Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said election would be held again, if necessary, after the January 5 polls by dissolving parliament if BNP shuns hartal, blockade and violence and cuts ties with Jamaat-e-Islami. She said election process has already started and BNP has missed the polls train as it did not come to the elections. ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Study finds toxin level 100 times safe limit
Toxic Toys Study finds toxin level 100 times safe limit Young children are at risk of serious health problems from toxic materials found in toys widely available in the capital city. A recent study, undertaken by the Environment and Social Development Organisation, identified high levels of lead, cadmium, bromine and chromium in all but one of ... Read more
Ganajagaran’s siege programme foiled
Pak mission to get enhanced security Police on Thursday foiled for the second day Ganajagaran Mancha’s bid to lay siege to the Pakistani High Commission in Dhaka. At least two Ganajagaran Mancha activists, including its spokesman Imran H Sarker, were injured as law enforcers charged batons to disperse the anti-war criminal protestors who tried to lay ... Read more
83-hr blockade from Saturday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-Party Alliance has declared another spell of a 83-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade from 6am on Saturday to mount pressure on the government to hold the next general election under a non-party poll-time interim management and postpone the schedule for the 10th Parliamentary election. Starting
US Senate body approves resolution on Bangladesh
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has approved a resolution on ‘the critical need for political reform in Bangladesh’, paving the way for a full Senate hearing on the motion. The resolution on Bangladesh asks the US Senate to condemn the political violence and urges political leaders in Bangladesh to engage directly in a ... Read more
Blockade violence continues
Stray incidents of violence marked the third day of the 72-hour-long nationwide blockade programme, called by the BNP-led 18-Party alliance, on Thursday. The opposition alliance called the blockade, demanding that the next election be held under a non-party poll-time administration and that the already
Decision on army deployment date today: CEC
The issue of deploying the Army during the general election would be decided tomorrow (Friday) at an emergency meeting on the law and order situation, chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said here on Thursday. The meeting will be held with members of law enforcement agencies and returning officers. “We need to discuss the ... Read more
SP gets life term for extortion
A Dhaka court has sentenced a superintendent of railway police (SP) to life in jail in an extortion case. Judge Md Motahar Hossain of the third Special Judge’s Court handed down the verdict on Thursday. Superintendent of Railway Police Mostafa Kamal, now posted in Syedpur, was awarded 30 years imprisonment for breaching faith as a public ... Read more
Mild cold waves likely later this month
Winter is yet to arrive fully, but people living in the sub-Himalayan districts in northern Bangladesh have already started to feel the bite. The temperature slid to 9.8 degrees Celsius in the hill- and forest-clad north-eastern town of Srimangal on Thursday. Though it provided respite to
India, US try to smooth over arrested diplomat row
India and the United States tried Thursday to soothe a blistering row over the arrest and strip-search of a female diplomat in New York, saying it should not do lasting damage to ties. After US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “regret” at the episode in a fence-mending phone call, India’s Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid
Probe into poll candidates’ incomes to ‘create chaos’
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it is unwilling, at this moment, to launch probes into wealth statements of ruling party leaders, who are contesting in the January 5 national polls “To avoid any possible indiscipline in the country, we do not want to asses the wealth statements given by candidates in their affidavits before
Probe bodies fail to submit reports in time
Gazipur Factory Blaze Probe bodies fail to submit reports in time The four separate committees formed to investigate the fire in the garment factory of Standard Group at Konabari in Gazipur have been allowed time to submit their reports after they missed the deadlines to do so. Three of the four committees are yet to make ... Read more
Hearing on Indo-Bangla maritime dispute ends
The hearing on the case related to the Bay of Bengal maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India concluded at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands on Monday. The Arbitral Tribunal constituted on the matter of the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration between Bangladesh and India has just concluded its hearing ... Read more
Victoria Falls to be renamed
President Robert Mugabe wants Victoria Falls to be renamed ‘the smoke that thunders’ to get rid of its colonial history. The president of Zimbabwe believes Victoria Falls does not reflect its liberation heritage. The waterfall, which is along the Zambezi River at the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It ... Read more
Art show highlights spirit of freedom
The spirit of war of independence has been highlighted in a group exhibition celebrating the 43rd Victory Day organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at the National Art Gallery. The weeklong exhibition displays 100 paintings by noted and upcoming artists portraying the images of the valiant freedom fighters, war scenes and massacres done by the Pakistani ... Read more
Dance show presents tales of ordinary people
Tales of the common people have been depicted through dance by the artistes of Shadhona at the Berlin Hall of Goethe Institut in Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Organsied jointly by the Institut and popular local dance troupe Shadhona, the dance production titled A Piece for You Dhaka was choreographed by German choreographer Thomas Leeman.
Sakib, Tamim back in leadership roles
Former national skipper Sakib al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal returned to leadership roles as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced four teams for the upcoming Victory Day Twenty20 competition. Sakib and Tamim were removed from their respective positions as national captain and vice-captain after the Tigers’ disastrous tour of
SA strong in reply after India dismissed for 280
Graeme Smith hit a battling half-century as South Africa made a strong start to their first innings after bowling out India for 280 on the second day of the first Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursday. Smith made 62 not out in a South African total of 118 for one as the hosts moved within ... Read more
BFF hopes to cash in on trophy tour
Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Salahuddin hopes to capitalise on the interest of thousands of football lovers during the FIFA World Cup trophy’s stay in Bangladesh. Players from the national football team also said that seeing the trophy had increased their motivation to perform well in the future.
WC trophy ends tour amid chaos
Mismanagement marked the end of the FIFA World Cup trophy display that enthralled thousands of spectators during its three-day stay in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. A huge number of fans returned with broken hearts on Thursday, the final day of its tour, as the organisers finished the display programme at 2:15pm