Dhaka, July 10 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged his party colleagues to find out effective ways based on political reality to defeat the ruling party with the strength of people’s unity. “The world politics…
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Dhaka to invite World Heritage Committee to the Sundarbans
Dhaka, Jul 10 – Bangladesh will invite World Heritage Committee (WHC) team to visit the Sundarbans and adjoining areas to prepare report on the environmental issue regarding the Rampal power plant, Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said Wednesday.…
Ban Ki-Moon wants global climate adaptation centre in Dhaka
Dhaka, Jul 10 (UNB) – Former UN Secretary-General, who is also the chairman of the Global Commission on Adaptation, Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday proposed setting up a global centre for adaptation in Bangladesh for the South and South-East Asia. He…
2 Viqarunnissa school teachers sued over student suicide
Dhaka, July 10 (UNB) – A court here on Wednesday indicted two teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case over the suicide of schoolgirl Aritree Adhikari. Dhaka Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Rabiul Alam framed the…
Man lynched after he knifed to death 3 villagers in Comilla
Cumilla, July 10 (UNB) – Three people, including a woman and her a 12-year-old boy, were stabbed to death allegedly by a man who was subsequently beaten to death by local people at Radhanagar in Debidwar upazila on Wednesday. The…
Bangladesh’s Ex-Chief Justice Sinha, 10 more sued for graft
Dhaka, July 10 (UNB) — The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case on Wednesday against former chief justice SK Sinha and 10 others accusing them of accumulating illegal wealth and laundering Tk 4 crore. On September 25 last year, the…
Signing bar: Khaleda Zia’s legal notice to Home Secretary
Dhaka, July 9 – Former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday sent legal notices to five persons, including the Home Secretary, for not allowing her to sign the power of attorney. Khaleda’s lawyer Barrister Kayser Kamal sent the notice to…
Internet users in Bangladesh hit 94 million: Minister
Dhaka, Jul 9 – Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Tuesday said the number of internet subscribers reached 94.4 million as of May. The minister said this in Parliament while replying to a starred question from ruling party MP…
Shujan demands Supreme Judicial Council probe 100pc voting
Dhaka, July 09 – Terming the 100 percent vote cast in 213 centres in the 11th parliamentary polls as ‘illogical and unusual’, Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) Tuesday demanded the Judicial Supreme Council (JSC) to investigate the irregularities and to bring…
Prof Yunus wins 2019 Global Women’s Leadership award
Dhaka, July 9 (UNB) – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has been honored with the ‘2019 Global Women’s Leadership Award’ at the Global Summit of Women in Basel, Switzerland. Prof Yunus received the award on July 5 for his internationally-recognised…
Rickshawalas block Dhaka City road protesting rickshaw ban
Dhaka, July 9 (UNB) – Rickshaw-pullers blocked roads in different areas of the city on Tuesday morning protesting the decision banning the plying of rickshaws on three major thoroughfares of the capital, including the Kuril-Sayedabad one. Abdul Kuddus Fakir, officer-in-charge…
Imam of mosque ‘missing’ for 19 days in Shariatpur
Shariatpur, July 9 (UNB) – The imam of a local mosque in Zanjira upazila reportedly remained missing for the last 19 days. The victim is Faridul Islam, 45, imam of Moralkandi mosque in the upazila and son of late Ershad…
Steps taken to make Bangladesh capital market vibrant: PM
Dhaka, Jul 8 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government has taken various steps to ensure a vibrant capital market that will supplement its efforts to make Bangladesh a developed country by the year 2041. “Various measures…
Bangladesh national killed in BSF firing
Dhaka, July 08 – A Bangladesh national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Indian territory across Kiranganj frontier in Chapainawabganj district on Sunday night. The dead body was supposed to be of Dulal Uddin, 18, son…
Rohingyas woes worsen as rains pound camps
Cox’s Bazar, July 8 (UNB) – Five days of heavy rains and winds have pounded Rohingya camps in the district displacing over 2,700, damaging over 3,400 houses and leaving two people dead, said IOM on Monday. “We’re only half way…
BD key opposition Oikya Front loses partner Kader Siddique
