Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Avijit Roy, a US-based blogger of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death on the streets of Dhaka on 26 February by terrorists trying to stifle free speech. His wife and fellow blogger Rafida Ahmed Bonya suffered head injuries and lost a finger. She remains in hospital in a serious condition. Roy, who ran a popular site ...

Crossing the divide: dozens of designs have been submitted for a new Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge. All of them struggle with the differing elevations of the two sides. This one deploys snaking ramps in an attempt to overcome the problem New bridges — for cyclists and pedestrians — across the Thames in central London are set to change the ...

Police arrested a young man in possession of fake Bangladesh currency notes amounting to Tk 1,79,000 from Bodikuna area under Dakshin Surma thana in the Sylhet on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Lokus Miah (50), a resident of Fechugonj upazila in Sylhet district. He used to live in Bodikuna area under Dakshin Surma thana of the Sylhet. Mohsin, ...

The train movement on the Chittagong-Dhaka- Sylhet route resumed after two hours of disruption on Thursday. The train movement became normal at about 9:30am after a relief train from Laksam Railway Junction conducted the salvage operation. Earlier, Chittagong’s rail links with Dhaka and Sylhet was snapped when a hanger of the Chittagong mail train broke at 7am in between Gunoboti ...

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Kaichium village in Dharmapasha upazila here over electricity connection on Thursday morning. The injured were taken to Dhamapasha Upazila Health Complex. Locals said the supporters of Anwar Master and Shoib Ahmed locked in an altercation in the morning over taking electricity connection in the area. ...

Muggers shot a businessman wife and looted Tk 5 lakh at Brothers villa of Jalalabad in the Sylhet on Wednesday night. The victim is identified as Saima Begum, 30. Witnesses said Saima was admitted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH). O.C of Aireport police station, Gousul Hossain confirmed the matter. He said the muggers took away Tk 5 lakh ...

A court in Sylhet sentenced a man to death for killing his wife Wednesday. After investigating the case, Moynul Islam, district and session judge of Sylhet court sentenced him to death and fined him Tk 10,000. According to the prosecution, convicted husband Monsur Ali of Khittah Jalalpur village in Balagonj upazila strangled his wife Rotna Akhtar to death over family ...

Miscreants set fire vehicles in Moulvibazar on the fourth day of the 120-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. miscreants set fire to a bus in Bhobanigaon bus stand area of Juri Upazila around Wednesday 3:30am with no report of any casualty in the incident, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent. On information, a fire fighting unit rushed to the ...

TUSC parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow Glyn Robbins joined scores of other local people taking part in a national day of action to Save the NHS (Saturday 29th Feb).  Petitions were collected in Roman Road and later outside the Whitechapel Idea Store (photo attached).  Heath care services have been threatened in Tower Hamlets where a strong campaign has ...

Tower Hamlets once again has one of London’s best records for offering pupils starting secondary school a place at their first-choice school.  The figure, of 74 per cent*, is the eighth highest in London. The London average this year is 68* per cent.  Overall, 94* per cent of pupils gained a place at one of their top three choice schools ...