Quake jolts country
At least seven people died and more than 100 were injured while fleeing from their homes as earthquake jolted Bangladesh at dawn on Monday.
One feared dead as 6.8 magnitude quake strikes eastern India, Bangladesh
At least one person was feared dead after an earthquake measuring 6.8 struck near Imphal in eastern India on Monday, sending people running from their homes and knocking out power to the city near the Myanmar border.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : EC to take action against officials for code violations
Election Commission has decided to take disciplinary action against officials who failed to control violence and violated rules during polling day of the municipal elections held on December 30.
JANUARY 5 RALLY : AL, BNP opt for alternative venues
Both the ruling Awami League and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party opted for alternative venues for holding their rallies in the capital on Tuesday if they were denied permission to hold the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan.
OIL PRICE CUT : Muhith wants policy before downward revision of price
Finance minister AMA Muhith has once again ruled out possibility of immediate downward adjustment of fuel oils prices in the local market while such demand is getting louder with the continuous fall of prices in the global market.
Concerns remain as private investment dull: CPD
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Sunday expressed concern over prolonged stagnant situation in private investment despite overall stability in the economy over the first half of the current fiscal year.
Book on sexual violence in 1971 launched
A new book ‘The Spectral Wound: Sexual violence, public memories and the Bangladesh war of 1971’ by Nayanika Mookherjee published by Duke University Press, a Durham based university in North Carolina of the United States, was launched on Sunday.
JANUARY 5 POLLS ANNIV : AL, BNP in row over rally venue
The ruling Awami League and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday announced that they would hold rallies at Suhrawardy Udyan on January 5, the second anniversary of the general elections boycotted by all opposition parties.
Fellows protest at intern physician’s ‘disappearance’ in city
Intern physicians of Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital staged a protest in front of the hospital at Shyamoli on Saturday against ‘disappearance’ of an intern doctor on Friday.
Save marginal farmers, experts tell govt
Politicians, academics and economists urged the government on Saturday to cut rural poverty down so that the landless people can have better life and marginal farmers do not lose their lands.
