Manohar Parrikar visits Bangladesh
THE really surprising thing about the visit by [India’s] defence minister Manohar Parrikar to Bangladesh on Wednesday is that this is the first-ever such event in the 45-year history of that country.
Begum Akhter Kamal gets Ananya award
Researcher and essayist Begum Akter Kamal, also a professor of Bangla at the University of Dhaka, has received Ananya literary award this year in recognition of her contribution to the fields of research and literature.
Shyambazar market catches fire
A fire broke out at a market in the Shyambazar area of Old Dhaka on Saturday evening. No casualties were reported.
Cos pay doctors for drug promotion
Pharmaceutical companies are bribing doctors and drug retailers providing them with gift or financial inducement for sales promotion in Bangladesh.
Tourist ship catches fire in Sunderbans, 26 rescued
A fire broke out in a tourist launch with 26 on board under Harbaria area of Chandpai range in the Sunderbans, on Friday evening.
People will not allow relocating Zia’s grave: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the people of the country would not accept any ‘imprudent’ move by the government to relocate the grave of former president, Ziaur Rahman, from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar to elsewhere.
1.35 lakh Yaba tablets seized at Teknaf
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 1.35 lakh pieces of contraband Yaba tablets at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar early Saturday.
Humanitarian assistance for Rohingya: UN seeks govt permission
Several UN bodies and international organisations contacted the government seeking consent to their planned operations for providing humanitarian assistance to several thousand distressed Rohingyas who entered Bangladesh fleeing atrocities by Myanmar military in Rakhine state.
AL to hold special prayers for PM Hasina
Awami League will hold special prayers on Friday seeking good health and long life of prime minister and party president Sheikh Hasina.
Khaleda begins defending her in charitable trust case
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday pleaded not guilty to abuse of power as prime minister in managing fund for Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust and said that the whole country now turned into a prison.
