Netanyahu talks tough on Iran before Vatican talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has restated his firm opposition to a nuclear deal with Iran during a visit to Rome in which he was set to meet Pope Francis and Prime Minister Enrico Letta...
View ArticleTouchscreen-reliant kids can’t hold pencil!
Toddlers these days are barely out of nappies before they are playing with touchscreen toys and fiddling with iPads. And now, it seems, they are paying the price — because when they arrive at nursery...
View ArticleUN team meets EC
A three-member delegation of the United Nations (UN) called on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat yesterday, but declined to brief the...
View ArticleWoman, 7-year old daughter killed in crash
A speeding bus claimed the lives of a mother and her seven-year-old daughter in the capital’s Merul Badda yesterday. Mahinur Begum, 30, and Jamila Akter, the youngest of her three children, were...
View Article7-member probe body formed
Police in separate drives until yesterday arrested 41 people in connection with the fire incident at Gazipur factory compound of Standard Group early Friday. A seven-member committee led by Gazipur...
View ArticleRickshaw-puller hit by crude bomb
A rickshaw-puller suffered severe eye injuries when a crude bomb hurled by pro-blockade pickets hit him in the capital’s Kaptanbazar yesterday, the third day of the opposition’s 131-hour countrywide...
View ArticleJapan for talks to end violence
Japan has urged all political parties to engage in constructive dialogue to find a mutually acceptable solution for holding a free, fair and inclusive parliamentary election in the interest of...
View ArticleYusuf accused of Rampal genocide
Another prosecution witness yesterday testified that Razakars, at Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf’s directives, had killed 500-600 Hindus in a single act of genocide at Rampal of Bagerhat during the...
View ArticleJP picks war crimes suspect for JS polls
Jatiya Party has picked a war crimes suspect to contest the upcoming parliamentary polls in Jessore-6 (Keshabpur) constituency. The nomination paper of Mawlana Sakhawat Hossain, who has allegedly been...
View ArticleATMs empty
The ongoing blockade has prevented banks from loading cash into automated teller machines (ATMs), making cardholders unable to withdraw money from them. Banks and ATM operators said insecurity in...
View ArticleRajuk to scrap deal with failed firm
Rajuk is set to cancel this week a contract with a company of a former Awami League lawmaker, as the firm has failed to complete its share of work in the Uttara apartment project. In February, 2012,...
View ArticleTrain rides get risky
Train passengers across the country have been put to great trouble as the railway has become the prime target for arson attacks by opposition activists in the recent blockades. “Though I love...
View ArticleTruckers take to the street
Police yesterday foiled a bid by transport workers to stage demonstrations in front of the BNP chairperson’s residence. They were protesting the attack on drivers and their vehicles during the...
View ArticleChildren suffer in silence
If doing psychological damage to children is the goal of the ongoing violent politics, then the politicians seem to have succeeded. Take the case of Dhrubo, a four-and-a-half-year-old boy from Goran....
View ArticleAL’s criminals responsible
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged leaders and activists of the opposition alliance to see to it that no innocent people were attacked and their properties damaged during the ongoing movement....
View ArticleOutraged business leaders demand security
Garment exporters yesterday, in a rare move, brought out an impromptu procession on the capital’s busy roads in a desperate attempt to secure sufficient security for their industry increasingly being...
View ArticleBlockaders torch AL leader’s house
A youth was killed in a clash as blockaders set fire to the house of Kansat movement leader Golam Rabbani in Chapainawabganj yesterday. A gunfight in Natore left a Chhatra Dal leader killed and an...
View ArticleDoor shut yet open for BNP
The door for the opposition to join the January 5 polls has apparently closed with the time to submit nomination papers expiring yesterday. However, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad...
View Article6 killed in blockade violence
At least six people were killed and 30 injured as violence flared up across the country centring blockade today. Two deaths were reported from Chittagong and Chandpur each while another was from...
View ArticlePatuakhali burn victim dies at DMCH
A retired madrasa teacher, who suffered burn injuries when blockaders set fire to a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Patuakhali Sunday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning. Maulana Abdus...
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