Ferry service on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route has resumed at 10 am after suspension of seven and half hours due to thick fog in the area.
Year: 2015
RDRS Bangladesh distributes blankets in Rangpur division
RDRS Bangladesh distributed 6,660 pieces of quality blankets among the cold- hit poor and distressed people, including women and children, of all eight districts in Rangpur division during this winter season.
BNCC training camp begins in Rajshahi
A 14-day annual training course of Mohasthan Regiment of Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) began at the playground of Bangladesh Postal Academy in Rajshahi city yesterday.
Launching movement against social erosion stressed
Speakers at a rally have stressed for launching vigorous movement against social erosion, unhealthy culture, pornography, drug abuse, gambling, rape, human trafficking and repression and violence against women.
Sylhet city Jamaat ameer Ehsanul held
Police arrested Sylhet city unit Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer from Zindabazar area in the city on Tuesday morning.
Ferry plying on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumes after 7 ½ hrs
Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma river resumed on Tuesday morning after seven and a half hours’ disruption due to dense fog.
Bnp standing committee for intensifying movement
The National Standing Committee of BNP, the highest policy making body of the party on Tuesday urged the country people to intensify their movement to make it a success. It accused the government of being desperate to foil 20-party’s ongoing…
25 held while entering India thru’ Benapole border
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 25 people while they were going to India illegally through Boro Achra border here on Monday night.
Sylhet city BNP member secretary Selim held
Police arrested BNP city unit member secretary Badruzzaman Selim from Topkhana area in the city on Monday.
James Anderson: Phillip Hughes death caused me ‘huge doubts’
England bowler James Anderson says he had “huge doubts” about bowling following Phillip Hughes’s death.
France attacks: Funeral ceremonies in Paris and Jerusalem
Funeral ceremonies are being held for seven of those shot dead in last week’s attacks in Paris.
Golden Globe ratings dip after 2014 high
Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony was watched by 19.3 million people in the US, down 8% on last year’s audience of 20.9 million.
SpaceX capsule docks with ISS
The privately built Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) carrying a much needed cargo of supplies.
Alleged fugitve killed in ‘gunfight’
An alleged fugitive accused in the murder of a policeman was killed in a ‘gunfight between his cohorts and law enforcers’ in Maheshkhali upazila on Tuesday evening. The deceased was Abdur Rashid, 35, a resident of Hoainak village in the…
Adviser Reaz Rahman shot: Bnp accuses Govt of sabotage
BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Adviser Reaz Rahman was shot in the leg in Dhaka and his car set ablaze by some unidentified people when he was on his way back from Khaleda’s Gulshan office. A former foreign minister Reaz Rahman…
3 killed in launch collision: Route permits suspended
Three members of a family were killed and seven others injured in the head-on collision between two launches in the Meghna River in Mohona area of Chandpur Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sahana Begum, 60, and…
BB lifts restrictions on setting up ATMs
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday lifted the restriction on installing electronic banking booths including ATMs (automated teller machines). Issuing a circular, the central bank suggested to all banks that they would no longer require to seek BB’s permission to…
AL-led alliance to resist ‘subversive activities’
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance will constitute committees in every ward and localities across the country ‘against subversive acts’ to handover to the law enforcing agencies those who would be found involved in acts of terrorism in the name of…
Blockade to continue till right to franchise achieved
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked party leaders and activists to continue the ongoing blockade until democracy and right to franchise are achieved. The former premier made the directive when a six-member Mohila Dal delegation led by its senior vice…
Movement till the resignation of Government: Rizvi
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said on Monday that the blockade programme of the 20-Party Alliance would continue till the resignation of the Government. Rizvi conveyed the message by issuing a statement. For the last few days…
End of blockade if rally allowed- Bnp. Withdraw it first – AL
A number of senior Bnp leaders hinted on Monday that the 20-Party Alliance might end the blockade of transports if they are allowed to hold rally in Dhaka city. Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday night conveyed this message to…
Voting right a major gain for India’s migrant workers
A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri of the Indian Supreme Court asked India’s central government to inform it about “further steps taken to implement the suggestions” for extending voting rights to non-resident Indians. This…
AirAsia cockpit voice recorder found – Indonesian officials
Divers in the Java Sea have retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, say officials. The retrieval comes a day after the first piece of the so-called black box, the flight data recorder, was also found…
Boyhood takes Golden Globe honours
Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age film Boyhood has taken the top honours at the Golden Globe Awards. The movie, which took 12 years to make, won best film drama, with Linklater named best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress. British actor…
Rare shark birth captured on camera
A remarkable photograph of the live birth of a thresher shark has cast light on the lives of these elusive, vulnerable fish. The image, taken during a research dive in 2013 and now published in the journal Coral Reefs, is…
Paris attacks: France to deploy 10,000 troops
France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security after last week’s deadly attacks, and will send thousands of police to protect Jewish schools. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said troops would be in place from Tuesday evening in sensitive areas.…
Shakib 1st all-rounder to be No. 1 in all three cricket formats
Celebrated Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan made history in the world cricket as he emerged as the number one all rounder in all the three formats of cricket — Test, ODI and T20. Shakib is the first cricketer who has…
Raushan calls for avoiding violent action programmes
Voicing deep concern over the current confrontational political situation in the country, Raushon Ershad of Jatiya Party on Monday said there is no alternative to political stability for economic development. In a statement, she urged the political parties to avoid…
Khaleda angry, says ‘movement is for democratic rights’
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Monday accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Lying in her Suhrawardy Udyan rally speech. Fromer BNP MP Nilufar Chowdhury Minu who saw Khaleda in the evening told jounrliasts, the BNP chief was confined at…
Charlie Hebdo attacks: Vast Paris rally to take place
Huge crowds and some 40 world leaders have gathered in Paris for a unity march after 17 people were killed during three days of deadly attacks.