Dhaka, Nov 26– The BNP on Monday nominated 118 candidates for 67 seats under Barishal, Rangpur, Khulna and Rajshahi divisions to contest the forthcoming national election billed for December 30.
Author: Naim
8 suspected JMB members held in Dhaka City
Dhaka, Nov 26 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested eight suspected members of Radical Youth Group of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Mohammadpur, Kalabaghan 8 suspected, militant JMB. members held, in Dhaka Cityand…
BNP leader Rafiqul Islam’s sentence challenged in HC
Dhaka, Nov 26 – BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah filed an appeal on Monday against a lower court order that sentenced him to three years imprisonment in a graft case.
3 Bd students killed in Chittagong at truck hits motorbike
Chattogram, Nov 25 – Three madrasa students on a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with an oil-laden truck on Chattogram-Khagrachhari highway in Fatikchhari Upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Md Arif, 16, Masud, 15, and…
BNP leader held as Minister’s ‘distorted’ photos on Facebook
Faridpur, Nov 25 – Police arrested a BNP leader over an allegation of posting distorting photos of different ministers on social media site Facebook.
Police still on ‘arrest business’, opposition BNP tells EC
Dhaka, Nov 25 – The BNP on Sunday raised a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda that police are still arresting their leaders and activists across the country ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections.
Set up polling stations at neutral places: EC tells admin
Dhaka, Nov 25 – The Election Commission (EC) has asked the returning officers not to set up any polling station in a place which is under the grip of any particular candidate in the parliamentary elections slated for December 30.
লেভেল প্লেয়িং তৈরি করতে সিইসি ব্যর্থ হয়েছে
–সৈয়দ মোসাদ্দেক বিল্লাহ আল মাদানী ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ মনোনীত ঢাকা-০৪ আসনের প্রার্থী ও দলের প্রেসিডিয়াম সদস্য মাওলানা সৈয়দ মোসাদ্দেক বিল্লাহ আল মাদানী আজ ২৫ নভেম্বর মনোনয়নপত্র জমা দিয়েছেন।
Clash in wedding party leaves 10 injured in Manikganj
Manikganj, Nov 24 – At least 10 people were injured in a clash over a trifling matter at a wedding party in Dehgram area of Sadar Upazila on Saturday.
Rajendrapur Cant to destroy useless ammunition Dec 13
Dhaka, Nov 24 – The Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) of Rajendropur cantonment will destroy useless ammunitions and explosives at its demolition ground at Bartupa village of Mawna under Sreepur police station in Gazipur district on December 13.
সমান সুযোগ না হলে নির্বাচন প্রশ্নবিদ্ধ হবে -চরমোনাই পীর
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন,সব দলের জন্য সমান সুযোগ তৈরি না করলে নির্বাচন একপেশে হিসেবে চিহ্নিত হবে। নির্বাচনকে প্রশ্নবিদ্য করতে না চাইলে সব দলের জন্য সমান সুযোগ তৈরি করতে হবে।
Kitchen Gas Cylinder explosion injured three in Dhaka city
Dhaka, Nov 24 )- Three people, including a minor boy, of a family, received burn injuries due to gas cylinder explosion in the city’s Muslimbagh of Kamrangichar on Saturday.
Ex-AL leader Gen AMSA Amin joins Gano Forum
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections, former Kurigram Awami League leader Maj Gen (retd) AMSA Amin joined Dr Kamal Hossain-led Gano Forum on Saturday.
BNP submits list of its 21 arrested leaders to EC
Dhaka, Nov 24 – BNP on Saturday submitted a list of 21 leaders to the Election Commission, including a nomination seeker, who have been arrested by law enforcement agencies since November 22 ‘defying the EC’s directives’.
Democracy disrupted after Bangabandhu’s murder: PM
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the march forward of democracy in the country was disrupted after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.
No unnecessary arrest being made by Bd police: CEC
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Saturday said police are not arresting anyone without any reason going beyond the directives of the Election Commission as they are now under his commission’s control.
Living with Climate Change
By Patrick V. Verkooijen ROTTERDAM – For anyone still undecided about the consequences of global warming, the summer of 2018, one of the hottest on record, should have tipped the scales.Across far-flung longitudes and latitudes, regions are struggling with the…
Gender and the Arab City
By Lina Abirafeh BEIRUT – One of the top priorities for the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda is to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.” City leaders can take a simple step that would go long a way toward…
Rethinking animal agriculture
By Paul Gilding TASMANIA – In mid-July, as a brutal drought decimated crops, some European dairy and meat farmers were forced to cull their herds early to reduce the number of animals they needed to feed. Such desperate decisions will…
The dred scott of climate change?
By Robert Dugger Washington, DC – In 2015, 21 young people between the ages of 11 and 22 filed a major lawsuit against the US government for failing to limit the effects of climate change. In Juliana v. the United…
The bleak fate of the Amazon
Paulo Artaxo SÃO PAULO – Last month, a deeply divided Brazil voted to elect its next president. Faced with a choice between Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party and the right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians chose the extremist –…
Time for France to give back looted African art: Experts
Paris, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last.
BAU condemns attack on its graduates at Dhaka Khamarbari
Mymensingh, Nov 23 – -The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) condemned an attack on their graduates at the Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh (KIB) and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) premises in Dhaka on Thursday night.
‘Musicality in Wood’ workshop begins at Cosmos Studio
Dhaka, Nov 23 – A five-day-long woodblock print workshop titled ‘Musicality in Wood’ began at Cosmos-Atelier71 Printmaking Studio in Dhaka’s Malibagh area on Friday.
6 Bd RMG units lead fight workplace violence against women
Dhaka, November 22, 2018 – This year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, coincides with a week in which business leaders and government officials met in Dhaka to discuss the launch of an exciting new…
IBBL strongest retail bank 2018 in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Nov 22 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited achieved ‘The Strongest Retail Bank in Bangladesh 2018’ award conferred by UK-based financial intelligence house Cambridge IF Analytica.
Sonali Bank rescheduling of ASM Firoze’s loan stayed
Dhaka, Nov 22 – The High Court on Thursday stayed a Sonali Bank decision that rescheduled a loan of TK 27 crore in favour of AL leader and chief whip of 10th parliament ASM Firoz, who was elected from the…
HC order on BNP’s ‘fictitious cases’ writ Sunday
Dhaka, Nov 22 – The High Court on Thursday fixed next Sunday for delivering its order on a writ petition filed over ‘fictitious cases’ against activists of BNP and other political parties across the country, particularly in Dhaka.
3 hard truths about the global sanitation crisis
by Seema Thomas Today when you go to the toilet, be it in someone’s basic latrine in a rural village you might be visiting, in a public toilet where you work, or on a comfortable water-flushed ‘loo’ at home, take…
Unconventional holidays are in store for Americans this year
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore, Maryland In the United States, almost 54 million people will travel across the country this Thanksgiving to join their families and friends around the holiday meal. While this classic feast normally features a variety…