The ruling Awami League is scheduled to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Monday to observe the Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from captivity in Pakistan. The ruling party is going to hold the rally desperate police…
Year: 2015
ETV Chairman placed on 5-day remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed ETV Chairman Abdus Salam on a five-day remand in a sedition case filed for airing an alleged false, fabricated and instigating speech of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman on…
Confinement protest: 20-party, JCD call hartal in 15 districts
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP will enforce hartal in 14 districts in Dhaka Division excluding the capital protesting the confinement of party chairperson Khaleda Zia and demanding the release of top opposition leaders including acting secretary general…
Khaleda office barricaded again. Press for polls: Bnp
As movement to and from Khaleda’s Gulshan party office has virtually been stopped on Sunday putting up fresh truck barricades, Bnp’s joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi asked business leaders to press for inclusive polls to restore peace in the…
Dhaka should raise ‘river, issue of life and death’, at UN
Speakers at a roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday called for concerted efforts to unite the people against threats to the country’s physical and environmental security posed by diversion of rivers that have treated and sustained Bangladesh for ages. This land…
Dhaka experts decry resistance to environmental plans, laws
Speakers at a day-long conference on environment in Dhaka on Saturday underlined the need for concerted efforts to ensure the implementation of laws for safeguarding the environment keeping in view the fact that those violating law become more powerful and…
2 women police constables killed in city road crash
Two policewomen were killed and at least 20 others injured as a truck crushed into a bus carrying them in Fakirapul intersection in the capital on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as constables Manira,20, and Aklima,22. Police said a…
World leaders gather for mass Paris rally
World leaders are gathering in Paris ahead of a march in the French capital to show unity after three days of terror that left 17 people dead. Some 40 leaders are to go to the rally, expected to dwarf Saturday…
Chashi Nazrul Islam passes away
Eminent film director and producer Chashi Nazrul Islam died at a city hospital on Sunday morning. An Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner Chashi Nazrul Islam was 74. Shahadat Setu, assistant of the noted film maker, said Nazrul, who…
IBBL business development conference being held in Dhaka
A 2-day Business Development Conference of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited which began at a city hotel on Saturday is now is progress. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, acting chairman of the bank, was present as the chief guest in the inaugural ceremony…
Teixobactin with great hope!
Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have discovered an unusual method for producing antibiotics from bacteria that live in dirt. According to the researchers’ report published in the journal Nature said the new powerful antibiotic-the Teixobactin as they named is…
Jalebi uncoiled: Not to question is the ‘question’
Sudhirendar Sharma Let us start 2015 with a question about ‘question’, and an assurance that it will fit into the flavor of this page. Haven’t we been digging ‘questions’ where there have been ‘none’ from rather mundane happenings in life…
Charlie Hebdo hunt: Bloody end to sieges
Two sieges in France have been brought to a bloody end, with three gunmen and four hostages killed. Two brothers who killed 12 in an attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine on Wednesday were shot dead as they fled a warehouse…
Tele talk of Bnp, Bip chiefs 100pc correct: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday reiterated that the information about the telephonic conversations between BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah was cent percent correct. BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan in statement issued…
People will stop them if terrorist activities don’t end: Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Saturday said a movement cannot be carried out by carrying out sniper attacks and strongly criticised the BNP for its ongoing countrywide transport blockade. “Sniper attacks only create panic in public minds……
Khaleda spends a week at her besieged party office
It has been a week since BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been confined to her office in Gulshan, Dhaka. Khaleda found herself stuck in the office after announcing an agitation plan to mark the first anniversary of the last general…
Hasina, Khaleda urged to resolve standoff thru talks
Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan), a rights body, on Saturday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to engage in dialogue to beak the present political standoff over a fresh national election. “The initiative has to come first…
Stay alert against ‘govt’s subversive acts’: BNP
Voicing apprehension that the government might carry out ‘subversive’ acts over the 20-party’s ongoing non-stop blockade programme, BNP on Saturday asked its leaders and activists to remain alert about it. “This regime is carrying out acts of sabotage at different…
3-day Biswa Ijtema phase – I of Tablig Kamaat ends Sunday
The “Akheri Munajat” (concluding prayer) of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi will be offered tomorrow, ending the three-day annual Muslim congregation. Tens of thousands of the Muslims from home and…
Police firing hurts city Bnp leader, Feni bomb blast 2 magistrates
Gias Uddin (45) a Ward Bnp leader of the of Shyampur Taltala area under Kadamtali police station in Dhaka city was seriously injured when police opened fire from shotgun as reportedly pro-blockade activists were preparing to do picketing at about…
Rod Taylor, star of The Birds, dies aged 84
Australian actor Rod Taylor, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller The Birds, has died aged 84, according to reports in the US. Taylor, who lived in the United States, is said to have died at his home in Los Angeles…
Saturn pinpointed to within one mile by giant telescope
Thanks to a continent-wide radio telescope, astronomers say they know where Saturn is – to within one mile. The calculation is many times more accurate than previous estimations and will be useful for the future study of our solar system…
Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm sites free hostages
French police have stormed two hostage sites in Paris and north of the city, with the hostage takers reported dead. Explosions were heard at a warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, where two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo magazine shootings had been holding…
Australia v India: Smith’s 71 takes him past Bradman mark
Steve Smith eclipsed a Don Bradman record as Australia chased victory over India in the fourth Test in Sydney. The captain hit 71 off 70 balls to pass Bradman’s 1947-48 Australian record of 715 for most runs in a series…
Blockade enters 5th day amid violence, police escort buses
The fourth day of countrywide blockade programme passed off amid stray incidents of violence of setting fire to and damaging vehicles, clashes between police and pro-blockade activists in different parts of the country leaving around 100 people injured. The blockade…
TSM produces 1,230 tonnes of sugar
Thakurgaon Sugar Mills (TSM), a state owned enterprise, has produced 1,230 tonnes of sugar so far by crushing 21,740 tonnes of sugarcanes during the current season starting on December 19.
One held with firearms in Barisal
Police in a drive arrested an alleged terrorists and recovered a nine MM pistol and a magazine from Laharhat area under Sadar upazila of the district last night.
Creating awareness about reproductive health stressed
Speakers at a function here yesterday stressed the need for creating much awareness to the adolescents and the capable conjugal about reproductive health to build a healthy nation.
Inter-cropping with sugarcane always brings more profit to farmers
Inter-cropping with sugarcane has been found as more beneficial to the farmers as it can boost total crop production per unit area coupled with ensuring sustainable sugarcane cultivation with higher economic benefit compared to other crops.
Robber killed in gunfight with rivals in Cox’s Bazar
An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with his rivals at Charandeep in Chakaria upazila over taking control of shrimp enclosures in the area early Thursday The deceased was identified as Jahed, 23, a resident of the same village.