UNB, Lalmonirhat A 25-year-old woman in Lalmonirhat district has been hospitalised with severe burn injuries after her parents-in-law allegedly poured...
The Dhaka International Trade Fair-2014, which began January 11, drew a large number of visitors on Friday, the first weekend...
The BNP wants to maintain good relations with India, Khaleda Zia has told Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran.But the BNP Chairperson emphasised such ties must be based on mutual respect and benefits, according to a BNP leader.The former Prime Minister made her position known when Saran met her on Thursday. The BNP leaders had spoken against the neighbouring country before the Jan 5 parliamentary election.This was the first time Saran met her after the election the BNP and...
Law enforcers will set a five-layer checking system in and around the Biswa Ijtema premises at Tongi in Gazipur district for peaceful holding of the second largest congregation of the Muslim community beginning on the bank of the Turag from January 24.The Ijtema is being held in two phases for the last few years to avoid limitless overcrowding. The second phase will begin from January 31 at the same venue.About 22,000 strong forces comprising members from Police, Rapid Action Battalion...
Agencies :Veteran Indian actress Suchitra Sen has died in the eastern city of Kolkata, aged 83. She had been admitted...
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her party-led 18-party alliance, now planning to launch fresh movement to enforce a mid-term election this year. Khaleda Zia has plan to visit different district headquarters in the coming months to gear up the movement demanding a mid-term election under a poll-time non-party government, sources said. The 18-party alliance is scheduled to hold countrywide rallies and processions on January 20 to thank people for boycotting the January 5 polls while it will also stage...
The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday passed a resolution on Bangladesh requesting the European Union (EU) to assist a process seeking ‘a compromise which would give the Bangladeshi people a chance to express their democratic choice in a representative way.“The EU (European Union) should use every means available to assist a process seeking ‘a compromise which would give the Bangladeshi people a chance to express their democratic choice in a representative way,” said the Members of the EP.The resolution was...
The House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, held a debate on the situation in Bangladesh on Thursday.Taking part in the debate, the Members of Parliament (MPs) expressed disappointment at the situation in Bangladesh and expressed hope that some solutions and way forward could be found even at this late stage.The debate, which lasted for two hours, was the first item of main business on the day and was opened by Anne Main while the Co-Sponsor Simon...
The government has sealed the press of the Bengali Daily Inqilab on Thursday night for publishing a highly controversial story thus virtually banning the publication of the daily rendering its newsmen and press workers out of jobs. The action came as a big shock only to see that yet another newspaper has been forced to go out of publication, in addition to three more TV stations stopped functioning under the tenure of the present Awami League government.We know that the...
risingbd.com: At least 18 people were killed in a stampede that broke out on early Saturday near the Malabar Hill...
A Union Parishad chairman at Natore’s Shingra has been shot and hacked to death by assailants. The 56-year old victim,...