Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Haq on Wednesday promised to build a beautiful safe city by making its footpaths free from illegal occupants and removing bad odour by June next.
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RU teacher killed in accident
RU Correspondent A teacher of Rajshahi University was killed in a road accident in Natore at early on Wednesday.
EC can’t hold a free & neutral polls: Fakhrul
STAFF REPORTER BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused the ruling party chief and head of the government of initiating the process of irregularities the municipality polls.
Khaleda won’t go to court Today
Senior Correspondent BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will not appear to the Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases due to her illness.
Mobin Chy trial in subversion case begins
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court yesterday (Wednesday) charged 12 BNP leaders, including the recently resigned Vice President, Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury in a subversion case.
Move to set up Rooppur nuke plants lauded
An information and opinion exchange meeting on “nuclear energy: trends opportunities and prospects” on Tuesday welcomed the move to install two nuclear power plants at Rooppur in Bangladesh fulfilling a long awaited plan supported by parties across the political divide…
Unplanned navigation degrade Sunderbans, cloak its animal poaching
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The need for making lasting arrangements to secure the Sunderbans forests from oil spill and other abuses by ships navigating through its rivers and canals instead of relying on contingencies to face accidents was emphasised at a…
Youth crushed under train in Sirajganj
A young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Saydabad to the east of Bangabandhu Bridge in Sadar upazila on Monday.
Spanish national held with cocaine
Dhaka – Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested a Spanish citizen along with around 3 kg cocaine at the Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday evening. The Spanish national was identified as Chiases Tjo Julian, 52.
5-year-old Nirab slips into manhole, dies
Dhaka – Five-year-old boy Nirob who fell into a manhole in the city’s Shyampur area on Tuesday afternoon has died. Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital declared him dead when he was taken to the hospital after being rescued from…
Bnp in municipal polls for democracy: Fakhrul
The attitude of the government and the election commission hinted that the municipal polls won’t be credible and fair—though the BNP has taken part in the upcoming municipality polls in the interest of democracy, acting secretary general of BNP Mirza…
BD winner of Her Majesty The Queen’s young leadership award
It is today announced that a young person from Bangladesh is one of 60 young people from across the Commonwealth who are being recognised as exceptional leaders in their community. These 60 young people will receive a prestigious Queen’s Young…
RU Genetic Eng. students lock their classrooms
Students of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology department of Rajshahi University locked their class rooms and offices and staged demonstration in their academic building demanding nine points including routine-based class, removal of session jam on Tuesday. They also submitted a formal…
Costs and benefits of agriculture
Danielle Nierenberg As climate leaders gather in Paris for the 21st Session of the Conference of Parties (COP21), farmers and food leaders are paying close attention to negotiations, which will determine how global environmental policy will continue to affect the…
BB Governor stresses greater, intelligent Islamic Finance
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman participated in the 27th Meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) Council at the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Head Quarter in Jeddah on 7 December 2015. While addressing at the Council, Governor…
Call for party-driven, text-based talkss for Paris agreement
Paris, 8 December (T Ajit)— Many developing countries called for Party-driven, text-based negotiations in an open setting during the first meeting of the ‘Paris Committee’ held on Monday, 7 December. During the meeting which was held in the evening of…
REDD+ Handed in Paris
Jutta Kill Berlin – It’s been 30 years since the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched the Tropical Forestry Action Plan, the first global intergovernmental initiative to halt forest loss. Since then, deforestation has continued unabated, and…
Alternative Paris
by Sunita Narain I wrote last about what I expect will happen at the Paris climate change conference. But what should happen? First, the world must strongly underscore the need to keep the temperature rise below 2°C at the very…
2 killed as truck hits bike in Rajbari
Two people were killed when a truck rammed into the motorcycle they were riding on the Rajbari-Kushtia Highway at Chandani in sadar upazila on Tuesday.The deceased could not be identified immediately.
2 held with touchstone statue in Sirajganj
Police arrested two people along with a touchstone statue at Golchattar near the east side of Bangabandhu Bridge in sadar upazila early Monday.The arrestees were identified as Malin Uddin Bhola, 19, son of Nur Islam of Bishapara village, and Nadim…
‘Robber’ beaten dead by mob in Dinajpur
A suspected robber was beaten to death by a mob at Khanpukur Moupukur village in Birampur upazila early yesterday.The deceased was identified as Nazmul,50, son of Jahir Uddin of Bochaganj upazila.
Man’s hanging body recovered in Sherpur
Police recovered hanging body of a man, who had remained missing since Wednesday, from an abandoned house at Ghagra Sonarpara in Jhenigati upazila on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Chan Mia, 55, son of late Lal Mia of the…
Woman killed in road accident in C’nawabganj
woman was killed when a truck hit a human hauler (locally known as bhutbhuti) at Ranihati Bazar under Shibganj upazila of the district this morning.The victim was identified as Kochi Begum 35, daughter of Meser Ali of Nayalabhanga under Shibganj…
Shibir leader arrested with arms, bombs in Lakshmipur
Police, in a drive, arrested an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader and recovered a gun, three cartridges and five petrol bombs from Chandraganj Thana area here early this morning.The arrestee Neamatullah is a central executive committee member of Islami Chhatra Shibir.…
Nizami appeal verdict January 6
Dhaka – The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday fixed January 6 for delivering verdict on the appeal filed by Jamaat Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami challenging his death sentences for crimes against humanity during the War…
After 10 months in jail without sentence, Rizvi granted bail
Over 10 months after his arrest, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was freed from jail on bail on Monday. The BNP leader walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail-2 around 5:20pm after his release order reached the jail authorities,…
US, EU want loss-damage as a toothless tiger in Paris deal
Ask vulnerable countries to explicitly give up the right to raise issues of compensation and liability in future Nitin Sethi Indian paper Business Standard accessed the proposal that the US put forth informally before other countries demanding that poor and…
Surprise India-Pakistan talks spark optimism
High-level meeting in Bangkok signals a thaw in long-standing tensions between nuclear-armed South Asian rivals. South Asia analysts expressed optimism on Monday after talks were secretly held between arch rivals India and Pakistan in the Thai capital – a move…
Smooth sharing of text for climate agreement sans consensus
Paris (Hilary Chiew and Meena Raman) – Negotiations of the Paris agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has moved to a process under the Presidency of the Conference of Parties. Four years of work by…
Court asks RAB to conduct probe into Ctg cocaine seized
Rejecting the chargesheet submitted by DB police, a court here on Monday asked the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to carry out further investigation into the seizure of liquid cocaine at Chittagong Seaport.