A man was beaten to death by his rivals over a land-related dispute at Sonapur in Roypur upazila of the district on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, son of Ismail Hossain, a resident of Sonapur village.
Year: 2015
2 held with firearm, bullets in Pabna
Police arrested two young men along with a firearm and bullets at Teghoria village in Bera upazila of the district on Tuesday night.
RU admission process begins October 1
The process for admission to the first year honours courses in 2015-16 academic sessions at Rajshahi University (RU) will begin on October 01 this year. The decision has recently been made at a meeting of the university admission test affairs…
Global warming’s record-breaking trend continues
Detailed update by hundreds of scientists on climate indicators in 2014 reveals highest recorded rises in temperatures, sea levels and greenhouse gases. Forget talk of a slowdown in global warming. Scientists say the climate is heading smartly in the opposite…
Foreign experts praise Russian nuclear power machine, technologies
The permanent representatives of foreign countries to international organizations in Vienna visited Russia’s Rostov region in the framework of cooperation in the area of use of atomic energy in peaceful purposes and for acquaintance with modern Russian technologies for NPP…
Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury new Managing Director of BTCL
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division’s Additional Secretary Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury has been appointed Managing Director of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL). Public administration ministry issued a circular to this effect on Tuesday.Previously, he served in the Office…
‘Demolition’ with Jake Gyllenhaal to launch 40th Toronto film festival
The Toronto International Film Festival will kick off its 40th year with the world premiere of Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Demolition”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, festival organisers said on Tuesday. “Demolition” follows the unravelling of a successful investment…
Bolivia is tripling the size of its subway in the sky
Bolivia already has the largest urban cable car system in the world. Now the booming country is tripling the size of the network and will soon have nine lines whizzing above the administrative capital of La Paz.The Andean city of…
Supreme Court seals Salauddin Quader’s fate, confirms death penalty for BNP leader’s war crimes
War-time terror of Chittagong Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will have to hang after the Supreme Court in the final verdict has confirmed the death penalty of the war crimes tribunal.The four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered…
An Asia-Pacific group calls Bangladesh to ‘act now’ against viral hepatitis
An Asia-Pacific group that dreams of a hepatitis free world has called upon Bangladesh government to take “concrete steps” towards eliminating the killer liver disease.The Singapore-based Coalition to Eradicate Viral Hepatitis in Asia Pacific (CEVHAP) gave the call on Tuesday…
Rodriguez strike caps Real’s win over Inter in friendly
James Rodriguez curled home a superb free kick to cap Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Inter Milan in a friendly in Guangzhou on Monday.The Colombian midfielder, brought on for just the last 10 minutes of the International Champions Cup match,…
Libyan court sentences Gaddafi son Saif, eight other ex-officials to death
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country’s 2011 revolution that ended his father’s rule.The court also…
Malik Ishaq Pakistan Sunni militant chief killed
Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to…
Banks write off Taka 6,261 crore bad loan in 2014
Bad or default loans amounting to Tk 62.61 billion were written off by banks in the calendar year 2014. These loans were written off when they became adversely classified. In CY13, about Tk 62.97 billion was written off. This was…
SC upholds Salauddin Quader’s death verdict
The appellate division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of condemned war crime convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the court, led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, delivered…
Text books getting a thing of past
It is often blamed that now-a-days education, particularly at the university level got stuck to only some lecture synopsis; students hardly use text or reference books! True to some extent, but why it’s so? Text and reference books are expansive,…
Revolting world
Robert J. Burrowes There is much that is revolting about the current world and Andre Vltchek, Christopher Black and Peter Koenig are well placed to document it, which they have done in their new book ‘The World Order and Revolution!…
World Tiger Day Wednesday
The World Tiger Day will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday, aiming to build awareness across the globe to save the remaining population of the majestic big cat from extinction. The global population of tiger, which is also popularly…
DMCH team to treat newborn who was shot in mother’s womb
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) authorities have formed an eight-member medical team for the proper treatment of the newborn who was shot inside the womb of its mother allegedly by Jubo League men in Magura. Dr Ashraful Haque Kajal, head…
Hearing against Fakhrul 25 other Bnp leaders Aug 25
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again deferred the hearing against 26 BNP members, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on whether to frame charge or not to August 25. The case was filed on the charges…
Bnp asks for extra 45 days to submit audit report
As a registered political party, BNP yesterday sought additional one and half months time from Election Commission to submit its statement of account. A two-member BNP delegation led by assistant office secretary Asadul Karim Shahin went to the EC at…
Body recovered in Narail
Police recovered the body of a man from Taltala area under Sadar upazila this morning.The deceased was Dhala Miah, 70, resident of Chakulia village of the upazila.
Two held with phensidyl in C’nawabganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 249 bottles of phensidyl from Pirojpur area under Shibganj upazila of the district this afternoon.
One lakh yaba seized in Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered one lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Natun Transit Ghat area of Chowdhurypara in Teknaf upazila early this morning.On a tip-off, a BGB team conducted the drive in the area…
Youth dies from snakebite in Sylhet
A young man died from snakebite at Jahidpur village in Chhatak upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Nur Uddin, 32, son of Abdul Bari, a resident of the village.
11 Jamaat men held in Jessore
Police in a drive arrested eleven leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from a mosque in Narendrapur Post Office area in sadar upazila on Monday night on charges of plotting sabotage.The arrestees were Abdul Malek, Jamaat Amir of Kochua union unit,…
2 held with 545 yaba pills in Munshiganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, along with 545 pieces of Yaba tablet from Sirajdikhan upazila of the district on Monday.The arrestees were identified as Jiasmin Begum,35, wife of Anowar Bepari and…
2 college students stab each other in Sylhet
Two college students stabbed each other in a state of frenzy over posting a photo on social networking site Facebook at Beanibazar Government College in Beanibazar upazila on Monday.They were identified as Rejwan, son of Chunnu Miah, a resident of…
Man crushed under oil tanker in Gaibandha
A man was killed under the wheels of an oil tanker in Kaderi & Sons Oil Pump area of the district town on Monday night.The deceased was identified as bus helper Azam ali, 65, hailing from Shaplapara area in the…
Cop held for ‘selling Yaba’ in Cox’s Bazar
Police arrested a police constable allegedly for selling Yaba tablets and seized 23,500 pieces of the tablet from his possession in the district Ansar Office area in Sadar upazila on Monday noon.The arrestee was identified as police constable Saddam Hossain,…