Narayanganj, Mar 26 – A huge explosion ripped through a chemical warehouse of a dyeing factory in Fatullah here early Tuesday. Locals said the explosion that took place at Bombay Dyeing at Bou Bazar damaged the four-storey factory building and…
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Bangladesh Independence Day celebrated
Dhaka, Mar 26 – The nation celebrated the 49th Independence and National Day on Tuesday with a fresh vow to take Bangladesh towards prosperity with the Liberation War spirit. On March 26, 1971, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Nipa who lost her right leg in accident gets talent pool stipend
Dhaka, March 26 – Meftahul Jannat Nipa, who lost her right leg in a road mishap in front of her school, obtained stipend in the talent pool. She got the result at Jashore General Hospital on Sunday evening. She is…
WHO recommends oral regimes to treat (MDR) drug resistant-TB
WHO has issued new guidance to improve treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) which recommends shifting to fully oral regimens to treat people with MDR-TB. This new treatment course is more effective and is less likely to provoke adverse side-effects. The…
President, PM pay homage to Liberation War martyrs
Dhaka, Mar 26 – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the War of Liberation by placing wreaths at the National Memorial on Tuesday morning, marking the 49th Independence and National Day.…
IBBL holds doa Mohfil for martyrs
Dhaka, March 25 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a discussion meeting and Doa remembering the martyrs on 25th March 1971 and marking the Independence and National Day on March 25, 2019 Monday at Islami Bank Tower, Dhaka. Professor…
HC stays bail given to MP Rana in murder case
Dhaka, March 25 – The chamber court of the Appellate Division yesterday stayed till March 31 the High Court order that granted bail to former lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in the Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case. Now, Rana,…
Avijit murder case transferred to Anti-Terrorism Tribunal
Dhaka, March 25 – Magistrate Sarfuzzaman Ansari of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday transferred blogger, Avijit Roy’s, murder trial to the anti-terrorism tribunal for further hearing. The CMM Court passed the order on Monday, after seeing…
Tanzania Teacher sentenced to death for corporal punishment to pupil
All children are children of God who are entitled to dignity and respect. Ignorance lacks empathy and compassion. Where there’s ignorance, there will always be violence; it just makes matters worse when there are people openly teaching it in the…
সরকার দেশে একদলীয় শাসন কায়েম করেছে -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, সরকার দেশে একদলীয় শাসন প্রতিষ্ঠা করেছে। নির্বাচনী মাঠে এককভাবে গোল দিয়ে বাহবা নিচ্ছে। উপজেলা নির্বাচনগুলোতে কোন ভোটার নেই। মিডিয়াগুলোতে শিরোনাম হচ্ছে ‘ভোটে খরা চলছে’। এগুলো কিসের আলামত।…
Domestic workers are the slaves of modern Asia.
Singapore case of the worker from Myanmar who was forced to eat own vomit and barred from using toilet has again laid bare Asia’s toxic reliance on cheap labour Experts say some live in slave-like conditions and all grapple with…
Govt initiates move to make lists of Razakars, Al’Badrs
Dhaka, March 25 – Forty-eight years after the independence, the government has taken an attempt to make a “comprehensive list” of anti-Liberation War elements, Razakars and Al-Badr. On an earlier occasion, a number of such lists were prepared by the…
Govt not to hold exams for grades I, II and III students
Following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives, the government has decided not to hold any examination for students of first, second, and third grades in schools, according to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Secretary Akram Al Hossain. The secretary…
BD turning into a land of enforced disappearances
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the arch-rival of the ruling Awami League, yesterday accused the government of turning Bangladesh into a state of enforced disappearances. “Numerous leaders and activists of BNP and opposition have been victims of enforced disappearances…The government now…
স্বাধীনতা রক্ষার দায়িত্ব জনগণকেই নিতে হবে -মুসলিম লীগ
১৯৭২ সালের ১০ জানুয়ারি স্বদেশ প্রত্যাবর্তনের পূর্বে পালাম বিমানবন্দরে যাত্রা বিরতি কালে বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মজিবুর রহমান ভারতীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রী ইন্দিরা গান্ধীকে দিয়ে ভারতীয় সেনা বাহিনী প্রত্যাহারের প্রতিশ্রুতি আদায় করে বাংলাদেশকে প্রকৃত অর্থে স্বাধীন করেছেন। বঙ্গবন্ধু স্বাধীন থাকার যে চেতনা আজন্ম লালন…
