19 burnt as bus set afire
A teenage boy died and at least 18 other people were burned after arsonists set fire to a passenger bus near Shishu Park in the capital yesterday, the third day of the opposition blockade. The dead is...
View ArticleSudan health workers killed in Darfur: UN
Two Sudanese health ministry workers helping to vaccinate children in the Darfur region have been killed, the United Nations said yesterday, condemning the incident. The victims, a vaccinator and a...
View ArticleBNP’s hartal in 4 dists tomorrow
The main opposition BNP yesterday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Dinajpur districts for tomorrow. Meanwhile, the 18-party opposition alliance announced a 36-hour shutdown...
View ArticleErshad doubtful about polls
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday expressed doubts over holding the ensuing general election as the country has been beset by political turmoil. “The whole country is now on the verge of...
View ArticleKazi Zafar heads ‘new committee’
Expelled Jatiya Party leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed yesterday announced an interim committee declaring himself as the chairman of the party and Golam Moshi as its secretary general. Jatiya Party Chairman HM...
View ArticleAL nominations spark protests in several districts
The announcement of the Awami League nominations for the 10th parliamentary polls yesterday caused angry outbursts within the party at different places of the country. The leaders of Belkuchi upazila...
View ArticleTruckers face risk, charge higher fare
Forty-year-old Ripon is a trucker from Puthia, Rajshahi. A caring father, husband and son, he was not at all eager to take life risks and drive for fast money during hartals and blockades. But not...
View ArticleTransport in tatters
More than five million people affiliated with the transport sector are in great misery, as the country’s roads and waterways communications nearly collapsed in the 71-hour blockade that ended early...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in BNP-cop clash
Yet another bystander gets killed in the ongoing political violence. Jager Hossain, 50, received a stray a bullet when BNP activists were engaged in a clash with law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar yesterday....
View ArticleFurther blow to education
The fresh spell of 72-hour blockade from today will again mess up the schedules for all exams being held in the country. The government once again rescheduled today’s primary and ebtedai terminal...
View ArticleDhaka College student killed in gunfight
A student of Dhaka College was killed and four other students were injured in a gunfight on campus reportedly between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists early today. Deceased Mohammad...
View ArticleAnother arson victim dies
Yet another victim of Thursday’s bus arson in the capital’s Shahbagh died of his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday. Robin, 22, a sweater factory worker, had suffered 59 percent...
View ArticleTainted figures on AL ticket
A number of controversial lawmakers and leaders will run for the 10th general election on the Awami League ticket. According to the list of nominees unveiled yesterday, Shamim Osman will contest the...
View ArticleUN chief for inclusive, credible polls
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an “inclusive, non-violent and credible” election in Bangladesh and encouraged the two major political parties to engage in constructive dialogues to...
View ArticleArson victims, families fume at politics of killing
One attack after another, one death after another and they have seen enough. The arson victims and their families are now fuming in rage and want an end to this “politics of killing”. The deaths in...
View ArticleWorkers set RMG factories on fire
Enraged by a rumour that police killed two factory staff, garment workers torched six units of an apparel maker of repute in Konabari of Gazipur early yesterday causing a massive damage worth hundreds...
View ArticleBlockade again
The BNP-led 18-party alliance yesterday called another three-day blockade of roads, rail and waterways from 6:00am today, hours after one ended leaving at least 19 people dead and scores injured. The...
View ArticleShark attack kills teenager in Australia
A teenager died after being attacked by a shark in Australia yesterday, police said, one week after a surfer was fatally mauled in the nation’s west. New South Wales police said they were called to...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Maduro threatens arrests over prices
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed Friday to arrest shopkeepers who defy government price controls, the latest salvo in a populist “economic war” ahead of key municipal elections. Maduro...
View ArticleExams put on hold for blockade
The handful of English medium schools in the capital that held classes and exams during the last opposition-called blockade yesterday suspended all exams. The school authorities said they had to...
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