A US businessman of Bangladeshi origin has been shot dead in front of his house in Florida.Shahidul Alam, 54, owned a departmental store at Orlando, his nephew Bhuyian Mahbub Hossain, the OC of Banani Police Station in Dhaka told bdnews24.com.
Day: August 20, 2015
Wild Sumatran rhino extinct in Malaysia
Driven by poaching, the Sumatran rhinoceros is now extinct in the wild in Malaysia, says a study by leading scientists and experts in the field of rhino conservation.The survival of the Sumatran rhino, earlier found across most of Southeast Asia,…
Latif Siddique appeals against HC order scrapping his challenge on EC hearing
Former telecoms minister Abdul Latif Siddique has moved the Appellate Division to stay an Election Commission (EC) notice to appear at a hearing.The High Court on Thursday scrapped his petition challenging the EC’s move to hold a hearing over his…
Suranjit Sengupta welcomes journalist Probir Sikdar’s release on bail
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta has welcomed the release of journalist Probir Sikdar on bail, saying the government has at last come to its senses.”I believe the case should be withdrawn immediately,” he told a discussion in Dhaka on…
Here’s why you mistake strangers for familiar faces
Neuroscientists, including an Indian-origin researcher from Johns Hopkins University, have pinpointed a part of the brain that helps you decipher memory from new experiences.In a supermarket, on board the Metro or at airport, you suddenly see a familiar face and…
Bangladesh 1st country to receive UN funds for solar home systems
Bangladesh was in news on August 20, 2015 as it received 3.56 million US Dollar Carbon Credit from UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) for its fast growing solar home systems. With this, Bangladesh became the first country to…
IBBL opens 296th branch at Kalkini, Madaripur
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has opened its 296th Branch at Kalkini under Madaripur District. Enrg. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank inagurated the branch as the chief guest on August 20, 2015 Thursday.
No lawyer involved in financing militancy: SCBA president
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Khandaker Mahbub Hossain yesterday claimed that lawyers are not involved in financing militancy outfit. “I believe that no lawyers are involved in financing militancy outfit. But, legal action will be taken against three Supreme…
Complaints of extrajudicial killing can be inquired: Law Minister
The law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq yesterday said that the allegations of extra-judicial killing against law enforcement agencies should be investigated properly in accordance with the law. “There can be a judicial enquiry over the allegation on…
SC upholds plea not to force any citizen take Brazilian wheat
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court observation directing the government not to force any citizen to accept the imported Brazilian wheat and to take back the wheat that was distributed across the country, but…
Farmer killed by lightning strike in Sunamganj
A farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Dowarabazar upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Ali Ahmed, 40, son of Hanif Ullah, hailing from Pandargaon village.The deceased was identified as Ali Ahmed, 40, son…
1 killed in Pabna road accident
A man was killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a mini truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Rajapur on the Pabna-Dhaka highway in Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
2 suspected robbers held in Laxmipur
Police arrested two suspected robbers at Chandraganj in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Hasan, son of Shahjahan Miah of Piarapur village in Sadar upazila, and Sumon, son of Mostafizur Rahman of Banchanagar village of the district…
One held with Yaba tablets in Jamalpur
Detective Branch of Police, in a drive on Tuesday, arrested a drug-peddler along with huge quantity of Yaba tablets in Jamalpur Sadar upazila.On a tip-off, a police team raided a shop of fish and poultry feeds at village Shahbazpur of…
881 bottles of phensidyl seized in Manikganj
A team of Police of Shibalaya thana seized 881-bottle of contraband phensidyl syrup from a Dhaka bound Covered van from Satkhira last evening at Paturia ghat.
BNP leader hacked to death in Patuakhali
A local BNP leader was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants in Bauphal upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 45, son of Altaf Master, hailing from Kamalapur village. Shamim was a…
3 held with 1,800 yaba tablets in Benapole
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 1,800 pieces of Yaba tablet from a private car in Jes Tower area on the Chowrasta-Garikhana road of the Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestees were…
3 held with 1,800 Yaba tablets in Jessore
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers in possession of 1,800 pieces of Yaba tablet from a private car in Jes Tower area on the Chowrasta-Garikhana road of the Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestees were…
6 get life term for killing man in Tangail
A court here on Wednesday sentenced six people, including two siblings, to life term imprisonment each for killing a man in Mirzapur upazila in 2004.The convicts were identified as Jasim Uddin and his sister Sajeda Begum, Kalu Miah and Rayej…
Teacher held for corporal punishment in Bogra
Police arrested a teacher in a case for inflicting corporal punishment on two students at a kindergarten in Adamdighi upazila on Wednesday noon.The arrestee was identified as Murad Hossain, a teacher of Rothbari Daffodil Kindergarten School.
Pirate ringleader held in Sundarbans
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the ringleader of a pirate gang from Sundarbans in Amurbunia camp area of Morelganj upazila on Wednesday night.The arrested was identified as Shafiqul Islam Swapan,44, the ringleader of the gang, Swapan Bahini, and…
Minor boy killed in Bandarban landslide
A minor boy was killed and another injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall for the last three days at New Gulshan in Bandarban municipality area on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Sajjad Hossain, 02, son of M…
1 held for raping minor girl in Benapole
Police on Wednesday night arrested a man in connection with a case for violating a minor girl at Balunda village under Benapole Port Police Station.The arrestee was identified as Siraj Biswas, 55, son of late Samsur Biswas, hailing from Balunda…
BLAST organises day-long training in Rangamati
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) Rangamati unit organized a day-long training programme on human rights and remedies here at Asika Manobik Human Development centre today. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Rangamati hill district Mohammad Shamsuddin Khaled attended the training…
2 businessmen jailed for drafts deceit in Ctg
The Chittagong Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, in a verdict here on Tuesday, sentenced two businessmen to separate terms of imprisonment and fined about Taka twenty two thousand on charges of submitting fraudulent bank drafts.
US Police kill another black teenager near Ferguson
Police shot dead another black teenager on Wednesday, days after the first anniversary of death of Michael Brown in north St. Louis, Missouri.The police officers in St. Louis, which hit the headlines for its suburb Ferguson where Brown was killed,…
Pique banned for four matches over Super Cup red card
Barcelona centre back Gerard Pique has been banned for four matches by the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) after he was sent off for insulting a linesman in Monday’s Spanish Super Cup second leg against Athletic Bilbao.Barca can appeal and may…
UK study endorses ‘game-changing’ e-cigarettes for first time
Health officials in Britain have for the first time endorsed e-cigarettes, saying they are 95 percent safer than tobacco equivalents and even suggesting doctors should be able to prescribe the “game-changing” devices to smokers trying to quit.E-cigarettes, which allow users…
Nearing milestone, Queen Elizabeth shows no sign of stepping aside
After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth next month becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done, in favour of her son, Charles.
Matt Damon recruits NASA to simulate life on Mars in ‘The Martian’
When Matt Damon needed to play an astronaut stranded on Mars, he and director Ridley Scott were able to turn to US space agency NASA to make the extreme circumstances of “The Martian” as scientifically accurate as possible.”We’re kind of…