Moscow, Aug 1 (AP/UNB)- Five defendants at a Moscow courthouse attacked their guards in a bungled escape attempt, leading to a shootout that killed three people and wounded five others, officials said Tuesday.
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Energy Adviser lying over Unesco stance on Rampal: BNP
BNP on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister’s Energy Affairs Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury is spreading lies over Unesco’s stance on the much-talked-about Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans.“Unesco in its report said the power plant at Rampal can’t be…
US-Russia ties at new low with expulsions of diplomats
Moscow, Jul 31 (AP/UNB)- With a sweeping cut in the number of U.S. diplomatic personnel in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes further in an escalating rift with the United States.
BNP’s audit report to EC shows Taka 14 lakh deposit
BNP on Monday submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2016 calendar year, showing a fund of Tk 14, 04,878 in reserve.BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi handed over the financial report to…
EC holds electoral dialogue with civil society
Dhaka, Jul 31 – The Election Commission on Monday started its dialogue with civil society members to take their opinions over the arrangements to hold the 11th national election.
Decades of collusion over hazardous pesticides, chemicals
Watchdog Groups Digitize and Release 20,000 Documents for Public Review The Bioscience Resource Project and the Center for Media and Democracy today are releasing a trove of rediscovered and newly digitized chemical industry and regulatory agency documents stretching back to…
JU tense over case filed against students
Savar – Demanding the withdrawal of case filed against some students, general students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have continued their demonstration. on Sunday evening, they brought out a torch procession on the campus.
BNP slams police obstruction to Yunus Centre program
Condemning ‘police obstruction’ towards holding Yunus Centre’s scheduled international conference on social business here, BNP on Friday said it has demonstrated the government’s ‘despotic and vicious attitude’.“Police denied permission to Yunus Centre to hold its seventh international conference on social…
BNP movement failed, they cannot form govt: Obaidul
Mentioning the current circumstances of BNP, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said they have already failed in their movement, and so they cannot form the government.
Khaleda plotting against PM in London: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with her son Tarique Rahman has been hatching a conspiracy against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina staying in London in the name of treatment. He came…
JU students to continue demo till withdrawal of case
Dhaka – Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Wednesday vowed to continue demonstrations until the case, lodged against their 56 fellows in connection with vandalising VC’s residence, is withdrawn.
Saima gets Int’l champion award for autism
Saima Wazed Hossain has been awarded the International Champion Award from Shema Kolainu, a New York-based School and Center for Children with Autism, for her relentless and innovative works for the wellbeing of the persons with autism. Saima, daughter of…
SC orders restoration of Citycell mobile frequency
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government telecommunication authorities concerned to reconnect the Citycell’s frequency within 24 hours.
RU campus inundated by light rainfall of last few days
Rajshahi – The students of Rajshahi University (RU) have been suffering from waterlogging caused by light rainfall of the last few days. The problem of water logging is being faced for many years due to the poor drainage system, informed…
The birds, the bees, and sustainability
Q&A with Robert Engelman: We asked Worldwatch researcher Robert Engelman, author of the “Our Bodies, Our Future: Expanding Comprehensive Sexuality Education” in Worldwatch’s EarthEd: Rethinking Education on a Changing Planet, about what motivated him to explore sexuality education to move…
None takes responsibility for injuring college student Siddiqur
Dhaka – None is shouldering the responsibility of the attack on the National University student Siddiqur Rahman who is currently struggling for saving his eye injuries in a city hospital.
Ruling AL party violating Human Rights – alleged BD opposition BNP
BNP on Monday alleged that though the government often talks about a constitution, it has long been violating it by snatching political parties’ right to holding public rallies.“The constitution has enshrined equal rights of all parties to hold public rallies,…
Man shown dead: Police OC exempted upon apology
Dhaka, Jul 24– The High Court on Monday exempted officer-in-charge of Akhaura police station Mosharraf Hossain Taraf when he apologised appearing before it for giving a report showing an alive man, who intends to go to hajj, as dead.
AL trying to create anarchy over next polls: BNP
Dhaka, July 23– BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday alleged that Awami League is trying to create anarchy in the country with its plan to hold the 11th parliamentary elections under a partisan government making an excuse for…
N’ganj 7 murders death reference hearing at HC on
Dhaka, July 23 – Describing the sensational seven murders of Narayanganj as a planned incident, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday said people’s confidence in the law enforcement agencies should be reinstated through the verdict in the cases filed over…
Newspaper owners of BD against law hidering free speech and press
The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) has urged the government not to go for any law that appears as barriers to freedom of expression and freedom of the press. NOAB also demanded immediate annulment of the ‘controversial’ section 57…
Defamation case against UNO Salman quashed
A court here on Sunday quashed the much-talked-about defamation case against UNO Gazi Tariq Salman filed for publishing a ‘distorted photo’ of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the invitation card issued on the occasion of Independence Day.
Withdraw case filed against students: BNP
Condemning the filing of an attempt-to-murder case against the demonstrating students of seven colleges here, BNP on Saturday demanded the government immediately withdraw it. “Police charged batons and fired bullets on the students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University…
Egyptian court sentences 28 to death over prosecutor killing
An Egyptian court has sentenced 28 people to death for their involvement in the assassination of the country’s prosecutor general in 2015.Saturday’s sentences come after consultation with the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s top religious authority, over preliminary death sentences handed to…
Moudud finds neither road nor map in EC’s scheme
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said facilities like open veranda, emergency exits and fire alarms must be there in the buildings of educational institutions.The Prime Minister also said the alarm system has to be there in the toilets to…
Iran inaugurates production line for missile
Tehran, Jul 22 (AP/UNB) — Iranian state TV is reporting the inauguration of a production line for a new version of an air defense missile.
BNP calls acting EC secretary ‘pro-AL’ bureaucrat
Dhaka, July 21 – Describing newly appointed Election Commission (EC) Secretariat’s acting secretary Helal Uddin as a pro-ruling party bureaucrat, BNP on Friday voiced doubt whether the government and the Commission are jointly heading towards holding a ‘unilateral and staged-managed…
Anisul meets CJ again over Judges’ conduct rules
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq met Chief Justice Surendra Kuman Sinha in connection with issuing a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for the subordinate court judges.
Speaker meets Vietnam Nat’l Assembly President
Dhaka, Jul 20 – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday met Chairperson of Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
UK varsity event Thursday on how climate change taught in BD
A major international event aimed at transforming how environmental and conservation issues are tackled in Bangladesh will be held in the UK Thursday, July 20.