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Huge quakes stir panic, but no big tsunami

A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people scurrying from buildings as far away as southern India, but there seemed little risk of a disastrous tsunami... Full story

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Mild tremor felt across country

People became panicked as tremors jolted Bangladesh twice in the afternoon with authorities alerting all coastal districts to a tsunami threat after an earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale had taken place off Indonesian island Sumatra on... Full story

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DCs to launch no adivasi campaign

The government recently issued a directive to all deputy commissioners to launch a campaign through electronic and print media that Bangladesh has no adivasi or indigenous peoples. Full story

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Suranjit’s APS suspended

Omar Faruk Talukder, the assistant private secretary of railway minister Suranjit Sengupta was suspended from service on Wednesday, a day after he with other officers were held by Border Guard... Full story

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The strongest earthquakes over the past century

An 8.6 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday. Below in descending order is a list of the most powerful earthquakes around the world since the beginning of the... Full story

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AL, BNP decide city polls candidates after Hasina, Khaleda return

The Awami League and the BNP at their meetings on Wednesday discussed their support for candidates for the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations but the parties kept the decision... Full story

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BUET students may suffer as teachers on strike

Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology are worried as their teachers have been on strike since April 7 demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor and... Full story

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Graft scam against Suranjit to be probed: ACC

Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Ghulam Rahman on Wednesday said they would investigate bribe scam allegations brought against railways minister Suranjit Sengupta. Full story

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BNP, allies want Suranjit to resign

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance on Wednesday demanded that railway minister Suranjit Sengupta should quit his post shouldering the responsibility of the huge... Full story

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Folded hands, stretched out, in courtrooms

A young man who has lost most of his capital he had invested in the share market is moving from one courtroom to another in the High Court seeking protection of his life as one of the people... Full story

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Presidential ordinance amends 1973 ICT Act

An ordinance promulgated on Wednesday by president Zillur Rahman amended the International Crimes Tribunal Act of 1973, incorporating a provision for transfer of cases from one tribunal to another... Full story

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ICT rejects Shahriar Kabir’s docu as exhibit against Sayedee

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday rejected a prosecution plea to accept journalist Shahriar Kabir’s documentary as an exhibit in the war crimes case against detained... Full story

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Chevron wants to hire Bapex unit for Jalalabad 3D survey

The US oil company Chevron has proposed that the state-run Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Corporation, or Petrobangla, to allow it to hire Petrobangla’s subsidiary Bapex for a three dimensional... Full story

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Rajuk allots 520 Jhilmil plots through lottery

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha did not draw lottery to select the allottees under five categories though it allotted 520 plots of Jhilmil Residential Area in Keraniganj area through lottery on Wednesday. Full story

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Dementia cases to double by 2030: WHO

The number of people with dementia is expected to almost double to 65.7 million people by 2030, according to a World Health Organisation report published on Wednesday. Full story

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Nepal army takes control of Maoist camps

Nepal’s army has taken over camps where Maoist fighters have been stationed since the end of the civil war, an official said Wednesday, in a major step towards completing a troubled peace process. Full story

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Services of 15 HC judges regularised

The services of 15 additional High Court judges were regularised on Wednesday. The president, Zillur Rahman, appointed the 15 regular High Court judges on successful completion... Full story

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Policeman takes own life

A policeman killed himself in Comilla on Wednesday. The deceased, Nayek Tanvir Ahmed, 35, was in charge of security at Jangaliya power plant in the district. Full story

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PM reaches Ankara

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina was honoured with a red-carpet reception on her arrival in the Turkish capital on Wednesday on a three-day official visit. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh... Full story

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Chemical warehouse gutted in Ctg

A fire broke out at an unauthorized chemical warehouse at BSCIC Industrial Area in Kalurghat early Wednesday. Purnachandra Mutsuddi, an official of Kalurghat fire service, said the... Full story

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Hasina, Khaleda greet each other

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition chief Khaleda Zia have exchanged greetings on Bengali New Year that falls on April 14. Hasina’s assistant personal secretary Khairul Islam... Full story

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