NCC Polls: Shakhawat richer than Ivy
Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed mayoral candidate for Narayanganj City Corporation, Shakhawat Hossain Khan, is almost twice as wealthy as Awami League-backed candidate and incumbent mayor Salina Hayat Ivy.
Khaleda again tweets for discussion on EC
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday once again tweeted emphasizing the need for discussion over the recent proposals placed by the party for the reconstitution of the Election Commission based on consensus.
Anti-Rampal protest: Hartal called for Jan 26
Campaigners on Saturday called for a half-day shutdown in the capital on January 26, demanding that the government scrap Rampal power plant near the Sunderbans by the time.
Khadiza smiles, thanks nation
In her first public appearance after seven weeks of attack by her stalker, Sylhet college girl Khadija Akter Nargis thanked the nation in a smiling face.
Shaheed Dr Milon Day today
Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 26th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon.
Six ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfights’
At least six suspected robbers were killed and nine others were arrested after two separate ‘gunfights’ that took place in Pabna and Faridpur, respectively, early Friday.
ATROCITIES ON ROHINGYAS: Protests rage across Asia
Demonstrators in their thousands in Bangladesh and other Asian countries took to the streets on Friday in protest at what is turning out to be genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar army.
Rohingya influx continues
Rohingya Muslims continued to enter Bangladesh through river border at Teknaf and land border in Bandarban on Friday while local people and Rohingyas claimed that the number of the Myanmar’s religious minority people sneaking in the country after October 9 crossed 7,000.
Antibiotics-fed poultry pose threat to public health
Indiscriminate use of antibiotics for preventing livestock and poultry diseases as well as fattening them pose serious threat to public health, said microbiologists.
More Rohingyas flee to Teknaf
About 200 Rohingyas were floating on the river Naff for 48 hours till Wednesday afternoon in a desperate move to enter Bangladesh fleeing violence against the religious minority community in Myanmar while a regional commander-level courtesy meeting was held between the border guards of Bangladesh and Mynamar in Cox’s Bazar.
