Salinity increasing in south-west region
Increasing salinity is affecting crop production and shrinking fresh water availability in the country’s south-western region, posing threat to lives and livelihoods in around one-thirds of the whole country…
Archive for November, 2015
Govt to raise service charge from users of river ports
The government is planning to increase various service charges from the users of river ports, jetties and ferries from January…
Registration for online version of newspapers unnecessary: Editors’ Council
Editors’ Council in a statement on Sunday said that it was unnecessary for the newspapers to get registered for their online versions as the Press Information Department began a process for registration of online media from November 9, 2015…
SI flees being charged with custodial killing
A sacked police sub-inspector fled from the police custody on Sunday after being charged with torturing a businessman in custody of Kafrul police station causing his death in 2012…
CLIMATE SUMMIT : Paris human chain gives emotional jolt
Protesters linked hands near the violent heart of the Paris terror attacks Sunday, giving an emotional jolt to world leaders flying into the French capital to try and save Earth from climate catastrophe…
MUNICIPAL POLLS : AL-JP want MPs in campaign
The ruling Awami League and its alliance partner Jatiya Party on Sunday demanded the Election Commission let lawmakers take part in electioneering in the forthcoming municipal polls while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was opposed to the idea…
Nepal blocks Indian TV channels over ‘blockade’
Cable TV operators in Nepal have blocked 42 Indian channels in protest against what they call an unofficial ‘blockade of goods’ into the country, reports BBConline…
Use Saidpur airport, seaports, PM to Nepal
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday renewed her offer to Nepal to use Bangladesh’s Saidpur Airport as well as Chittagong and Mongla seaports to enhance regional connectivity…
Priest files GD in Manikganj seeking security
A priest of a church at Utholi in Shibalaya upazila in Manikganj filed a general diary with Shibalaya police station on Saturday afternoon out of fear for a possible attempt on his life…
Two undergrads commit suicide in capital
The police recovered two bodies of undergraduate students in separate places from the capital on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Afsana Akter Babli, 20, student of software engineering department in Daffodil International University, and Milon Miah, 18, student of Tejgaon Polytechnic Institute…
NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF CHT ACCORD : Aggressive nationalism, lack of democracy blamed
Full implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord is not taking place due to aggressive nationalist, communal and undemocratic outlook of the rulers and policy makers, alleged top leaders of hill people at a discussion in capital on Sunday…
BOGRA SHIA MOSQUE ATTACK : Police still scramble for clue
The police are scrambling around in the dark to find out who had attacked the Muslim devotees at a mosque, Shia Masjid-e-Mostafa, in Bogra, killing its muezzin and wounding three more people on Thursday…
Narine ban removes gloss of 2nd phase
Table toppers Comilla Victorians received a blow ahead of their Bangladesh Premier League campaign as International Cricket Council on Sunday suspended the West Indian spinner Sunil Narine for his illegal bowling action…
Jessore madrassah student drowns
A madrassah student drowned in a pond at Jhumjhumpur in Jessore town on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Sonny Rahman, 10, son of Mosharraf Hossain of the area…
Tamim wants ‘whole truth, not a partial one’
Chittagong Vikings’ captain Tamim Iqbal said that he was not a ‘madman’ who lost his temper for no reason, describing his outburst against Sylhet Superstars owner who allegedly abused him…
PM to inaugurate main construction work of Padma Bridge
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the main construction work on the much-talked-about Padma Bridge and its river training on December 12…
Bangladesh win AFC Aspiring MA of the Year award
The Bangladesh Football Federation has been adjudged as the AFC Aspiring Member Association of the Year at the AFC Annual Awards 2015 celebration held in the Indian capital city of New Delhi on Sunday evening…
Dry weather likely
Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky over the country till 6:00pm today.
Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the river basins of the country during late night till morning, Met Office said…
Australia win historic D/N Test
Australia on Sunday claimed a thrilling three-wicket victory over New Zealand inside three days at the Adelaide Oval in the first-ever day-night Test match…
Workers’ arrears behind 53pc of RMG unrests
Nearly 53 per cent of labour unrest in the readymade garment sector took place over the due wages and overtime allowances of the garment workers, said a study conducted by Bangladesh Institute of labour Studies…
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