An oil tanker carrying some 3.57 lakh liters of furnace oil sank in the Shela River at Joymonigol under the East Zone of the Sundarbans on Tuesday morning as a cargo trawler hit it amid dense fog , leaving its…
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Farmers support needed to expand cotton farming in Barind tract
Speakers at a daylong discussion urged the farmers and others concerned to expand cotton farming in the vast barind tract for boosting up its production to meet up the country’s demand.
Anti-militancy motivation programme urged
Anti-Terrorism and Militancy Ulema Parishad has demanded the government of launching motivational programme by Islamic scholars to stop militancy in the country. Maulana Abdul Latif Chowdhury, convener of the organization, made the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’…
Dissident JCD leaders go back to their organisation
A section of dissident Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders, who were left out the new committee orwent back to the fold of the organisation yesterday. The leaders led by organising secretary Ishaque Sarker went to the central office of the organisation…
Ensuring education rights for disabled children stressed
Speakers at a function here yesterday stressed the need for ensuring the rights of education and other existing facilities of the state for the children with disability to enable them to live a decent life.
Abducted shrimp trader rescued from Sunderbans
One week after the abduction, police rescued a shrimp trader from deep forest of Sunderbans on Friday night.
Three college students killed in Rajshahi bus mishap
Three students have been killed after a bus carrying Rajshahi College’s female students collided with another and fell into a roadside ditch at Paba Upazila, police say. At least 20 others were also injured in the accident in front of…
Section 144 imposed in Porsha upazila
The local administration imposed Section 144 in Porsha upazila today as two groups of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called their meetings at the same venue and time on the day.
Move to close cancer institute condemned
Leaders of different professional and socio-cultural organizations observed programmes in protest of shifting equipments of Khulna station of BTV and the move to close the proposed Cancer Institute of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) to Dhaka.
IBBL Shariah Supervisory Committee meeting held
A meeting of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held at the Islami Bank Tower in the city on Tuesday. Sheikh Maulana Mohammad Kutubuddin, Chairman of the Committee and President of Baitush Sharaf Anjuman-e-Ittehad Bangladesh, presided…
Mass awareness stressed for AIDS-free Bangladesh
Speakers at a discussion here on Monday underlined the importance of creating mass awareness among the people to follow the religious ethics and social values in making a HIV/AIDS free Bangladesh.
Bus accident takes life of a varsity student in Dhaka
Another university died in a bus accident. This time it happened in Dhaka. A private university student Sadi Morshed (22) has been killed by a public bus on Tuesday afternoon. Sadi was a second year student of BBA at Independent…
1.5 kg gold seized at Chittagong airport
Customs Intelligence officials arrested a young man in possession of 14 gold bars and 77 pieces of gold chain weighing 1.5 kilograms at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Monday morning.
BNP takes up month-long Victory Day programs
The BNP has taken up amonth-long series of programmes to observe the Victory Day. The programmes include placing of wreaths at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Mazar on December 14 and at the National Memorial for Martyrs at Savar on December 16,…
Three RU teachers punished for farud, neglect, embezzement
The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have taken punitive action against three teachers of the university on various charges. The actions were taken at the 456th meeting of the Syndicate held on Saturday night following recommendations of separate probe committees. RU…
Badsah, Elias new president GS of DRU
Sakhawat Hossain Badsha, special correspondent of the daily Inqilab and Elias Hossain, special correspondent of Independent TV, were elected president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Sunday for the 2015 term. Badsha bagged 366 votes while…
IU closed as fellow’s death in accident sparts student-violence
The Islamic University (IU) has been closed for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellow student in a road accident. The decision to close the university was taken at an emergency meeting of…
AL-BNP clash in Narayanganj: Juba League man killed
A Jubo League activist was hacked to death and 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami Leauge and BNP in Araihazar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain…
Santu Larma threatens non-cooperation movement
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) has threatened to wage a non-cooperation movement from May 1, 2015, if the government fails to take concrete steps to ensure the full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord 1997 within April 30, 2015.…
Thailand crown prince strips wife’s family of royal name
Thailand’s Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn has asked the government to strip his wife’s family of their royally bestowed name.
Sr journo Zaglul Ahmed Chy killed in city road crash
Senior journalist and international affairs analyst Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury was killed in a road accident in the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Saturday night. He was 69. Chowdhury, also former managing director and chief editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS),…
Optimum aquifer recharge is a must in the Hard Barind area: Speakers
Optimum aquifer recharge in the Hard Barind area is very important to protect its overall public health alongside the existing agricultural ecosystem through managing a groundwater basin efficiently and effectively, scientists and researchers at a workshop here said today.
Bangladeshi elected DG Int’l Mobile Sat Organisation
Bangladesh’s Captain Moin Uddin Ahmed has been elected the next Director General of the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) in a tightly contested election in London. This is the first time in the 35-year history of IMSO that a candidate…
2 BGB men killed in Dinajpur road crash, 9 locals injured in clash
Two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were killed as a truck crashed into their motorcycle in Fulbari upazila here on Friday. The deceased were identified Al Amin, 20, son of Golam Mostafa of Laxmipur, and Rubel, 22, son of…
One dead, 26 missing as trawler capsizes in Bay
A man died and at least 26 people went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal, on the outskirts of Saint Martin’s Island, early Friday. Port sources said a fishing boat named ‘FB Bandhan’ of Bengal…
Changes to UK transit rules, entrance without visa
From 1 December 2014 the airside and landside transit visa requirements for the UK are changing. These changes are good news for Bangladesh nationals. They include dropping the en-route requirement for Bangladeshi holders of Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and US…
Tamim fined, Masakadza rebuked for heated exchange
The International Cricket Council has fined Tamim Iqbal while Hamilton Masakadza has been reprimanded for their heated argument during the third ODI in Dhaka. The game’s governing body said in a media statement on Thursday that the Bangladesh opener has…
Hit by bouncer cricketer Phillip Hughes dies aged 25
Phillip Hughes could not regain his consciousness after he was struck by a Sean Abbott bouncer in a Sheffield Shield match on Tuesday. Team doctor Peter Brukner confirmed his death. Phillip Hughes was a talented South Australian batsman who scored…
Call to evaluate role of Unani, Ayurvedi diploma practitioners in PHC
A discussion meeting on “Evaluation of the Unani-Ayurved diploma medical practitioners in primary health care” was held on Tuesday at the Tibbia Habibia College and Hospital with its Principal Hakim Md Ferdous Wahid in the chair. Hakim Md. Yusuf Harun…
2 JMB members to die for killing police informer
A Dhaka court yesterday (Wednesday) sentenced two members of the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for killing a police informer in 2006. Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka passed the order…