RU Correspondent After four days of abduction of Saifuzzaman Sohag, Information and Research affairs secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Rajshahi University of Engineering &Technology (RUET) unit, a case was filed at Rajpara police station of Rajshahi Metropolitan at the…
Police arrested three class IX students of Ataikula High School in Ataikula upazila on Sunday for allegedly killing a classmate.The arrestees are Tutul, Shaon and Belal.
A hooded man claiming to be acting for Islamic State attacked a nursery school teacher with a knife-like weapon as he prepared for classes in a school north of Paris, French officials said on Monday.The male teacher was taken to…
Police in a drive seized a truck, which was hijacked in Pubail area of Gazipur district on Friday, from a restaurant in Kumargoan area of the city on Sunday evening.On a secret information police conducted drive in the area around…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two men along with 500 bottles of Phensidyl from Bidirpur intersection area of Godagari upazila on Sunday night.The arrestees were identified as Enamul Haque, 40, son of Ismail Hossain, and Swapan Miah, 29, son…
Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea” sunk at the box office, mustering up a measly $11 million after debuting in 3,103 theatres.It’s a painful flop for the director behind “A Beautiful Mind” and “Apollo 13″.One of the worst…
A complaint was filed against National Cricket Team player Anamul Haque Bijoy on Sunday for beating and stabbing a young man.Abdul Halim, father of victim Motaleb Hossain Bappy, 24, filed the case with Kushtia Model Police Station on Sunday night.
A case was filed on Sunday in connection with the abduction of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi Engineering and Technology University (RUET). According to the case statement, a group of unidentified people, numbering 8-10, posed themselves as…
A man was stabbed to death by his elder brother at Bhatialpur village in Ramganj upazila on Sunday night over a trifling matter.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Alam, 30, son of late Syed Ahmed, a resident of the village.
India has cut the minimum export price of onions to $400 per tonne, reports NDTV.”On Onion — decision taken today to reduce the Minimum Export Price (MEP) of onions from USD 700 tonne to USD 400 a tonne,” Indian Commerce…
Police in a drive arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 150 yaba tablets from Reserve Bazaar area of the district town last night.The arrested were Saiful Islam, 22, son of Shafiq and Anto Biswas, 25, son of Biswanath, residents of…
At least 30 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Panchhari Bazaar here early hours yesterday.Fire Service sources said that the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a shop of Noakhali Market of the area at…
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump had a new target on Sunday, calling fellow White House contender Ted Cruz “a little bit of a maniac” as the US senator passed him in an Iowa opinion poll.Cruz’s dogged pursuit of conservative Iowa…
India is considering using drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-UAV) on its frontier with Bangladesh, a top official in India’s home ministry said on Monday.“UAVs are being used along the Western Sector to stop infiltration from across the border with Pakistan. Similarly,…
A case was filed on Sunday in connection with the abduction of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi Engineering and Technology University (RUET) unit.According to the case statement, a group of unidentified people, numbering 8-10, posed themselves as…
The nation is paying homage to the intellectuals who were assassinated by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators in the last days of the 1971 Liberation War.Bangladesh observes December 14 as the Martyred Intellectuals Day in memory of those…
Dhaka University has decided to sever ties with Pakistani educational institutions.The decision was taken at a DU Syndicate meeting on Monday afternoon to mark the Intellectuals Martyrs Day.The proposal to cut off Dhaka University’s relations with Pakistani educational institutions was…
A complaint was filed against national cricket team player Anamul Haque Bijoy on Sunday for beating and stabbing a young man in Kushtia, reports UNB news agency on Monday.Abdul Halim, father of victim Motaleb Hossain Bappy, 24, filed the case…
The government on Monday lifted the temporary restriction on all mobile messaging and calling apps as well as social networking sites, including Viber, WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter and Imo.”We’ve withdrawn temporary restriction on all social networking sites as well as calling…
A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Maldanga village of Mogolbasa union in Sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Akhter Hossain, 40, son of Ahmmed Hossain, a resident…
Five people, including a woman, were injured in two separate incidents in Hatkaluganj area of Borobazar area of the district on Saturday night. The injured were identified as Jamira Begum, Selim, Rafiqul, Ariful and Sohel Biswas.Police said two local groups…
Joint forces in separate drives from Saturday night to early Sunday arrested 23 people, including seven Jamaat activists, in different places of the district on various charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said a team comprising members of police,…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 874 rare species of turtles worth Tk 2.18 crore from Kagajpukur area here on Sunday morning.Tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a drive in the area and recovered the…
The Rajshahi University has taken up a series of programmes to commemorate Glorious Victory day of Bangladesh on December 16.
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has congratulated all for reaching the climate deal in Paris. In a statement issued on Sunday he said, “This is a unique moment in the history of the world, All nations agreed to take steps…
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on December 13, 2015, Sunday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank presided over the meeting. Local and…
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has alleged that the ruling party has exiled democracy and is running the country through the politics of vengeance. The ruling quarters is undermining our democratic growth and national progress by indulging in politics of…
The nation will observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Monday to pay rich tributes to the intellectuals killed by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Renowned academics, doctors,…
Dhaka – World Bank chief economist Dr. Kaushik Basu on Sunday said that the economic growth of Bangladesh in 2015 will be 6.5 percent and this growth will reach 6.7 percent in 2016 when Chinese growth will be in the…
The government has blocked Twitter, Skype and imo in Bangladesh barely three days into unblocking Facebook. The latest clampdown on micro-blogging site Twitter, Microsoft Corp’s online telephone and video service Skype, and communication app imo came on Sunday night amid…