Bangladesh has accepted the ‘reality’ that there will be no progress in striking the much-talked-about Teesta water sharing deal with India before the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election scheduled for May this year.Against this backdrop, both Bangladesh and India are…
Day: February 17, 2016
Niko graft case charge framed against Khaleda Zia
Court Correspondent The Ninth Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the charge framing in the Niko graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others for the second time. Judge Mohammad Aminul Islam of the court…
Charge framed against 25-Hall-Mark people
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against 25 Hall-Mark Group people including its Chairperson Jesmin Islam and Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud in two cases over loan scam and money laundering.
72-constitution lost original position, judiciary upheld it: CJ
STAFF REPORTER Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday urged the politicians, journalists and lawyers not to make any snide remarks on the judiciary.
Media being intimidated: Khaleda
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday said showing Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested despite his bail granted by the High Court is tantamount to contempt of court.Voicing deep concerns over keeping the editor “in continuous…
Police arrest two over murder of four children in Habiganj
Police have arrested two men for their suspected connection to the murder of four children in Habiganj’s Bahubal Upazila.Abdul Ali and ‘Jewel’, of Sundrateki village, were nabbed on Wednesday evening, Bahubal police OC Mosharraf Hossain said.The bodies of the four…
Blanc praises match-winner Cavani but Chelsea retain hope
Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc heaped praise on Edinson Cavani after the Uruguayan played the role of super-sub to give his side a 2-1 win against Chelsea in their Champions League last 16, first leg.Cavani replaced Lucas in the 74th…
Olympics: Hong Kong windsurf heroine warns of Rio pollution
Hong Kong’s Olympic athletes face a bigger threat from the tainted waters of Rio de Janeiro than the Zika virus, the city’s former windsurfing gold medallist warned Tuesday.Lee Lai-shan is the southern Chinese city’s only Olympic gold winner and a…
Soaring Willett keen to maintain momentum in Malaysia
England’s Danny Willett seeks further fuel for his rapid rise in world golf at this week’s inaugural Maybank Championship Malaysia, where he heads a field including past Major champions Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer.Willett arrives in Kuala Lumpur on a…
One chopped to death in Magura
A van puller was chopped to death by some miscreants at Zaria village under Sripur upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Nasir Mandol, 45, son of Appil Mandol, a dweller of the same area.Police…
RAKUB disburses Tk 53.79 cr agriculture loan
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Joypurhat region has distributed over Taka 53.79 crore as agricultural loans among 5,846 farmers of the district during the first six months of the current fiscal through its 15 branches.RAKUB Official sources said they have…
70 injured in Nilphamari road crash
At least 70 people were injured as a picnic bus fell into a road side ditch in Pagla bazaar area under Domar upazila of the district this morning.Police said the accident occurred when a Dinajpur-bound picnic bus from Panchagarh fell…
4 missing schoolboys’ bodies found in Habiganj
The bodies of four schoolboys who had gone missing from Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila on Friday morning were recovered from a ditch at the village on Wednesday morning.Informed by locals, police recovered the bodies of Zakaria Ahmed Shuvo, 8,…
‘Mugger’ lynched in Mymensingh
A suspected mugger was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Kanhar in Trishal upazila on Tuesday night.Officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station M Maniruzzaman said a group of muggers snatched a motorbike on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the night.
Rohingya census on in full swing in Rangamati
The first-ever census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh is going on in full swing in Rangamati to determine their exact number throughout the district.Total 36 supervisors and 355 enumerators are working in the district to find out the number…
Yaba pills recovered, 1 held in Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered 1.9 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet and arrested a Myanmar citizen in Teknaf upazila on Wednesday.BGB-2 Battalion Commanding Officer Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid said tipped off a team…
Landslide kills woman in Sylhet
A woman was killed and her husband severely injured in an incident of landslide at a stone quarry in Balughat area of Gowainghat upazila Tuesday afternoon.Officer-in-charge of Gowainghat police station Md Delowar Hossain said Chaina Begum, a resident of Shoti…
‘Robber’ killed in gunfight with rivals
An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with his rivals at Matarbari Connecting Road in Maheshkhali upazila early Wednesday. Officer-in-charge of Maheshkhali Police Station Didarul Ferdous said two local gangs had long been at loggerheads over committing robbery in…
4 Dakhil invigilators fined in Chuadanga
A mobile court on Tuesday fined four invigilators Tk1000 each for helping examinees adopt unfair means during Dakhil examinations. The mobile court led by executive magistrate Munibur Rahman imposed the fine on the four on-duty teachers at Chuadanga Alia Madrasah…
Tk34 lakh valuables looted from Jessore house
Burglars looted valuables worth Tk34 lakh, including gold and cash, from a house at Sitarampur village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.Police said a gang of burglars entered the house of Amir Hossain of the village by breaking…
Eagles of Death Metal band returns to Paris
By Miriam Wells The Eagles of Death Metal (EODM), the band who were playing at Paris’ Bataclan concert hall when it was attacked by gunmen last November, will return to the French capital to “finish” the show tonight. In interviews…
Russia rejects ‘war crimes’ blame in Syria
By Sally Hayden and Reuters The Kremlin has strongly rejected accusations by Turkey that Russia committed an “obvious war crime” in Syria after missile attacks killed scores of people on Monday, hitting several medical facilities and schools. “We categorically do…
‘Regime collapse’ awaits North Korea, says South’s leader
President Park Geun-hye issues tough warning and again accuses Kim Jong-un’s government of using cross-border funding to further weapons programme South Korea’s president has warned that North Korea faces “regime collapse” if it does not abandon its nuclear programme. Park…
Study indicates immigration not to blame for terrorism
Migration is overall not a source of terrorism, according to new research from the University of Warwick. In fact, the study indicates that more migration could create a decrease in the number of terrorist attacks, not an increase. The research…
Grammys 2016: Complete list of winners!
By Danica Talon The full list of nominees is below, and there’s some tough competition among the contenders. We’ll be updating this list as the winners are announced, so keep an eye on this story and check back throughout the…
Sustainable dev impossible in Asia-Pacific without better data
Shamshad Akhtar As governments embark on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the first thing they must do is identify and plug gaps in data availability and quality, says UN ESCAP Under-Secretary-General Shamshad Akhtar. 2016 marks the start of the…
6 get suffocation injuries as apartment catches fire in Capital
Dhaka – A fire broke out inside an apartment at a multi-storied building in the capital’s Shantinagar area on early Wednesday. Sources at the fire service headquarters control room said the fire originated at around 1:00 am inside flat no.…
Juergen Teller and Charlotte Rampling: Artist and Inspiration
Charlotte Rampling was a defining symbol of the swinging ‘60s– and in her 50s she became a muse for one of the fashion world’s most unique photographers.With her hooded eyes giving her a perpetually sullen gaze Charlotte Rampling radiated detached…
Hobbits were not humans
Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.Fossils of Homo floresiensis — dubbed “the…
One man killed in Cox’s Bazar shootout
Cox’s Bazar police claims to have killed a history sheeter in a shootout involving them and ‘two robber gangs’ at Moheshkhali Upazila.Moheshkhali police’s Inspector Didarul Ferdous said that the encounter took place at Upazila’s Matarbarhi Union.Police claimed the dead, identified…