72-hour nationwide hartal beginning at 6am on Sunday till 6am on Wednesday protesting “killing of many leaders and workers in ‘crossfire’, maiming and injuring some of them in shooting and ‘mass arrests…
No difference between Bnp, Jamaat and IS: Hasina
Blasting BNP-Jamaat nexus for burning people to death and unleashing rampage by enforcing hartals and blockades, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat are committing the same crimes the Islamic State (IS) is doing in the Middle East.…
Govt asked to explain if Khaleda is free or arrested
BNP vice chairman Maj (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed yesterday sought explanation from the government as to whether BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is arrested or free as people of intelligence agency sit in front of her office with a register book…
Stop killings, repression on opposition, 20-Party to police
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday called upon the law enforcers to stop extra judicial killing, refrain from carrying out repression on opposition leaders and activists, injuring innocent people by shooting at them, mass arrest, conducting raids in homes of activists and…
RU Shibir leader killed in gunfight
A Rajshahi University Chattra Shibir leader was killed in a gunfight with the police here last night.
Triennial council of Satkhira Awami League to be held tomorrow
The Triennial council of the district Awami League will be held tomorrow at Shaheed Abdur Razzaque Park here.
Rajshahi seed-potato growers show much interest to net house farming
Farmers of the region are seen showing much interested to seed-potato farming in net house method for multiplying the tissue-culture based seed-potato successfully.
Nosimon driver killed in Faridpur road crash
A Nosimon driver was killed in a road accident at Gajaria on Faridpur Sadar- Charbhadrasan road here on Thursday.
29 BNP-Jamaat-Shibir activists detained in Ctg
Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained 29 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Wednesday night and today.
SSC exams begin amid tight security in Rajshahi
The SSC and equivalent examinations began today in Rajshahi and its adjacent districts amid tight security as the indefinite blockade called by the BNP-led 20-party alliance continues.