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Mahi B Chowdhury seeks Bnp blessings, launches campaign
Mahi B Chowdhury, a mayoral aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation, yesterday sought blessing of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to support him to contest the polls. “An opportunity has been created following cancellation of Mintoo Bhai’s nomination paper. For that…
SC verdict reaches prison, Kamaruzzaman to see lawyers
Dhaka Central Jail authorities on Wednesday afternoon received the copy of the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the review plea sought by Jamaat leader M Kamaruzzaman against death penalty. The verdict was read out to the Jamaat leader who sought time…
Bnp fears abduction of another city student leader
BNP yesterday expressed deep concern over the hauling of Aminul Islam Jakir, general secretary of Tejgaon unit Chhatra Dal what it claimed by members of plainclothes police on Tuesday night. BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu in a statement said…
British HC meets Khaleda, hopes polls will be violence-free
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson yesterday welcomed BNP’s decision to endorse candidates for the forthcoming City Corporation Elections allowing the electorate a real democratic choice, and hoped that the campaign would be conducted without violence.
4 killed in Habiganj auto-rickshaw tractor collision
At least four people, including a woman and a child, were killed as a tractor collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw (locally known as easy-bike) at Umednagar on the Habiganj-Nabiganj Road in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. Three of the deceased…
Alleged terrorist killed in Laxmipur ‘gunfight between gangs’
An alleged terrorist was killed and two others injured in a gunfight between two gangs of people, termed as criminals, at Ganeshshyampur in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hanif Moma, son of Selamat Ullah, a…
US boosts arms supplies for Saudi-led coalition
The US says it is speeding up weapons deliveries to a Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels who have taken up arms against the government in Yemen. The US is also boosting intelligence sharing with the coalition, Deputy Secretary of State…
The Iran nuclear deal: Step in right direction
By Chandra Muzaffar There is no guarantee that the preliminary agreement reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 2nd April 2015 between Iran, on the one hand, and the United States and five other world powers, namely, Britain, China, France, Germany and…
Appellate authority declares Tabith Awal nomination valid
Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Zillar Rahman, also the Appellate Authority, on Tuesday declared valid the nomination paper of Dhaka North City Corporation polls candidate Tabith Awal turning down an appeal filed by Sonali Bank terming him a loan defaulter. A total…
Hasina says, Khaleda returns with disgrace of defeat
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said BNP leader Khaleda Zia has gone back to her home with the disgrace of failure and defeat after staying in her office for long 92 days aiming to topple the government. “She (Khaleda)…
Investigating cheap food
Danielle Nierenberg Imagine if the price you paid for a hamburger included factors such as heart disease, the number one cause of death worldwide; or the runoff of manure spread on fields from concentrated animal feeding operations; or injuries to…
Shakib to lead Tigers in first ODI against Pakistan
Shakib Al Hasan will captain Bangladesh in the first ODI in absence of Mashrafe Mortaza, who is serving a one-match ban. Shakib Al Hasan has been appointed stand-in skipper for the first one-day international against Pakistan on April 17 in…
Charge sheet holds two responsible in Jihad murder case
The Investigation Officer (IO) of the Jihad murder case on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet accusing two persons. The case was filed following the death of four-year old Jihad after falling into Wasa’s deep tubewell pipe in Shahjahanpur area. Shahjahanpur…
Manna’s bail plea rejected again
A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s in two cases filed for sedition and inciting the army. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Kamrul Hossain Molla rejected the bail plea after hearing. On March…
Second memo to PM office for Salahuddin, writ hearing Wednesday
Hasina Ahmed, wife of disappeared BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday submitted another memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking her intervention to trace her husband. She handed over the memorandum to an office assistant of the Prime Minister’s Office. Hasina…
Stop arrests, release pol prisoners for tranquil environ: Bnp
BNP leaders yesterday accused the government of fielding what it said loyal administration and Election Commission after the ir party decided to contest the city corporation polls denying them a walkover. “The government wants to create crisis and anarchy anew…
Are aliens sending those radio signals?
What has given credence to the theory of extraterrestrial life over the last decade is a mysteriously recurring radio burst from space that has puzzled astronomers.
Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada’s coast
Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on Monday.
Twitter complies with Turkey’s request, ban lifted
Twitter has complied with Turkey’s request to remove photographs of a prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants, an official said on Monday, and a ban on it ended hours after being imposed.
US says Iran sanctions face phase-out, Obama knocks Israel demand
The United States made clear on Monday that sanctions on Iran would have to be phased out gradually under a nuclear pact and President Barack Obama poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a deal be predicated on Tehran…
‘Furious 7’ breaks records with $143.6 million debut
“Furious 7” raced to the top of the domestic box office, picking up a massive $143.6 million (96 million pounds) in its opening weekend.
Forging social movement indispensable for safe food
Speakers at a post-rally discussion in Rajshahi city today emphasised the need for forging social movement against all sorts of unhygienic and adulterated foods for sound health.
Field day on wheat cultivation held in Chuadanga
Speakers at a field day function here on Monday underlined the importance of bringing more land under the wheat cultivation instead of tobacco.
7 dwelling houses devoured by Meghna in Narsingdi
Seven dwelling houses of Charmodhua village under Raipura upazila were devoured on Monday by sudden erosion of Meghna River.
Farmer shot dead in Natore
A farmer has been shot dead by some miscreants in Bahimali village under Boraigram Upazila of the district last midnight, police and locals said today.
BDRCS organises training on water supply system in Rangpur
The two-day training course on ‘Water Supply system, Assessment, Planning and Designing’ organised by Rangpur Unit of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) ended here on Monday afternoon.
Firearm, ammo recovered in BGB drive in Kushtia
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a foreign pistol, two magazines and five rounds of bullets from Alaipur Ghat in Doulotpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
Two fined, jailed for possessing hemp in Jhenidah
A mobile court here on Monday fined and jailed two drug peddlers for possessing hemp.
‘Gold smuggler’ held with 21 gold bars in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected gold smuggler along with 21 gold bars, weighing 2.5 kg, from Benapole check post area here on Tuesday.