An unidentified man was killed when he was hit by a speeding train in Ambikapur rail station area of the district town on Wednesday morning.Ambikapur union parishad chairman Shamsul Bari Siddique said a Rajbari-bound train from Faridpur hit the man…
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Mob beats ‘robber’ dead in Natore
An alleged robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Bankuri village in Singra upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rezzak.Additional Superintendent of Police Munsi Sahab Uddin said a gang of robbers stormed the house of Saheb Ali…
2 siblings die from food poisoning in Cox’s Bazar
Two siblings died from food poisoning after eating biryani (rice) at Baghguzara Mehernama village in Pekua upazila of the district early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Mahi Akhter, 9, and her sister Mili Akhter, 5, daughters of Mizanur Rahman.
Couple held for killing minor girl in Jessore
Police arrested a woman and her husband for allegedly killing a minor girl at Beltola in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Asia Begum and her husband Shohan.
Man’s slaughtered body recovered in Keraniganj
Police recovered slaughtered body of an unidentified young man from Subhadda Shashanghat area in South Keraniganj upazila on Wednesday morning.Local people found the body of the young man, aged about 30, lying in the area at about 9:00 am and…
Five jailed for attacking house in Magura
A court here on Tuesday convicted five people and sentenced them to different jail terms for attacking a house in Sadar upazila on November 17, 2010.Of the convicts, Abu Hannan was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment while Saiful Islam, Rebekul,…
23 BNP, Jamaat men sent to jail in Jessore
A court in Jessore on Tuesday sent 23 local leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat to jail rejecting their bail prayers in two cases filed for subversive activities and carrying explosives.According to the case statement, tipped off that a…
Myanmar insurgent group leader held in Rangamati
Police and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a leader of Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’ from Islampur area in Rajasthali upazila early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Renin Suye.
Party-based local polls for: ‘democracy’- Govt, ‘one-party rule’ – Bnp
Local Go vernment, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said local government polls on party line will strengthen the practice of democracy at the grassroots level. The minister came up with the remarks while talking…
How safe substances become dangerous
Paloalto – Since the development of the science of toxicology in the sixteenth century, its guiding principle has been that “the dose makes the poison.” It is a rule that applies to the medicines used by patients worldwide many billions…
Europe’s Airpocalypse
by Asit K. Biswas,Julian Kirchherr SINGAPORE – European policymakers like to lecture the rest of the world on air pollution. Asia, and China in particular, is a favorite target for criticism. Indeed, it sometimes seems as if no major environmental…
Cultivating equality in a changing climate
Danielle Nierenberg As food system leaders gather in Iowa for the Borlaug Dialogues and the World Food Prize, nearly 800 million people around the world continue to suffer from chronic hunger. More than 161 million children under the age of…
Yunus inaugurated Social Business Centre at Yunnan Normal University
On October 10 Professor Yunus visited Kunming. He was received by Mr. Ye Liaoyan, Chairman of Yunnan Normal University, Professor Yuan Yichuan, Vice Chancellor of the University, and high officials at their campus. They gave him a ceremonial tour of…
Sustainable tech must to reduce risk of natural disasters: Experts
Experts yesterday emphasized for ensuring sustainable technology, identification of vulnerable infrastructures and its remedy to reduce causalities from the risk of natural disasters.
Govt seeks stay order from apex court in Liton case
STAFF REPORTER The government yesterday filed two petitions seeking stay on the High Court order that asked Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1, Manjurul Islam Liton to surrender before trial court by October 18 in two cases, one filed for shooting…
Seminar on Regional Journalism at RU
RU Correspondent A seminar on regional journalism for national development organized by Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) inn association with Mass Communication And Journalism (MCJ) department of Rajshahi University (RU) on the university senate building at 10.00am on Tuesday.
4 drug dealers held with 50K yaba
Dhaka -Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) arrested four alleged illegal drug dealers and recovered 50,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Shahbagh area on Monday night. The arrested drug dealers are—Sayed Alam, Md Masud Rana, Md Akibul…
People displaced by climate induced disaster have right to survive: Mahmood ali
Dhaka – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said climate change induced disaster displaced people have the right to survive and all need to look at the displaced persons’ ‘choice’ and ‘ability’ to move elsewhere.
Shahadat’s bail refused, sent in jail
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) sent cricketer Shahadat Hossain alias Rajib to the jail refusing his bail on completion of the three-day remand in connection with torturing an 11-year old domestic help.
Court defers submission of probe report against Khaleda’s case
Khaleda, probe report (13-10) Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the date for submission of the probe report against four BNP leaders including the party’s Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the case filed for the deaths of 42…
War crimes convicts Mojaheed, Salauddin to file reviews Wednesday
Death-row war crimes convicts, Jamaat leader, Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will file a review petition before the Supreme Court Wednesday for reconsideration of the apex court verdict that upheld their penalty in connection with…
No pol program nor blockade, says Bnp
Terming incorrect the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s observation that the BNP-led 20-party’s blockade enforced on January-5 is not formally lifted, BNP on Monday said their party now has no political programme, including the blockade.
Five killed, 10 hurt as bus hits human hauler at Gazipur
Dhaka – Five people, including a woman, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a human hauler (Leguna) at Tan Sutrapur in Kaliakoir upazila of Gaziur District on Tuesday morning.
Two lynched during ‘robbery’ at B’baria village
Villagers in Brahmanbarhia’s Koshba Upazila have lynched two suspected robbers to death. Police said the lynching was reported around 3am on Tuesday during an attempted ‘robbery’ in Leshiara Village.
Yunus launches Yunus Social Business Week in China
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus launched Yunus Social Business Week, China, in Beijing on October 9. This is a week-long program taking Professor Yunus from Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzen, and Hong Kong. He will be addressing government officials, business leaders,…
RMG workers put up barricade on Abdullahpur-Bipile road
The workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory at Jamgara in Ashulia area of the upazila at the outskirts of the capital put up a barricade on Abdullahpur-Bipile road Monday, following the death of a fellow worker in a road…
BD reaches to long-term achievements over the last quarter-century in fighting hunger
Bangladesh has slipped 16 places to 73rd in the Global Hunger Index 2015, despite significant longer-term achievements over the last quarter-century in fighting hunger.
UK removed guard outside Ecuadorean Embassy hideout of WikiLeaks founder Assange
British police on Monday removed a round-the-clock guard from outside the Ecuadorean Embassy hideout of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying it wasn’t “proportionate” to keep up the operation when no end to the three-year stalemate is in sight.
Yunus launched Yunus Social Business Week in China
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus launched Yunus Social Business Week, China, in Beijing on October 9. This is a week-long program taking Professor Yunus from Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzen, and Hong Kong.