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB)-Kader Siddiqui-led Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) on Monday quit Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront ‘as the alliance has become inactive after the 11th parliamentary election’. Kader came up with the announcement at a press conference at…
Freedom of expression, media must in any democracy: UK envoy
Dhaka, July 8 (UNB) – British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson on Monday said freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy. “As Bangladesh continues its journey of reaching middle income status it…
2 killed in Rangamati landslide caused by heavy rainfall
Rangamati, July 8 (UNB) – A minor boy and a woman were killed and three others injured on Monday in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall for the last couple of days at Kalabagan in Kaptai upazila. The deceased were…
Gas price hike aimed at creating LPG market, alleges Menon
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon on Sunday alleged that the recent gas price hike was aimed at creating a market for LPG in the country. Speaking in Parliament standing on the point of order,…
গ্যাসের মূল্যবৃদ্ধির সিদ্ধান্ত বাতিল না করলে কঠোর আন্দোলন
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, গ্যাসের মূল্যবৃদ্ধির সিদ্ধান্ত বাতিল না করলে দেশের জনগণ রাজপথে নেমে আসতে বাধ্য হবে। তিনি বলেন, সরকার একদিকে বাজেটে করের বোঝা চাপিয়ে দিয়েছে, অন্যদেিক ৩২.৮ শতাংশ গ্যাসের মূল্যবৃদ্ধি…
Telecom regulator BRTC rules out arbitration with GP, Robi
Dhaka, July 07 – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday ruled out any possibility of arbitration under the existing law over its recent action taken against the top two telecom operators of the country. BTRC Chairman Jahrul Haque said as…
UNDP to equip BD women, girls for better climate adaptation
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – The government has joined hands with UNDP to implement a $33m project in Satkhira and Khulna districts benefitting almost 7 lakh people mostly women and adolescent girls to help them adapt better to climate change.…
Minor Sayma rape-murder: Prime suspect held in Comilla
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Detectives in a drive in Cumilla on Sunday arrested the prime suspect in the killing of six-year-old girl Samia Afrin Sayma after rape in Dhaka’s Wari area. They arrested Harun-Or-Rashid, a painter by profession, from Darbardanga…
Rains trigger landslide fear; Over 50 families moved in Ctg
Chattogram, July 7 (UNB) – Over 50 families have been evacuated from Jalalbad hill in the city on Sunday fearing landslides amid rains for the last couple of days. The local administration started asking people through loudspeakers to shift shelter…
Hartal lost its appeal in BD, says Govt minister Quader
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said hartal has lost its appeal as people hardly respond to such programmes. The minister came up with the remark as left-leaning political parties observed a…
BD left parties on general strike against gas price hike
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – A number of left-leaning political parties are trying to enforce a half-day hartal to protest against the recent hike in prices of gas for retail consumers. Supporters of the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) brought out…
No law enactment undermining HR concept: Dhaka tells EU
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has assured the European Union (EU) that Bangladesh will never enact or implement any law that may contravene the concept of human rights. He explained that the government of Bangladesh…
Crimes mark a sharp rise for law-and-order downslide: BNP
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday alleged that the incidents of killing, rape and other social crimes marked a sharp rise due to serious slide in law-and-order situation. “They (govt) have created an anarchic situation across the country…
Sharp rise in BD lightning strikes,126 killed in May-June
Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – At least 126 people were killed by lightning strikes across Bangladesh in May and June this year, according to data compiled by a non-government organisation. ‘Save the Society and Thunderstorm Awareness Forum’ said it gathered…
Bangladeshi artists going to the FOBANA Convention
Like in every year, a group of star artiste comprising of music artistes, magicians, actors, models, choreographers from Bangladesh will take part in this year’s FOBANA convention. The Artists going to the United States to participate in FOBANA, led by…