The overall flood situation in 16 districts deteriorated further on Saturday as major rivers burst their banks amid rains and onrush of waters from the upstream, leaving some 14.75 lakh people in the districts marooned.
Author: Farzana Afroze Zerin
Bangladesh ranked 8th in Happy Planet Index 2016
Bangladesh ranked eighth among 140 countries globally in the Happy Planet Index 2016.
Islami Bank Board meeting held
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka.
RU PSA demands cancellation of Rampal Power plant
Rajshahi-Demanding the cancellation of Rampal power plant the Progressive Students Alliance (PSA) of the Rajshahi University (RU) staged demonstration and brought out procession on the campus on Saturday.
Govt. is making field to hold another ‘farcical’ election: BNP
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged that their senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman was convicted as part of the government’s plot to hold another ‘farcical’ national election like the January-5 one. “Tarique Rahman’s conviction is politically…
715m remittance recorded on July 1-22
The country received $715.24 million in remittance during the first 22 days of the current month of July.
US says Arka was not US citizen
The United States is yet to confirm the citizenship of Shehzad Rouf Arka who was killed in a recent drive in militants den in city though the Washington Post reported he was a US citizen.
BNP protests police attack on protect-Sundarbans campaigners
Strongly protesting the police attack on a march of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports towards the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), BNP on Friday alleged that the government is setting up Rampal Thermal Power…
BAU new women’s hall named ‘‘Rokeya Hall”
Dhaka-A new women-only residence hall at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Wednesday under construction had initially decided to name the hall after Begum Rokeya, was a Bengali writer, thinker, educationist, social activist, and advocate of women’s right.
IBBL Board meeting held
Dhaka-A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank presided over the meeting.…
Charge framed against for MP Rony
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against former lawmaker Golam Maula Rony in a case filed for assaulting journalists in 2013.
Zia Orphanage Trust case hearing deferred
Dhaka-The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed August 4 to record further depositions of the witnesses in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.
Autopsy report says militants were killed by bullets
All the nine suspected militants, who were killed during a police operation in the city’s Kalyanpur area early Tuesday, died from bullet injuries, said Dr Sohel Mahmud, an assistant professor at the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH).
BNP briefs foreign diplomats about country’s situation
BNP on Wednesday briefed some foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the country’s latest situation following the recent terror attacks and the High Court verdict convicting its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman.
Hillary Clinton,a rising Star of Her Own Prime-Time Show
Donald J. Trump could not resist making a splashy appearance every night of his convention — emerging onstage as a fog-enshrouded silhouette one night, upstaging a political foe from the stands two nights later.
Jubayer missing for over 2 months: Family
Dhaka-Jubayer Hossain, one of the nine suspected militants killed in Kalyanpur operation here on Tuesday, had been missing along with two neighbouring youths for over two months, said his family.
7 militants identitied confirmed by police
The identities of seven militants among the nine suspected ones, who were killed in Tuesday’s overnight operation at Kalyanpur, were confirmed on Wednesday evening.
Nobody came to take the 9 dead bodes
Dhaka-No relative of the nine killed militants went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) till last night to claim their bodies after completion of the postmortem examinations by forensic experts of the hospital at 2:00pm.
Court upheld verdict against OC Helal
Dhaka-The Fifth Additional District and Session Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday upheld a verdict of lower court that sentenced Helal Uddin, former Officer-in-Charge of Khilgaon Police Station to three years’ imprisonment for torturing a Dhaka University student in police…
Warrant against 59 BNP leaders
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against 59 BNP leaders including Barkatullah Bulu, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Azizul Bari Helal, Meer Sharafat Ali Shafu, Maruf Khan Kamal Sohel and Habib un Nabi Khan Sohel in…
BNP doubts whether all 9 people were reality militants
Dhaka-A senior BNP leader has expressed his doubt whether all the nine militants killed during the police raid at their den at Kallayanpur in the city in the hourly hours of yesterday were in the reality militants.
BB disclosed monetary policy to boost up credit
Dhaka-Bangladesh Bank (BB) disclosed the cautious and accommodative monetary policy to boost up private sector credit discouraging non performance loan for July to December, 2016.
3.5 lakh people are affected by flood
Floods take a see saw situation- steadying in Sunamganj but deteriorating in kurigram, Gaibandha and Jamalpur with rivers around Dhaka and Narayanganj in spate, threatening to rise in next 48 hours, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) warned yesterday.
NSU teacher lands in jail
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent NSU Professor Giasuddin Ahsan and two other to the jail on completion of their eight-day remand in connection with letting the teacher’s house to Gulshan attackers and concealing information.
Eden College student on remand
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed five students of Eden Mohila College on a three-day remand in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.
19 killed, about 20 injured in knifing near Tokyo
At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in a city just outside Tokyo in the worst mass killing in generations in Japan.
Nine militant suspects killed in battle with Police at Dhaka ‘hideout’
Dhaka – Nine suspected militants were killed during a shootout with specialized teams of Dhaka Metropolitan police in the city’s kallyanpur on early Tuesday.Deputy Commissioner (Media) of DMP Masudur Rahman said members of law enforcement agencies cordoned a 5-storey building…
‘Sentencing senior vice-chairman Tarique aimed to destroy BNP’
The BNP yesterday termed sentencing party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman for seven years in a money laundering case as last step of destroying the party.
Flood situation worsens in Nilphamari, Sunamganj
The flood situation in Nilphamari and Sunamganj districts continued to worsen as the Teesta and Surma rivers in the affected areas were flowing above their red marks on Sunday.
DBCCI President is missing since Saturday morning
Prominent businessman and Dutch Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI) President Md Hassan Khaled remained missing since Saturday morning.