Dhaka – Terming the voting in the Narayanganj City Corporation election apparently fair, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday voiced concern over ‘possible engineering’ in the election results.
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Ivy sweeps NCC polls
Dhaka – Awami League mayoral candidate Dr Salina Hayat Ivy was unofficially reelected mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as she defeated BNP contestant Sakhawat Hossain Khan by a big margin of 77,902 votes in the election held on Thursday.…
Charles warns against religious persecution
Prince Charles has spoken out about the danger of religious persecution, warning against a repeat of “the horrors of the past”. Delivering BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, the Prince of Wales said the rise of populist groups “aggressive”…
Incomplete Khulna railway station set to be opened
Khulna: The half-completed Khulna Modern Railway Station is going to be inaugurated with the first Moitree train trip on the newly built Khulna-Kolkata route on the first day of the new year, according to project officials. To this effect, they…
Biman flight makes emergency landing at Shahjalal Airport
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning following a technical glitch. The Boeing 737 aircraft was scheduled to land in Chittagong, but made the emergency landing at the airport…
Suspect in deadly Berlin attack is Tunisian jihadi
The Tunisian now wanted throughout Europe has six aliases, three nationalities — and links to the same brand of Islamic extremism that has drawn at least 6,000 of his countrymen to jihadi networks. Anis Amri, who turns 24 on Thursday,…
EU supports forming strong, independent EC in Bangladesh
Dhaka – The European Union (EU) has encouraged Bangladesh in forming an independent, impartial, non-partisan and highly-qualified Election Commission to hold the next general elections in a fully participatory way.
Voting starts in high voltage N’ganj City Corpn election
Dhaka – Voting in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election is going on peacefully since early morning Thursday amid much enthusiasm with ‘high’ turnout of female voters.
7 Biman officials remanded over glitch in PM’s flight
Dhaka –A court here on Thursday placed seven officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over the technical glitch in a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Rani…
Christian missionary school Guard killed in northern BD
Dinajpur – A security guard of a Christian missionary school was reportedly stabbed to death by some miscreants at Auliapur in Sadar upazila early Thursday.
Rosatom initiative to teach nuclear science in English
Dhaka – For education of nuclear science in English for foreign students, Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation – ROSATOM has signed an agreement with Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), one of the organizations of NRC “Kurchatov Institute” and St. Petersburg…
Farming the cities
Danielle Nierenberg The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) defines urban agriculture as “the growing of plants and the raising of animals within and around cities” to provide fresh food, generate employment, recycle waste, and strengthen cities’…
Kareena’s fake picture with baby goes viral
Dhaka – A fake picture of Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan and her day-old baby boy Taimur is going viral on social media. The picture shows Kareena on a hospital bed, tenderly kissing the baby’s forehead. It looks very grainy,…
EU offers BD support to develop women, peace, security plan
Dhaka – The European Union offered the EU’s support to Bangladesh on developing its Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and Bangladesh welcomed this offer. The offer has been given at a biennial meeting of the Sub-group on Good…
9 Biman officials sued over glitches in flight carrying PM
Dhaka – A case was filed against nine officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Tuesday night in connection with the technical glitch in a flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last month.
Russia, Turkey call assassination attempt to spoil their ties
The assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey before press photographers Monday prompted fears the killing could be a flashpoint that unleashes even greater chaos in a volatile region. But Russia and Turkey have sought to swiftly tamp down tensions over…
For a comprehensive national policy on migration
GreenWatch NewsDesk The Malaysian Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition has recently prepared a set of recommendations for the preparation of a comprehensive national poolicy on labour migration in their country. The recommemndations are based on consultations with stakeholders organised…
Corruption driving land grabbing crisis everywhere
Communities around the world are being robbed of the land on which they depend. According to Global Witness data, in 2015, an average of more than three people each week were killed defending their land against theft and the ruinous…
Google Bangladesh domain hacked
Google’s Bangladesh domain has come under a cyber attack. Internet users have been failing to access the search engine using Google Chrome since Tuesday morning. A black screen appears when ‘google.com.bd’ is typed into Chrome’s browser.
President’s invites 6 more political parties for talks
Dhaka – The President’s Office on Tuesday invited six more political parties for the second phase of talks with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the new Election Commission (EC). “Invitation letters were sent to the office addresses of…
Campaign ends as Narayanganj City polls Thursday
Dispelling the Awami League’s doubt that the BNP will again withdraw its candidate from Narayanganj City Corporation polls at the last minute, its candidate Sakhawat Hossain Khan says he will not pull out of the race. He says the then…
Deaths along the border are matter of grave concern: PM
“The death incidents of innocent Bangladeshis along the border areas are the matter of grave concern to us,” she said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the remark while addressing a parade marking the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day 2016 at…
CID questions ex BB Governor Dr Atiur Rahman
Dhaka – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday questioned the former Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman for about two hours on the stealing of BB reserve by hackers earlier on February this year. The former governor turned…
Workers of 25 garment factories abstain from work for higher pay
Dhaka – Workers of at least 25 ready made garment (RMG) factories in Ashulia area at Savar abstained from work in their units demanding a minimum Tk 16,000 as monthly salary. They started work abstain programme of the factories Monday…
New drug policy, steps for quality medicine production nodded
Dhaka – The Cabinet today approved a proposal to constitute the National Human Resources Development Fund (NHRDF) and the National Skill Development Authority (NSDA) aimed at channeling additional fund for the programmes and activities taken for skill development.
Miss Puerto Rico takes Miss World crown
Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle has been crowned Miss World 2016, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the pageant held this year.
Stage ‘vote revolution’ in Narayanganj City Corpn: Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged voters to stage a silent ‘vote revolution’ by casting their ballots in favour of her party’s mayoral contestant on Thursday’s election to Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as a mark of their…
Russia ambassador to Turkey shot dead
Ankara (AP/UNB) – A Russian official says that the country’s ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot by a gunman in Ankara. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the announcement in a live televised statement. Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov…
‘Number of female drug users risising in Bangladesh’
Dhaka – The number of female drug users in Bangladesh is increasing day by day while that of Yaba users has seen a rise by 15-20 percent in the last several months.
Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at age 99
Los Angeles: Zsa Zsa Gabor, the jet-setting Hungarian actress and socialite who helped invent a new kind of fame out of multiple marriages, conspicuous wealth and jaded wisdom about the glamorous life, died Sunday at her home, her husband said.…