The international coalition’s fight against the Islamic State militant group may take years, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
Month: December 2014
Phillip Hughes funeral: Australian cricketer gets emotional send-off
Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke broke down in tears as he paid tribute to friend and team-mate Phillip Hughes at the batsman’s funeral.
Egypt sentences 188 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death
More than 180 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death in Egypt over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.
Somalia bomb: Several killed near airport
Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia, police say.
Why is Saudi Arabia using oil as a weapon?
A recent meeting in Vienna, between the member states of Opec finally uncovered what the world had expected for months.
UK’s warmest year on record predicted
This year could be the UK’s warmest for almost 250 years as measured by the world’s oldest temperature record, say researchers.
Sri Lanka v England: Third ODI in Hambantota delayed by rain
The third one-day international between England and Sri Lanka was delayed by rain after only two overs in Hambantota.
Alleged aide of Daud Ibrahim on remand
A court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed Abdur Rauf Daud Merchant, an alleged aid of India’s top terrorist and mafia don Daud Ibrahim, on a three-day remand in a case filed under section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure…
Might is right rule tramples human rights, roundtable told
Speakers at a roundtable in Dhaka city on Tuesday underscored the need for strong national unity to free the nation from the curse of political intolerance and make the fundamental human rights of the people meaningful. They said that opposition…
Malaysia keen to construct low-cost flats in Dhaka
Malaysia has shown interest in construction of low-cost flats under housing projects at Kamrangirchar to provide flats to the poor at an affordable costs. Special Envoy of the Malaysian PM on Southeast Asian Affairs, Seri Samy Vellu, showed the interest…
Want govt 2 govt manpower export to Malaysia: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government would promote G2G basis manpower export to Malaysia to ensure greater benefit of the workers, despite the fact that a section of manpower exporters are not pleased with the decision. Addressing a reception…
Give timetable of CHT accord implementaton: Santu Larma
Santu Larma has warned of the CHT situation spinning out of control and said the government would have to take the blame since it has not implemented the peace accord. He signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997…
Zia was a Pakistani spy, says Hasan Mahmud
Awami League publicity secretary Hasan Mahmud claims to have ‘proof’ that Ziaur Rahman, one of Bangladesh’s Liberation War commanders, acted as a Pakistani spy. He made the claim on Tuesday at a discussion in Dhaka, saying he had a copy…
Yaba tablets recovered in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-8 stationed at Faridpur yesterday(Monday) recovered 1,205 pieces of banned Yaba tablets from two places of Nagarkanda upazilla and arrested two drug peddlers in this connection.
Mass awareness stressed for AIDS-free Bangladesh
Speakers at a discussion here on Monday underlined the importance of creating mass awareness among the people to follow the religious ethics and social values in making a HIV/AIDS free Bangladesh.
Smuggled goods, drugs seized in Joypurhat
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized smuggled goods and drugs worth about Taka 17,74,065 from different areas of Joypurhat frontier in the last 24 hours ending this morning.
BADC sells 4,813 tonnes seeds in Jamalpur, Sherpur
Seeds marketing, a wing of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), has sold 4,813 tonnes of various kinds of seeds among the farmers in Jamalpur and Sherpur districts this current season.
2 motorcyclists killed in Madaripur road crash
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Gobindapur under Rajoir upazila of the district this morning.
Road accident kills army man, injures 4 others in Sylhet city
An army man was killed and four people were injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bateshwar Talerpar area in the city on the Sylhet-Tamabil Road on Tuesday morning.
13 cyclone shelters being constructed in Koyra: 30,000 can take refuge
Construction works of thirteen school-cum-cyclone shelters in coastal Koyra upazila of the district are progressing fast with a February-deadline.
Bus accident takes life of a varsity student in Dhaka
Another university died in a bus accident. This time it happened in Dhaka. A private university student Sadi Morshed (22) has been killed by a public bus on Tuesday afternoon. Sadi was a second year student of BBA at Independent…
1.5 kg gold seized at Chittagong airport
Customs Intelligence officials arrested a young man in possession of 14 gold bars and 77 pieces of gold chain weighing 1.5 kilograms at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Monday morning.
Shimulia-Kewrakandi ferry services resume after 4 hrs
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after four hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Tuesday early morning.
2 get 20 yrs’ jail in arms case in Joypurhat
A special tribunal here on Monday afternoon sentenced two people to 20 years’ imprisonment each for possessing firearms.
Old man beaten dead by grandson in Comilla
An old man was beaten to death allegedly by his grandson over a land-related dispute at Baro Dharmapur village in Sadar (South) upazila on Monday.
BNP takes up month-long Victory Day programs
The BNP has taken up amonth-long series of programmes to observe the Victory Day. The programmes include placing of wreaths at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Mazar on December 14 and at the National Memorial for Martyrs at Savar on December 16,…
Youth held with 96 bottles of Phensidyl in Nilphamari
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with 96 bottles of Indian Phensidyl Syrup in Bashbari Government Primary School area in Saidpur upazila on Monday.
Easy-bike driver found dead in Jessore
Police recovered the body of a battery-run three-wheeler Easy-bike driver from a water body (baor) in Dashpakia area of Chowgacha upazila Monday afternoon.
Schoolgirl commits suicide in Barisal
A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Gazirchar in Wazirpur upazila on Monday The deceased was identified as Sharmin Aktar, a class-VII student of Gazirchar High School and daughter of Abul Hossain…
Al-Shabab massacres non-Muslims at Kenya quarry
Somali militants have killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers near the north Kenyan town of Mandera.