Arrogance, whims and vengeance
It is sad and extremely painful to write that after four and a half years of rule by Sheikh Hasina’s government, one is forced to conclude that it is a government mainly run on arrogance, whims and...
View ArticleRoads across Tangail river
An influential sand trading syndicate has built three roads across the New Dhaleshwari river, cutting off its flow at Kalihati in Tangail to transport sand extracted from the nearby Jamuna river. The...
View ArticleDeath toll in Syria now tops 100,000
The civil war in Syria has now killed more than 100,000 people, a grim new estimate Wednesday that comes at a time when the conflict is spreading beyond its borders and hopes are fading for a...
View ArticleObama rules out barter for Snowden
President Barack Obama has said there will be no “wheeling and dealing” as part of extradition attempts against US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. Speaking on a visit to the West African nation of...
View ArticleMorsi warns unrest risks paralysis
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has warned that continuing unrest is “threatening to paralyse the country”. In a speech marking his first year in office, Morsi acknowledged making some “mistakes” and...
View ArticleWB provides $500m to help poor
The World Bank has approved a US$500 million concessional credit to Bangladesh to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of Bangladesh’s major social safety net programs. The Safety Net...
View ArticleWal-Mart, Gap close to deal over RMG safety plan
Wal-Mart, Gap and other major US retailers are on track to reach an agreement by early next month to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh garment factories, where a building collapse two months ago...
View Article3 killed in Kushtia road crash
Three people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia Thursday morning. The dead were identified as Sohel Hossain, 30, Ratan Ali,...
View ArticleStocks dip
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse decreased on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), came down 39 points to...
View ArticleVandalism, detention mark hartal in 3 northern dists
A daylong hartal (shutdown) called by Islami Chhatra Shibir demanding “release of two of its Rajshahi University (RU) unit leaders who were arrested in Dhaka” is progressing amid vandalism, detention...
View ArticleRudd sworn in as new Australian PM
Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister of Australia Thursday, a day after he ousted Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor Party. Mr Rudd took the oath at Government House in front of...
View ArticleMandela much better: Zuma
South African President Jacob Zuma says that Nelson Mandela’s condition has improved, but still remains critical. “He is much better today than he was when I saw him last night,” Zuma said after...
View ArticleStop interfering with GB, BNP urges govt
Terming the plan to split Grameen Bank as a conspiracy, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged the government to stop “interfering” with the microcredit...
View ArticleBrazil through to Confederations Cup final
Brazil scraped into the final of the Confederations Cup with victory in an emotional and highly-charged encounter at the Estadio Mineirao Wednesday evening. Paulinho’s late header ensured the Selecao...
View ArticleBuet teacher awarded 7yrs for issuing death threat to PM
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced a teacher of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) to seven years’ imprisonment for issuing death threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on...
View Article9 get life term for killing journo Gautam
A Dhaka Court on Thursday sentenced life term imprisonment to nine people on charge of killing journalist Gautam Das. Gautam Das, 30, chief of Faridpur bureau of Bangla daily Samakal, was brutally...
View Article3 killed in Khilgaon fire
A former government official, his wife and son burnt to death and another son injured when a fire broke out at their flat in Khilgaon area of the capital Thursday morning. Mohammad Siraj Ullah, 55, was...
View ArticleACC free from political bias
The investigations conducted by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) are free from any political bias, newly appointed ACC Chief Mohammad Badiuzzaman said on Thursday. “The ACC probe into the graft charges...
View ArticleVillage court bill placed at JS
The Village Court (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was placed in parliament Thursday amid protest by opposition lawmakers. Piloted by LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, the proposed bill aims to simplify...
View Article5 Taliban, 5 Afghan police killed in ambushes
Authorities say Taliban fighters ambushed a national police patrol in western Afghanistan, killing a commander and four of his men. Herat province police spokesman Abdul Raouf Ahmadi said Thursday that...
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