MUNSHIGANJ: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Saturday imposed a ban on plying of passengers-carrying vessels on Mawa-Kawrakandi and Daulatdia-Paturia routes due to inclement weather, according to a news agency. “BIWTA stopped plying of launches and sea boats (on Mawa-Kawrakandi...
A Swechchhasebak League (SL) leader was shot dead by miscreants at Bejpara in Jessore district town on Saturday. The victim was identified as Abdul Mannan, town unit president of Swechchhasebak League and son of Abdul Majid of Chandpara village in...
So far 45 bodies of passengers travelling in the sunken vessel Pinak-6 have been recovered from various places downstream of the Padma and other rivers. Of them, 27 have been identified and handed over to families, Munshiganj Deputy Correspondent Saiful...
The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways on Saturday demanded removal of the chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and other officials concerned in connection with the capsize of ‘Pinak-6’ launch. The main causes behind the...
A meeting of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust was held at its office at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka on Saturday evening. The meeting, chaired by Chairperson of the Trust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reviewed...
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Saturday said the recently formulated national broadcasting policy may be changed or amended after the formation of the Broadcast Commission. “The government has announced the broadcast policy but is yet to form the Broadcast Commission....
Nilratan Halder | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
A sports fete like the Commonwealth Games 2014 held at the largest Scottish city Glasgow failed to draw the attention of the media here it deserved. Why? One of the reasons understandable is that the games participated by former colonies...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
It's no surprise that the general Palestinians will eventually opt for the extreme path of self-assertion in their long battle against Israel as has been clearly evident in the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip. Owing mostly to its firm...
Waliul Huq Khandker | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Image of an organisation is very important for success of its activities. In the battlefield, a soldier moves towards the enemy risking his life without hesitation on command of his commander because of the latter's image of a war-field leader...
K M Formuzul Haque | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Adulterated food has become a burning issue for the consumers of Bangladesh. Edible oil is one of the important items that mass people use for cooking their daily consumption. Some unscrupulous traders in our country are blending low quality oils...
Farhan Jumani | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Dhaka is a mega city, home for more than 10 million people. It is the main commercial hub that serves the country's economy as a backbone. Due to over-population, unemployment, and to accommodate everyone with open heart, the city faces...
Md Shamsul Arefin | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
Nowadays multistoried and high-rise buildings are being constructed in the big cities; driven by the extreme necessity to accommodate more people through minimizing horizontal expansions as well as utilizing space-efficient strategy. It is envisaged that this trend would be spread...
KABUL, Aug 8, (agencies): Afghanistan's two feuding presidential candidates Friday signed a deal confirming they would form a national unity government after an audit of votes is completed to decide the winner of the fraud-tainted election. "Today myself, our team,...
NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (AFP): US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel met India's prime minister in Delhi Friday, seeking to boost weapons sales to a new government eager to modernise its military. India is the world's biggest arms importer and military...
ARBIL, Aug 8 (AFP): President Barack Obama has ordered US warplanes back into Iraqi skies to stop jihadists from moving into autonomous Kurdistan and carrying out a potential genocide against displaced minorities. The announcement of US involvement also came after...
NAYPYIDAW, Aug 8 (AFP): China's increasing assertiveness in maritime disputes was at the heart of Southeast Asian regional talks Friday as diplomats began a series of meetings also expected to highlight concerns over host Myanmar's reform progress. Myanmar President Thein...
NAYPYIDAW, Aug 8 (agencies): A man was shot dead after security forces in strife-torn western Myanmar opened fire as unrest broke out in a camp for displaced Muslims, authorities said Friday. Police were called to a displacement camp near the...
KIEV, Aug 8 (AFP):- Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed 15 Ukrainian servicemen and injured 79 more over the past 24 hours, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Friday. The dead included seven soldiers and eight border guards killed in...
Iraq jihadists control Mosul dam ARBIL, Aug 8: Jihadists have seized Iraq's largest dam north of their hub of Mosul, giving them control over the supply of water and electricity for a vast area, officials said Friday. "Mosul dam has...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
The eighth version of Mirakkel, a funny reality show on Zee Bangla, went on air on August 04 last. On its second day, the show produced a man aged 69 in typical Bangalee Babu attire. The jokes he cracked as...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
It is appalling to see that despite the bifurcation of the Dhaka City Corporation, meant to provide better services to the urbanites, there is no sign of any improvement in their basic services. Take the instance of garbage for example....
M. H. Bari | 2014-08-09 00:00:00
The cabinet on August 04 approved the National Broadcast Policy-2014, keeping a wide scope for the government to misuse it in the name of maintaining standard of news, programmes and advertisements in the electronic media. Once in force, all contents...
HABIGANJ: Seven people, including two siblings, were killed and three others injured in a triangular collision involving a bus, a microbus and a motorcycle at Tugli on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila Friday, according to a news agency. Two of...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Friday said the Awami League government has become the role model of annihilating life by resorting to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. “This government could not give people anything except dead bodies. It’s...
Tayyip Erdogan is set to secure his place in history as Turkey's first popularly-elected president Sunday, but his tightening grip on power has polarised the nation, worried Western allies and raised fears of creeping authoritarianism. Erdogan's core supporters, religious conservatives,...
NARAYANGANJ: BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Friday alleged that government is trying to hang onto power by controlling the media. “The government wants to cling to power by re-establishing one-party rule after snatching people’s basic rights through controlling the...
Bangladesh is closely monitoring the West Africa’s Ebola virus as the World Health Organisation declares the fatal disease as international health emergency. But the director of the government’s disease monitoring arm, IEDCR, told bdnews24.com that Bangladesh had nothing worry about...
ZM Aminul Islam | 2014-08-08 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Aug 7: Belated start of production, increase in per unit electricity bill coupled with a hike in production cost has hit hard fish hatcheries in Jessore, compelling many owners to quit the business. Alhaj Firoj Khan, Firoj Khan, President...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 7 (BSS): Speakers at a function urged the farmers to cultivate pariza paddy in large scale during the middle of Boro and Aman season to get additional paddy to earn economical benefit and achieve country's food security. "The...
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