DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday made a clarion call for like-minded parties and people to get ready for movement against what she said government’s misrule. “Stand united against government misdeeds, including killings, repression, filing ‘false’

KURIGRAM:  Erosion by the River Dudhkumor has taken a serious turn in Bhurungamari upazila for last few days, threatening Sonahat Railway Bridge and Bhrungamari-Kochakata road. Bhurungamari Upazila chairman Abdul Hai Master said a stretch of 160 km, out of 170 km, on the west side of the

SATKHIRA: Two motorcyclists were crushed under the wheels of a recklessly driven bus in the district’s Shyam Nagar upazila on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Habibur Rahman, 25, son of Abul Kasim of village Koikhali, and Johor Ali Mallik, 28, son of Abdul Hamid of same

KOLKATA: A prestigious award introduced after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of independent Bangladesh, was given to three persons on behalf of ‘Chokh’, a Bengali magazine of Kolkata.The award was handed over on Saturday afternoon at Bangla Academy auditorium in the

DHAKA: Detective police held eight Myanmar citizens and a suspected trafficker from a hotel in the city’s Segun Bagicha area on Friday night.Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch (south) Md Monirul Islam said a team of DB police raided Nazma Hotel at around 11:15 pm and arrested

KOLKATA: The Indian central government has proposed to the state government of West Bengal to construct a flyover on the Teen Bigha corridor, which connects two cut-off localities of Bangladesh.With the construction, maintaining communications between the mainland of Bangladesh and its

DHAKA: Internet service providers said full removal of overhead cables is not possible within November 30, the government-set deadline, as the construction of underground ducts is yet to be completed. “We will remove overhead cables within the quickest possible time after constructing

DHAKA: Two water buses began ferrying passengers on the Gabtali-Sadarghat route Saturday to bypass traffic tailbacks in the overcrowded capital city. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan inaugurated the waterway passenger-transportation service as the ‘Turag’ and ‘Buriganga’ set sail

DHAKA:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the abrogation of the 5th and the 7th amendments to the constitution would strengthen the democracy, as the judiciary disapproved of extra-constitutional regimes.She made the comments Friday, a day after the High Court in its verdict declared

DHAKA: Huge valuables and gift items, lying unprotected in the warehouses of the Postal Department, are getting damaged, depriving the clients of getting their parcel intact. While visiting the storehouses of the Postal Department, this correspondent saw rats and insects frolicking

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni informed the British media that Bangladesh is not facing any pressure from any countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, about conducting the war crimes trial. She was speaking at a press conference with the British media in London organized by

SIRAJGANJ: Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas Friday said the owners of cattle which died of anthrax pestilence would not get any compensation but the government plans to introduce livestock insurance for the future. “If any cattle-head die because of irregularities of

NARSINGDI: At least 80 people were injured as hordes of rival villagers fought a fierce harpoon fight over a trifling matter at Nilakhshya in Raipura upazila Friday.  Witnesses said the village turned into a veritable battlefield as over 30,000 inhabitants of Darigaon and Haripur

KHULNA: A pickup van crashed into a motorcycle on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway in Dumuria Friday, leaving a bank official killed and his wife injured.The deceased was named as Bappi Sadhuka, 35, an official of BRAC Bank.Bappi’s wife, Shampa Rani, was admitted to Khulna Medical College

DHAKA: A suspected terrorist was killed in a gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members and his cohorts in the city’s Tejgaon industrial area early Friday. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam or Chanchal alias ‘Bhagne Shahid’, nephew of detained ‘top

DHAKA: The 34th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed in the country on Friday with due respect.Nazrul Islam, popularly known as ‘Bidrohi Kabi’, died on Bhadra 12, 1383, (August 29, 1976) at the age of 77 after prolonged sufferings. His death anniversary is

MADARIPUR: An eight-year-old child drowned in a pond in Kadirpur union under Shibchar upazila on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Saim, son of Lavlu Madbor from Forazikandi village.The victim’s father said that Saim fell in a pond adjacent to the house eluding everyone’s

DINAJPUR: Journalists in the district observed the 27th of August as Dinajpur Tragedy and Newspaper Black Day, commemorating a carnage stemming from the raping of a teenager. Amid a mayhem triggered by the incident, seven protestors were killed and eventually two policemen and their

DHAKA: Syed Manjurul Islam, an English Professor of Dhaka University, hailed the High Court verdict on the 7th amendment as a historic one as he said it would help the nation make up for the damage done due to martial laws.In an instant reaction after the verdict Syed Manjur told

DHAKA: A coalition of three UN agencies would jointly provide food, shelter package, and water and sanitation facilities to 14,000 Aila-hit families still living on embankments in Khulna and Satkhira districts. The Aila-affected families in Dacope and Koyra Upazilas under Khulna and