Fire broke out at a factory of Akij Footwear at Narasinghapur at Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday afternoon. Fire service officials said the fire originated on the first floor of the two-storey iron structure around 5:30pm.
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How climate change could threaten nutrition of millions
By Natasha Geiling The world already has a hard time properly allocating crucial nutrients to its 7.125 billion residents — and a new study published in The Lancet Wednesday suggests that global warming is only going to increase that challenge.…
Pak, India again trade fire Over disputed Kashmir
Pakistan and India again have exchanged fire over the disputed region of Kashmir after violence earlier this week killed at least five people on both sides of the border. There were no casualties immediately reported. Pakistan’s army said Indian forces…
Video shows separatists arriving MH17 crash scene — one year ago
By VICE News On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine while carrying 298 people. Today, a disturbing video emerged that casts more light onto conflicting accounts of the aviation disaster. The footage shows fighters…
Syed Ashraf gets Public Administration
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has poured cold water on rumours and wild speculations of her ‘strained’ relations with Syed Ashraful Islam, a week after removing him from the LGRD ministry. She has given the Awami League general secretary another politically…
Concerned Indians blame Modi Govt for harassing HR workers
We the undersigned express our profound dismay and disquiet at the continued official harassment by the central government of leading human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and Jawed Anand. Since the installation of the BJP led government in Delhi in May…
Alleged drug peddler shoots house lord
An alleged drug peddler shot his former house lord in Mugda area of the city on Wednesday night. The injured was identified as Mohammad Jahangir Alam, 48, owner of the house at 101 South Mugda.
5 killed in B’Baria roac mishap
Five people were killed when a pick-up van rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Soshoi in Bijoynagar upazila on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Fakhrul bailed 6 months after arrest need treatment
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was released on bail from the prision cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital yesterday, six months after his arrest. The BNP leader walked out of the BSMMU prison cell…
Khaleda replies to loan default of Dandy Dying
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday (Tuesday) submitted her written reply to the Money Loan Court-1 of Dhaka in a case filed for default of Dandy Dying Limited. Begum Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Ahmed Azam Khan submitted the written reply on her…
Trader gunned down in the city’s Matuail early Tuesday.
The victim was identified as Mojibur Rahman, 45, son of Showrab Ali Sarder. He was residing at his own house at Kajirgaon Mridhabari of Matuail. Contacted, Sayedur Rahman, elder brother of the victim, said Mojibur Rahman had cable (Copper) business…
SC upholds HC bail to Fakhrul in 3 violence cases
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld the High Court (HC) order that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases for six weeks. A four-member bench of the…
Private TV news editor Mukul again refused bail
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka again rejected a bail petition of Rakibul Islam Mukul, sacked news editor of private television channel GTV yesterday, in a case filed for torturing his wife. Magistrate Meher Nigar Shuchona of the…
Social business projects cross 1200
The 92nd Social Business Design Lab took place today 11 July 2015 at the Grameen Bank Auditorium. About 150 participants and observers, from national and international organizations with diverse background attended the program, including a large number of international participants.…
UN postpones action to halt deforestation under industry pressure
New York: The Global Forest Coalition [1] reacted furiously to the final draft of the Sustainable Development Goals released this week. Despite the fact that most Sustainable Development Goals were agreed upon in July 2014, the latest draft, which will…
Call election as committed: B Chowdhury
Bikalpa Dhara President Badruddhoza Chowdhury on Friday said the government had made a commitment to hold a fresh and inclusive parliamentary polls after the January 5 elections and should live up to it without delay.
Bnp terms PMs blaming Tarique in UK polls absurd
The BNP has dismissed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s allegation that its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman wanted to block her niece’s victory in the UK polls terming it absurd and illogical. “The Prime Minister told Parliament that Tarique Rahman tried…
College girl-slaughtered in city: Row over flat ownership?
A college Girl was found slaughtered inside her flat in the city’s Mirpur on Thursday. Police detained the mother and step father of the victim for interrogation. The victim was identified as Amena akhtar Reshma, 20, a 2nd year student…
Youth shot dead by BSF on Lalmonirhat border
A Bangladeshi young man was shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Lohakuchi border in Aditmari upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abu Sayem Hossain Jammu,35, son of Sohrab Hossain, a resident of…
Khaleda aides among 28 BNP leaders under warrant
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for 28 ‘fugitive’ BNP leaders, including Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia and Amanullah Aman, in a case filed with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Special Powers Act. Judge Mohammad Quamrul Hossain Mollah…
‘Oggyan party’-men including bank cashier arrested
Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested five members of “Oggyan Party’ syndicate, including a cashier of Sonali bank, from the city’s Motijheel area on early Wednesday. The arrested gang members are-its alleged ring leader Md Abul Bashar, a cashier…
HC verdict on second chance for admission to DU
The High Court has fixed Wednesday for delivering its verdict on the petition against the decision of the Dhaka University (DU) authority not to allow students to sit for the university’s admission test for the second time.
Hezafat wants Gaffar Chy citizenship scrapped
Hefazat demands stripping Gaffar Chaudhury of citizenship for blasphemous comments on Allah and prophet Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Allama Ahmed Shafi in a statement yesterday urged the Government to strip the citizenship of writer- Journalist Abdul Gaffar Chaudhury for what…
Govt seeks stay on Rizvi’s HC bail
The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division on Monday sent to the full bench of the division a petition filed by the state seeking a stay order on the bail granted by the High Court to BNP joint secretary general…
IGP’s call for Khaleda to be responsible indecorous: Bnp
BNP called unbecoming and unexpected Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque’s statement countering the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s comment and asking her to be ‘more responsible’ in making remarks about police. The party also voiced concern that the…
BSF torture cattle trader to death, BGB recovers body from river
Police on Sunday evening recovered the body of a Bangladeshi cattle trader, who was allegedly tortured to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), from Komorpur area along the bordering Ichhamoti River in Debhata upazila. The deceased was identified as…
Jamaat calls 2-day program for Mojaheed other leaders
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday announced a two-day programme demanding the immediate release of detained top party leaders secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed before the Eid-ul-Fitr. Acting secretary general of Jamaat Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced the programme through a press statement…
Brother testifies in blogger Rajeeb murder case
Slain blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider’s younger brother Golam Mortuja Haider on Sunday testified in the murder case while Judge Syeed Ahmed of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 recorded the depositions. Later, the court fixed July 14 to record the depositions of…
A case for ‘slow cities’
Sudhirendar Sharma Farrukhnagar is a small town located beyond the shrinking marshes of the Sultanpur bird sanctuary, on the outskirts of the millennium city. Located 20-odd km from Gurgaon near Delhi, it is an unlikely name for a town in Haryana.…
Over 30 nobel laureates urge rapid GHG emission cuts
More than 30 Nobel Laureates in a joint a declaration on Friday called for making rapid progress to reduce the current and future greenhouse gas emissions to minimise the risks of climate change. “Based on the IPCC assessment, the world…