Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ((CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed April 18 for submission of the probe report in the case filed against Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiments of the people.
Day: March 23, 2016
Youth killed in Gopalganj road mishap
GOPALGANJ – A youth was killed and three others were injured in a road mishap at Vatipara on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila this morning.The deceased was Ratan Gyine, 20, of Zoaria village under Tungipara upazila of the district.Officer-in-charge…
Two held with heroin in C’nawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 200 grams of heroin from Achua village under Godagari upazila in Rajshahi district today.The arrested were M Mikail, 22, son of M Intaj Ali and M…
Housewife commits suicide in Dinajpur
DINAJPUR – A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her house at Baniapara village of Sundarban union in Sadar upazila this morning.The deceased was identified as Bindu Rani Roy, 50, wife of Dilip Kumar Roy of the same…
Messi, Suarez return for S. American qualifiers
MONTEVIDEO – Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will make a long-awaited return to World Cup duty this week when South America’s marathon qualifying competition for the 2018 finals in Russia resumes.Suarez has not kicked a ball for Uruguay…
FIFA WC Qualifiers: Bangladesh to play Jordan on Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Football Team will play their last Group-B match of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Jordan National team at the Amman International Stadium on Thursday (March 24).Table topper Australia will face Tajikistan in their home match…
Bagerhat gets 5 female UP chairmen
Bagerhat – Five female chairman candidates won elections in five union parishads of Bagerhat district.Among the five, Taslima Begum won the chairman race in Raripara union parishad of Kachua upazila battling against her son.
Robber ringleader held in Gaibandha
Gaibandha – Detective Branch of police arrested the ringleader of a robber gang along with a pistol and eight rounds of bullet from Mollar Char in Gaibandha Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Saidur Rahman.
Five female UP chairmen elected in Bagerhat
Bagerhat–Five female chairman candidates won elections in five union parishads of Bagerhat district.
Brussels attacks key suspect arrested
Brussels – A key suspect in the attacks in Brussels has been arrested, Belgian media say, quoting judicial sources.
Bandwidth, power exports between Bangladesh, India opened
The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh today jointly inaugurated, through video conferencing, supply of 100 mega watts of power from India (Tripura) to Bangladesh (Comilla) and 100 GBPS broadband internet from Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar) to India (Agartala). Remarks were…
Boeing builds drone sub
Boeing has built unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) for patrolling the sea. The Echo Voyager is 51-feet long. It the largest in the fleet of autonomous submarines built by the defense contractor. It’s also designed to allow up to six months…
US issues Europe travel advisory
The State Department of US has warned its citizens about potential risks to travel in Europe after March 22’s airport and subway bombings in Brussels.
Climate changing at ‘unprecedented’ rate
January and February 2016 smashed temperature records, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday as it warned climate change was advancing at an “unprecedented” rate.Temperatures in the first two months of 2016 soared to new highs, following a year…
How babies deal with angry adults!
Just as we often form fast opinions about each other’s personalities, especially when it comes to negative traits, 15-month-old infants also form similar generalisations about others and make attempts to appease adults they consider prone to anger, a study says.“Our…
Dhaka seeks duty free US access
Bangladesh has solicited support of a congressman to get duty-free and quota-free access of its goods to the US market.Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin met Congressman Adrian Smith in Washington on Monday and discussed trade-related issues and other development achievements of Bangladesh,…
No red carpet for ‘Batman vs Superman’
Movie studio Warner Bros went ahead with Tuesday’s London premiere of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, its new superhero movie, but skipped the traditional red carpet press interviews following the attacks in Brussels.”Our hearts go out to the victims…
Belgians hunt IS suspect
Belgian police are hunting an Islamic State suspect seen with two supposed suicide bombers shortly before they struck Brussels Airport in the first of two attacks that also hit the city’s metro, killing at least 30 and wounding over 200.The…
World’s highest abundance of sharks
An abundance of marine wildlife receives protection from fishing by the government of Ecuador.
We stand in solidarity with Belgium people: Obama
US President Barack Obama has expressed his solidarity with the people of Belgium in the wake of Tuesday;s terrorist attacks killing about 40 and injuring hundreds and condemned the attacks.
Coral bleaching at Barrier Reef ‘severe’: Australia
Australian authorities said Sunday coral bleaching occurring in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef had become “severe”, the highest alert level, as sea temperatures warm. Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt said while the bleaching at this stage was not as…
Eating disorders harm women’s fertility
Women with the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia may take a bit longer to get pregnant than other women. Researchers asked 11,088 pregnant women in UK to complete questionnaires at 12 and 18 weeks of their pregnancy. Of those women,…
Internet tycoon Elon Musk and actress Talulah Riley divorce
Entrepreneur Elon Musk and his British actress wife Talulah Riley are to end their marriage for a second time, official sources told AFP on Monday. The couple wed in 2010 and remarried in 2013 after a their first divorce, but…
People’s movements in India, Bangladesh join to save Sunderbans
In yet another major initiative strengthening people-to-people cooperation between South Asian nations, people’s movements in India joined hands with their Bangladesh counterparts to save the Sunderbans. This was declared in Delhi by a delegation of 11 senior activists who took…
NY Federal Reserve Bank had major lapse in robbery, Dhaka says
A document, dated 13 March, sheds new light on Bangladesh Bank’s interpretation of a cyber heist in which hackers tried to steal nearly $1 billion Dhaka: Bangladesh’s central bank has suggested the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had a…
Dozens killed by multiple explosions in Brussels Airport, Subway
Explosions tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing at least 14 people and injuring another 81. Shortly afterwards, a second blast struck a metro station in the Belgian capital, close to European Union (EU) institutions,…
We’re changing climate at an unprecedented’ rate
By Elaisha Stokes Hardly a week goes by anymore without some scientific agency reporting that Earth has surpassed some sort of alarming threshold: biggest monthly temperature anomaly, lowest amount of sea ice in the Arctic, highest wind speeds of any…
Tigers to take on India in cricket World T20 Wednesday
Dhaka – The Bengal Tigers will meet top ranked India in a high-voltage Group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 Super-10 stage at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday. The match will kick off at 8pm Bangladesh time.…
UP poll voting ends, EC claims fair election
Voting in 712 Union Parishads (UPs) in 37 districts of the country ended at 4pm on Tuesday amid various irregularities and sporadic violence that left a person dead and around 70 people injured.