Dhaka-Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 24,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets and arrested two alleged drug dealers along with a private car from Lalpole area of Feni on Thursday night.
Day: October 23, 2015
BPL draft concluded
Eighty-two players, including 19 overseas players, were allocated through a lottery during the BPL draft in Dhaka on Thursday. Out of the 63 local players, the selection of the six icons came at the end of the draft. Rangpur, which…
Daniel Craig still undecided on Bond charecter
Daniel Craig has said he has not made any decisions about whether he will carry on playing James Bond.The actor, on his fourth outing as 007 in Spectre, had told Time Out magazine that he would “rather slash [his] wrists”…
42 died in France traffic accident
At least 42 people are feared dead in a traffic accident involving a truck and bus in south-west France, reports say.The accident happened near Libourne, in the Gironde region, east of Bordeaux.Reports say the bus and the truck caught fire…
BD is a rising consumer market
Bangladesh is becoming a large market with a growing number of people from middle-income class affluent consumers, a study has found.Business strategy adviser the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released the report, titled ‘Bangladesh: The Surging Consumer Market Nobody Saw Coming’,…
Universe is spooky
The universe really is weird, which is bad news both for Albert Einstein and for would-be hackers hoping to break into quantum encryption systems.Eighty years after the physicist dismissed as “spooky” the idea that simply observing one particle could instantly…
Policeman knifed to death in Dhaka
A police ASI has been stabbed to death at a check post in Dhaka’s Gabtoli amidst heightened security for Durga Puja.The victim was identified as Darussalam Police Station Assistant Sub-Inspector Ibrahim Molla.He was stabbed at the check post in front…
Sweden in shock over deadly school attack
Sweden has reacted with shock to the killing of a teacher and pupil at a school in the west of the country, near Gothenburg, by a sword-wielding man. Police say the attacker, who was shot dead by police, is being…
Municipal, rural local govt polls from December on party basis
Dhaka – The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold elections in 245 out of 323 municipalities in December this year. Polls in the remaining municipalities would be held on completion of the mayors’ tenures, government news agency BSS reported…
States urged to make ending enforced disappearance top on agenda
The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has called on States to put on the top of their agenda the eradication of enforced disappearance. It also urged governments to address the changing nature of the problem due to new…
The Hindu Comunity observed Kumari Puja on Wednesdaay
The Hindu Community on Wednesday obsered ‘Kumri Puja’ – worship of the virgin – at different Puja Pandels in Dhaka and elsewhee over the country. It was part of the 4-day Durga Puja they celebrated. The Durga Puja ends hrugh…