Bangla-language newspaper “Prothom Alo’s” freelance cartoonist Arifur Rahman was sent to jail with a pending proposal for one-month detention, a day after he was arrested on charges of hurting religious sensibilities with a cartoon story. Metropolitan magistrate Abdul Fattah issued the order sending him to Dhaka Central Jail, after sub inspector Ali Noor presented the […]
National identity cards project of Bangladesh driving through wrong way
<div align="justify"><strong>Dhaka</strong><strong>, August 2007:</strong> Is it a Voter list with pictures project or national identity cards (NID) project? The confusion was started from the beginning. The election commission of Bangladesh claims it as a Voter list with pictures project although Bangladesh Army claims it as a national identity cards project. Government has taken the project […]
Online Pornography Growing in Bangladesh
Dhaka, May 18: A few days ago, there was a big dispute about a series of nude photos featuring a girl. This girl is a member of a very respectable family in Bangladesh. Her photo on the internet was unexpected and shocking for her family. Viewers of the photos said that the boyfriend of the […]
Serial bomb blasts in Bangladesh
Dhaka, May 01, 2007: Once again Bangladesh faced serial bomb blast. A series of bombs went off at Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong railway stations Tuesday morning, spreading panic among commuters. A rickshaw puller was injured in the Chittagong blast. All the bombs exploded between 6:45am and 9:30am. The attack claimed by a group opposed to […]
British Airways clarifies about Sheikh Hasina
British Airways has said its refusal to carry Sheikh Hasina home was "necessary" as it received written notification from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. In a statement issued Monday, the international carrier has said the airline might decide to refuse "to carry you if the immigration authority for the country you are travelling to […]
Indigenous people of Tripura Para and their endangered life
Chota Kumira (A rural Hilly village of Bangladesh) is a place in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. Though situated beside the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, it remains untouched by the touchstone of development. Rather the black smoke of the industries is polluting the environment of Kumira. Some aborigines live in the remote, mountainous area of Kumira. These peoples are […]