Police recovered the body of a teenaged boy from Gabtoli area on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Md Shahadat Hossain, 18, son of Hafizul Islam of Ranigonj in Naogaon district. He came to Dhaka from Naogaon recently and he…
Day: July 21, 2015
Charge-sheet given against MP’s son Rony
The Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Tuesday at about 12.30 submitted the charge sheet against Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony in a case filed for double murder to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of…
Two more accused confess to Rajon murder
Anowarul Haq, Magistrate-3 of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday afternoon recorded the confessional statements of two more accused in the Rajon murder case of Sylhet. ACCused Nur Mia and Dulal Mia made confessional statements admitting their involvement in the…
Shares gain in post-Eid trading
Key share price indices at the country’s twin bourses — Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) — gained on Tuesday, the first trading day after Eid vacation. The DSE benchmark index, DSEX gained 75.18 points or 1.61 percent…
BMDA earns Tk 150.21cr as irrigation charge in NW-region
The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has realised around Taka 150.21 crore as irrigation charge in the last 2014-15 fiscal, less by Taka 28.22 crore over the previous 2013-14 fiscal.Recovery of less irrigation charge indicates that the farmers got more…
Benapole Land Port resumes operation after long Eid vacation
Work has resumed at the Benapole Land Port after an unusually long Eid vacation.Trading between India and Bangladesh started on Monday morning, but was low key as all the officials and workers of the Customs, port authority, C&F, and the…
‘Baahubali’ enters Rs 300 crore club
SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus “Baahubali” has become the first south Indian film to enter the Rs 300 crore club in just nine days, confirms a trade analyst.It has surpassed the previous record held by superstar Rajinikanth’s “Enthiran”, which had collected…
Hackers threaten to leak Ashley Madison’s 37 million clients
Hackers claim to have personal details of more than 37 million cheating spouses on dating website Ashley Madison and have threatened to release nude photos and sexual fantasies of the site’s clients unless it is shut down, blog KrebsOnSecurity reported.…
Djokovic downs Federer to win third Wimbledon crown
Novak Djokovic displayed the true depth of his steely core to end Roger Federer’s hopes of a record eighth Wimbledon title with a 7-6(1), 6-7(10), 6-4, 6-3 victory on Sunday.The world number one overcame losing a stomach-churning second set tiebreak…
US, Cuba quietly open historic new chapter in post-Cold War ties
The United States and Cuba quietly ushered in a new era of post-Cold War relations on Monday, formally restoring diplomatic ties severed more than five decades ago and re-establishing embassies in each other’s capitals.Just past the stroke of midnight, the…
Schoolgirl raped in Keshabpur
A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by a young man at Rajnagar Bakabarshi in Keshabpur upazila on Monday night. Mahtab Uddin, officer-in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station, said one Kaizar Islam, 25, son of Rafiqul Islam of Nepakathi picked up the girl,…
Man kills two children injures wife in Cox’s Bazaar
A man allegedly hacked his two children to death and injured his wife at Gainaghata in Chakaria upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jamal Uddin, 6, and Tanjina,4, son and daughter of Abul Kashem, 45, a Rohingya and…
5 killed as bus crashes autorickshaw in Keshabpur
Five people, including two of a family, were killed and another was injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a bus at Mulibari level-crossing on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge approach road in Sadar upazila on Monday night.
Brics countries launch new development bank in Shanghai
The Brics group of emerging economies on Tuesday launched its New Development Bank (NDB) in Shanghai. The bank is backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as Brics countries. The NDB will lend money to…
Act on climate change now, top British institutions tell govts
Joint letter by 24 scientific, medical and engineering bodies say mitigation will also bring economic and health benefits An unprecedented coalition of the UK’s most eminent scientific, medical and engineering bodies says immediate action must be taken by governments to…
Dangers of dam burst as seen in the recent past
Dr Latha Anantha One of history’s worst dam bursts took place in Gujarat in 1979 when the four-kilometer long Machhu Dam II on the Machhu River collapsed. This led to a deluge in the industrial city of Morbi located five…
What Prophet Muhammad gave humanity in 10 points
Dr. Adil bin Ali Ash-Shaddy Arabic calligraphy: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah Some non-Muslim westerners wonder what Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) offered to humanity. This question is raised particularly after incidents of defamation targeting the…
This mosque is India’s first, Prophet’s contemporary
By Arvind Padmanabhan Kodungallur (Kerala) : One will find nothing unusual about this place of worship for Muslims as one drives past this town in central Kerala, just 30 km north of Kochi. But it’s when you go in and…
Cattle smuggling: Bangladesh’s dangerous road to fortune?
Rock Ronald Rozario and Stephan Uttom For Abdur Razzak cows conjured up images of fortune. He knew that acting on such thoughts would be dangerous and even cost him his life. Illiterate and impoverished, this Muslim villager found no other…
JCD president Rajib Hasan arrest: 2-day protest called
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the youth front of the BNP, yesterday announced a two-day agitation programme across the country protesting the arrest of its president Razib Ahsan. As part of the programme, the JCD will stage demonstrations and bring out processions…
OBITUARY
Md. Alauddin Gazi, Assistant Vice President and Manager of Torki branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited died on July 19, 2015 Sunday at a hospital in Barisal (Inna Lillahe Wa Inna Ilaihe Rajeon). He was 57. He left his wife,…
Tigers target test success vs Proteas after ODI series triumph
After stunning South Africa in a three-match ODI series for their fourth successive win at home, Bangladesh will now take on the Proteas in the first of two-Test series, starting Tuesday. Chittagong: Bangladesh will look to carry their recent success…
US Muslims are feared of Tennessee
Addressing his congregation on the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, Imam Mohamed Abdul-Azeez implored worshipers to combat Muslim extremism in the aftermath of a shooting rampage that killed five servicemen in Tennessee.
FIFA president election to be held in Zurich
World football’s troubled governing body FIFA will vote for a new president, to replace Sepp Blatter, at a special congress to be held on Feb. 26 in Zurich, the organisation said on Monday.
‘Ant-Man’ & ‘Trainwreck’ hit Box office this week
Marvel’s “Ant-Man” landed with a solid $58 million at the weekend box office, while “Trainwreck’s” Amy Schumer put her own raunchy spin on romantic comedies to the tune of a $30.2 million debut.
Greek banks reopens with limited services
Greeks queued outside banks on Monday as they reopened three weeks after closing to stop the system collapsing under a flood of withdrawals, the first cautious sign of a return to normal after a deal to start talks on a…