RoundtableNational Human Rights Commission organises a roundtable on ‘Communal harmony and human rights: Our responsibility’ at CIRDAP auditorium in the city’s Topkhana road today at 10 am.Blankets distributionBangabandhu Sangskritik Jote will distribute blankets among cold-hit poor people at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city today at 11 am. Human chainAmader Sangha, a social cultural society will form a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city today at 11:30 am demanding immediate release of...
Day: January 19, 2014
Speakers at a discussion on Saturday called for building united civic resistance against atrocities let loose on the members of the minority community at different places in the country.They also demanded immediate arrest of the terrorists responsible for repression on minority community and exemplary punishment to them.The speakers also held the identical view that democracy would never be safe and consolidated if the fanatic forces could not be eliminated from the country.Awami League (AL) presidium member Satish Chandra Roy, who...
There will be no negotiation or dialogue with BNP if it does not cut ties with Jamaat, said Captain (retd) AB Tajul Islam, MP, former state minister for Liberation War Affairs.Unity can never be with BNP-Jamaat clique those who do not believe in the country’s independence, he said and expressed the hope that freedom fighters and their offspring will resist the anti-liberation force in iron hand.He was speaking at a protest rally, arranged by Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan (AMS), at its...
The Indian government has a plan to award scholarships to 1364 Bangladeshi students this year, said a press release of the Indian high commission here on Saturday. The government of India is awarding scholarships to direct descendants of freedom fighters (Muktijoddhas) of Bangladesh for undergraduate and higher secondary studies every year.Applications from direct descendents of the Muktijoddhas would be invited each year for the scholarships in the months of September and October, it said.The Indian government started the scholarships scheme...
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee will observe its 22nd founding anniversary today. On this day in 1992, a total of 101 eminent citizens of the country formed the committee to raise their collective voice for war crimes trial and a ban on communal politics in the country, a press release said.Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam, writer of the book titled ‘Ekattorer Dinguli’, was selected as convenor of the committee. To mark the day, a discussion on “Movement of Shaheed Jahanara Imam:...
The government has appointed Mollah Wahiduzzaman as chairman of Privatization Commission with status of state minister.Earlier, he served as secretary of the Food Ministry and Prime Minister’s office, an official release said. Wahiduzzaman is expected to take new charge today....
Today is the 19th death anniversary of former President of Bangladesh Muslim League Alhaj MA Matin. On the occasion Doa Mahfil will be held today at his Dhanmondi residence in the city and village home after Esha prayers. All the relatives, friends and well-wishers of the deceased are requested to attend the Doa Mahfil and pray for the salvation of the departed soul....
Property worth Tk 10 lakh gutted in JhenidahJhenidah CorrespondentA devastating fire at Katlagari Bazar under Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah gutted properties worth Taka 10 lakh from four business establishments on Friday early morning. The fire originated from the short circuit of electric lines, the fire fighters said. Affected business establishments owners are Anisur Rahman, Ruhul Amin, Rafiqul Islam and Kawser Ali at Katlagari Bazar under Shailkupa upazila of the district. Fire fighters unit officer Hashem Ali of Sailkupa fire station...
UNB, SirajganjPolice recovered the body of a teenage boy from a marsh at Radhanagar Chakpara in Salanga upazila on Friday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Zahidul Islam, 12, son of Laiju Islam of Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district.Locals saw the body of Zahidul floating in a marsh at the village at about 4:00 pm and informed police.Later, the law enforcers recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.Rashidul Islam Biswas, officer-in-charge of Salanga Police Station,...
UNB, SunamganjAt least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a trifling matter at Mallikpur village in Jamalganj upazila on Friday afternoon.Atiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Jamalganj Police Station, said an altercation ensued between two groups of villagers-one led by Etraj and another by Shamsu Miah-over moving up ducks in Arakandi beel (water body) at about 4:00pm.At one stage, the two groups, equipped with lethal weapons, attacked each other, leaving 10 people injured. Being informed,...
