Chittagong district police detained 10 activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Thursday night.
Year: 2015
Cable tv, internet lines to Khaleda’s office cut, power restored
Electricity, cable television and internet connections to Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s party office in the Gulshan Model Town of Dhaka city were snapped Saturday, in an apparent move to disrupt her communication links and also to make her continued…
Global plastic production rises, recycling lags -Worldwatch Institute
Washington, D.C.-For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 4 percent increase over 2012. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of…
For high quality of corporate governance
Dr Atiur Rahman Attaining high quality of corporate governance is important for creating and maintaining investor confidence in corporate businesses and much more so for banks as they are highly leveraged and engaged in risk bearing investments with depositors’ funds…
Bangladesh nuclear infrastructure dev action plan approved
Russia-Bangladesh workgroup of joint coordination committee for implementing Bangladesh nuclear power programme has adopted action plan for nuclear infrastructure development in Bangladesh for next two years. The workgroup met in Dhaka from January 13th to 15th. More than 40 experts…
7 bodies recovered from sunken trawler in Cox’s Bazar
Rescuers on Friday recovered 7 bodies from inside the sunken trawler, which was heading towards Malaysia yesterday with over 50 passengers on board, in Khudiratek area under Kutubdia upazila in the Bay of Bengal, police and locals said. Superintendent of…
3 buses torched in city, 4 receive burn injuries
At least four people, including a former constable, suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in the city’s Khilgaon area on Friday night, the 25th day of the non-stop countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party…
Dr. Kamal, Manna meet Khaleda – united move for fix
Eminent jurist and president of Gano Forum Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said they were trying to resolve the current political impasse unitedly. “We are trying to resolve the crisis together. We have Manna bhai (convenor of Nagorik Oikya) and many…
Egypt military targeted in deadly Sinai attacks
At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the north of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds author, dies at 77
Australian author Colleen McCullough, whose best-selling novel The Thorn Birds became a hit TV series, has died at the age of 77.
72-hour hartal from Sunday against killings, attacks, threats
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday called a 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday protesting the threats by leaders of ruling Awami League to blow up BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office, call to arrest her and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives to police…
Kumar Sangakkara: Sri Lanka keeper sets ODI dismissals record
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara broke the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one-day internationals on Thursday.
Ageing whales: Scars reveal social secrets
Scientists studying one of the ocean’s most mysterious whale species have found they form long-term alliances.
Govt must initiate dialogue to end the stalemate: Manna
Convener of Nagorik Oilya Mahmudur Rahman said on Thursday that the government should take the initiative for dialogue to end the present political stalemate because its actions are to blame for the deterioration of the situation of the situation to…
Dozens missing after Bangladesh migrant boat sinks
Dozens of people are missing after an overloaded fishing trawler carrying migrants to Malaysia sank in strong currents off the coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, officials said. Emergency workers rescued 43 Bangladeshis in the Bay of Bengal after the boat…
4 traders killed, 4 injured as truck hits tempo in Jhenidah
From Shahnewaz Khan Sumon Jhenidah – Four betel leaf traders were killed on the spot, four others sustained injuries, three of them critically, when a betel leaf laden tempo was hit head on by a truck on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway under…
Excessive police force not answer to petrol bomb attacks
The Bangladeshi authorities risk exacerbating an already violent situation by giving police carte blanche to use excessive force in response to a recent wave of horrific petrol bomb attacks amid ongoing violent political protests, Amnesty International said on Friday. Media…
Indian foreign secretary Sujatha Singh cut short
At the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s external affairs ministry has been literally shaken from the top. Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, whose performance made Modi less than happy, has been ‘curtailed’ (going by the official press note). Singh…
Bus afire in city, 30 activists held for ‘sabotage plan’ in Satkhira
Police in an overnight drive arrested 30 people, including eight leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places of Satkhira district on Friday for their suspected plan to carry out sabotage during the ongoing BNP-led 20-party alliance-sponsored blockade. Police sources…
Govt protests UN rights body’s 16-Jan statement
The government has protested the statement issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a UN body, over the country’s present situation on 16 January last. A formal letter in this regard has been sent to…
Eleven ways to help the next generation of farmers
Danielle Nuremberg It’s time for a revolution in the food system—both young and new farmers need more support to nourish future generations. Farmers, businesses, policymakers, and educators need to promote agriculture as an intellectually stimulating and economically sustainable career, and…
India’s Northeast celebrates R-Day defying militant threats
By Nava Thakuria With persistent militant threats in mind, but patriotic fervor in heart, the people of northeast Indian staes once again rose to the occasion to observe the Republic Day that commemorates the adoption of Indian Constitution on 26…
Law enforcers remain unaccountable: Human Rights Watch
Security forces carried out abductions, killings, and arbitrary arrests, particularly targeting opposition leaders and supporters. In a positive development, after years of impunity for the security forces, several members of the notorious Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were arrested following the…
Bnp rolls back plan to invite PM to Koko’s KulKhwani
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to invite Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina at her younger son’s qulkhwani, date of which is yet to be decided. Asked about qulkhwani of Koko, Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas…
Bangladesh-EU joint economic commission likely soon
A Joint Economic Commission (JEC) will be formed between Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) with a view to increasing mutual financial assistance. An EU delegation headed by its Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon informed Speaker of the House Dr Shirin Sharmin…
DU double decker torched, 8 hawkers hurt in blasts
Eight hawkers, including two siblings, suffered splinter injuries as pickets blasted two crude bombs near the city’s New Market on Thursday, the 24th day of the countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. The injured people were…
Hamid asks law enforcers, take stern action against arson
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged the law enforcement agencies to take stern legal actions against those killing people by hurling petrol bombs and torching vehicles as they are the enemies of democracy. “You know the people of Bangladesh are…
Graft, pol pressure bedevil CAG office: TIB
Besides massive internal corruption, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is hobbled by immense political pressure distorting its recruitment process, according to a new study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). It says politicians, including ministers, MPs…
Do PM’s directives to law enforcers mean more killings: Bnp
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has said the statement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take all responsibility of law enforcing agencies to do whatever needed to ‘curb movement’ would complicate the present political situation further. “The statement of the Prime Minister…
Three killed as Israel and Hezbollah clash on Lebanese border
Two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish UN peacekeeper have been killed as Hezbollah militants traded fire with Israeli forces on the Lebanese border.