Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued seven teenage girls while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point in Jessore on Saturday.
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Law enforcement can reduce road crashes by 50 pc: Experts
There should be increased focus on proper enforcement of the existing traffic rules in the country as it can help reduce road accidents by 50 percent and improve road safety significantly, according to experts.
Indian national among 2 held with Indian goods at Benapole
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two people, including an Indian national, along with contraband Indian goods from two buses at Shyamlagacchi on Benapole-Jessore road in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Saturday.
Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), was observed in the country on Sunday with due reverence and religious fervour.
Dialogue urgent: Dr. Kamal. Khaleda confined sans reason: Manna
Gono Forum chief Dr. Kamal Hossain on Sunday underscored the need for a national dialogue to resolve the prevailing political crisis. He said 16 crore people of the country want peace, security of life and property. All people fear if…
BGB deployed in city
Amid the growing political tension ahead of the BNP-led 20-party’s January-5 rally, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the city to help maintain the law and order.
4 crude bombs blasted in city; 1 hurt
Miscreants exploded four crude bombs in the city’s Hatirpool and Purana Paltan areas on Sunday, leaving one injured.
Bus, launch services suspended: Passengers at bay
Members of the travelling public fell into immense sufferings as buses and launches on almost all inter-district routes were suddenly suspended ahead of BNP scheduled rally in capital Dhaka on Monday. The problem becamse acute for office-goers who went to…
PM addresses nation Monday marking on year of election
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation at 7.15pm on Monday. PM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury said, the Prime Minister will make the address marking completion one year of the general election held on January 5, 2014.
11 vehicles torched, 4 crude bombs blasted, 247 held
At least 11 vehicles were torched in different places of the capital, Gazipur and Mymensingh on Sunday ahead of the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s planned January-5 rally, leaving 18 people injured. Of the vehicles, seven were set ablaze in the capital…
Khaleda not confined, can go back home anytime: Hasina
Accusing Khaleda Zia of staging a confinement drama, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the BNP chief is not confined and she can go back home anytime if she wants to do so. “She (Khaleda) is not confined, she…
Khaleda to ‘take to street,’ invites all parties to movement
Besieged at her Gulshan political office, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday expressed her firm stance about taking to the street on Monday to mark the day as ‘Democracy Killing Day’. Leaders of different pro-BNP professional bodies, including teachers, journalists,…
Barred from seeing Khaleda B. Chowdhury supports movement
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury was barred from meeting besieged BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday. The BDB chief came to Khaleda’s Gulshan office around 12 noon to meet the former Prime Minister. As his motorcade…
Facility opens to safeguard the future of chocolate
A new facility has opened in Reading, to safeguard the future of chocolate. It is a bigger and better clearing house for all the world’s new cocoa varieties, which must be quarantined before they can be grown. Demand for chocolate…
Country star Little Jimmy Dickens dies aged 94
Renowned American country music singer-songwriter Little Jimmy Dickens has died at the age of 94. His spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said Dickens died on Friday of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. His novelty songs, including May the…
Sony cyber-attack: North Korea calls new US sanctions hostile
North Korea has described new sanctions imposed in response to a major cyber-attack against Sony Pictures as part of groundless and hostile US policy. The US placed sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals, after the FBI blamed…
Soumya Sarkar in Bangladesh World Cup squad
Allrounder Soumya Sarkar has been named in Bangladesh’s 15-member squad for the 2015 World Cup, which also includes fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam. Mashrafe Mortaza will lead the side while Shakib Al Hasan has been named…
Australia v India: Mitchell Johnson ruled out of final Test
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will miss the final Test against India, which starts in Sydney on Tuesday, because of a hamstring injury. But the left-armer is expected to be fit in time for the subsequent one-day tri-series against England…
New York Book fair of Mukthodhara 22-24 May
Mahfuz Adnan, New York Correspondent International Bangla festival and book fair 2015 will be held from 22 to 24 May next in New York city. Rukeya Haider, the head of Bangla Service of voice of America has been selected as…
Eid-e-Miladun Nabi being celebrated Sunday
Muslims in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world the holy Eid-e-Miladun Nabi (birth day of Hazrat Muhammad (sm) with due religious fervour. Sunni Muslims observe the birthday of Prophet Muhammed (sm) on the 12th day of the Islamic month of…
Traffickers ‘made $3m’ on ship to Italy
Police in Italy believe traffickers made some $3m (£1.9m; €2.5m) from 359 illegal migrants found abandoned on a cargo ship in the Mediterranean. The Ezadeen was towed into the Italian port of Corigliano Calabro after being found by coast guards…
BNP head office locked, Khaleda confined, Rizvi hauled
Police on Saturday night confined BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to her Gulshan political office, 36 hours before her party-led 20-party’s scheduled January-5 rally. “Madam Khaleda Zia is confined at her office by the members of law-enforcement agencies, including police, of…
6 including Ctg DB police held for snatching gold
Six people, including a DB officer, have been arrested on the charge of snatching gold worth Tk 3 crore from a jewellery businessman. Twenty-three of the looted 60 gold bars were recovered from their possession. The victim businessman and his…
Archbishop Paulinus Costa dies
Spiritual leader of the Catholics in Bangladesh Archbishop Paulinus Costa died of cardiac arrest on Saturday. He was 78. Paulinus Costa, who was Archbishop of the archdiocese of Dhaka from 2005 to October 22, 2011, breathed his last around 3…
Two Sylhet JCD men held for bomb ‘attack on Kamran’s car’
Police on Saturday arrested two activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in connection with a crude bomb attack on the vehicle of former Sylhet City Corporation mayor and city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at Pathantula here on…
7 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Sylhet
Police in a drive arrested seven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir while they were holding a ‘clandestine meeting’ in court area of the city on Friday.
Sylhet JCD vice-president held
Police arrested the city unit vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Khashdabir area in the city early Saturaday.
Robber injured, arrested after ‘gunfight’ in Satkhira
An alleged robber was injured in a gunfight between his cohorts and police in Palashpol area of the town early Saturday.
BCL faction’s indefinite strike begins at CU
A faction of the Chittagong University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) enforced an indefinite strike on the campus today (Saturday) to press for its six-point demand.
Youth killed in Rangamati road crash
A youth was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Kalabagan area on the Rangamati-Chittagong highway here on Friday.