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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami alliance to stop bomb attacks across the country in the name of movement or face wrath of common people. “I am asking BNP-Jamaat combine to refrain themselves from subversive activities in the name of movement otherwise you (BNP-Jamaat leaders) will face the wrath of common people,” she […]

BNP on Sunday threatened to continue its ongoing blockade and strike programme for an indefinite period if the authorities do not restore telephone, cable and Internet services to party chief Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in the capital city. “Internet, telephone, cable connections have not yet been restored. Uninterrupted shutdown and blockade would be continued if […]

Customs intelligence officials have recovered 46kg gold from the toilet of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Assistant commissioner of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate Umme Nahida said the flight landed at the airport at 08:30am on Monday. The gold bars were concealed behind the toilet mirror, she said. The official […]

A young man was injured in a police shooting while trying to torch a bus in the capital city’s Uttar Badda on Sunday night. Md Babu, 25, was about to set fire to a bus around 11:30pm. Assistant sub-inspector of Badda Police Station Ananta Roy said a mob chased Babu when he was attempting to […]

Regulating communication services and restoring power after keeping the supply stopped for 19 hours at BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office is indicative of keeping her under house arrest, say analysts. Former minister and political analyst Mizanur Rahman Shelley termed the situation ‘worse’ than house arrest. “The government can arrest her or keep her […]

Indonesia called off until first light a search for an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board that went missing on Sunday after pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from Indonesia`s Surabaya city to Singapore.  Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, an Airbus 320-200 carrying 155 passengers and seven crew, lost […]

The forensic report of actress Naznin Akter Happy who was much talked over the last couple of weeks have proved that there were sexual relation with someone.  Mirpur Police Station unveiled the report on Sunday while Akter Happy and Mirpur Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Masud Pervez confirmed the report to risingbd.com.  “Happy has a sexual […]

A woman and her two children were burnt as miscreants set fire to their CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shewrapara area in the capital on Sunday night.  The burnt were identified as- Shamsunnahar, 50; her son Tanjimiul, 30; and daughter, 18.  They were rushed to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) immediately after the […]

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed the Housing and Public Works Ministry officials to construct two lakes in the city’s Kuril Flyover area defying any pressure from all quarters. “There’s no scope for any compromise here,” she said. The Prime Minister came up with the directive while delivering her introductory speech at Housing and Public […]

The High Court today ordered the government to abstain from arresting or harassing BNP leaders Abdul Awal Mintoo and Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin in two cases until further orders. Abdul Awal Mintoo is the joint convener of BNP’s Dhaka city unit and an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia while Nasir Uddin is a vice-chairman […]

A Dhaka court here on Sunday placed Juba Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal on a three-day remand.  The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Ali Masud Sheikh gave the order after a hearing in this regard on the day.  Earlier on Saturday night, a team of Mohammadpur police arrested Juba Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain […]

The child had fallen into a pipe several hundred feet deep in Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur on Friday afternoon and died before he could be rescued. The accused in the case are Abdus Salam, owner of the construction company responsible for setting the pipe, and Jahangir Alam, Railway senior sub-assistant engineer. Shahjahanpur Police Sub-Inspector Masud Rana said […]

He spoke at a press briefing on Sunday in response to a statement made by Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif. “Mr Hanif said the BNP would not be allowed to hold rallies anywhere in the country if the party’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman did not withdraw his remarks. “We want to make […]

The dead body of four-year-old boy Jihad, who allegedly fell into the well shaft in capital’s Shahjahanpur area yesterday, has been recovered. A youth named Masudul Alam of the area pulled the body out from the abandoned water pipe on Saturday noon after the fire service postponed rescue opertion. After pulling out, the body of […]

Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam said that many people thought that BNP would create a serious situation in Gazipur but no dogs came out in the roads to support Gazipur hartal. The Minister came up with the assertion while addressing a discussion at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in city on Saturday noon. Terming BNP Joint […]

Bollywood is famous for its dance routines, dramatic visuals and songs across the world. But India’s most popular movie industry also produces films that initiate social debates on issues that matter to the country. Aamir Khan’s PK is one such movie. questions superstitions in a country where religion is deeply rooted in social consciousness of […]

After 3 years, the movie “Char Okkhrer Valobasha” has hit the theatres weeks ago. Popular heroine Popy, who is the protagonist, exclaims the joy of this movie’s success saying, “I am getting good feedback, audiences are still watching it in theaters” In the movie, released countrywide on November 28, Popy is accompanied by Ferdous and […]

Bangladesh Railway authorities have suspended an official on charge of negligence in duties following the falling of a four-year-old child into a 400-foot hole in capital’s Railway Colony. The suspended official is Jahangir Alam, senior sub assistant engineer of Bangladesh Railway. The railway authorities also black listed contractor company ‘AR Traders’. Tofazzol Hossain, director general […]

Rescuers have sent a special case to pull a four year old boy allegedly fell in abandoned deep well in Shahjahanpur of Dhaka this morning. A camera has also been attached with the case made with iron rods. Jihad allegedly fell inside the 17-inch diameter shaft, around 40 yards from his house in Shahjahanpur, around […]

A dawn-to-dusk hartal in Gazipur enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance protesting the ban on the party chief Khaleda Zia’s rally in the city is underway in a relaxed manner. No picketing was seen during the hours of the hartal till filing this report at 10:20am, reports that from the source. Starting since 6:00am the […]

Japanese coastguards today rescued 10 crew members including two Bangladeshi nationals after a Cambodian-registered cargo ship sank off northern Japan. Of them, three crew members– two Chinese and one Myanmarese — died after they were taken to hospital, reported AFP news agency. They were plucked from chilly waters in the strait separating Japan’s main Honshu […]

A former FBI special agent today pleaded guilty on charges to have accepted bribe to provide information on a prominent citizen of Bangladesh. Robert Lustyik, the FBI agent, said to have passed on procured internal documents of law enforcers and other confidential information to a political rival of the citizen. “Robert Lustyik discarded the FBI’s […]

An arsonist set fire to a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna yesterday, injuring five people, police said. About 15 to 20 people were attending midday prayers in the mosque, located in the ground floor of a residential building, when the fire broke out on Christmas Day. Local media footage showed smoke and flames […]