BCL men attack CPB-BSD rally in Sylhet
Chhatra League activists attacked a joint rally of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) in Sylhet city yesterday, injuring at least 35, including CPB chief...
View ArticleBNP grabs billboards
At least 50 billboards of different commercial companies in Bogra town have been grabbed overnight by BNP men ahead of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s three-day visit to the Northern region. The...
View ArticleBad loans batter 5 state banks
Five state banks account for almost two-thirds of total default loans mainly because of politically motivated lending and financial crimes, Bangladesh Bank says in a report. The five banks — three...
View ArticleCoal dust a big concern
Even if emissions from the massive coal-fired Rampal Power Plant do not harm the Sundarbans that much, transport of imported coal through the Passur river may, experts say. The Akram Point of the...
View ArticleKhaleda to resist ‘one-sided polls’
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged the government was trying to hold a stage-managed, one-sided election and said her party and allies would resist any such move. “I’m here not to seek...
View ArticlePentagon chief holds talks with Egyptian army chief
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urged Egypt’s interim authorities to “advance the political roadmap” in a phone call with the country’s army chief on Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said. Hagel and...
View ArticleWhite House: Obama to host Netanyahu on September 30
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on September 30 to consult President Barack Obama on Iran’s nuclear challenge, Syria and Palestinian peace talks. The Obama...
View ArticleAustria stunned as poacher’s rampage kills four
Normally peaceful Austria was in shock Wednesday after a poacher killed three policemen and a paramedic before perishing in a fire at his farm surrounded by police marksmen and army tanks. The drama...
View ArticleHealth kick slows ageing process
Patients who adopted healthy diets, exercise regimes and “stress management” techniques such as meditation or yoga for five years developed younger-looking chromosomes. The type of change seen in their...
View ArticleBravo, Mr minister
At a time when politicians are a vilified lot, a 61-year-old Karnataka minister became a hero on Tuesday morning by jumping into a cold lake along with his guards and saving a family of six trapped in...
View ArticleSyria tense despite chemical arms deal
Damascus and key ally Moscow yesterday joined forces in a bid to thwart plans for a Western-backed UN resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons that allows the use of force. Russia came out swinging,...
View Article9 more accused to be charged
Nine more accused will be included in the fresh charge sheet in the murder case of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir said yesterday. Criminal Investigation...
View ArticleQuader Mollah to seek stay
Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah will appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking a stay order on the execution of a death sentence handed down to him for committing offences during the 1971 Liberation War....
View ArticleTestimony of prosecution witnesses ends next week
The recording of deposition of prosecution witness in war crimes case against Motiur Rahman Nizami is going to end by next week, the prosecution told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday. To...
View ArticleNo plan to use drones
India has no plan to deploy drones to patrol the bordering areas with Bangladesh, said the director general of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF). “We have no plans. We neither had any plan, nor...
View ArticleMueen had links with Jamaat
A war crimes investigator yesterday said Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, alleged leader of Al-Badr, an auxiliary force of the Pakistani army during the Liberation War, had links with the then high command of...
View ArticleUp to a big ambition
Thirty-year-old Al-Amin, a self-taught automobile mechanic in Pirojpur, has endeavoured to do something extraordinary. Drawing inspiration from a documentary on the National Geographic Channel, he has...
View ArticleJustification contradicted
While environmentalists are focused on the negative environmental impact of the proposed coal-based power plant in Rampal close to the Sundarbans, the government is looking at the massive project as an...
View ArticleAbul Hasan Chy among 3 charged by Canada cops
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has charged a former senior executive of SNC-Lavalin and two influential Bangladeshi businessmen and lobbyists with bribery related to the Montreal-based...
View ArticlePrice rockets due to trading racket
The steep rise in onion prices is not just the fallout of supply cut from India, but also an artificial supply shortage created by a nexus of traders, said a study by a food policy research think-tank....
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