Arson attack, train derailment mark countrywide blockade
The fifth day of non-stop road, rail and waterways blockade sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance across the country began with arson attack and sabotage in railway on Saturday.
PM pays homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Homecoming Day
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, paid tributes to the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital’s Dhanmondi on Saturday morning on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the architect of independent Bangladesh.
Charlie Hebdo attack: Police operation in town north of Paris
Meaux hospital has sent a medical team to the reported hostage scene in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, the hospital spokesman told CNN on Friday. He said there were no wounded at the hospital yet, but that might change
Sedition case filed against Tarique, ETV chairman
A sedition case was filed against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and private television channel Ekushey Television chairman Abdus Salam with Tejgaon police station Thursday afternoon.
Rail tracks uprooted, buses torched 50 injured as train derails, BNP says blockade to continue.
The countrywide blockade called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance for an indefinite period continued for the third straight day on Thursday amid arson attacks on and vandalising of vehicles, uprooting of rail tracks and clashes between blockaders and law enforcers at places.
French police name Charlie Hebdo attack suspects
French police have named two brothers as suspects in the attack on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, as a manhunt continues.
Hathurusinghe wants a say in selection
Regrets the absence of leg-spinner Jubair in World Cup squadNational coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Wednesday made it clear that he would have preferred leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in Bangladesh’s 15-member squad for the World Cup instead of a left-arm spinner. Speaking to reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,
50 train riders injured as miscreants unscrew fishplates in Moulvibazar
Blockaders unscrewed fishplates in Moulvibazar early Thursday causing a train derailment that left some 50 riders injured and interrupting train communications. The countrywide non-stop blockade is enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance protesting its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s confinement to the party’s Gulshan office.
Two more killed as blockade continues
Two more opposition activists were shot dead on Wednesday as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance continued countrywide non-stop blockade for the second consecutive day and fought pitched battles with law enforcers at places.
'Alien Earth' is among eight new far-off planets
Among eight new planets they have spied in distant solar systems, astronomers say one in particular has usurped the title of "most Earth-like alien world".
