DHAKA: The record lowest 3° Celsius temperature has been recorded in Syedpur of Nilphamari on Thursday.
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Gas explosion burns 5 of a family in city
DHAKA: Five members of a family were seriously burned following a gas explosion in city’s Rampura area early Thursday.
Indian fire kills Pakistan soldier in Kashmir
DHAKA: The Pakistani military said Indian troops shot and killed a Pakistani soldier on Thursday, the third deadly cross-border incident reported in five days in the disputed Kashmir region.
Tablig Biswa Ijtema begins today
DHAKA: With myriad devotees from home and abroad thronging the bank of Turag, the first-phase of Biswa Ijtema, billed second-largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, will begin Friday with religious sermons delivered by Islamic scholars.
Cold, fog halt normal activities
Staff Reporter The coldest winter in decades intensified further on Thursday with low pressure over Siberian region pushing chilly winds towards Bangladesh forcing the mercury to dip bellower level. The bone-chilling weather for the last three consecutive days has almost…
Leftists are theorists: Muhith
Jan 9: “It’s usual that the leftist parties will observe hartal as they don’t know how the state is run,” he told reporters at his Secretariat office.
Lowest temperature in 4 decades
Bangladesh has, like neighbouring India, recorded the lowest temperature in over four decades amidst a raging cold wave.
ACC seizes files in Padma probe
The investigative team of the national antigraft agency seized the documents almost a month after it sued seven persons on charges of the conspiracy for appointing a Canadian company, SNC Lavalin, as the consultant for the country’s largest-ever infrastructure development…
Hire more from Bangladesh: Khaleda to Saudi Speaker
Jan 8: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia urged Saudi Arabian Assembly Speaker on Tuesday to recruit more workers from Bangladesh.
No Saudi pressure to stop war trial: Dipu
Jan 8: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Tuesday denied any pressure created by Saudi Arabia on Bangladesh government to stop trial of crimes against humanity committed during liberation war in 1971.
Rafiqul killing planned: Tariqul
BNP Standing Committe member Tariqul Islam on Monday has alleged that the government was behind the killing of the BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder. The senior BNP leader was speaking to journalists at headquarter premises in Naya Paltan before the…
FBCCI for Govt-Opposition dialogue
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed on Monday said the business community would request leaders of the two main political parties to start a dialogue to end the prevailing political impasse.…
‘Microscope needed to find govt’s succeess’
A senior leader of the opposition BNP on Sunday said the Awami League-led government’s failures in the last four years have put its successes in the shade. Standing Committee Member Tariqul Islam made the observation at a press conference convened…
Strike ends ‘peacefully’ amid tight security
The general strike called by the opposition to protest against the latest hike in fuel oil prices ended without any major incident on Sunday.
BNP leader’s handcuffed body recovered
Kushtia – A BNP leader of Dhaka city unit who was picked up allegedly by Rab men in Jhenidah district on Saturday evening was found dead in Kumarkhali upazila here early Sunday.
PM ‘s address postponed
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who was address the nation on Sunday as the Awami League-led government enters the final year of its tenure has not made the address which was postponed late in the afternoon. Her speech was to be…
Govt agents torch vehicles, blame opposition: Tariqul
Dhaka – BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam on Sunday alleged that the government agents were torching vehicles and the blame was being shifted to the opposition with a view to oppressing the opposition men more.
4 vehicles torched on hartal eve
Four vehicles were torched in the city’s Ramna, Azimpur, Tejgaon and Mirpur areas on Saturday afternoon ahead of the countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance for Sunday.
18-party call countrywide shutdown Sunday
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Friday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday in protest against the fuel price hike.
Pol will must to resolve water conflicts: Hasan
Dhaka – Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday underscored the need for forging a strong political will to resolve the ongoing trans-border water problems in the South Asia region.
Slow treaty execution worsen salinity intrusion: Inu
Dhaka – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Friday said the execution of 1996 Ganges water sharing treaty between Bangladesh and India is lagging behind and leading to rapid saline water intrusion in the Southwestern river channels of the downstream…
Ziauddin asked to explain skype talks
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 asked expatriate legal expert Ahmed Ziauddin residing in Belgium to explain why legal proceedings should not be taken against him on charge of obstructing fair process of war crimes trial.
ICT rejects retrial pleas
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Thursday rejected the retrial pleas of Jamaat’s former Ameer Ghulam Azam, Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee detained for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the liberation war in…
Pak beat India by five wickets in Ist T-20
DHAKA: Shoaib Malik`s unbeaten half-century ensured Pakistan began their ground-breaking tour of India with a five-wicket victory in the opening Twenty20 international.
Delayed implement of big power plants forcing renewal of rental
Anisul Islam Noor The government has generated around 3750MW electricity by setting up 44 quick and rental power plants under a short-term plan to meet the growing demand of power in the last four years, Power development Board (PDB) sources…
Tarique’s legal notice to PM
Dhaka — BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday sent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a legal notice for making ,what he described, a ‘false’ statement against him.
BNP skeptical about AL’s dialogue talk
Dhaka — The government’s proposal to end the political impasse through dialogues will not help, BNP Standing Committee Member Tariqul Islam said on Wednesday.
Power tariff hike this month
Dhaka — The energy regulator, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), on Monday said it will make an announcement in the first week of January regarding its decision on further power tariff raise.
Secretariat blast case deferred
Court Correspondent The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Tuesday deferred hearing in the secretariat bomb blast case filed against leaders of BNP-led 18-Party Alliance to January 29. Lawyers on behalf of BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabira Rizvi and some…
Protected: Decision on ICT retrial pleas Thursday
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