BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said on Saturday that the ruling Awami League is a burden on the country and the people should get rid of the party. Addressing a big public meeting at the Kanchpur Balur Maath Begum Zia …
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BNP-Jamaat plotting anarchy centering Jan 5: Nasim
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Saturday said BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are plotting to create anarchy in the country sometime around January 5 next year. “The country’s democracy was saved by holding the nation election on January 5 under the leadership…
Locals collect spilled oil with tubs, experts for using soaking fibre
Five days after oil tanker ‘OT Southern Star 7’ capsized in the Shela River, the authorities on Saturday started removing the spilled oil from 30 cannels of the Sundarbans engaging 200 workers. Amir Hossain, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sundarbans…
Lima climate talks: Summit continues through night
Talks have continued well past the official close of business on the final day of a key UN climate summit in Peru aimed at advancing a new global treaty. The negotiators in the capital, Lima, are tasked with preparing a…
Missing likns to the oil tanker capsize baffle experts
Khulna – Some missing links in the movement of the oil tanket – ‘OT Southern Star 7’- from mongla depot to the Shela River have surprised concerned quarters in Khulna, highly placed sources have said. It is gathered that the…
Trader shot dead for refusal to pay extortion money
A transport trader was shot to death by miscreants over extortion at Ghorashal in Polash upazila in Narsingdi district early on Friday. The deceased was identified as Milon Miah, 40, a resident of Phuldirtek area in the upazila. Victim’s relatives…
BNP complains of govt move to obstruct N’ganj rally
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that the government has made ‘evil designs’ to obstruct their Saturday’s rally at Kanchpur in Narayanganj. “The government has resorted to evil tactics to resist massive public gatherings at the…
Green activists for immediate steps to remove spilled oil
Green activists from separate demonstrations in the capital and Barisal on Friday demanded that the government take immediate steps to remove oil spilled across a vast area of the Sundarbans from an oil tanker. In the capital, Sundarbans Rakkha Jatiya…
7 killed 14 injured in Jessore, Rajshahi, Dhaka road mishaps
Seven people were killed and 14 others injured in road accidents in Jessore, Rajshahi and capital Dhaka on Friday. The dead included four in Jessore, two in Dhaka and one in Rajshahi. In Jessore, four people, including a student of…
Khaleda to address rally at Narayanganj Saturday
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public meeting at Kanchpur Balur Math in Naryanganj Saturday. The meeting will be held at 2:00pm with district BNP president Advocate Toimur Alam Khandaker in the chair. Leaders and activists of 20-party alliance…
Sunderbans in distress: Spilled oil clean up bid remains distant cry
The authorities’ plan to clean up the spilled oil of ‘OT Southern Star 7’ by local people using foam and other oil-sucking materials got poor response as the furnace oil collection has become difficult due to its continuous spread to…
CIA boss John Brennan defends post-9/11 torture strategy
CIA Director John Brennan has defended the agency’s post-9/11 interrogation methods but admitted some techniques were “harsh” and “abhorrent”. Speaking at CIA headquarters, he said some officers acted beyond their authority but most did their duty. A scathing Senate report…
US Senate report slams CIA torture, lies
Washington, DC – The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report summary on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation program is a powerful denunciation of the agency’s extensive and systematic use of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. The 525-page…
Reflections from Lima climate negotiations: COP20, Day 9
Soscha de la Fuente, Dutch Youth Representative on Sustainable Development to the UN One of the big surprises for youth at this COP has been the Ministerial Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising, put forward by Peru and Poland. COP19 President…
Six crushed under wheels of train in Joypurhat
At least five people were killed and 30 others injured as they fell off a freight train and went under its wheels in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday afternoon. Four of the deceased were identified as Sadequl of Puranpoil…
Matia finds some envoys adding fuel to BNP’s polls demand
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that some foreign envoys are adding fuel to the BNP’s demand for fresh parliamentary polls. She also said the countries the emissaries represent had not been very much in favour of Bangladesh during…
AL avoiding polls fearing forfeiture of security deposits: BNP
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that the ruling Awami League is not holding elections as the are afraid of forfeiture of seturity deposits of their candidates. “They (Awami League) know it well that if they…
Sunken tanker pulled ashore, oil spill damages to Sunderbans huge
Officials warned Thursday that oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological “catastrophe”. The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres (75,000 gallons) of oil…
Ten flights delayed due to foggy weather at Dhaka Airport
Operation of flights of several international airlines, which were scheduled to land or take off, faced an unusual delay at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Thursday due to dense fog-caused poor visibility. Sources at the airport said…
Resist hegemonistic forces, says Khaleda on Bhashani’s birth day
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that the current government has sent democracy into the grave by usurping the state power. “The country’s independence and sovereignty are now in a deep crisis, as democracy has been sent into the…
Climate change, decisive for increasing inequality, injustice in Bangladesh
Saleh Ahmed, Utah State University Climate change is an issue which has direct implications on increasing social, environmental, demographic, economic, and political challenges all around the world. The multiplier cascading effects of climate change contribute to further poverty and inequality,…
Reflections from Lima climate negotiations COP20, Day 8
Jessica Olson, Sierra Student Coalition As countries are called upon to raise ambitions regarding emissions targets, Gender Day stands as a reminder that ambition must encompass more cross-cutting issues. Gender Day emerged at COP18 in Doha and has since become…
No election before 2019: Nasim
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim today said that there is no possibility of holding the next general election even a day before the scheduled time of 2019. Speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of triennial conference of Bogra…
Rab report finds 20 of its men involved in N’ganj murders
The internal probe by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has blamed three of its former officers for the murder of seven people in Narayanganj, including City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar. Rab unit submitted its…
Warrant issued against BNP sr vice chairman Tarique
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for Senior BNP Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case for saying Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ‘Pakbandhu’, friend of Pakistan. Magistrate Ataul Haque of the…
JS body asks DU deptt to study forced marriage
Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs yesterday entrusted a department of Dhaka University with the responsibility to carry out institutional and standard research on forced marriage, age of marriage and the right to pregnancy. A…
Human rights in Bangladesh on verge of ruination: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that now the human rights in the country is not only under threat but also on the verge of ruination. “The government itself is violating the human rights,” he said…
Spilled oil of sunken tanker spreads to 40 kilometres stretch of river
The oil tanker that sank in Shela river inside the sunderbans spilling 357,000 litres of oil spill in the fragile mangrove forests threatening not only fishes and other aquatic animals and plants of the river but also the forests on…
Another huge haul of gold at Airport, who to blame?
Customs intelligence officials recovered 43 kilograms gold, worth Tk 21.50 crore, from the freight unit of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Wednesday. The 43 gold bars, each weighing one kg, were kept hidden in a garment accessories parcel…
Foggy weather disrupts Bangladesh ferry services
Ferry services on the Shemulia-Kewrakandi route remained suspended for over 13 hours on Tuesday night due to dense fog. Foggy weather is being experienced in the country for about a week with the advent of the winter. Fog also disturbs…