HSC exams rescheduled for hartal
April 29, 2012
The education ministry has postponed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for today and tomorrow due to the hartals called by the opposition BNP. The exams supposed to be held today under eight general education boards and technical board have been rescheduled for May 4, while those scheduled to be held on Monday Read more
Power grabbers can’t do good for country: Hasina
April 29, 2012
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that people who grab state power unconstitutionally cannot do welfare for the country adding that none will be allowed to play with the fate of the people.
‘Democracy in Bangladesh has been interrupted time and again… Military dictators grabbed state power with rifles and they did nothing for the bettermentof the country,’ she Read more
Lightning strikes kill 11
April 29, 2012
Lightning strikes killed at least 11, six of them in Satkhira and injured 20 others in as rains and nor-wester swept across six southern districts of the country on Saturday.
Lightning strikes killed two in Begarhat, and one each in Khluna, Barisal and Bhola.
A storm swept across Khulna and Begerhat at around 9.30 AM at a speed of 65 kilometres per Read more
BCL activists assault striking JU teachers
April 29, 2012
Activists of Chhatra League, the ruling party’s associate body, at Jahangirnagar University on Saturday night attacked the teachers who were besieging the vice- chancellor’s residence demanding his resignation.
At least two teachers were injured when activists of BCL, backed by VC Sharif Enamul Read more
BNP, allies call fresh shutdown for today, tomorrows
April 29, 2012
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led ‘18-party alliance’ on Saturday called nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strikes for today and tomorrow demanding that BNP’s missing leader Ilias Ali be ‘returned’ immediately.
As the news of hartal spread in the afternoon, traffic on the city’s major thoroughfares Read more
Nigeria newspapers attacks kill 9
April 28, 2012
A suicide attack at the Abuja bureau of a top Nigerian newspaper and an attempted car bombing at another of its offices killed nine people Thursday in the first such strikes on the country’s media.
The second attack hit the northern city of Kaduna. Later in the day, a third, smaller bombing also occurred in the same city, leaving three people Read more
Gilani’s Conviction
April 28, 2012
US hopes peaceful solution The United States on Thursday voiced hope that Pakistan would resolve a row centered on its prime minister, which has heated up just as the two nations look to repair an uneasy partnership.
The State Department said that Marc Grossman, the US special envoy Read more
Maritime Victory Hasina’s civic reception today
April 28, 2012
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be given a civic reception today for her contribution in securing Bangladesh’s victory over Myanmar at an international court for maritime disputes.
The reception will be accorded at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban at 4:30pm where eminent citizens of the country will be present. Read more
Stalker kills teacher
April 28, 2012
A father was stabbed to death in Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj Thursday night after he refused to marry his daughter to an alleged stalker.
The victim was identified as Halim Miah, 55, a former teacher of Balurpara Government Primary School of the upazila.
Liton, son of Abdur Rafiq, often Read more
Laden family deported from Pakistan
April 28, 2012
The family of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, killed almost a year ago by American special forces in a military town in northwest Pakistan, left Pakistan for Saudi Arabia early yesterday morning, the family lawyer told Reuters.
The move ends months of speculation about the fate of the three widows and Read more