Eagles of Death Metal, the band whose concert was stormed during last week’s Paris attacks, have made their first statement since returning to the US.”While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to…
Month: November 2015
Martin Sheen salutes son’s courage
Martin Sheen has praised his actor son Charlie following the Platoon star’s confirmation he is living with HIV.”I couldn’t believe the level of courage I was witnessing,” the West Wing star said at an event in Florida.”I hope that this…
French seek to identify raid bodies
French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid on a flat on Wednesday.Police said Abdelhamid Abaaoud was the target when officers stormed the flat in the…
Prime Minister cancels Malta visit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her visit to Malta.She was slated to attend the commonwealth head of governments meeting from Nov 25 to Nov 29 there.The foreign ministry also called off Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali’s scheduled press briefing…
Almost 6,000 jihadists on Interpol radar
Interpol has identified only 5,800 foreign fighters of the roughly 25,000 believed to have joined jihadist groups in conflict zones like Syria and Iraq, the head of the global police body said Wednesday.He was speaking at an anti-terrorism conference in…
BD U-19 team to take part in tri-nation tournament
Bangladesh Under 19 team will leave Dhaka for Kolkata, India this afternoon to play in a Youth Tri-Nation competition.India and Afghanistan are the two other countries participating in the Tri-Nation competition alongside Bangladesh.The competition will begin on Friday (November 20)…
Teens suffer for too many Facebook friends
Having more than 300 Facebook friends may increase a teenager’s levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, says a new study.”While other important external factors are also responsible, we estimated that the isolated effect of Facebook on cortisol was around eight…
Astronomers see planet still growing
Astronomers have taken the first images of a planet still in formation, a discovery expected to shed light on how giant planets manage to beef up early in their lives, research published on Wednesday showed.Astronomers used a telescope in Arizona…
Social networking platforms FB, Messenger, Viber and WhatsApp blocked
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (BTRC) has suspended the operation of social networking platform Facebook, Messenger, Viber and WhatsApp in Bangladesh for security reason.
Jamat’s countrywide daylong hartal today
Jamaat-e-Islami called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting the Supreme Court (SC) verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed.
95 hajj-umrah agencies punished for human trafficking
STAFF REPORTER The government has finally taken punitive measures against 95 hajj and umrah agencies out total 104 accused agencies including the agencies of HAAB and ATAB leaders for their involvement in human trafficking in the guise of sending people…
Govt. to build ship building at Barguna: Shahjahan
STAFF REPORTER The government has decided for building a ship building and re-cycling zone in Barguna, shipping minister Shajahan Khan said yesterday.
4 get death penalty for killing a child in Ctg.
Chittagong Bureau: A court in Chittagong convicted four persons with death sentence for alleged involvement in killing of a child Yasin Arafat Abir .
5 given life imprisonment in Ctg
Chittagong Correspondent Chittagong Bureau: A court in Chittagong convicted five accused with life imprisonment including Rahima Dacoit of Banskhali for alleged abduction of five years old child in Chittagong .
BNP is silenct on SQ Chy’s death sentence
STAFF REPORTER BNP, one of whose standing committee member death sentence was confirmed by the Appellate Division of Supreme Court yesterday, has remained silent on it.
RUCA protest death threat to Hasan Azzizul Haque
RU Correspondent The Rajshahi University Cultural Alliance (RUCA) protested the life threat to Prominent Writer and Former Professor of Philosophy department of the University, Hasan Azzizul Haque from an unknown number. They raised their voice regarding this matter in a…
3 placed to remand on Niloy murder case
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed three accused in the blogger Niloy murder case on a five-day remand each to them about the incident.
Two police lands to jail in city
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court yesterday (Wednesday) sent two police officer of city’s Pallabi Police Station in a murder case in connection with death of Jony of Pallabi area.
Man to die for killing wife in Gazipur
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in the city in 2009.The convict was identified as Jalal Uddin, a resident of Char Khirati village in Kapasia upazila.
Kishoreganj Islami Okya Jote president held
Police arrested the district Islami Okya Jote president Maulana Abdul Momen Sherjahan on various charges from Sholakia Bazar area in the district town on Tuesday night.The arrestee, Maulana Abdul Momen Sherjahan, also general secretary of the district unit of Hefajat-e-Islam,…
40 held on various charges in C’nawabganj
A joint force arrested 40 people, including 10 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir, from different areas of the district on various charges in a drive from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.A team comprising members of police, Rapid Action Battalion and…
Robbery in 15 trucks, auto- rickshaws in Sylhet
A gang of armed robbers looted valuables waylaying 15 trucks and CNG-run auto-rickshaws at Barni on the Sylhet-Companiganj road on Tuesday night.Witnesses said the robber gang, split into three groups, carried out the robbery in the Sylhet-bound vehicles around 8pm…
Couple killed in Comilla road crash
A couple was killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Lalmai Bazar in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Ali Azam, 70, a resident of Karpati village…
RCC Mayor for improving public sanitation facilities
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has put emphasis on improving hygienic sanitation facilities for the common people of the city to promote safe hygienic practices.He was speaking at the inauguration of construction of a public…
Paris climate talks could be a light in the darkness of terror
Nick Rowley After the November 13 attacks on Paris, the global community might now be more determined to deliver a successful climate change conference, both for France and as a potent demonstration of the enduring effectiveness of the international diplomatic…
Verdicts on Mojaheed, Salauddin read out
The full verdicts of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petitions of Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were read out to the two war crimes convicts at Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday night.
Review of Jamat leader Mojaheed being heard
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed Wednesday (today) for delivering its order on the review petition filed by death-row convict Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences.
Nearly 100 killed in India Tamil Naidu rain-induced flood
New Delhi – Incessant rains continued to disrupt normal life in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu on Monday, with the death toll rising to 95. Many areas in Chennai have been inundated, road traffic has been severely hit and schools…
Miscreants shoot Dinajpur Missionary Hospital doctor
An Italian citizen sustained bullet injuries in an attack by unknown miscreants at Mirzapur BRTC bus stand in Dinajpur town on Wednesday morning. The injured, Piyara Samio,50, is a physician of Kasba Missionary Hospital in Dinajpur.
Dhaka, Delhi to share info on terorists, insurgents
Dhaka – Bangladesh and India on Tuesday agreed to share information on terrorists and insurgents through mutual understanding to eliminate terrorism and insurgency in the two neighbouring countries. “We both sides are on the same stance that we can eradicate…