Detective Branch of police submitted charge sheet against 21 activists of Chhatra League unit of Jagannath University in Biswajit killing.
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Global warming to open arctic shipping routes
Who said the effects of global warming are all negative? According to new research conducted by UCLA, melting sea ice during the late summer will make Arctic shipping channels much more accessible.
Senior business leaders for dialogue to end crises
Senior business leaders have called for an immediate dialogue among the major political parties to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the interest of the country’s economic development and to save lives and properties of the people.
Eight Independence Awardees for 2013 named
The government has finalized names of eight persons for the Independence Award-2013 for their glorious and outstanding contributions at the national level.
Vehicles vandalized, cocktails blasted in city
Shibir activists vandalized few vehicles and blasted cocktails in city’s Mohakhali on Sunday evening. Otherwise hartal was observed in the city by and large peacefully.
Issues of daily life relegated to background
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson in a statement issued yesterday expressed his ‘sadness’ over the violence and the number of ‘senseless and unnecessary’ deaths of the past few days and called upon all parties…
Delhi in touch with Dhaka over Pranab visit
Ahead of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Bangladesh, New Delhi is in touch with Dhaka and monitoring the evolving situation in the wake of widespread violence that erupted after the International Crimes Tribunal awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader…
BSF issues red alert on Lalmonirhat frontier
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has reportedly issued red alert on Lalmonirhat frontier on Friday morning.
Mirpur-Banani flyover opens March end
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the Mirpur-Banani Flyover will open to traffic on March 27.
BNP out to protect war criminals: AL
Senior Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim on Friday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was trying to create unrest in the country right after returning from Singapore.
Some army men indulged in graft during CG rule: TIB
A section of the Armed Forces indulged in corruption and abuse of power to accumulate wealth during the 2007-08 caretaker government regime, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) research.
300 shanties gutted in Dhaka fire
At least 300 shanties were gutted in the Kallyanpur’s Natun Bazar slum fire in Dhaka Wednesday, but no casualties took place, police said.
BNP blames prosecution
The BNP says the ongoing trials at the two war crimes tribunals of Bangladesh were not being conducted properly and blamed the failure to get desired verdicts on ‘inefficient prosecutors’.
BCL-men beat up Shibir workers in Sylhet
SYLHET: Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly beat up at least three Shibir activists in Majortila area of the district on Thursday.
Hyderabad blast kills 15
DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed and 50 injured in a series of blasts in a busy commercial area of Hyderabad this evening.
Six points and the War of Liberation
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The fiery sit-in demonstration of youths at the Shahbagh Chattar for seventeen days to press their demand for capital punishment of war criminals attracted attention of the people from near and far. Many people expressed their solidarity…
Shibir president among 9 held in capital
Police arrested nine leaders and activists including the president of Dhaka South Shibir by raiding different areas under Keraniganj Model Thana early Sunday.
Anti-terror tribunal ‘soon’
The government will set up an Anti-Terror Special Tribunal to try top terrorists and members of the Islamist militant outfits, the Law Minister told Parliament on Wednesday. Shafique Ahmed made the disclosure in response to a supplementary query of Treasury…
‘Students key to future Bangla-US ties’
Students will take forward the relationship of Bangladesh and America in future, visiting US Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock said on Tuesday stressing on an educational exchange programme.
10 suspects held at Shahbag
Detective Branch of police held 10 suspected people from near the Shahbag Ganajagaran Manch on Monday morning. Sirajul Haque, officer-in-charge of Shahbag police station, told banglanews that they were taken to the police station around 9:00am. The ten people were…
Dhk rail link with Ctg, Sylhet halted for 4-hr
Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet remained suspended for four hours on Sunday night as some bogies of a passenger train was disconnected in Salda River area under Brahmanpara of the district.
Nipah stalks new dist, 1 more dies
The bat-borne nipah virus continues to kill people in Bangladesh as it spreads to newer areas this year. Its latest prey turned out to be an 11-month-old baby in Chittagong, where it struck for the first time since its presence…
Poor FDI blamed on weak infrastructure, instability
Bangladesh has failed to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at a satisfactory level due to the absence of congenial political atmosphere and infrastructure, experts said.
Injured BCL man dies: Hartal again in Tangail
The district Chhatra League called a half-day hartal for Wednesday in Tangail municipality area in protest against killing of Abdul Kader Bapon, the organizing secretary of district Chhatra League. Injured Bapon, who received serious injury during hartal hours on January…
Govt to ban Jamaat on ‘consensus’
A national consensus may set off the government to ban Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from politics, an Awami League leader said on Tuesday. Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul Alam Hanif’s comment on the widely discussed topic that…
Work on to end border killings: Shinde
Shushil Kumar Shinde Indian minister for Home affairs told Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at the latter’s office on the last day of his two-day visit that they were working to end border killings. The two countries on Monday signed extradition…
BNP won’t allow stage-managed polls
A senior BNP leader on Monday said his party would resist any government move to manipulate the next general election from behind the scenes keeping the opposition away. The statement is a response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks of…
‘President’s call useless’
he chief opposition party’s MP Moudud Ahmed said the call bore no value. “It’s not consistent with the reality. That’s why we cannot respond to the President’s call.” Zillur made the call during his opening speech at the 16th session…
Bangladeshi named for ‘Padma Shri’
India has named a Bangladeshi citizen for one of its highest civilian awards ‘Padma Shri’ on the occasion of its 64th Republic Day, being celebrated Saturday. According to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Secretary of the…
‘Nation not headed to anarchy’
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday rejected the BNP charge that the Awami League-led grand alliance government is leading the country towards instability and political confrontation. “A stable situation and peace is prevailing in the country. Instead, it’s the…