RU Correspondent Students of Rajshahi University (RU) continue their agitation for the fifth consecutive day on the Campus demanding the justice of killing Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a teacher of English department of Rajshahi University.
Month: April 2016
Govt won’t be able to shift responsibility for murders: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed deep concern over the killings of USAID official Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, and prison guard of Kashimpur jail Rustom Ali.
N Korea ready for another missile launch
North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, after what the United States described as the “fiery, catastrophic” failure of the first attempt.On April 15, the North…
Alyson Hannigan says she won’t let her kids watch ‘American Pie’
Entertainment Desk Alyson Hannigan’s daughters Satyana, 7, and Keeva, 3, may be young, but the Penn & Teller: Fool Us host is already thinking about when she’ll allow them to watch her in the cult classic, American Pie. “In college,”…
New album Tumi ar ami to release soon
Showtime Desk Music arranger and singer Kishore has just completed new album Tumi ar ami. A duet album, Kishore will be singing along with Elita. The album is full of romantic numbers. Popular lyricist Kabir Bokul and Shomeshywar Ali have…
Enhance less water consuming Aus rice cultivation: experts
Rangpur Correspondent Experts at a regional workshop have stressed on enchaining farming of less irrigation water consuming Aus, drought- and other stress tolerant rice to gradually reduce Boro cultivation and lessen pressure on underground water. They also put emphasis on…
France fires up push for renewable energies
France announced Monday it was raising its renewable energy goals and would become the first country to issue “green bonds” to fund projects which benefit the enviroment. French President Francois Hollande also confirmed that the country’s oldest nuclear power plant,…
4 of a family electrocuted in Sunamganj
Dhaka – Four members of a family died from electrocution at Ramdighi village in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj on Tuesday morning, unb news agency reported.
Case over killing of Kashimpur jail guard filed: 1 held
Dhaka – A case has been filed making 9/10 people accused in connection with the killing of a guard of Kashimpur Jail on Monday morning. Victim’s wife Nasrin Akhter filed the case with Joydebpur police station early Tuesday against four…
Half day hartal protesting Tonu Murder: 12 JU students held
Police arrested 12 Jahangirnagar University (JU) students from the Prantik Gate of Jahangirnagar university campus on Monday morning during a half day hartal observed demanding the trial of the killers of cultural activist Tonu. The half-day hartal, from 6:00am to…
BAU teachers protest killing of RU teacher
The teachers of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Monday formed a human chain protesting the murder of a teacher of Rajshahi University (RU). In the protesting programmes, they demanded immediate arrest and capital punishment of the killers.
Four of a family electrocuted
Sunamganj – Four members of a family died from electrocution at Ramdighi village in Dharmapasha upazila on Tuesday morning.
Kashimpur jail guard killing: 1 held
Gazipur –A case has been filed making nine to ten people accused in connection with the killing of a guard of Kashimpur Jail on Monday morning.
US offers support in Xulhaz killing probe
Dhaka – The United States has offered full support to the government of Bangladesh in its investigation into the barbaric murder of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Royal visits put Kaziranga National Park on international media
By Nava Thakuria Sustainable increase of precious one-horned rhinoceros, recent royal visit by Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, concerns expressed by an international rights body over shooting of a number of unconfirmed poachers and many more news put Kaziranga National…
CPJ condemns murder of Bangladeshi LGBT journalist
New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder today of Bangladeshi journalist Xulhaz Mannan. The senior editor at gay rights magazine Roopbaan, who also worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development, was stabbed to death at…
Nepal’s critical journalist Kanak Mani Dixit detained in graft case
New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Nepal to immediately release Kanak Mani Dixit, the founding editor of the independent regional news magazine Himal Southasian. The journalist, who has reported critically on the country’s civil…
Saudi Arabia outlines reform move away from oil reliance
Riyadh (AP/UNB) – Saudi Arabia on Monday approved a long-awaited plan laying out reform priorities for the next decade and a half, setting in motion what is likely to be a period of significant economic change in the oil-rich kingdom.…
BNP blames ‘culture of impunity’ for murders
BNP has blamed a ‘culture of impunity’ for the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. The party’s General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a statement issued over 36 hours after Saturday’s murder, said, “The miscreants are…
Conspiracy on to destabilise country through killings: Asad
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said a vested quarter is conspiring to destabilise the country by killing people, including bloggers and university teachers, unb news agency reported. Responding to a question from Jasod MP Nazmul Huq Pradhan…
High nuke plant cost for safety precautions, roundtable told
Dhaka – Defending the high cost of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project (RNPP), Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEA) Engineer M Ali Zulquarnain on Monday said safety issues have been ensured in the country’s first-ever nuclear power project…
BNP-Jamaat nexus behind killings: PM
Dhaka, – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday accused the BNP-Jamaat clique of carrying out killings like Kalabagan double murder saying they are doing this to destabilise the country, unb news agency reported. “Everybody knows who were behind such killing…the…
USAID official and gay rights activist, his friend killed in city
Dhaka – Two days after the murder of a Rajshahi University teacher in the same style, two people, including a USAID staff, were hacked to death at an apartment in the capital’s Kalabagan area on Monday evening, unb news agency…
Mahmudur Rahman on remand
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday granted five days’ remand of Daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed for making a plot to kidnap and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Zia Charitable Trust case, statement submission
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Monday deferred recording BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s statement in her defense in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to May 5.
Marica urged Govt. to arrest the murderer of Xulhaz & Tanay
STAFF REPORTER US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat yesterday condemned the killing of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tanay Mojumdar by unidentified miscreants.
Raushan’s statement is beyond her jurisdiction: Ershad
STAFF REPORTER Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad yesterday said that his wife’s Sunday’s statement regarding him was beyond her jurisdiction as per party constitution.
Khaleda to appear at court on Barapukuria coal mine case
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday ordered 11 persons including BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia to appear at his court on May 22 in the case filed in connection with Barapukuria coal mine.
Minister warns against irregularities in rice procurement
Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Monday said stern action will be taken against those to be found involved in irregularities in rice and paddy procurement during this Boro season. The Food Minister came up with the warning at a press…
Ershad hits back at Raushon, accuses her of dividing JaPa
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Monday alleged that his wife and party senior presidium member Raushon Ershad has belittled the party by making some statements out of her jurisdiction. In a statement, he also turned down Raushon’s request for…