Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad yesterday said Khaleda is looking for dialogue but she won’t be given any of it. “BNP was called for a dialogue repeatedly but they remain unresponsive. Now they are begging it. I shall never have…
Year: 2015
Oishee awarded death for killing parents
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Thursday sentenced Oishee Rahman to death for killing her father, Special Branch Police Officer Mahfuzur Rahman and her mother Swapna Rahman in 2013. Judge Syed Ahmed of the tribunal passed the order in…
Nur Hossain, main accused in N’ganj 7-murder extradited
Dhaka – Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases, was brought back home from India Thursday night. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed Nur Hossain over to a Bangladesh joint team of police and Border Guard…
Khaleda’s orphanage graft case next hearing Nov 19
The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday set November 19 for further hearing in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar of the make shift…
Islami Bank’s former member of Sharia Council passes away
Mufti Abdur Rahman, former member of Shari`ah Council of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited passed away on Tuesday November 10, 2015(Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihe Raziun). He was member of the council from 1984 to 1992. He was 96 years old.…
EU approves additional EUR 50 million for pry education
The European Commission has announced the approval of EUR 50 million to the primary education sector of Bangladesh. This funding under the 2015 budget is in addition to the ongoing EU contribution to the sector which makes the European Union…
9 students jailed, 4 expelled on 3rd day of RU admission test
Eight students were sentenced to 3 months in jail and another to 6 months on for adopting unfair means in the ongoing admission test in Rajshahi University (RU) after they were produced before a mobile court here on Wednesday. Of…
England heavily beaten in 1st ODI
England were well beaten in the first one-day international as Mohammad Hafeez’s unbeaten century led Pakistan to a six-wicket win in Abu Dhabi.Set only 217 to win, Pakistan were reduced to 41-3 by Reece Topley’s three wickets, only for Hafeez’s…
Beatles drummer Andy White dies
Andy White, the Scottish studio session musician who played the drums on Love Me Do and other early tracks by The Beatles, has died in New Jersey.According to his family, the 85-year-old died on Monday following a stroke.White was chosen…
Putin wants doping investigation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country’s athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme.Putin was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission revealed its damning findings on…
Russian president Vladimir Putin orders doping investigation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country’s athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme. Putin was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission revealed its damning findings…
Most distant object in solar system found
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet that is three times farther away than Pluto and believed to be the most distant object in our solar system.The discovery of the dwarf planet known as V774104 was announced Tuesday at a…
Bangladeshi tourists contribute to Indian economy
The Indian exchequer has witnessed a massive growth due to the tourism inflow from Bangladesh.Disclosing this, officials in the Indian Tourism Ministry said that the country earned Rs 96.11 billion of foreign exchange through tourism in October 2015.“Bangladesh accounts for…
Myanmar election: President Thein Sein congratulates Suu Kyi
Myanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party on its success in polls, his spokesman told the BBC. With about 47% of seats declared, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has taken over 90% of the…
Climate change could add 100 million poor: World Bank
Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said on Sunday.In a report, the bank said ending…
Viber, WhatsApp messaging aps face closure in Bangladesh
Bangladesh government will indefinitely shut down instant messaging applications such as Viber and WhatsApp as a part of a crackdown on terrorists who uses them as a tool to communicate, Prime Miniser Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday.
Bangladesh whitewash Zimbabwe in ODI series once again
A brilliant batting display by Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes followed by Mustafizur Rahman’s fierce bowling spell saw Bangladesh Tigers sweep the three-match ODI series 3-0. They beat the visitors Zimbabwe by 61 runs in the third and final ODI…
Govt. to publish white paper on finance recovery from abroad: Speaker
Dhaka-Speakers at a human chain programme on Wednesday demanded to publish a white paper on illicit finance flow as well as government’s action strategies to recovery from different Tax Heavens countries like Malaysia, Switzerland Canada.
40K yaba recovered from jatrabari
Dhaka-Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested two alleged drug dealers and recovered 40,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Jatrabari area on Tuesday night.
Govt. is trying to remove mazar of President Zia: Hafiz
STAFF REPORTER BNP vice chairman Maj (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed yesterday alleged that the government is conspiring to remove the mazar of late President Ziaur Rahman from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar out of its political vengeance.
Muggers looted 11 lakh shooting young man in city
Dhaka- Muggers looted Tk 11 lakh shooting a young man at his leg in the city’s Badda on Wednesday.
4 held with 2300 pieces yaba in Ctg
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in a raid arrested four persons including two sibling with 2300 pieces of Yaba tablets from the city’s Kolpholoke residential area in the early hours on Tuesday.The arrested were identified as two sibling Joynal Abdin Janu,22,…
2 youths commit suicide in Jessore
Two young men allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Sharsha and Jhikargachha upazilas of Jessore district early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Khalilur Rahman,25, son of Shamsul Haque, a resident of Gorpara village in Sharsha upazila, and Abbas Ali,22,…
Man gets life for raping girl in Netrakona
A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a girl in 2008.The lifer, Ziaur Rahman,30, son of late Abdul Hamid of Bororia village in Purbadhala upazila, was also fined Tk20,000, in…
Housewife strangulated to death in Jhenidah
A young housewife was strangulated to death by miscreants at Fatehpur village in Harinakunda upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Kabari Begum, 30, wife of Liton Mandol, a resident of the village,Locals said Kabari had gone outside from her…
Transport workers block Dhk-M’singh highway
Transport workers put up barricade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway demanding release of their two fellows who were kidnapped allegedly by some Jubo League leaders and activists on Wednesday morning.Locals said a group of leaders and activists of the youth wing…
AL leader slaughtered in Rangpur
Unknown miscreants killed a local leader of Awami League (AL) by slitting his throat at Choitir More in Kaunia upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Rahmat Ali,50, former president of Tepa union unit of AL and a resident…