BNP seeks names of UP candidates
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday asked its field level units to send their recommended names of the Union Council polls candidates…
Archive for February 13th, 2016
Police not any party force: Kamal Hossain
Stating that the police cannot be a force of any particular political party, Gana Forum president Kamal Hossain…
Bangladesh secure 3rd place in ICC U19 CWC beating Sri Lanka
Bangladesh secured 3rd place for the first time in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup beating Sri Lanka…
PM urges officials to help female public representatives
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the field level government officials to extend all out cooperation to the elected female public representatives…
RAB man held on extortion charge in Narayanganj
A member of Rapid Action Battalion and his four accomplices were arrested from Sonargaon in Narayanganj on Saturday on charge of extortion…
Terrorism thrives on smuggling: Muhith
The minister for finance, AMA Muhith, on Saturday said terrorism is thriving on smuggling as there is a strong connection between the two offences…
BNP castigates govt for Rampal power plant
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday alleged that the government is forcibly setting up Rampal Thermal Power Plant near the Sunderbans…
Trained dog to provide specialist sniffing service
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has formed a new unit, ‘K-9’, that features trained dogs to carry out
115 bodies pulled out from Taiwan quake rubble
Rescuers have pulled out 115 dead a week since a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan’s oldest city of Tainan, leaving only two missing in the rubble of a collapsed 17-story residential complex, authorities said Saturday…
Pahela Phalgun delight paints the city colourful
Thousands are celebrating the Pahela Phalgun, kicking off the first quarter of festivities in 2016, on the Dhaka University premises on Saturday…
2 Indian soldiers, 4 rebels killed in Kashmir
The Indian army says four suspected rebels and two soldiers have been killed in a fierce gunbattle in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Army spokesman Colonel Nitin Joshi says…
2 bKash agents shot at city, Tk 13 lakh robbed
Robbers looted Tk 13 lakh shooting at two agents of bKash at Kafrul in the capital on Saturday morning…
Schoolteacher held for derogatory remarks against Natore MP
The police arrested a schoolteacher on Friday night at Kanaikhali in Natore town on charge of making derogatory comments against Shafiqul Islam Shimul, lawmaker from Natore-2 constituency, and his wife on social networking site Facebook…
Lawyer Khan Saifur Rahman dies
Senior Supreme Court lawyer and criminal law expert Khan Saifur Rahman died at a city hospital on Saturday morning. He was 82. Family members said Saifur Rahman had been…
Polluted air causes 5.5m deaths a year
More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according to new research…
3 ‘robbers’ lynched in Narayanganj
Three suspected robbers of a gang were beaten to death by a mob while they were fleeing after committing robbery at Zinda Uttarpara in Rupganj of Narayanganj early Saturday…
US scientists warn on ‘dustbowl’ risk
US scientists have modelled how a 1930s-like ‘dustbowl’ drought might impact American agriculture today, and found it to be just as damaging…
After 1,000-year split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East…
Rail link with north resumes after more than eight hrs
Railway communications among Dhaka, Khulna and other northern districts resumed after more than eight hours of suspension following derailment of a passenger train…
UP elections: AL, BNP in mire over single candidates
Grassroots leaders of two major political parties — the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party — find it tough to pick single candidate for the chairman position at each union in the upcoming maiden partisan elections to union parishads…
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