Rush for Eid tickets
In about the middle of Ramadan, advance sale of bus and railway tickets kicked off in the capital yesterday morning to ease sufferings of home bound passengers. Hundreds of people thronged different...
View ArticleManmohan repeats old pledges
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday assured that India would do nothing to harm Bangladesh’s interests on the issue of waters, but gave no indication when the much-expected Teesta...
View ArticleTradition Lives On
Production of tie-dye and batik print clothes at Rupganj in Narayanganj is in full swing with Eid around the corner. Almost every other family in Rupganj is involved in the clothes business in one...
View ArticleLibyans ransack party offices after killings
Thousands of Libyans yesterday protested against parties including the Muslim Brotherhood blamed for a wave of violence a day after a series of deadly attacks in the east. Protesters ransacked offices...
View ArticleEmotions high as slain Tunisia leader buried
Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets yesterday for the funeral of an opposition leader assassinated with the same weapon that killed a colleague, as tensions soared after anti-government...
View ArticleSyria peace hopes fade further into the distance
Syria’s main opposition group wanted to talk about their “desperate” need for weapons, but Western leaders they met this week preferred to discuss floundering hopes for a peace conference. The two...
View ArticleBrazilian protesters wreck banks in Sao Paulo
Some 300 Brazilian protesters ransacked around 10 banks and set fire to a television news van in Sao Paulo on Friday before police dispersed them with tear gas. The demonstrators marched in the city in...
View ArticleBomb hits police vehicle in Tunis port: ministry
A bomb exploded near a police post in the port of Tunis yesterday, damaging a police vehicle, the interior ministry said. The blast, the first known attack of its kind against a security vehicle in...
View ArticleChef ‘too fat’ to live in NZ
Authorities in New Zealand have told a South African chef he is too fat to be allowed to live in the country. Immigration officials said Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130kg (286 pounds), did not have...
View ArticleTibetan sky burial
These remarkable photos give a glimpse into the closely-guarded tradition of Tibetan sky burials, where bodies are chopped up and fed to the vultures. Sky burials are a funerary practice in the Chinese...
View ArticleDozens of Morsi supporters shot dead
Egyptian security forces shot dead dozens of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi yesterday, witnesses said, days after the army chief called for a popular mandate to wipe out...
View ArticleOne in five persons living precariously
Bangladesh has made significant progress in reducing poverty and has met many of the UN development targets well ahead of other countries, a World Bank study report says. But one in every five people...
View ArticleJoy wants Harvard guy to run publicity
The ruling Awami League plans to engage a Harvard professor to conduct publicity campaign across the country ahead of the next parliamentary elections. Insiders say Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son...
View ArticleElected but not given upazila role
The upazila parishads are being run by more than 100 committees led by Upazila Nirbahi Officers, bypassing the elected representatives, said chairmen and vice-chairmen from different UPs at a...
View ArticlePM cooks to treat son on his birthday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took some time off from her busy schedule to cook food for her only son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on his 42nd birthday yesterday. Joy posted a photograph of his mother on his...
View ArticleMexico jails 9 Bangladeshis
Nine Bangladeshis, who were among 94 illegal immigrants arrested in Mexico recently, have been sent to jail for 15 days for their illegal entry into the North American country. An official release...
View ArticleDoping gangs on the prowl
Think twice before buying any medicine or food items from a hawker on a bus, as the hawker may well be a member of a gang, known as oggan party, which drugs passengers and robs them. Shariful Islam, a...
View ArticleNot succesful, so he resigns
FBCCI Vice-President Md Helal Uddin has resigned from two committees formed to monitor prices of essentials after the committees’ efforts went in vain “due to extortion by highway police”. Helal told...
View ArticleCity bursting with Eid shoppers
With Eid-ul-Fitr fast approaching, all roads yesterday led to the city’s shopping centres, which witnessed one of the biggest crowds in recent times. “Our store is packed with Eid shoppers. We couldn’t...
View ArticleEasy, safe also for criminals
Mobile money transfer has become a way for kidnappers and extortionists to get money as the electronic fund transfer system lacks the means to verify identities of account holders. Criminals can...
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