PM for more sympathetic towards disabled persons.
Terming the persons with disabilities as a part of the society, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon all to be more sympathetic towards them for flourishing their latent talents.
Nominations of Mintoo, Pintu cancelled.
The Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the mayoral nominations of BNP leaders Abdul Awal Mintoo and Nasiruddin Pintu and four independent aspirants. Returning Officer Shah Alam said that the nomination of Mintoo,
Trainee pilot killed as aircraft crashes.
A female trainee pilot of a private flying academy was killed and her trainer sustained critical injuries after their small aircraft crashed and caught fire a while after it took off at Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi on Wednesday,
Kamal quits as ICC president.
Bangladesh’s AHM Mustafa Kamal resigned as president of the International Cricket Council on Wednesday having fallen ‘victim to unconstitutional strong-arming by the ICC high-ups’ during the just concluded World Cup.
Hartal on Thursday Dhaka-Ctg out of purview of hartal
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance held off calling a hartal today, the day Higher Secondary Certificate examinations starts across the country, but called 24-hour countrywide shutdown – outside Dhaka and Chittagong city – on Thursday.
Khaleda up for city polls, worried about atmosphere.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia remained positive about contesting the city polls and asked all party activists to work for endorsed candidates in the elections scheduled for April 28.
Mintoo wealthiest, Hajjaj at bottom Annisul leaves a blank in ownership of motor vehicle.
BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo emerged as the richest candidate vying for the mayoral post of Dhaka north city, and also in most legal trouble, with 13 cases against him pending with the courts.
Chapainawabganj boat capsize: 4 bodies recovered
Local people recovered four bodies this morning after a boat capsized in the river of Padma at Monohorpur village of Chapainawabganj.
Blogger Oyasiqur buried at Noakhali village
Murdered blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Mishu, 27, was buried in their family graveyard on Tuesday after the namaj-e-janaja at his village home in Noakhali. His body was brought to his Hajipur village on early Tuesday.
Revenue collection shortfall swells to Tk 2,968cr in Jul-Feb
Shortfall in revenue collection target by the National Board of Revenue swelled to Tk 2,968 crore in the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2014-2015 mainly due to political unrest-hit sluggish economic activities in the country,
