FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The government has finally decided to reconstruct the financially 'non-viable' Kulaura-Shahbajpur railway track in northeastern Sylhet allegedly to meet the Indian need. The proposed project remained pending for nearly one year following strong opposition from different government agencies as the...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
Yet another four-storey building in city's Siddik Bazar area developed cracks for faulty construction last week forcing panic-stricken inmates to evacuate. Occupants of two other adjacent semi-pucca houses also left their homes out of fear. The Financial Express (FE) in...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against an alleged money-launderer for siphoning off about Tk 3.28 billion, reports UNB. The Commission at its recent meeting approved a proposal for filing the case against Mohammad Sabbir,...
Terming August 15 a 'Day of Stigma' for the Bengali nation, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said the defeated forces of 1971 grabbed power on this day after killing Father of the Nation along with his family members, reports BSS....
The government is now 'regulating' democracy, claims BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, report agencies. "The government controls the administration and judiciary. In its latest move they made a broadcast policy to control the media. The sole objective...
General Secretary of ruling Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam asked members of the party Saturday to refrain from doing anything that may hurt its image, reports UNB. "Let's not do anything that tarnishes the image of the party and...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said Saturday that the BNP should not be allowed to hold any kind of political rally during August, the month of mourning, reports BSS. "The BNP and...
The nation is set to recall today (Sunday) the cross-country serial bombings on August 17, 2004 with a renewed call of wiping out militancy from the country, reports BSS. On this day, the banned Islamic outfit Jamaatul Mujahiddeen Bangladesh (JMB)...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock Saturday at the death of Gopalganj District Council Administrator and former lawmaker Advocate Kazi Abdur Rashid, reports BSS. In a condolence message, the PM said the country has lost a dedicated politician...
Speakers at a discussion laid emphasis on joint efforts to develop Bangladesh and India , reports BSS. They made the observation while speaking at a discussion organised by Bangladesh High Commission in India Friday on the martyrdom anniversary of father...
The Election Commission (EC) is preparing to fill the reserved women seats in the Upazila Parishads for the first time since the local government institution was introduced about three decades ago, reports UNB. The latest 4th Upazila Parishad elections was...
Disaster Management Minister Mofazzel Hossain Chowdhury Maya criticised BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday for celebrating her controversial birthday by cutting cakes on August 15, ignoring the request of people 'from all walks of life' not to do so, reports UNB....
A Munshiganj court has sent the son of the owner of the sunken launch Pinak-6, Omar Faruk Limon to jail, pending hearing of a remand plea by police. Police presented Faruk Limon before the court on Saturday and sought seven...
Registration for admission test of Honours 1st Year students at Rajshahi University (RU) will begin on August 25, a press release of the university said on Saturday. The registration process will be performed through Short Message Service (SMS) of teletalk...
The body of a housewife has been recovered from a house in Boyra area in Khulna city. The dead is Depali Adhikari, 35, wife of Kalidash Adhikari, resident of Boyra area under Sonadanga Police Station. Officer-in-Charge of Sonadanga Police Station...
Speakers at a discussion have called upon the people to build ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh. They also called upon the people to remain alert against the conspiracies being hatched by the...
President Abdul Hamid is going to the United Kingdom for nine days for an eye treatment and health check-up. The President will depart in a regular Bangladesh Biman flight this (Sunday) adfternoon. President Hamid, who is 70-year old, has been...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has accused Awami League (AL) of indulging in rampant extortion on the occasion of National Mourning Day. She said through such act the party has dishonoured their leader. Speaking to a delegation of Hindu community members...
North Korea warned on Sunday of a ‘merciless’ pre-emptive strike as it blasted upcoming joint US-South Korean military exercises as a rehearsal for nuclear war. South Korea and the United States on Monday start the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian drill...
The Department of Drama and Dramatics of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has drawn up a 2-day programme to observe the 65th birth anniversary of late noted playwright Selim al Deen tomorrow (Monday). Professor Selim al Deen was the founder chairman of...
Two students of Cardiff International School Dhaka (CISD) excelled in Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level examinations. They results were published recently. The students were Sohaima Jabeen and Md Injamam Ul Islam, a press release of the school has said. Sohaima secured...
The mortar shell, found in a hill at Mathabhanga at Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar on August 5, was stolen on Saturday. Baharchhara union Parishad member Gias Uddin said miscreants stole the 32-inch-long powerful mortar shell weighing around 100 kg...
The Hindu community of the country is celebrating Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, on Sunday with due festivity and religious fervour. Different socio-cultural and religious organisations, including Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad and Mohanagar Sarbojoneen Puja Committee, chalked out...
‘Islamists’ have executed 700 members of a tribe they have been battling in eastern Syria during the past one week, the majority of them civilians, a human rights monitoring group and activists have said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...
Rolf Buchholz, the world’s most pierced man, has been barred from Dubai, where he was turned back at the airport on his way to a hotel appearance, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Airport officials gave no reason for refusing entry...
Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman said. ‘In the course of an assignment to eliminate a large group of terrorists, a MiG-29 was shot down this...
Rescuers in Nepal struggled to retrieve bodies Sunday amid fears of a cholera outbreak after monsoon rains swept away houses, killing at least 85 people and stranding thousands more. Torrential rain last week led to multiple landslides and flooding, leaving...
President Abdul Hamid has urged people of all religions to further strengthen the existing fraternity and friendly bonding with a view to ensuring national advancement and prosperity. ‘Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony. People of all religions of Bangladesh...
Pope Francis on Sunday baptised the father of one of hundreds of high school students killed in South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster in April, the pontiff's spokesman said. Lee Ho-Jin, 56, who lost his youngest son in the tragedy, was...
Israel will not agree to any long-term ceasefire in Gaza at indirect talks in Cairo unless its security needs are clearly met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. ‘The Israeli delegation in Cairo is acting with a very clear...
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