A court Dhaka on Monday framed charges against 30 accused including Juba Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal and BNP’s Educational Affairs Secretary Khairul Kabair Khokon in a case filed with Motijheel Police of the city on the charge of…
Day: August 24, 2015
Shaukat on fresh remand for charge of creating violence
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Shaukat Mahmud, BNP Chairperson’s Adviser and also the President of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), on one-day fresh remand in each of four cases lodged for creating violence. Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan of…
Minor boy killed by lighting strike in Sherpur
A minor boy was killed by a lightning strike at Lasmanpur Goalbari village in Sadar upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Ahalu Miah, 12, son of Akkel Miah, a resident of the village.
Body of unidentified man found in Sylhet
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Kuri Beel at Sadipur village in Osmaninagar upazila on Sunday.Locals spotted the body of the deceased, aged around 45, floating on the beel in the afternoon and informed police.
Jamaat leader held in Satkhira
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from a madrasah in Choigharia area of Sadar upazila on Sunday on charges of murder and subversive activities.The arrestee was identified as Maulana Mosharaf Hossain, ameer of Ghona union unit Jamaat and super…
Transgender at high risk of HIV/AIDS
Speakers at a discussion meeting said the transgender are at high risk of getting infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as they are ignorant of it.Speakers said they should be informed about the highly contagious disease Acquired Immune Deficiency…
Comedian Tracy Morgan weds 14 months after surviving car wreck
Tracy Morgan, a star of comedy series “30 Rock” and cast member of “Saturday Night Live”, married his long-time fiancee on Sunday, 14 months after suffering life-threatening injuries in a deadly car wreck, People magazine reported on its web site.Morgan,…
Prehistoric dogs learned new tricks as climate changed
Man-made climate change is expected to have a “significant effect” on the wildlife of the planet. And, if fossil evidence is anything to go by, it could seriously alter the course of evolution.The hunting habits of the wolf – ancestor…
Four-day remand for BNP chief’s adviser Shawkat Mahmud in four cases
A Dhaka court has remanded BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Shawkat Mahmud in police custody for four days in four cases.Police moved the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Monday seeking 80 days to interrogate Mahmud in eight cases.
Fraser-Pryce wins third world 100 metres title
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce rallied to claim an unprecedented third world championship 100 metres title in 10.76 seconds at the Bird’s Nest stadium on Monday.With her long, dyed green braids flowing behind her, the diminutive 28-year-old was not quickest out of…
Explosion at US military warehouse in Japan, no injuries
An explosion rocked a warehouse at a US military base in Sagamihara, near the Japanese capital of Tokyo on Monday, but US forces said the building was not for storing hazardous materials and that there were no indications of injuries.Japanese…
Oil sinks 4 percent, hits fresh six-and-a-half-year low on China
Oil prices fell more than 4 percent to fresh 6-1/2-year lows on Monday after Chinese stock markets suffered their biggest one-day drop since the global financial crisis, intensifying worries over the outlook for global oil demand.Inaction by the Chinese government following an…
HC bans ‘Rana Plaza’ Reshma rescue film screening for 6 months
The High Court on Monday banned for six months the screening of ‘Rana Plaza’, a film made on the rescue of victim Reshma alive from the ruins of Rana Plaza building after 17 days of its collapse, saying that the…
Quit if not clearify position on Bangabandhu murder, Bnp asks Inu
BNP on Monday demanded the resignation of president of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu if he fails to make clear before the nation his role in killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “We would like to tell…
Vested quarter trying to mislead PM on Aug 21 grenade attack: BNP
The BNP on Sunday alleged that a vested quarter is trying to mislead Sheikh Hasina only to widen the difference with BNP sand underpin the politics of division and said that the Prime Minister’s observation over involvement of its chief…
OIC Scy Gen diplored Suu Kyi’s silence over the Rohingya
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani on Sunday sharply criticized Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi for her silence over Rohingya issues though she was awarded the Nobel Prize in peace. “She (Suu Kyi) has not…
Palmyra’s Baalshamin temple ‘blown up by IS’
Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists say. Syria’s head of antiquities was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it…
Two charged for raping tribal woman
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday submitted the charge sheet of the case filed against two people for violating a Garo woman in a microbus in the city in May. Ajmila Nasrin, RAB-1 ASP and also the Investigation Officer…
Case against RAB in ‘gunfight’ death of BCL leader
Slain Hazaribagh Thana Chhatra League President Arzu’s brother Md Masud Rana lodged a case against four people including three members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in connection with the death of his younger brother Arzu in a gunfight.