Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad today urged the party leaders and workers for strengthening the organization to lead it to go to power. “There is no alternative to the Jatiya Party in the next polls,” he told a function…
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8000 children born on 01 January in Bangladesh: Unicef
Approximately 8,370 babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh on New Year’s Day (January 1), UNICEF said today. The new babies will account for 2.17 percent of the estimated 385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day.…
Ex municipal councilor killed in Habiganj ‘gunfight’
Habiganj, Jan 1 – A former ward councilor was killed in a reported gunfight with police personnel at Magurunda village of Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj early Monday.
RU relaxes CGPA condition on teacher recruitment
Rajshahi – The Rajshahi University authority has decided to relax the CGAP condition on teacher recruitment. The unbinding on CGPA condition has been done for the second time in last two years. Besides, they also withdrew the accusation of sexual…
AL-backed panel wins JU Registered Graduate Election
Awami League-backed panel on Sunday won the elections bagging 18 posts out of 25 posts of registered graduate representatives of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) senate. Returning officer of the election Prof Sheikh Md Monzurul Huq announced the results in the…
Chief Justice quit because of corruption: Law Minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday claimed that it was corruption that prompted Chief Justice Surenda Kumar Sinha to step down from his post.
House rent consumes 30pc incomeof tenents
Rental house and utility costs are eating up 30 percent income of most of the tenants in Dhaka metropolis, according to a latest study conducted by a leading private university.
43 Foreign stalls in Month-long trade fair in Dhaka from Monday
The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF- 2018 will begin tomorrow at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, west side of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), in the city.
Court summons Farhar Mazhar and his wife
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday summoned columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akhter January 30 to the court in a case on charges, police brought against him.
3 suspected ‘JMB men’ held in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj, Dec 31 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Kamardaho in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj early Sunday.
Suspected ‘Robber’ killed in Comilla ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Dec 31 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Choyghoria in Chandina upazila of Comilla on early Sunday.
BNP seeks permission to hold rally on January 5
BNP has decided to hold a rally in the city on January 5 to observe the day as ‘Democracy Killing Day’ registering the party’s protest against 10th parliamentary elections held on that day in 2014. The party has already sought…
Scandelous gesture of two DU teachers
A Dhaka University male teacher was reportedly found along with his female colleague at his room locked from inside in the university’s Arts Faculty Building on Saturday. Dr Akib Ul Huque, an assistant professor of Psychology department, and Umme Kawser,…
Did telegram impact the world more than the internet?
by David Child The Telegram Service, Launched in the 1830s, Invented by the UK, User calls telephone operator to dictate message, which is then sent by post to recipient The last clarion call of the Titanic, an announcement of the…
12 dead in New York City apartment fire
The deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least a quarter century swept through a Bronx apartment building Thursday on one of the coldest nights this winter, killing 12 people and leaving four more fighting for their…
10 killed in attack outside Coptic Church in Cairo
At least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire outside a church in a south Cairo suburb, Egypt’s Health Ministry spokesman said Friday. It was the latest attack targeting the mostly Muslim country’s embattled…
World population to stand at 7.4 billion in New Year
The US Census Bureau projects world population at 7,444,443,881 people on January 1, 2018, which represents an increase of 78,521,283, or 1.07%, from New Year’s Day 2017.
At least 15 dead in fire at rooftop Mumbai restaurant
New Delhi, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Agora shop chief given 2 years in jail for adulterated ghee
Dhaka, 28 Dec – In a rare verdict, chairman of super chain shop Agora Niaz Rahim has been sentenced for two years in prison and fined Tk 50,000 in two cases on charge of selling adulterated ghee.
China criticises US-German embassies for interference
The Chinese government has criticized the U.S. and German embassies in Beijing for expressing disappointment about the prosecution of a Chinese rights activist and a lawyer. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters Thursday that a joint statement issued by…
Black athlete gets kickef off American airlines flight
Two black professional basketball players were kicked off an American Airlines flight after they were falsely accused of stealing blankets. The Associated Press, via the Guardian, reports that Trahson Burrell and Marquis Teague, who play for the minor-league NBA G…
Bangladesh’s first modernised fish market launched in Dhaka
Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) on Thursday officially launched the country’s first ever specialized government fish market at Jatrabari in the city, aiming to ensure marketing and selling of fish in hygienic environment. State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Narayan…
Election in six municipalities and 37 union parishads held
Voting in six municipalities and 37 Union Parishads of different districts is underway on Thursday. The balloting started at 8 am and will continue till 4 pm without any break. Besides, by-polls to the chairman posts of six union parishads…
Bangladesh lost many famous faces in 2017
Dhaka, Dec 28 – Bangladesh achieved many things in the outgoing year – 2017 – but it also lost a number of prominent personalities, both in the political and cultural arenas – that will take time to heal the wounds.
Next proceedings in Grenade Attack Case Jan 1
Dhaka, 27 Dec – Judge Shahed Nuruddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 fixed January 1 for next proceedings of the case lodged over the August 21 grenade when prosecution will place their arguments on legal points.
56 suspected ‘muggers’ held in special DB drive in city
Dhaka, Dec 27 – In a special drive, detectives arrested some 56 suspected muggers from different areas of the capital on Tuesday night.
Raw jute worth Tk 109-crore gutted in Khulna fire
Khulna, Dec 27 – Huge raw jute were burnt down in a fire that broke out at two godowns of a jute mill by Bhatpara-Bejerdanga road in Phultala upazila early Wednesday.
Bangladesh releases its first biotech rice
Dhaka, Dec 27 – Scientists in Bangladesh have developed country’s first biotech rice variety giving farmers an answer to the difficulties they face in harvesting the staple with machines. Stems of BRRIdhan-86, the variety that got official release approval Wednesday,…
Google celebrates poet Mirza Ghalib’s 220th birth anniversary
Google on Wednesday celebrated poet Mirza Ghalib’s 220th birth anniversary with a doodle. A poet in Urdu and Persian languages during the Mughal era, Ghalib became famous for his Urdu ghazals. His poems and ghazals have been translated and recited…
RMG factory opens in BD prison
Dhaka, Dec 26 – Country’s first-ever mini-garment factory, set up in a jail to facilitate income-generating activities, for prisoners will be opened in Narayanganj on Wednesday.