DHAKA: She has been stuck in her office for 40 days and slapped with a series of charges over the deadly violence outside, but Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia says she and her arch enemy Sheikh Hasina can still reach…
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This Valentine’s Day love the hands that feed you
Danielle Nierenberg This Valentine’s Day, before planning your romantic dinner or buying roses and chocolate, think about how your choices will affect the hands that feed you. According to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, the average consumer spends around…
Nagorik Samaj to reassert as non-political entity, mediate
Nagorik Samaj, a new platform of prominent citizens, will hold a press conferee today (Friday) to make its position clear in public on the effort to resolve the ongoing political impasse through dialogue. The press conference of eminent citizens, who…
Demo for fair polls, protest against ‘crossfire’ killings Saturday
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance has called a programme of countrywide demonstration on Saturday to press the demand for election under non-partisan caretaker government and protest killing of 20-party leaders and activists in the name of ‘crossfire’. The blockade would continue,…
Khaleda concerned as Food supply to her office remains blocked
Food supply to Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office was obstructed for the third time on Thursday compelling those staying there to survive on dry foods, it is reliably learnt. Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia who along with a number of Bnp…
Two Bnp activists bullet-hit in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’
Two BNP activists sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police in Khagdahar Bypass More area of the Mymensingh district town early Thursday. The injured were identified as Mehedi, a resident of Jamtala More, and Sharif Molla, a resident of…
Ban ki-moon concerned at the violence and loss of life
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the UN said on Wednesday, we are very much concerned about the violence and the loss of life that’s occurred in Bangladesh since the beginning of last year.
Myanmar revokes Rohingya voting rights after protests
Rohingya Muslims will not be able to vote in Myanmar’s referendum after the prime minister withdrew temporary voting rights following protests. Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets following the passage of a law that would allow temporary residents who…
Yaba, the ‘madness drug’, is finding new routes into Bangladesh
By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury It is known in Asia as the “madness drug,” or in the West as “Nazi speed,” a highly addictive mix of methamphetamine and caffeine first developed by Hitler’s scientists to keep soldiers fighting for days. Now,…
Situation force law enforcers resort to encounter: DMP Commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Wednesday said situations force law enforcers to resort to encounter with criminals and saboteurs. He came up with the remark at an award-giving ceremony at the DMP Media Centre where three Dhaka…
Falu, not in FIR, put under on fresh remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu on a fresh remand for five days in a case filed for arson attack. Magistrate Tarek Moinul Islam Bhuiyan of…
Former BNP MPs Nizan, Nazim on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP’s two former lawmakers ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan and Nazim Uddin Ahmed on a fresh remand for three days in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station filed for vandalism and torching vehicle. Metropolitan…
Gazipur Mayor arrested from Dohs residence in city
Detectives picked up mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) MA Mannan at DOHS in Baridhara area of the capital on Wednesday afternoon. A DB police team picked up MA Mannan, also BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser, from his DOHS residence…
Talkshows being monitored, PM tells Parliament
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in Parliament that the government is monitoring the talk shows in different television channels to detect who are instigating destructive activities in the country. “We’re monitoring the TV talk shows; the government will…
Cops ‘block’ food, bottled water supply to Khaleda’s office
Law enforcers on Wednesday night blocked the supply of food and bottled water to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office meant for her office staff and security personnel. As a van carrying packets of cooked food and bottled water reached in…
6 including Mother, son killed in Pabna road crash
Six people, including a woman and her son, were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed into a human hauler at Kashinathpur on the Pabna-Nagarbari highway in Sujanagar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Runa,20,…
Barbed wire fence to protect Khaleda from public wrath: Hasina
Blasting BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for enforcing hartal and blockade by holding the country’s people to hostage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today branded the BNP chief as a “killer”,not a political leader. “Khaleda Zia is not a leader of…
British HC asks all parties fully consider effects of their actions
British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson yesterday called upon all political parties in Bangladesh to fully consider the effects of their actions and refrain from causing further damage to the country’s national interest. He made the call in a statement…
Minor boy ‘commits suicide’ in Jhenidah
A minor boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Kazipara village in Shailkupa upazila on Tuesday.
Shibir man held with 6 crude bombs in Rajshahi
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir in possession of six crude bombs from Ghoshpara in the city on Tuesday night.
5 JMB men to walk gallows for killing Jhalakati PP
A court here on Wednesday sentenced five members of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed for killing a public prosecutor eight years ago.
2 cops injured in clash with blockaders in M’singh
Two policemen were injured and a picket sustained bullet wounds in a clash between the law enforcers and blockaders in Gauripur upazila on early Wednesday.
Boro cultivation progressing first in Jamalpur
Boro farming is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm.
Road carpeting works launched in Rangpur
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu on Tuesday launched road carpeting works at a ceremony in Bahar Kachhna area of the city.
‘Terrorist’ held with pistol, bullets in Naogaon
Police arrested an alleged terrorist in possession of a foreign-made pistol, four rounds of bullet and some sharp weapons from his house at Dakkhin Chakjadu village in Dhamoirhat upazila on Wednesday morning.
Five Molotov cocktails recovered in Bhola
Police recovered five Molotov cocktails from Western Para Reserve Pukur Par area in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
5 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Sirajganj
Police arrested five local activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from a procession in the district town on Tuesday.
Murder accused dies at Noakhali jail gate
An arrested murder accused died in front of the gate of the Noakhali district jail on Tuesday afternoon.
More allocation for children in national budget demanded
Speakers, including Shishu Forum leaders, at a press conference have demanded more allocation in education, health and welfare sectors in the national budget for the children ensuring their overall development.
Mohila Awami League protests violence in Rangpur
Leaders of Mohila Awami League (MAL) at a human chain and protest rally strongly protested the blockade, hartal, violence, killings and destructions of the BNP-led 20-party alliance in the name of political movement.