Ganges Barrage construction Dhaka expects breakthrough
The government is expecting a breakthrough in the construction of Ganges Barrage in the Bangladesh side of the cross-border Padma River during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to New Delhi scheduled for April.
JL man killed in ‘gunfight’
A Juba League activist was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and ‘miscreants’ in Khulna early Friday, about 12 hours after his family claimed that police picked him up from a court premises. The deceased is Ziaur Rahman, 45, of village Gutudia under Dumuria in Khulna.
All int’l brands to join today’s apparel summit
All international brands agreed to participate in today’s Dhaka Apparel Summit-2017, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said on Friday.
BNP for declaring Feb 25 as nat’l mourning day
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded that either February 25 or February 26 be declared as national mourning day when 57 army officers were killed in a mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile BDR in the capital in 2009.
Khadiza comes home, seeks capital punishment of attacker
Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza Akter Nargis, returned home from Dhaka on Friday, after 5 months after she was wounded critically in an attack by a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, Badrul Alam.
PM censures Khaleda for stepping onto Shaheed Minar
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday censured Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia for stepping onto the Central Shaheed Minar during placing wreath their on Tuesday. ‘How Khaleda Zia along with her party leaders stepped onto the main altar of the Shaheed Minar where the president, the prime minister and the speaker placed wreaths….
Workers’ mortality abroad on rise
The number of Bangladeshi workers dying abroad steadily increased each year in last 12 years making the dependent families worried, Wage Earners’ Welfare Board officials said.
Int’l Mother Language Day observed
The nation observed International Mother Language Day on February 21 paying rich tribute to the memory of the Language Movement martyrs, renewing the call for use of Bangla in all spheres.
Quader Khan nobody of Jatiya Party: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said the arrested former MP Abdul Quader Khan has no relation with Jatiya Party.
Former JP MP placed on 10-day remand
A court in Gaibandha on Wednesday remanded former Jatiya Party lawmaker of Gaibandha-1 constituency, Abdul Quader Khan, for 10 days in police custody in connection with the killing of incumbent Awami League lawmaker, Manzurul Islam Liton, in December.