Additional investments, focus on rural dev in Global South
IFAD Vice-President at global conference to call for additional investments and focus on rural development in Global South Buenos Aires, 20 March 2019 – The world needs to harness the power of exchanges between countries in the Global South if…
Russia implements comprehensive LNG project
March 21, 2019 – Rostec State Corporation and the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region signed an agreement on implementing a comprehensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project Northern Dvina – LNG in the region. The document stipulates an LNG plant construction…
University pupil pushed down from bus to death in M’vibazar
Sylhet, Mar 23 – Amid the outcry over the death of a private university student in the capital, another university student was crushed to death by a bus after its helper reportedly pushed him off the vehicle at Sherpur in…
Chattogram, Mar 23 – Assistant High Commissioner of India in Chattogram Anindya Banerjee on Saturday said around 1.45 mln Bangladeshi nationals visited India in 2018 on tourism, medical and business purposes. At a press briefing at the assistant high commission’s…
Ten women get Anannya Shirshodosh award
Dhaka, Mar 23 – Anannya, a fortnightly feminist magazine of Bangladesh, on Saturday awarded 10 women of the country for their outstanding contributions to their respective areas. “Anannya Shirshodosh 2018” awards were handed over to the distinguished women for their…
পরিবহন সেক্টর নিরাপদ করুন, ঢাকা সম্মেলনে পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, ঘুষ, দুর্নীতি ও অনৈতিকতার কারণে সড়কসহ সর্বত্র অনিরাপদ হয়ে উঠছে। মহাসড়কসহ শহরগুলোর সড়কে যেভাবে মানুষের প্রাণ ঝরছে, তাতে মনে হয় এদেশে মানুষের কোন মূল্যই নেই। আর কত…
Humayun Azad murder case: No to German physician’s testimony
Dhaka, March 21 – A Dhaka court on Thursday disallowed German physician Gabriel Peterson from testifying in the Dr Humayun Azad murder case. The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions’ Judge of Dhaka, Maksuda Pervin rejected the plea of accused Mizanur Rahman.…
Hearing in Holey Artisan Bakery case deferred to Mar 27
Dhaka, March 21 – An anti-terror special court of Dhaka on Thursday adjourned till March 27, the hearing of a case filed under the anti-terror act over the grisly militant attack at the capital’s Holey Artisan Bakery in 2016. Judge…
Dhaka court issues arrest warrant for jailed Ex-PM Khaleda
Dhaka, March 21 – The Chief Metropolitan Court of Dhaka on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in connection with a case filed for making a “defamatory statement” on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Khaleda Zia…
Dhaka students’ demo against reckless driving for third day
Dhaka, March 21 – Hundreds of students from different universities yesterday gathered at Bashundhara Gate in Pragati Swarani and formed a human chain to voice and showcase their protests against reckless driving that killed Abrar Hossain Chowdhury, a student of…
Climate change affecting agriculture greatly: BD Minister
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Mentioning that the climate change does harm to the agriculture sector most, Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Thursday said Bangladesh will be at stake if the sector is affected. “Bangladesh will be at risk…
DU forms panel to probe Ducsu polls ‘irregularities’
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman has formed a seven-member probe panel to look into the allegations of irregularities in the elections to DU Central Student’s Union (Ducsu) and hall unions. Sajeda Banu, a…
No development project by hurting people: PM
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to take such development projects that will not affect people. “We’ll definitely undertake development projects, but the development will have to be for people. There should…
5 mosques vandalised in central England
London, Mar 21 (AP/UNB) — Counter-terrorism officers in central England are investigating attacks on five mosques in which windows were apparently shattered by a sledgehammer. The attacks in Birmingham are being treated as linked. No motive has been established. The…
River ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing 71
Baghdad, Mar 21 (AP/UNB) — A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 71 people, mostly women and children, officials said. Col.…