Members of Coast Guard arrested eight suspected poachers along with one deer and 1000 metre current net from Jaglar Char area in the Meghna River in Hatia upazila of the district on Saturday noon.
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Altaf Mahmud elected president of BFUJ
Altaf Mahmud and Omar Faruk have been elected the president and the general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), a pro-Awami League association.
Social networks will be opened after getting law enforcers’ green signal
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the temporary ban on social networking site Facebook and online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber will be withdrawn after getting the green signal from law-enforcing agencies.
Chittagong Hill Tracts situation very sensitive, says Santu Larma
The overall situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has turned ‘very sensitive’ since the government ‘stalled’ the process of implementing the peace accord, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chief Santu Larma stated on Saturday.
Canadian Prime Minister keen to see the changes in Bangladesh
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he is keen to see the changes that have taken place in Bangladesh since his visit to Bangladesh at the age of 13 with his father, the then Prime Minister of Canada.
HIV infection has been reduced globally: Speaker
STAFF REPORTER Speakers at a press conference yesterday cautioned though HIV infection has been reduced globally, including in Bangladesh, the country has certain groups who are vulnerable to HIV infection and there is a chance of spreading it through them.
RU observes World Philosophy Day at
RU Correspondent World Philosophy Day has been observed at Rajshahi University (RU) on Saturday.
5-day banking fair ended Saturday
The 5-day banking fair at the Bangla Academy premises ended on Saturday with enthusiastic response from large number of visitors.
Ctg slum fire kills 1
A young boy was killed and at least 50 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire which broke out at a slum in the city’s Agrabad-Mogpukurpar area on Friday night.The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Travel thru’ Benapole with handwritten passport closed
Travel has been stopped between two neighboring countries India and Bangladesh with handwritten passport through Benapole border from Thursday.The immigration authorities at Benapole check post put an end to the effectiveness of the handwritten passports for entering India from Bangladesh…
3 Jamaat men among 34 held in Satkhira
A joint force of different agencies arrested 34 people, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places of the district from Friday night to Saturdaymorning.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Special Branch, Satkira said a team of the joint force, comprising members…
Man killed in Patuakhali trawler capsize
A man was killed and two others were injured as a timber-laden trawler capsized after being hit by a launch in the confluence of Lohalia and Laukadi rivers in PatuakhaliSadar upazila on early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jamal, hailing…
180 bottles of foreign liquor, drugs seized in Habiganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)seized 180 bottles of Indian wine and one kilogram of cannabis in three separate drives from Madavpur upazila of the district on Friday.A patrol team of the BGB-55 Battalion, led by Naike Saidur Rahman, in…
58 held, drugs recovered in Ctg
Chittagong District Police in overnight special drives arrested 58 people, including two Jamaat-Shibir activists, from different upazilas of the district last night.Among the arrested including two Jamaat-Shibir activists, 10 were nabbed by the article 54 and 48 accused in regular…
Mustard cultivation target exceeds in Gaibandha
Cultivation of mustard, a robi crop, has been exceeded in all the seven upazilas of the district this year with an expectation of bumper production against the crop.Office sources said the department of agriculture extension (DAE) set a target to…
Strict enforcement of tobacco control law to safeguard juvenile stressed
Experts and stakeholders yesterday observed that proper enforcement of the amended tobacco control law has become indispensable to protect the young generation especially adolescents from the negative impacts of tobacco use particularly smoking.They told BSS that one of the strongholds…
From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried
By John Pilger In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything that moves”. As Barack Obama wages his seventh war against the Muslim world since he…
Turkey requests meeting with Russia
As scary as the shooting down of a Russian warplane was — especially by Turkey, a NATO member — signs emerged Friday that some leaders involved are working to ease tensions between the two countries. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,…
When users can access Facebook?
The government should specifically say when it will lift the bar on Facebook, Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has said. He was speaking to journalists in the IPvision SUST 5th CSE Carnival 2015 at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)…
Bogra tense after Shia mosque shooting
Tension is running high in Bogra as the residents are smarting from the shock and disbelief over Thursday’s shooting at a Shia mosque in the area that left one dead and three injured. Locals say Sunni and Shia Muslims have…
Demonising Islam
Afzal Ahmad Khan Perhaps, no religion of world permits destruction and violence; instead they all preach for peace and harmony among human beings. However, western countries belonging to a particular color of skin think themselves as superior from others, have…
Group exhibition ‘Joloj’ begins at Alliance Francaise
The group painting exhibition titled ‘Joloj’ or Aquatic has begun in La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. Inaugural ceremony of this exhibition took place on Friday. Eminent artist Prof. Mahmudul Haque, Mr. Ishtiaque Ahmed Chowdhury and Mr. Ferdous Khan,CEO, Amada…
Global travel, tourism leaders hopeful of positive COP21 outcome
On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, taking place in Paris next week, the members of the Global Travel Association Coalition (GTAC) reiterate the industry’s commitment to contribute to fight climate change, and express their…
RU Swajan announces new committees for 3 halls
RU Correspondent Swajan, a voluntary blood donating organisation at Rajshahi University (RU), declared its new executive committees for three female residential halls for 2016 session at a function on 26 November 2015.
3 arrested with Yaba in Barisal
Detective Branch (DB) of Barisal Metropolitan police in a drive arrested three persons with 105 pieces of yaba tablets from a hotel of the city area on Thursday night.Three arrested persons were identified as Milon Sarkar, 27, M Jahidul Islam,…
One arrested with drug in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in raid carried on Thursday afternoon at Kanaipur bazar on Dhaka-Khulna highway caught one drug peddler with drugs.According to RAB sources, the arrested drug peddler was identified as Md. Babul Molla, 27, son of…
2 killed in Narsingdi road accident
Two people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Shilmandi in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Friday morning.Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately.
AL leader killed in Rajshahi road crash
A local Awami League leader was killed and five other people were injured in a road accident at Pullapukur area on the Rajshahi- Pabna Highway in Puthia upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shafiqul, publicity secretary…