The search is continuing for AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, a day after it went missing with 162 people on board. The head of Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency has suggested the plane could be at the bottom of the sea, but no…
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Northeast India in 2014: A wait for peace, progress
Nava Thakuria The year 2014 passed away with a major change of perception among the people of northeast India. The residents of the trouble-torn region unanimously urged for peace and development from the authorities concerned. They have also extended whole…
Police did question, not torture Jihad’s father, claims IGP
The inspector general of police (IGP) has defended the questioning of ‘Jihad’s father Nasir Fakir but denied allegations that he was tortured in custody. Hassan Mahmood Khandker says they interrogated Fakir in a ‘friendly manner’ to ‘crack the mystery’. Fakir’s…
Writ seeks probe on failure to rescue Jihad alive from well
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its order to form a high-level committee to investigate the failure of government organisations in rescuing minor boy Jihad alive from inside the pipe of a water pump…
20-party countrywide dawn to dusk hartal begins Monday
A countrywide daylong hartal called by the BNP amd its allies in protest against the ‘foiling’ of their scheduled Gazipur rally and to press the demand for the release of arrested senior leaders begins Monday morning. The hartal that will…
Beijing proposes Free Trade Agreement with Dhaka
China on Sunday proposed signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost trade ties between the two countries, minimising the trade gap against Bangladesh. The Chinese side came up with the proposal at bilateral talks between the two…
7ft ichthyosaur fossil found on beach near Penarth
An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a 7ft skeleton of a carnivorous marine reptile on a beach in south Wales. Jonathan Bow, 34, discovered the ichthyosaur while walking the shoreline in the Penarth area. A palaeontologist at the National Museum…
Harry Potter actor David Ryall dies aged 79
Actor David Ryall, known for playing Elphias Doge in the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows film, has died aged 79. The actor passed away on Christmas Day but no more information has been given. Ryall had a five-decade career across film,…
Saeed Ajmal: Suspended Pakistan spinner out of World Cup
Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has withdrawn from Pakistan’s World Cup squad as his bowling action is yet to be cleared by the International Cricket Council. Ajmal, 37, Pakistan’s top wicket-taker for the past three years, was suspended from bowling by the…
Drug peddler arrested, 6-kg ganja seized in Sunamganj
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 in a drive arrested a woman drug peddler with 6-kg ganja from Badeswari village under Chatak thana here on Saturday.
Training for paralegals continues in Gaibandha
A basic training for the newly recruited paralegals has been continuing at the Training Centre of a non government organization (NGO) at Kanchipara under Fulchhari upazila in the district since December 22.
Faridpur press club elects new office bearers
Kabirul Islam Siddiky, editor of a local vernacular daily and Md. Hasanuzzaman, Correspondent of Daily Shomokal and Channel24 TV were re-elected as president and secretary of Faridpur press club for the year 2015.
Unusual cold bite hampers normal life in Rajshahi
The unusual cold weather caused bone chilling cold bite paralyzing normal life in the city and its adjacent areas for the last couple of days as the situation deteriorated further during the past 24 hours till 6 pm today.
Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry services resume after 9 hrs
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after nine hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Sunday morning.
10 BNP men held in Jessore
Police in separate drives on Saturday night arrested 10 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from different upazilas in Jessore district on apprehension that they could carry out violence during the countrywide Monday’s hartal.
Boy dies as meat gets stuck in throat in Jessore
A boy died through suffocation after a piece of meat got stuck in his throat at Jhumjhumpur in Jessore district on Saturday night.
Housewife dies after suicide attempt in Rajshahi
A young housewife, who attempted to kill herself on December 22, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Saturday afternoon.
20-party’s peaceful hartal in Gaibandha
A half-day hartal, called by BNP-led 20-party alliance protesting police swoop on its procession, was observed peacefully in the district today (Sunday).
Phensidyl, drug ampoules seized in Rajshahi
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered 862 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and 180 ampoules of Indian sedative drugs from Gopalpur and Yusufpur Padmarchar areas under Charghat thana of the district on Saturday.
BNP accuse Govt of crimes against humanity, comfort victim families
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused the government of crimes against humanity including enforced disappearance, killing and abduction. “The monster government has destroyed all the achievements of Bangladesh. Carrying out enforced disappearance is treated as crimes…
AL also won’t be able to hold rallies, ‘have you bought country’: Rizvi
Awami League will not be able to hold rally anywhere in the country easily if it creates obstacle to BNP programmes, a senior BNP leader yesterday said without elaborating. “Awami League’s Mr Hanif has given threat that BNP will not…
Autopsy suggests drowning caused Jihad death in well
With the completion of the autopsy on Jihad’s body on Sunday morning, the autopsy conductors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue came up with the suggestion that the four-year-old boy died from drowning. The autopsy was completed by a…
AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore missing
An AirAsia flight travelling from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control with 162 people on board. Flight QZ8501 lost contact at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsia tweeted. Search and rescue operations are under way. Malaysia’s national…
Did rescuers’ mistake cause Jihad’s death 250 feet down the well?
The recovery of the body of 4-year-old Jihad from inside the 600-feet deep pipe of Railway’s deep tubewell at the Shahjahanpur Railway Colony by some local people a few minutes after the Fire Service abandoned the rescue operation on late…
BNP slams Asaduzzaman for saying case of Jihad was a rumour
Deploring the recovery of four-year-old boy Jihad’s body from a deep pipe in the city after long 23 hours at a private initiative, BNP alleged that the entire nation was aggrieved and upset with State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman…
Saturday was coldest day of the season, more Chilly days ahead
Shivring cold has gripped the country which is experiencing a mild to moderate cold wave which brought the season’s coldest day in Ishwardi of Pabna on Saturday with the mercury dipping to 7.2 degrees Celsius. Weathermen have said that the…
50,000 pieces of Yaba recovered in Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from Shabrah area in Teknaf upazila on Friday night.
Housewife’s throat-sit body recovered in Patuakhali
Police recovered the body of a housewife with the throat slashed from her house at Katakhali village in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.
Two held with Yaba tables in Satkhira
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 200 pieces of Yaba tablet from a sweetmeat shop at Jhaudanga Bazar in Sadar upazila on Friday midnight.
Man hacked dead ‘by son-in-law’ in Rajshahi
A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son-in-law over a family feud at Baneshwar Raghurampur village in Puthia upazila early Saturday.