Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will issue its formal reaction to the speech of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following its Standing Committee meeting scheduled for Saturday night. Opposition BNP on Friday night said there is nothing new in the Prime Minister’s address to the nation calling for an all-party polls-time government with
Month: October 2013
Eid-ul-Azha celebrated
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Wednesday. After offering prayers at Eid congregations in the morning, Muslims sacrificed animals commemorating devotion of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) to Allah as illustrated by his readiness to give up his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS). The country’s largest
Raw leather prices up in Dhaka, low in Ctg
The prices of raw hides and skins are comparatively higher this year than the prices of those items were in the last couple of years in Dhaka while in Chittagong, the prices are low this year although the collection is high, market sources said. The prices shot up mainly due to strong demand of the finished ... Read more
Falling off the map at Thanchi: An upazila without administration
It is in the middle of nowhere. Located in the forested hills on the remote south-western edge of Bandarban district in Chittagong division, Thanchi upazila is 90 km from the district headquarters. The journey involves traveling on dirt roads, partly herringboned, and crossing hills and streams, as well as a bridge spanning the fast-flowing Sangu ... Read more
A different meat market on Eid day
Moni Mia earns his living by pulling rickshaw and he can barely run his family — wife, three children and his mother — with what he earns. Having beef, which sells for Tk 300 a kilogram at kitchen markets, at a meal in a day is a dream he can hardly dream of. But even then ... Read more
Police crackdown on Oppn ahead of Oct 25 rally
Law enforcement agencies have planned a massive crackdown against Opposition leaders and activists across the country, ahead of the BNP-led Opposition rally in the capital on October 25. According to police sources, in some parts of the country, they have already started arresting Opposition leaders and activists. On Friday afternoon,
20 murdered during Eid vacation
At least 20 people were killed and 85 people injured in three days of the eid vacation from Tuesday to Thursday, showing a severe deterioration of law and order situation. But the police administration claimed that the law and order situation was under control. Inspector general of police Hassan Mahmood Khandkar
450 houses gutted in slum fire
As many as 450 houses, including 24 shanties at a slum, burned down in the city’s Hazaribagh area on Thursday night. No casualty was reported as most of the slum dwellers had left for village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims. The fire that broke out around 11:30pm was
Prof Yunus for participation of all parties
Next JS Polls Prof Yunus for participation of all parties Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged the government to hold the upcoming general elections with the participation of all political parties. “We do not want chaos in the country. We want to cast our votes in a peaceful environment. We will not allow ... Read more
Bangladesh 58th in Global Hunger Index
Bangladesh goes 10 steps up in the Global Hunger Index this year to the 58th position from the 68th last year. But the country’s hunger situation still remains ‘serious,’ as defined by the index. The October 2013 Global Hunger Index, jointly prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe,
3.14 lakh in Bangladesh under slavery
Over 3.14 lakh people in Bangladesh are today living in conditions of modern slavery, according to Australian-based Walk Free Foundation’s Global Slavery Index. The Index that gives the comprehensive measure of the extent and risk of modern slavery, country by country, currently available revealed that over 29 million
Road accidents kill 30 during Eid holidays
At least 30 people were killed and 66 injured in 22 road accidents in 18 districts across the country during Eid holidays from Tuesday to Friday. In Sylhet, five people — Lekhon Mia, 35, Khwaja Abdur Razzak, 65, Ojiur Rahman, 35, and two unidentified ones were killed when a bus drove into a CNG
Casualty patients crowd DMCH
Dhaka Medical College Hospital received a large number of patients injured in traffic accidents during the Eid vacation. A number of people injured while slaughtering sacrificial animals were also admitted to the hospital on the Eis day, DMCH sources said. The hospital officials said they had
Return Hajj flights begin today
The first return flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Jeddah will arrive in Dhaka today after the completion of Hajj, said Biman officials. According to Biman fight schedule, flight BG0038 will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:45pm today. A Boeing-777 of Biman will fly from
Medicare, bank services leave people in the lurch in Barisal
Medicare facilities are being hampered in Barisal as unofficially the Eid-Puja holidays started last Friday and will continue at least till Saturday next. Private hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres in the city are now in holiday mood, almost suspending their services. On the other hand, general people and businessmen,
Encroachers lay hand on Khilgaon-Basabo canal
The Khilgaon-Basabo canal in the capital has long remained uncared for and is facing partial grabbing owing to poor maintenance by the authorities concerned. Though Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority officials claimed that there was no illegal occupants of the canal, residents of surrounding areas blamed
Khulna leaders on cattle buying spree to host pre-polls feasts
The quantity of rawhide appears to mark a rise by 20-25 per cent here this time compared to previous years due to an uptrend in buying sacrificial animals by Muslim political leaders as they want to kill two birds with one stone — performing Eid-ul-Azha ritual and electioneering with hosting feasts. During visits to different cattle ... Read more
CCC takes steps to remove wastes during Eid
The Chittagong City Corporation has taken steps to ensure the cleanliness of the port city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as the city witness a huge amount of garbage generated from the slaughtering of sacrificial cattle. The city corporation in this regard opened a control room and formed a vigilance team to oversee the garbage removing work. The CCC ... Read more
Wildlife in peril
Large vessels using channel thru’ the forest creating disturbance; regular waterway silted up for long A temporary water transport channel through the Sundarbans has turned into a regular route over the last two years as the authorities concerned have yet to restore the navigability of the original route. Subsequently, the ecosystem and wildlife of the ... Read more
Tailbacks delay travel home
Home-goers on their way to the outlying areas continued suffering in tailbacks on different highways as the six-day long holidays, including the four-day official Puja and Eid vacation, began on Monday with hundreds of thousands of people already leaving Dhaka to celebrate the festivals. Many passengers alleged that extra fares