Jatiya Party (JP) chief HM Ershad has announced he is setting up a new political alliance. “We have discussed it. Announcement of a new alliance will come very soon,” he said at a party meeting on Thursday.
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PM in Colombo to attend C’Wealth Confce
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here Thursday afternoon to a red carpet welcome on a two-day official visit to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 2013. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage…
Remand of senior leaders ‘vindictive’: BNP
The BNP said the remand of its five leaders was ‘vindictive’ and demanded their immediate release. “The government has used the court to send our five top leaders into police remand,” said Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in an…
Moudud, Anwar, Rafique under 8-day police remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka placed five BNP leaders including Standing Committee members MK Anwar MP and Barrister Moudud Ahmed MP on eight days’ remand in two separate cases. Magistrate Rezaul Karim of the CMM Court rejected…
Emissions of CO2 driving rapid oceans ‘acid trip’
By Matt McGrath The world’s oceans are becoming acidic at an “unprecedented rate” and may be souring more rapidly than at any time in the past 300 million years.
No compromise on non-party interim govt: Khaleda
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Thursday warned that there will be no compromise over its demand for the restoration of non-party polls-time government. “There’s no scope for any compromise. We’ll continue our works for the country and establishing the rights of people.…
US Assistant Scy of State to meet Khaleda Zia
The new US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal will meet the Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia during her visit to Bangladesh.
Developing nations bear the brunt of extreme weather
Warsaw – Haiti, the Philippines and Pakistan were the countries that suffered the most due to extreme weather events in 2012, according to the Global Climate Risk Index released yesterday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland.
Writ in HC against ministers
An appeal has been filed in the High Court to keep ministers and state ministers from carrying on with their job after having resigned. On Monday, 52 ministers had handed their resignation letters to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to make…
‘Resignations effective if President accepts’: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her Cabinet colleagues have ‘only expressed their desire to resign’– and the resignations would be effective only if the President accepts them. This was the Prime Minister’s first reactions on the controversy over…
Why Typhoon Haiyan caused so much damage
by Richard Harris The deadly typhoon that swept through the Philippines was one of the strongest ever recorded. But storms nearly this powerful are actually common in the eastern Pacific.
Eyes on Bangladesh for Dernbach
Andrew McGlashan Jade Dernbach believes that England can overcome their difficulties in limited-overs cricket on the subcontinent and make a strong bid to win the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh early next year.
Will Tendulkar’s Records Last Forever?
By Kuldip Lal India will lose its greatest cricketer when Sachin Tendulkar retires but the “Little Master” leaves behind records that will not only be tough to beat, but may never be broken.
What’s more important: Security or freedom?
By Dave Lindorff So National Security Agency Director Keith B. Alexander, who, along with his boss, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., thinks that “if you can collect it, you should collect it,” now is asking whether it…
Sobriety and spirituality linked for teens in treatment
If the spirit is truly willing, perhaps the flesh is not so weak, after all.
US carrier boosts typhoon effort
A US aircraft carrier and its escort of two cruisers have arrived off the Philippines coast to help communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.
Ex-German President Wulff goes on trial over ‘favours’
Former German President Christian Wulff is going on trial accused of receiving and granting favours in office.
UK-Russia Year of Culture unveiled
Russia and the UK are teaming up to showcase the best of each country’s cultural heritage during 2014.
The world’s most beautiful libraries
Jonathan Glancey ‘Print is dead’ has been the mantra of publishing and new media executives for so long now that a book should be written about it. It would sit on the shelves of the world’s libraries for centuries to…
8 killed in Cox’s Bazar road accident
At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured as two jeeps collided head-on at Ukhia Upazila in the district early Thursday.
4 pipe guns recovered in Khulna
Police here on Wednesday recovered four pipe guns at Ramkrishnanagar village in Dumuria upazila.
Fire burns 10 shops in Rajbari
At least 10 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out in Laribari Bazar area in Kalukhali upazila early Wednesday.
One killed in Sylhet road accident
One person was killed when a motorcycle collided head-on with an oil tanker at South Shahjalal Bridge in the city on Wednesday night.
Levels of responsibility under new climate deal discussed
Raquel Rosenberg Intense. This is the best word to define my experience so far at COP 19. Today was only the second day and it feels like a week. Me and the Brazilian Youth Delegation are working together to guarantee…
Train derails in Lalmonirhat, 30 hurt
At least 30 passengers were injured as a train derailed early Wednesday after miscreants removed clips from railway tracks at Kakina under Kaliganj upazila in the district.
Two killed in Bogra truck accident
At least two people were killed and four others injured as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Sherpur Upazila early Wednesday.
10 activists arrested in Bagerhat
Police arrested 10 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different places of Sharankhola upazila early Wednesday on charge of hartal-time vandalism.
Environmentalists want law to restore Chalan Beel
Scientists and development activists have voiced for formulation of a law restricting further encroachment and degradation of wetland, biodiversity and ecosystem of Chalan Beel area.
One killed as power tiller overturns
A man was killed and two others were injured as a power tiller overturned at Barandi Balihuda village in Jibannagar upazila on Tuesday morning.
‘Ministers’ resignation as per Constitution’
Ministers submitted their resignation letters to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a gesture that is perfectly in keeping with the Constitution, senior Awami League MP Suranjit Sengupta has said.