Three suspected robbers were beaten to death by a mob at Koijuri in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Day: June 25, 2015
3 held with Tk10 lakh fake notes
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three people including a woman in possession of 10,000 fake currency notes worth Tk10 lakh from Humayun Rashid Chattar in the city on Wednesday.
Madrasa girl commits suicide in Sylhet
A female madrasa student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a tree at Bhitar village in Jaintapur upazila on Wednesday.
11 robbers held with firearm, weapons in Sylhet
Police arrested 11 members of an inter-district robber gang along with one pipe-gun, three sharp weapons and three rounds of bullet from Bagher Sarak area in Goainghat upazila on Wednesday evening.
Youth held with 530 grams heroin in C’nawabganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with 530 grams of heroin from Bashudebpur area of Godagari upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Jamaat leader held in C’nawabganj
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Chandlai area of the district town on Wednesday noon on charges of sabotage.
Abducted UP chairman rescued in Savar
Police in a drive rescued a union parishad chairman who had been abducted from Manikganj and arrested four alleged abductors from Jaleswar area of Savar municipality on Wednesday.The rescued was identified as Abdur Rashid, 73, and chairman of Shimulia union…
Three dacoits killed in mass beating in Faridpur
Three alleged unidentified persons were beaten to death by the villagers of Badarpur village of Kaijuri Union last night here in the outskirts of this town.
Programme taken to cultivate Aman in Narsingdi
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a massive programme to cultivate Aman paddy on 39,650 hectares of land in the district during the current season.DAE office sources said of the total, 34,150 hectares of land will be cultivated under…
Oil steadies as stronger demand balances glut
Crude oil prices steadied just above $60 a barrel on Thursday as strong demand for oil products helped balance a global overhang of oil for immediate delivery.North Sea Brent crude oil LCOc1 traded within a narrow 58-cent range as investors…
A minute with Kareena Kapoor Khan
Kareena Kapoor belongs to Bollywood royalty. The Kapoor family tree has produced some of India’s biggest actors and stars, but the actress and her sister Karisma were the first women from the family to act.In her 16 years in the…
Selfie stick an ‘isolator’ that promotes narcissism
Selfie sticks are no longer just a convenience but considered the new symbol of millennial narcissism and self-absorption, a new study says.Jesse Fox, an assistant professor of communications at the Ohio State University, believes the selfie stick will further isolate…
It’s no hallucination, that creature is just really weird
It was a creature so strange that experts literally could not make heads nor tails of it.But scientists said on Wednesday a new analysis of fossils of Hallucigenia, so named for its fantastical appearance, has given them for the first…
Chile down nine-man Uruguay to reach Copa semi
Chile bundled reigning champions Uruguay out of the Copa America with a 1-0 victory in a fast-paced quarter-final that ended in controversy and kept alive the host nation’s dream of a maiden title on Wednesday.
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologises, admits guilt for deadly 2013 attack
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday apologised for the deadly 2013 attack at a hearing before a US judge formally sentenced him to death for killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and its aftermath.
Democracy on retreat in over 96 of the 193 UN states, Study
UN, Jun (IPS) – Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 of the U.N.’s 193 member states, according to a new report released here The two regions of “highest concern” for defenders…
Myanmar parliament votes to keep military veto
A vote in Myanmar’s parliament has failed to remove the army’s veto over constitutional change, dealing a blow to hopes for fuller democracy. The bill received a majority of MPs’ votes but not the 75% needed to pass. Aung San…
New army chief of staff takes charge
Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) Lt Gen Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq took over as Army Chief on Thursday morning. Lt Gen Belal replaced Gen Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan who handed over the charge to him…
BGB Nayek Rajjak brought back after 8 days
Eight days into his abduction, Myanmar border force has finally returned Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Nayek Abdur Razzak. Border Guard Police (BGP) handed Nayek Razzak along with his personal arms and ammunition over to the BGB around 2pm on Thursday…
Mother and baby survive Colombia jungle plane crash
A young mother and her baby have been found alive five days after their plane crashed in the jungle of western Colombia. A Colombian Air Force chief described their survival as “a miracle”.
MP’s son Rony on fresh remand for killing 2
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a fresh remand of four days in a case filed in connection with the killing of two people on road of Dhaka on April…
Potential for EU-Bangladesh coop in aquaculture explored
The Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh organized a Consultative Workshop on 24th June to explore the potential for EU-Bangladesh cooperation in the aquaculture sector and exchanging views among representative counterparts. The workshop, attended by aquaculture experts, assessed the…
Flag meeting with Myanmar to decide on BGB Nayek Rajjak
Nayek Abdur Razzak of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), who was taken way by Mayanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) from Teknap frontier on June 17, will be bring back on Thursday. Sources at the Home Ministry said Nayek Rajjak will be…
India save face with consolation win in last ODI
India salvaged some pride with a consolation 77-run win over Bangladesh in third and final ODI here on Wednesday to prevent the spirited hosts from securing a famous 3-0 series whitewash. Mirpur: India restored some pride with a consolation 77-run…