Archive for April 14th, 2016

People in their thousands join Mangal Shobhajatra welcoming the Bangla New Year which was brought out from faculty of fine arts at Dhaka University on Thursday morning. — Sanaul  Haque

Nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh

The nation celebrated its most colourful and traditional festival Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1423, on Thursday with much fanfare, festivity and enthusiasm together with a vow to build a secular, happy and prosperous Bangladesh…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National

DU female student pushed by cop

A Dhaka university female student was allegedly pushed by a male cop while she, along with others, was standing on the road near Dhaka University Teacher-Student Centre while the car of the inspector general of police was passing the area on Thursday evening…

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BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia addresses a cultural function organised by Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangshtha marking Pahela Baishakh in front of BNP office in the city on Thursday. ––New Age photo

Khaleda hopes for democracy in Bangla new year

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Thursday hoped that democracy would be restored in the Bangla new year, 1423, and called on all to move forward hand in hand for democracy…

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2 killed in gas cylinder explosion during refuelling

Two people were killed and four were injured as the gas cylinder of a car exploded during refuelling at a CNG filling station at Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital on Thursday…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Ukraine MPs approve Groysman for prime minister

Ukraine MPs approve Groysman for prime minister

Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman for the post of prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shakeup…

Mother, son killed in Brahmanbaria road accident

Mother, son killed in Brahmanbaria road accident

A woman and her son were killed and three people injured as a bus crashed into a Compressed Natural Gas-run auto-rickshaw at Shahbajpur…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National
12 killed in plane crash in remote Papua New Guinea

12 killed in plane crash in remote Papua New Guinea

Twelve people, including three children, were killed after their light plane crashed in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, police said on Thursday…

Tarana Halim receives death threat

Tarana Halim receives death threat

State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim has received death threat from unidentified miscreants…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina - Focusbangla photo

PM for exercising tolerance; discourages hurting religious sentiment

Extending her heartfelt greetings to all, including expatriate Bangladeshis on Pahela Baishakh, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said everybody needs to…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Man kills son in Gazipur

Man kills son in Gazipur

A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his father in Gazipur’s Khaliakur area on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Khulna jute mills workers get wage of 2 weeks

Khulna jute mills workers get wage of 2 weeks

The workers of seven state-run jute mills in Khulna region got arrear wage of two weeks on Thursday and the remaining arrears in wage…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Atletico crash Barcelona out of CL

Atletico crash Barcelona out of CL

Holders Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League after being stifled by a brilliantly well-organised Atletico Madrid…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · Football, Sports
The kidnapping of the 276 girls triggered the global social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls.--AFP photo

Boko Haram releases video of kidnapped girls

A video released by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram appears to prove that some of the schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago from the town of Chibok are still alive…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Other World News
A crane falls  onto a building made of shipping containers at Dongguan of China.--AFP photo

Crane collapse kills 18 in China

Authorities in southern China say 18 people have been killed and 18 others hospitalized following the collapse of a massive overhead crane at a construction site amid a fierce windstorm…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · Asia-Pacific, International
Thousands of people join mangal shobhajatra, a procession for wellbeing, organised by students of faculty of fine art at Dhaka University celebrating Pahela Baishakh on Thursday. — Ali Hossain Mintu

Celebrations all around

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, is being celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions prompted by last year’s women assault on Dhaka University campus…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Bangladesh fails to maintain control over security forces: US

Bangladesh fails to maintain control over security forces: US

The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took ‘limited measures’ to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed at times to maintain effective control over security forces. The report listed extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, the killing of secular bloggers and […]

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Bed bugs’ thick skins beat insecticide

Bed bugs’ thick skins beat insecticide

Bed bugs might be developing thicker ‘skins’ to help them survive exposure to common insecticides…

PAHELA BAISHAKH : Restriction overshadows celebrations

Countrymen are set to usher in the Bangla New Year 1423 on Pahela Baishakh today as a government restriction on any outdoor programme after 5pm and protests against it overshadow the celebrations of the first day on the Bengali calendar…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES
The earthquake that shook the country causes a multi-storey shopping complex to tilt towards another building at Amtola intersection in Chittagong on Wednesday. 
— New Age photo

Quake jolts country

A strong earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar and was felt in Bangladesh and across the region prompting thousands of panic-stricken people to rush to the streets on Wednesday night…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES
Bangladesh Women Journalist Centre protesting against the sexual harassment in Pahela Baishakh Celebrations last year forms a human chain in front of National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday. — New Age photo

PAHELA BAISHAKH MOLESTATION : Police fail to arrest perpetrators

The police failed to arrest the perpetrators of sexual assaults on women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on April 14, 2015 although photographs of eight suspects had been published announcing bounties for information about them…

April 14, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

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