FE Report Former Marine Cadets in the country sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's intervention in checking irregularities and finding a solution to the existing visa-related problems of those aspiring to go abroad. The graduates under the banner of 'Ex-cadets of...
Members of law enforcement agency Thursday night arrested two persons with one pistol, one magazine and two bullets after raiding Al Islamia Sweets and Bakery under Khilgaon thana, said a press release of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Friday, reports BSS....
RANGAMATI, Dec 26 (BSS) : Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said today the BNP-led 20-party alliance is conspiring to create instability in the country. Earlier, they tried to make the country into a dysfunctional state through creating a constitutional crisis...
GAZIPUR, Dec 26 (UNB): Police in separate drives arrested seven leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, including the vice president of the local unit of Jubo Dal, from different parts of the city early Friday,...
A joint meeting of Awami League (AL) and its youth front Jubo League (JL) will be held today (Saturday) to discussion preparations to make the ruling party's programmes scheduled for January 5 and 10 a success, reports UNB. The meeting...
NETRAKONA, Dec 26 (BSS): Sixtyone years after Language Movement, the Netrakona Anjuman Government High School today withdrew the expulsion order on language veteran Azimuddin Ahmed. Azimuddin was expelled from Netrakona Anjuman Government High School for reciting a poem criticizing the...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 26 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion unanimously called for collective efforts for freeing the public transports from smoking to protect many non-smokers from passive smoking. They viewed the transports owners and their employees should work together for creating...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) President HM Badiuzzaman Shohag denied allegations that his organisation attacked BNP activists in Bakshibazar, reports bdnews24.com. He claimed that the leaders of the Awami League's student affiliate went there to prevent the clash. He was addressing...
The director general (DG) level formal border talks between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force began at the Pilkhana BGB headquarters in the city on Friday, reports UNB. BGB's DG Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed is leading a...
FE Report Based on the party's own probe findings, BNP feared huge adverse impacts of the recent oil spill on the Sundarbans and recommended that the world's largest mangrove forest be declared a no-go area for both water vessels and...
Awami League advisory council member and former railway minister Suranjit Sengupta, MP, alleged on Friday that BNP has been instigating politics of violence in the country, reports BSS. "BNP has been continuing its efforts as to how instability can be...
MADARIPUR, Dec 26 (BSS): Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan today said Tarique Rahman, elder son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, is trying to save war criminals by talking nonsense in London. "Tarique, now living in London, is talking rubbish to save...
NAOGAON, Dec 26 (BSS): Textile and Jute Minister Md Emaj Uddin Pramanik said the government has taken steps to reach electricity to all for the development of the country. "It is the government's priority programme to reach electricity to all...
Khairul Islam The National University (NU) authorities are set to enroll students for honours course based on their academic results of secondary and higher secondary examinations from the next academic year, sources have said. "It has become very hard for...
With a view to celebrating the 50th anniversary of founding of the Institute of Statistical Research and Training of Dhaka University (DU), a three-day international conference on Applied Statistics (ICAS)-2014, will begin at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban today...
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi and Daulatdia-Paturia routes in the Padma river resumed after several hours' disruption caused by dense fog on Friday morning, reports UNB. Sirajul Haque, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Shimulia ghat, said...
SIRAJGANJ, Dec 26 (UNB): A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Kuralia village in Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Marufa Akter Nisha,20, daughter of Mahmud Alam, a resident of Subarnagati...
RANGPUR, Dec 26 (BSS): Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said today the vehicles carrying excessive loads and reckless driving have been largely damaging the roads and highways across the country. He said load control centres are being...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 26 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a boy from a drain at Dainpara village in Mohanpur upazila on Friday morning, 15 days after his going missing. The deceased was identified as Fazle Hossain Rabbi,10, son of Amir...
NARAYANGANJ, Dec 26 (UNB): Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged arms trader in possession of a foreign-made pistol, one magazine and five rounds of bullet from Dharmatala Road in Khanpur area of the city early Friday....
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Dec 26: A trailer helper was killed in an accident at jetty number 13 of Chittagong port in the early hours of Thursday. He was identified as Samir Nath. Port police said trailer helper Samir was engaged in work...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 26 (UNB): Two motorcyclists including a woman were killed and another injured as a truck crashed into their motorcycle at Shah Neyamatullah College Mor of Sadar upazila on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Halima Khatun, 25,...
Today (Saturday) is the 80th birth anniversary of eminent author Rabeya Khatun. Once a teacher, Rabeya Khatun became popular as a writer after her first novel 'Madhumati' published in 1963. She was the editor of the monthly 'Angana' in the...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Enough has been written and told about the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, after the spill of 3,58,000 litres of furnace oil following sinking of oil tanker Southern Star 7 in the Shela River on December 09, 2014. The...
M. G. Neogi | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Integrated farming encourages farmers for manifold use of available resources to get higher benefits. Aquaculture is increasingly becoming an important income generating activity by the farm households who cultivate rice. The farm households in Bangladesh have huge demand for quality...
The recent oil tanker crash and resultant catastrophic oil spill in the Shela River in the Sundarbans have brought, once again, the critical importance of dredging of the silted rivers into a sharp focus. Due to non-navigability of the original...
Md Saidul Islam | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
Feeding the planet puts a lot of stress on the environment. Farming already takes more than 40 per cent of the dry land and half the world's available fresh water. The simplest way to grow more food is to use...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-12-26 00:00:00
The Jatrabari inter-section in Dhaka city was a nightmare for commuters not long ago. All vehicles at Saidabad were kept in waiting for their turn to move on. But thanks to the government's initiative, the Mohammad Hanif Flyover, although built...
Microsoft and Sony have been working to restore internet platforms for their Xbox and PlayStation gamers' consoles. Attacks disabled the online services on Christmas Day making it difficult for users to log on. A message on the Xbox status page...
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