Dhaka, Nov 27 – Thirty-five more Bangladeshi female workers have sent a video message from Saudi Arabia with fervent SOS (save our souls) calls to be rescued.
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Muktijoddha Dal president Ulfat arrested for clash with Police
500 BNP men sued Dhaka, Nov 27 – Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal president Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat was arrest at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Wednesday in a case filed in connection with Tuesday’s clash between police and a group of BNP…
7 sentenced to death in 2016 Holey Artisan Café attack case
Dhaka, Nov 27 – Seven militants were sentenced to death on Wednesday for their roles in the Holey Artisan café attack, the deadliest terror attack in Bangladesh’s history that claimed the lives of 22 people, including 17 foreigners.
Tanvir’s ‘Jibondhuli,’ ‘Bastra Baalika’ to be shown in Japan
Culture Desk Renowned filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel has been invited to Japan where his feature film ‘Jibondhuli’ and documentary film ‘Bastra Baalika’ will be screened at an event, scheduled to take place on January in 2020.
Film ‘No Dorai’ gets censor certificate
Culture Desk Bangladesh’s first surfing film ‘No Dorai’ faced an obstruction regarding the permission for its release from Bangladesh Film Censor Board.
Mujib Borsho: Bangladesh to plant 10mn saplings
The government will plant 10 million saplings across the country marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
FMCH Curtain Scam: ACC files case against 6 people
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against six people in connection with the Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) curtain purchase scam.
Wildcat worker strike halts launch services from Dhaka
Dhaka, Nov 27 – Launch services were suspended at Sadarghat on Wednesday morning after an organisation of workers started enforcing an wildcat strike, causing immense suffering to the commuters.
City will be women-and-children friendly: Dhaka North Mayor
Dhaka, Nov 27 – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said they are working to build Dhaka as an inclusive city so that people from all walks of life can commute safely and easily.
PM Hasina’s son Joy made No-1 member of Rangpur Awami League
Dhaka, Nov 27 – Mamtaj Uddin Ahmed and Advocate Rezaul Karim Raju have been made president and general secretary of Rangpur district unit Awami League respectively.
HC orders closure of all illegal brick kilns around Dhaka
Dhaka, Nov 26 – The High Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to shut down all the illegal brick kilns in Dhaka and its surrounding areas — Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj — within 15 days to reduce air…
CSOs expect effective Bangladesh govt role in COP25
Dhaka, Nov 26 – Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on climate advocacy networks on Tuesday sought an effective role of the government in the upcoming the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP) scheduled to be held in Madrid of…
Artist Firoz Mahmud has been nominated for COAL prize from France
Culture Desk Bangladeshi artist Firoz Mahmud has been nominated for COAL prize from the Coalition for Art and Sustainable Development (COAL) organisation who work in the fields of contemporary art, sustainable development and research in order to promote the emergence…
3 killed in Faridpur road accident
Three people were killed and 22 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and truck in Purbosorodi area of Bhanga upazila in the district on Tuesday morning.
HC restricts underground water extraction in 4 Chattorgram villages
The High Court here on Tuesday imposed a restriction on extracting underground water in four villages in Patiya upazila of Chattogram and directed the authorities concerned to take steps to ensure uninterrupted supply of drinking water to the villages.
Padma Bridge’s 17th span installed
The 17th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge was installed on Tuesday afternoon, making 2.55 km of the bridge out of 6.15-km visible.
Woman injured in accidental Dhaka wayside blast
Dhaka, Nov 26 – A woman was injured in a blast in the middle of the 60-feet road in North Pirerbagh near Medi Home Hospital on Sunday night.
Bangladeshi female worker Hosna rescued in Saudi Arabia
Dhaka, Nov 26 – After Sumi Akhter, another Bangladeshi female worker, Hosna Akhter, has been rescued in Saudi Arabia after a video sent to her husband describing physical and mental torture inflicted on her by her employer has gone viral.
Worst air pollution grips Dhaka’s 20mn people this winter
Dhaka, Nov 26 – As the dry season sets in, the pollution level in the capital reached its extreme level due to uncontrolled discharge of dust from construction works and road digging, posing serious health risks to the city dwellers,…
3 JMB militant outfit men to die for murder in C’Nawabganj
Dhaka, Nov 25 – A court here on Monday sentenced three members of banned militant outfit Jama’atulMujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2012. The condemned convicts are—Sanwar Hossain, Jahangir…
Road Transport Act execution to be made tolerable: Quader
Dhaka, Nov 25 – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said the Road Transport Act will be enforced keeping it at a tolerable level.
Shooting of ‘Ityadi’ in Bandarban
Culture Desk Over the last couple of years, popular variety show ‘Ityadi’ has been under the camera at different historic places.
Debojyoti Mishra composes background music of ‘Gondi’
Culture Desk Editing of the second film ‘Gondi’ by Fakhrul Arefin Khan, the maker of ‘Bhuban Majhii’, is underway.
ACC prosecutes 7 for embezzling Tk 9.15cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against four doctors and three businessmen over the embezzlement of Tk 9.15 crore from Chittagong 250-Bed General Hospital.
Fauzia Khan’s two documentaries screened at Goethe Institute
DHAKA, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 – Two documentary films of independent documentary filmmaker, film editor and educator Fauzia Khan were screened at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh on Sunday.
Dhaka again ranks very unhealthy worst Air Quality Index
Dhaka, Nov 25 – Bangladesh’s capital city was ranked the very unhealthy worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning.
Bangla Bond attracts interests of overseas investors
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Overseas investors have shown interest in ‘Bangla Bond, the first-ever Bangladeshi Taka-denominated bond listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on November 11.
Music legend Mobarak Hossain Khan passes away
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Renowned Bangladeshi musicologist, classical musician and writer Mobarak Hossain Khan (81) breathed his last on Sunday at his residence in West Rampura in the capital. Reenat Fauzia, educationist and daughter of the Swadhinota Padak- winning classical…
BNP renews call for mass movement to free Khaleda
Dhaka, Nov. 24 – Criticising the government for its ‘failure’ to control the soaring prices of essential items and take action against unscrupulous business syndicates, BNP senior leaders on Sunday declared to wage a mass movement to ensure its fall…
2nd IDLC Theatre Festival cocludes at Shilpakala Academy
Dhaka, Nov 24 – The second edition of IDLC Theatre Festival, a five-day special initiative of IDLC Finance Limited, concluded on Saturday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).