Govt, opposition should end abuses: HRW
Human Rights Watch has urged Bangladesh government and opposition to put an end to the ongoing political violence and abuses centring the 10th parliamentary election scheduled for January 5. The...
View ArticleSleeping bus helper burnt in capital
An adolescent bus helper was burnt badly after miscreants blasted a petrol bomb inside his vehicle where he was asleep at Sayedabad in the capital this morning. Hasan, 15, sustained 90 percent burn...
View ArticleWoman held with 20 petrol bombs in capital
Police detained a woman with 20 Molotov cocktails at Malibagh in the capital this morning. Informed by a scrap trader, police held the woman around 8:00am when she went to his shop at Malibagh Super...
View ArticleBullet-hit rickshaw-puller dies in Ctg
A rickshaw-puller, who suffered bullet injuries three days ago in Feni during a clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League-police and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists, died at Chittagong Medical College...
View ArticleFresh 72-hr blockade from Saturday
With the country coming almost to a halt due to the ongoing nationwide blockade, the opposition alliance has called another 72-hour blockade from 6:00am Saturday. The anti-government agitation is...
View ArticleInflation goes up in November
Overall inflation rose by 0.12 percentage points to 7.03 percent in November from the previous month on the back of rising both food and non-food prices. In November, food inflation accelerated 0.17...
View ArticleFingerprints, digital photo for Canadian visa
Visitors to Canada from several countries including Bangladesh will be required to provide fingerprints and a digital photograph when they apply for a visitor visa, study or work permit. It will come...
View Article3 JP ministers meet PM, but don’t resign
Two ministers and a state minister of Jatiya Party met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today at her office, but did not submit their resignation as directed by the party chief HM Ershad yesterday. “We...
View ArticleFormer NZ cricketers at centre of fixing inquiry
A “small number” of former New Zealand cricketers are being investigated over allegations of fixing in “historic matches”. New Zealand Cricket has confirmed the International Cricket Council’s (ICC)...
View ArticleKhoka handed over to DB
BNP Vice-president Sadeque Hossain Khoka was handed over to Detective Branch of police today, 14 hours after he was arrested from Uattra in the capital. Khoka has been shown arrested in several cases...
View ArticleWB provides $390m for education sector
The World Bank yesterday approved a total of US$390 million additional financing for two ongoing projects in the education sector. Of the total, $265 million was approved for Secondary Education...
View ArticleMollah verdict full text released
The Supreme Court today released the full text of its verdict awarding death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for war crimes. The apex court published the judgement after all the...
View ArticleACC challenges Tarique acquittal
The Anti-Corruption Commission today appealed to the High Court challenging a lower court verdict that acquitted Tarique Rahman, the elder son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a money laundering case...
View ArticleOnus on political parties, observes Canada
The political parties of Bangladesh and its people, not the international community, will have to resolve the ongoing political crisis ahead of the national election slated for January 5, Canada...
View Article20 hurt in BNP-cop clash in Kurigram
Around 20 activists of BNP and a policeman were injured as the opposition men clashed with law enforcers in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram this morning. One motorcycle was torched while an ambulance, a...
View ArticleCyber experts uncover 2 million stolen passwords
Security experts have uncovered a trove of some 2 million stolen passwords to websites including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo from Internet users across the globe. Researchers with Trustwave’s...
View ArticleRail services restored in Gaibandha, Joypurhat
Rail communications between Gaibandha and the rest of the country was restored today, 31 hours after pro-blockade activists removed fishplates from the railway track in the district. Rail link of...
View ArticleUS seeks greater Myanmar military training
US President Barack Obama’s administration said Wednesday it hoped to expand limited training for Myanmar’s military but faced skepticism from lawmakers unimpressed by the pace of democratic reforms....
View ArticleSoundwave hacking!
In the future, computer hackers could steal sensitive data from people’s computers using nothing but soundwaves, experts have warned. German computer scientists have proved the idea is possible by...
View ArticleNSA gathering 5bn mobile calls daily
The National Security Agency is reportedly collecting almost 5 billion cell phone records a day under a program that monitors and analyses highly personal data about the precise whereabouts of...
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