NOAKHALI: The law enforcers arrested Basurhat municipality Jamaat Ameer Moulana ABM Helel Uddin for his alleged involvement in bomb explosion.
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Khaleda promises new era of politics, no revenge: Non-stop movement against polls under party govt
Narsingdi – Leader of the opposition and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday warned that the opposition would launch non-stop programme including hartal and blockade if the government doesn’t accept its demand for restoration of non-partisan caretaker government to oversee…
Re-elect us for war crimes trials to continue: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed her grassroots leaders to seek the people’s mandate to continue with the trials of suspected war criminals who had tried to thwart Bangladesh’s struggle for freedom in 1971.
JP for interim govt of elected MPs
The Jatiya Party has proposed an interim government made up of elected MPs to the visiting European Union election monitoring team. JP’s Secretary General ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader told journalists after nearly an hour-long meeting on Sunday that they had…
Polls to be difficult keeping Parliament in place: Hafiz
Election Commissioner Abu Hafiz on Sunday said it will be hard for the Election Commission to hold the next general election keeping parliament in place.
4 bloggers charged for inflammatory writings
A Dhaka court framed charges against four bloggers in two cases under the Information and Communications Technology Act for writing alleged inflammatory blogs on religious issues.
Former SNC-Lavalin employee blames boss for alleged Padma bribery
Alexandra Posadzki, The Canadian Press TORONTO – A wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a former SNC-Lavalin employee is shedding some light on the bribery allegations facing the Toronto-area engineer and his one-time boss.
India stages drama on Felani trial
DHAKA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman on Sunday said that India staged a drama in the name of Felani murder trial to uphold its image internationally.
B’desh achieves MDG on malaria before time
Bangladesh has achieved its target for reducing deaths from malaria much ahead of time, experts told a roundtable here on Sunday.
Muhith wishes World Bank’s integrity dept be punished
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday again slammed the World Bank for its action regarding Padma Bridge project, saying “its integrity department must be punished.
More than 100 houses eroded by Madhumati in Chitalmari
More than one hundred houses along with homesteads were eroded by the river Madhumati of Chitalmari Upazila in the district during the last few months.
Upazila level inter school debate competition ends
The two-month-long upazila level Inter school debate competition Bitarka Bikash 2013 concluded here in the district on Friday.
‘Rural electrification is a must to lessen people’s sufferings’
State Minister for Industries Omor Faruk Chowdhury has said rural electrification is very essential to lessen the sufferings of the grassroots people.
Free surgery camp continues in Rangpur
Good Heath Hospital (GHH) has conducted free surgeries to 500 poor lips cleft and soft palate cleft babies and general patients here during the last one year under its ongoing health free services programme.
2 youths electrocuted in Chandpur
Two dish line workers died from electrocution in Taltali area of the district town on Saturday.
50 Jamaat-Shibir men sued in Jessore
A case was filed against 50 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir following a clash between the activists of Jammat-Shibir and Chhatra League in Sarsha upazila headquarter on Friday.
Youth killed in Comilla clash
A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers in Titas upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Minor girl drowns in Gopalganj
A five-year old girl drowned in a pond at Bandhabari village in Kotalipara upazila on Saturday.
3 robbers held in Jessore
Police arrested three alleged robbers at Goaldah in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
Man killed by brother over land dispute
A man was killed by his younger brother over a land dispute at Robertsonganj area in Rangpur city on Friday noon.
Probe panel holds talks with teachers, students at JU
The probe panel formed to resolve the ongoing crisis of Jahangirnagar University on Saturday held talks with teachers and students here at the campus and accumulated the allegations against Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Anwar Hossain.
Climate change mitigation policy demanded at RU seminar
Speakers at Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday demanded that the government should adopt an effective policy to face the challenges of climate changes and to reduce the bad effect of this.
Opinion: Improving new Math books
Many Math teachers from Teachers Training Colleges and other educational institutions from secondary level to tertiary level under the project Teaching Quality Improvement Project (TQI) have been trained from Canada.
Benedict Cumberbatch: Assange ‘won’t like’ Fifth Estate
By Neil Smith
Nelson Mandela biopic to have world premiere at Toronto
The film version of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom is to have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
Italian documentary Sacro GRA wins Golden Lion
An Italian documentary, which explores the lives of people living along Rome’s notorious ring road, has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Sleep ‘boosts brain cell numbers’
Scientists believe they have discovered a new reason why we need to sleep – it replenishes a type of brain cell.
Silver trumps gold in nano advance
By Julie Gould
New timeline for origin of ancient Egypt
By Rebecca Morelle
Second whale stranded in Firth of Forth is put down
A minke whale has been put down by vets after it became stranded in the Firth of Forth just days after the death of a pilot whale in the area.