Court Correspondent The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 of Dhaka on Monday acquitted four members of non-profit organization- Adamya Bangladesh in a case filed on the charges of human trafficking.
Day: January 11, 2016
Tributes to legendary David Bowie
From religious leaders to celebrities, politicians, and soccer clubs, the world was united on Monday in mourning the loss of David Bowie, who has died at the age of 69.”David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a…
PM to address nation on tuesday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Tuesday, marking the completion of two years of her government after the January-5 national election.The address will simultaneously be broadcast by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels…
China forex regulator says will ramp up risk control efforts
China’s foreign exchange regulator said on Saturday it will ramp up risk control efforts, push ahead with regulatory reforms and look to accelerate the development of the country’s foreign exchange market in 2016.The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) made…
Escaped Mexican drug lord recaptured
In the rain and darkness Friday morning, Mexican marines crept up in trucks with their lights out and jumped between rooftops on Boulevard Jiquilpan, surrounding a little white house in this coastal city where their country’s most-wanted fugitive, Joaquín “El…
Shahzad hits fourth highest T20 score as Afghanistan rout Zimbabwe
Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad smashed the fourth highest score in Twenty20 international history on Sunday when he made 118 in his side’s 81-run rout of Zimbabwe.The 27-year-old opener carried his bat having already hit Afghanistan’s first ever century in the format,…
One held with 12 gold bars in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested an alleged smuggler along with 12 gold bars from Bhomra land port area in sadar upazila on Monday morning.The arrested was identified as Joydeb Gosh, son of Nil Ratan Ghosh,…
BGB seized Tk10.71 cr illegal drugs in Moulvibazar last year
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized illegal drugs worth Tk10.71 crore from different points of the district in the outgoing year.According to sources in the BGB 46 battalion, over 727 cases were filed in connection with incidents of drug…
Waters of Shitalakhya, Buriganga unfit for use
Stinky polluted waters of the rivers Shitalakhya and Buriganga hardly come to the use of the local residents.Though they regularly pay bills to WASA, they do not have access to the supply of clean water.
20 injured in dog bite in Jessore
At least 20 people were injured as a mad dog bit them in Chowgacha upazila of Jessore district on Sunday.The injured were admitted to the upazila health complex.
322-landless selected for khas land in Pirojpur
The government has taken a programme to distribute khas land among the landless and freedom fighters of the district during the current year.To this end, a total of 322-landless people including freedom fighters of the district have been listed for…
One arrested with hemp plants in Faridpur
The Narcotics Control Department in a drive last evening arrested one person with three hemp (ganja) plants.According to a source of the Narcotics Control Department, acting on secret information they raided a house in village Wajuddin Mollar Dangi in Char…
“Leave No One Behind” for universal, safe access – hygienic sanitation
Dhaka – The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA) are Monday releasing a new report titled “Leave No One Behind: Voices of Women, Adolescent Girls, Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Sanitation…
Cop closed for torturing Bangladesh Bank official
Dhaka – A sub-inspector of police of Mohammadpur police station in the capital has been closed for allegedly torturing and blackmailing a Bangladesh Bank (BB) official and issuing him death threat.
Jennifer Lawrence wins Globe for best comedy film actress
Los Angeles – Jennifer Lawrence took home the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical film on Sunday for “Joy.” Lawrence beat Melissa McCarthy (“Spy”), Amy Schumer (“Trainwreck”), Maggie Smith (“The Lady in the Van”) and Lily…
Zimbabwe team to arrive today
A 16-member Zimbabwean cricket team will arrive in Dhaka city today (Monday) to play a four-match T20I series against Bangladesh.Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna will host all the four matches scheduled to be held on 15, 17, 20 and 22…
PM helps Diti, Rani Sarker
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday provided cheques of financial assistance to ailing film actresses Rani Sarker and Diti.PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said Sheikh Hasina handed over the cheques at her official residence Ganobhaban in the city.He said the…
Iraq bans poultry from Bangladesh
Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including Bangladesh and China, the government said on Sunday.Baghdad last month restricted poultry imports from France, where an outbreak of avian flu…
‘Crash rates for self-driving cars less than conventional car’
By David Shepardson Washington – Self-driving cars are involved in fewer crashes on average than vehicles with a driver behind the wheel, a study released on Friday by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows. The study was commissioned by Alphabet…
Bus crash kills 21 in Mexico
A bus carrying amateur football players and fans plunged into a river after careening off a bridge in eastern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 21 people dead, authorities said.Another 30 were injured in the crash in the municipality of…
Deformed mountain lion mystery
By Leada Gore A strange mountain lion killed last week in Idaho has hunters and state conservation officials buzzing. The young male mountain lion was killed by a hunter after it was involved in an attack on a dog. The…
Your Neanderthal DNA may have given you allergies
In the American Journal of Human Genetics, two research teams reported that in many people, a group of genes that governs the first line of defense against pathogens was probably inherited from Neanderthals. By Deborah Netburn If you sneeze when…
Actress Diti back home, hospitalsed
Dhaka – Popular Bangladeshi film actress Parveen Sultana Diti has been admitted to a Dhaka hospital after her return in Bangladesh from Chennai, India. Diti returned home, along with her daughter Lamia Chowdhury and son Shafayat Chowdhury, after being treated…
Politics in bad shape says JP’s GM Kader
Dhaka – Jatiya Party senior presidium member GM Kader on Sunday expressed his sadness that politics in Bangladesh is now in a very fragile shape as the trend has changed drastically. Speaking at a biennial council of the district unit…
Military to military
By Seymour M. Hersh on US intelligence sharing in the Syrian war Barack Obama’s repeated insistence that Bashar al-Assad must leave office- and that there are ‘moderate’ rebel groups in Syria capable of defeating him- has in recent years provoked…
HC for release of Kh Mosharraf soon
The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court (HC) order that granted a conditional bail BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
Zero tolerance for terrorism: PM tells Tripura minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her government’s stance of zero tolerance to terrorism and said no one would be allowed to use Bangladesh’s soil for insurgent acts against any country.
14 yrs imprisonment for cyber crimes
Observing that cyber crime is more serious than murder and rape, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday there will be provisions of maximum 14 years’ imprisonment in the proposed ‘Digital Security Act-2016’, aiming to tackle the menace.
3 member Counterterrorism team in the city
A three-member team of the US Department of State’s Counterterrorism Bureau is now in city to discuss issues of mutual interest with government officials here.
PM joins Akheri Munajat
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) of Biswa Ijtema as the first phase of the world’s largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj ended on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi.From her official…