The body of a schoolgirl found from a paddy field at village Kapastola under Laksam upazila in Comilla on Tuesday morning. The Laksam police officer-in-charge, Abul kayer, said the girl went out of her house in the morning as a neighbour, Delowar Hossain, called her and did not return. Later the family informed the police
Month: November 2013
Hotel manager jailed for life for murder
A trial court in Barisal on Tuesday afternoon sentenced a residential hotel manager to life term imprisonment for drug peddling. The accused was Sujan Chandra Gharami, 26, son of the late Nakulesh Chandra Gharami of Ichhapur under Bakerganj in Barisal and former manager of Hotel Multi Plaza at Katpatty Road in the city. Ali Haidar, judge of ... Read more
1 dies falling from truck
A man died and another was critically injured falling from a vegetable- carrying truck on Dhaka-Barisal highway early Tuesday. The deceased was Rafikul Islam Bakul, 26, son of Abdur Razzak, and the injured was Abu Lice Mia, 20, son of Zamal Mia and also assistant of the truck. Lice Mia said they were coming from Meherpur
BU admission tests postponed
The Barisal University admission tests have been postponed till further notice because of the ongoing blockade programme of the BNP-led alliance, the BU officials said on Tuesday. The press conference on the preparations of the tests, which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday on the temporary university campus, was also
Zimbabwean duo incurs BCB wrath
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it will take to task Zimbabwean cricketers Sean Ervine and Sean Williams for unfairly tarnishing the image of the country to international media in a story regarding their payment in the Dhaka Premier League. The Zimbabwean duo made claims on Monday to leading cricket website Cricinfo that they were left ... Read more
Gazi hope Morgan does a ‘Fairbrother’
Gazi Tank Cricketers are hoping their underperforming English cricketer Eoin Morgan will produce a Neil Fairbrother act and in their last match against Prime Doleshwar and land them their first ever Dhaka Premier League title. The Irish-born Morgan has done little justice to his billing as a top-class cricketer, scoring only 70 runs in his ... Read more
Atique set for Nat’l Award as govt breaks long tradition
The government is all set to break a long tradition by awarding shooter Atiqur Rahman with the National Sports Award despite him already receiving the Swadhinota Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh. Atique is one of the six sports personalities to have received the award for his gold-medal winning feat in the 1991 Commonwealth Games ... Read more
Muktis top Group B, BJMC thru’
Muktijoddha Sangsad ensured top spot in Group B after eking out a 1-0 win over holders Sheikh Russell KC while Team BJMC also sealed their place as Group C champions after a 2-1 win against Brothers Union in the Federation Cup on Tuesday. Nigerian marksman Eleta Kingsley notched
Committees, chief selector on BCB meeting agenda
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is expected to be re-organised with the formation of the new standing committees when the executive directors convene their second board meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Several BCB directors have been busy lobbying for posts in their desired committees. Several key issues will be up for discussion,
7 killed in violence
Oppn calls hartal in Sirajganj, Bogra, Comilla, Rajshahi to protest deaths At least seven people, including a member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), were killed and over 200 injured as the BNP-led 18-party alliance supporters clashed with law enforcers and ruling alliance activists across the country on Tuesday, the first day of the 48-hour ... Read more
Polls without BNP may jeopardise democracy
Ex-advisers, jurists say after meeting president A team of civil society members on Tuesday evening urged the president to act within his constitutional authority to resolve the ongoing police impasse as the democracy ‘may be endangered’ if the next general election is held without the participation of the BNP. “The democracy in the country may ... Read more
Voting date can be re-fixed: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed has said the election date can be rescheduled if political parties reach a consensus over the issue. “The election date can be re-fixed if the political parties reach a consensus on the issue after resolving the present political crisis,” he told reporters in the capital Tuesday evening, a ... Read more
5 PM advisers step down
They will enjoy spl security until polls Five out of seven advisers to the prime minister, who were appointed with the status of ministers five years ago, on Tuesday stepped down. Public administration affairs adviser HT Imam, energy adviser Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury, economic affairs adviser Mashiur Rahman, health and family
China ‘closely following’ events in Bangladesh
Chinese Ambassador Li Jun on Tuesday said that China, as a near neighbour, is closely follows what is happening in this brotherly country. “China strongly believes that a stable, peaceful, prosperous and independent Bangladesh is a fundamental interest of the Bangladeshi people,” said Li Jun after a meeting with Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali at the ... Read more
CPB won’t join polls: Mujahid
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Tuesday announced that it would boycott the 10th parliamentary election slated for January 5. “Without consensus among political parties regarding the polls-time government, no election can be acceptable. For this reason, we will not participate in the election,” CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim said at a press
PM?resignation can end crisis: BNP
The BNP on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit office and the Election Commission (EC) to postpone the poll to resolve the political crisis. The call by BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came at a press meet at the party’s Naya Paltan office here on the first day of the opposition’s
People have rejected blockade: AL
The ruling Awami League Tuesday claimed that the people of the country rejected the 48-hour countrywide blockade programme enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance protesting the announcement of the schedule for the 10th parliamentary elections. “The countrymen have welcomed the polls schedule, and this has been proved by the normal movement
Situation not conducive to fair polls, says Ershad
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad has complained that a congenial atmosphere for holding free, fair and credible elections in the country is absent. “No level playing field has been created yet. You can ask me — is there any level playing field in the country for holding a credible election?
Minister clears air on TICFA signing
Commerce minister GM Quader on Tuesday ruled out any political ploy behind signing of the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) and declaration of the election schedule on the same day. “TICFA is a simple bilateral agreement to facilitate trade between the USA and Bangladesh. We signed the pact to protect and foster our ... Read more
Milon Day today
The nation observes today the 23rd anniversary of the death of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, whose killing fuelled the anti-autocracy movement in 1990 and led to the fall of the Ershad regime. Milon, the then Bangladesh Medical Association joint secretary general, was shot dead on the Dhaka University campus on this day in 1990 ... Read more