Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday alleged that its chairperson Khaleda Zia was repeatedly obstructed by police on her way to Central Shaheed Minar to pay homage to the Language Movement heroes early Sunday, reports UNB news agency.
Day: February 21, 2016
Ethnic minorities want to study in their own languages
People of Chakma and other minorities have lamented the loss of their native language while paying tributes to the Bangla language martyrs at Central Shaheed Minar.
Brendon McCullum hits record century in 54 balls
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum hit the fastest century in the history of Test cricket Saturday, taking just 54 deliveries against Australia in the second Test in Christchurch. The previous record of 56 deliveries was set by West Indies great…
Injuries no excuse for Carrick ahead of crunch Cup tie
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has rejected suggestions the club’s lengthy injury list can be used as an excuse for failure in their FA Cup fifth round visit to third-tier Shrewsbury Town on Monday.Beleaguered manager Louis van Gaal has frequently…
27,000 Yaba pills recovered in Comilla
Police recovered 27,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from Baburchi area on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chauddagram upazila on Friday night.Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and challenged a Comilla-bound motorcycle carrying two people from…
4 Indian nationals held in Kushtia
Police arrested four Indian nationals from Atarpara Udoynagar bordering area in Daulatpur upazila on Friday afternoon.Asaduzzaman Chakladar, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station, said four Indian nationals-Imran, 22, Alamgir Hossain, 30, Giri Mandal, 35, and Kuddus Sheikh, 35, were arrested from…
20 injured in clash in Gazipur
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Awami League over previous enmity at Natun Bazar in Joydebpur area on Friday.Locals said Mamun Mandal, a councillor of 35 no ward unit of AL, had…
Young man convicted for teasing a girl
A mobile court headed by Md. Farid Hossain, Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate of Chitalmari Upazila in Bagerhat district convicted a young man named Zakir Hossain, son of one late Mokbul Hossain of village Rahanmatpur under the Upazila and…
Sundari & gewa wood seized in Sharankhola
Forest guards of Sharankhola Range in the Eastern Division of Sundarban forest raided 2 separate places and seized 900 CFT cut band Sundari and Gewa wood worth Tk.5 lakh was seized.It is learnt from ACF and Ranger of Sharankhola that…
Gournadi upazila chairman passes away
Shah Alam Khan, upazila chairman and former joint convener of Awami League of Gournadi upazila under Barisal district passes away on Friday morning.Family sources said he brought to Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital from his residence at C and…
2 women held with 500 Yaba pills in Satkhira
Police in a drive arrested two alleged female drug peddlers along with 500 pieces of Yaba tablets from Kadamtala More in Kaliganj upazila on Friday night.Amal Kumar Roy, sub-inspector of Kaliganj Police Station, said acting on secret information, a team…
College student found dead in Jessore
A college student was found dead at a mess in Kholadanga area of Jessore town on Friday night.Sub-inspector of Jessore Kotwali Police Station Touhidur Islam said being informed police recovered hanging body of Habibur Rahman,18, son of Jinnat Ali, a…
5 hurt in picnickers’ clash in Chuadanga
Five people were injured in a clash between two groups of people on a picnic over distributing food at Majherpara in the town on Friday night. Saiful Islam, officer-in-chage of Chuadanga sadar police station, said Najar Ali, Hira, Maruf, Razzak…
Early marriage foiled, 2 jailed in Jessore
A mobile court here sentenced two people to seven days’ jail each for making arrangement of marriage of an underage girl at Patbari village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Friday night.Sub-inspector of Benapole Police Station Mafijur Rahman said on…
Unidentified youth found dead in Comilla
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Katherpul area on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chandina upazila on Saturday morning.Inspector (Investigation) of Chandina Police Station Mohammad Salahuddin said local people spotted the body of the man, aged about…
12 hurt in AL infighting in Satkhira
At least 12 people, including a union parishad chairman, were injured in a clash between two factions of ruling party Awami League over party nomination ahead of the union parishad election at Mahishkur in Ashashuni upaizla on Saturday.Local people said…
92 held with liquor in Ctg
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 92 people with liquor from different upazilas of the district last night. Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district,
One killed, 10 injured in Rangamati road accident
One person was killed and 10 others were injured when a tourist jeep turned turtle near Sajek valley in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district last evening.Police said the accident happened when the tourists carrying jeep turned turtle as the driver…
Holistic approach can mitigate adverse impact of climate change
Integrated approach has become an urgent need to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change caused by the global warming in the region including its vast high Barind tract.Minimizing the emission of greenhouse gas and adoption of conservation agriculture like…
Free eye camp held in Jamalpur
A day- long free eye camp for the poor was held at Raghunathpur Dighuli village in Jamalpur Sadar upazila on Friday.Bandhu Unnoyan Sangstha, a non-government organization, arranged the eye camp at Khalilur Rahman high school in the village Doctors at…
Ekushey Book Fair begins in Meherpur
A three-day Amar Ekushey Book Fair began at Shaheed Samsuzzoha Nagar Udyan of the district on Friday evening.Additional Deputy Commissioner Khairul Hasan inaugurated the fair as the chief guest.
People afoot to observe Amar Ekushey in Rajshahi
Various government, non-government, volunteer and cultural organisations including the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and the district administration have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day in a befitting manner tomorrow as elsewhere in…
Int’l Mother Language Day observed in Singapore
Two Bangla schools- Zhangdi Primary School and Jhuying Primary School- in cooperation with Bangladesh Language and Cultural Foundation (BLCF) observed the International Mother Language Day in Singapore today.To observe the day, two separate events were held one at Zhangdi Primary…
Another Bangladeshi involved in gravitational waves discovery
Bangladeshis are proud of Selim Shahriar as the US-based Bangladeshi professor led one of the teams of scientists at Northwestern University in the historic event of detecting the gravitational waves, a discovery that confirms Albert Einstein’s famous theory of relativity.The…
Joss Stone performs in Dhaka
Grammy and Brit Award winner British diva Joss Stone arrived in Bangladesh on Friday evening as she was gearing up for her first concert in Bangladesh.Joss Stone arrived at Gloria Jean’s Coffees, clad in all black, and promptly asked for…
Furious cyclone tears through Fiji, kills 3
Wellington — Officials in Fiji scrambled to assess damage Sunday in the wake of a ferocious cyclone that tore through the Pacific island chain, leaving at least three dead and collapsing hundreds of homes as people were sheltering from winds…
Priest killed in Panchagarh Sunday morning
Dhaka – A Hindu priest in Panchagarh has died after being attacked by miscreants just outside the temple he used to serve, bdnews24.com reported on Sunday. Police said the victim Jajneswar Roy, 50, was the head priest at the Santagourhiyo…
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton win big; Jeb Bush drops out
Donald Trump did more than win his second easy victory in consecutive presidential primaries in South Carolina on Saturday. He advanced his takeover of the Republican Party. He proved that he can dominate a race in the Deep South. He…
Charging editors – Repeal abusive laws: HRW
New York – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading newspapers, Human Rights Watch said today. Bangladesh should repeal its criminal defamation and sedition laws,…
Unreal in pampered India
Sunita Narain Many years ago, when Delhi’s air pollution was as high as it is today, my colleague Anil Agarwal and I had gone to meet a high-ranking, responsible government official. This was in the mid-1990s, when air was black…