Amid a fresh threat by a group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) to resume their protest programme against the newly formed committee of the student body, five crude bombs were exploded near BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Sunday. Witnesses said…
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Turn in RU teacher murder case, college principal held
Amid strong protests against the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam, police arrested 20 people, including a college principal, in connection with the killing. Officer-in-charge of Motihar Police Station Amagir Hossain said local police and detectives launched…
Ex-envoys call for holistic approach to resolve Bangla-India relations
Former Bangladesh and Indian diplomats have called on their respective governments to train their focus on economic engagement and intensify security cooperation. Participating in a two-day first ever Bangladesh-India High Commissioners’ Summit organised by the international relations department of Dhaka…
Parliament greets Speaker, Saber for being CPA, IPU chiefs
Parliament on Sunday adopted a resolution greeting Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury for being elected chairperson of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and president of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Taking part in the motion…
Muslims found Americas before Columbus says Turkey’s Erdogan
Muslims discovered the Americas more than three centuries before Christopher Columbus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He made the claim during a conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Istanbul, pointing to a diary entry in which Columbus…
BCL good deeds do not get media coverage, says Joy
Prime Minister’s son and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday lamented that the positive activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) do not receive media coverage. “If Chhatra League does anything (wrong), the media covers it…
Bangladesh win series 3-0, white wash Zimbabwe
Bangladeshi cricketers have given another joy to celebrate as they beat Zimbabwe by 186 runs in the third and final match of the 3 match test series thus white washing the visitors in the Test series. The bowlers worked very…
HT Imam receives BNP accolades for telling ‘the truth’
The BNP has ‘thanked’ prime minister’s political affairs adviser HT Imam, claiming his recent comments have ‘unveiled the government’s conspiracy over the Jan 5 polls’. Party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday criticised the ruling Awami League…
Most BNP-led parties anti-liberation forces: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said “Most of the parties of the BNP-led alliance are anti-liberation forces. Slogans are raised from the public meetings of the BNP leader for release of the war criminals. If you look at their…
If Bangabandhu, Zia blamed who made country free: Kader Siddiqui
Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddiqui on Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cannot remain in power for even a month if he is arrested. “Arrest me right now if you have the courage. You (Hasina) can’t stay in…
RU teacher stabbed to death in Rajshahi city. Arrest killers: PM
A teacher of Rajshahi University was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Bihash area in the city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as AKM Shafiul Islam, 40, a professor of Sociology Department of the university. Sources at Rajshahi…
Don’t speak like immatured boy in AL language, Fakhrul asks Joy
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday asked Sajeeb Wazed Joy to refrain from speaking like aALn immature boy. He criticised the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son for saying that BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman was not a…
Bangladesh needs 9 more wickets on the final day
Bangladesh needs 9 more Zimbabwean wickets to get another test victory over the visitors. Bangladesh threw a target of 449 to Zimbabwe and they scored 71 for the loss of 1 wicket. Bangladeshi top orders batted with lot of confidence…
Indonesia tsunami alert after 7.3 scale quake
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia has triggered a tsunami warning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was a possibility of “hazardous” waves up to one metre (3.3ft) high on coasts within a 300km (186…
BNP missed election train, says Nasim
Awami League presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has said that BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia missed the last election-train. “Play was held on the ground but you couldn’t play. It’s your failure and that’s why…
Gas line catches fire in Dhaka city
A gas supply line caught fire in Dhaka city’s Gulshan area on Friday night. Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire erupted in the gas supply line near Navana Tower at Gulshan-1 at 9:12pm.
Govt annihilates democracy, Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the current regime has annihilated democracy in the country snatching people’s all democratic and basic rights. “Now the situation has turned so worse that people cannot express their…
Bangladesh on top after day 3, eye whitewash
Bangladesh is on the driving seat after the end of third day of third test match against Zimbabwe. They are 152 runs ahead of Zimbabwe with 10 wickets and 2 days remainingahead. Zimbabwe was bowled out for 374 giving Bangladesh…
HT Imam proves Jan 5 election was rigged: BNP
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the statements of Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam proved the voting in January 5 election held under the AL-led government was rigged. “HT Imam has made it clear…
Youth ‘inadvertently’ shot dead in Bagerhat?
A young man was killed after being hit by a stray bullet fired accidentally from the gun of a local Awami League leader at Palerkhanda village in Morelganj upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Masum Sardar,27, motorcycle driver…
Inflation declines by 0.24 percentage point in October
The overall general point-to-point inflation rate slightly declined by 0.24 percentage point to 6.60 percent in October this year from 6.84 percent in the previous month (September). Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal stated this while releasing the monthly Consumer Price…
Khaleda asks party leaders, ‘gear up movement’
BNP has decided to intensify its movement with tougher programmes on completion of the party’s ongoing mass contact campaign outside the capital. The decision was taken at a meeting of BNP standing committee members on Thursday night held with Khaleda…
BCS job assurance exposes govt’s extreme politicisation: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that PM’s adviser HT Imam’s reported assurance about arranging government jobs for Chhatra League activists has exposed the government’s extreme politicisation and nepotism. “The government has already politicised the…
Aman among 89 BNP workers indicted for torching vehicles
A court here on Thursday indicted 89 BNP leaders and activists, including its joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, in two cases filed for vandalising and torching vehicles. Passing the order, judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal of the Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal…
State should esure human rights of even offenders: Dr. Mizan
Criticising the role of law enforcers in the incidents of ‘crossfire’, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman said on Thursday the state must ensure human rights even to offenders. He said this while addressing a…
Attacks on lighterage vessels alarming, two bodies found
Police on Thursday confirmed that they recovered the body of a missing crew of lighterage vessel ‘Karnaphuli-5’ from the Monpura upazila of Bhola district. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Enamul Haque Mukit, son of Mominul Sheikh of Attail village…
Harris, Mayor Arif indicted afresh in Kibria murder case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in a supplementary charge-sheet submitted on Thrsday indicted eleven persons including BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the party chief Khaleda Zia, the the Mayor of Sylher Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in connection with…
Bangladesh 503, Zimbabwe 113/1 on second day
Rubel Hossain helped Bangladesh to score their highest runs against Zimbabwe, breaking the previous record of 488 runs scored almost 10 years ago. At once stage Bangladesh were 9 down for 452, but Rubel scored unbeaten 45 to help his…
Mayor Khokan gets death pealty in Bangladesh war crimes trial
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday condemned fugitive mayor of Nagarkanda municipality, Faridpur and local BNP leader Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of…
European probe makes historic comet landing
European robot probe Philae has made the first, historic landing on a comet, after descending from its mothership. The landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was confirmed at about 1605 GMT. There were cheers and hugs at the control room in Darmstadt,…