STAFF REPORTER Leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday called upon all democratic political parties and forces to get united to restore the country’s democracy.
Month: March 2016
1,050 kg jatka seized in Chandpur
Dhaka- Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 1,050 kg jatka (hilsha fry less than 10 inch in length) from two passenger launches in the Meghna river in Chandpur early Friday and sentenced two fishermen to one year’s jail each in…
6 killed in road crashes in 3 dists
Dhaka – Six people, including an elderly woman, were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Cox’s Bazar and Habiganj districts on Friday.In Comilla, a truck driver and a helper were killed as the gas cylinder…
ICC fines BD team for slow over-rate against India
Dhaka- Bangladesh has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Super 10 Group 2 match against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC…
Australia eliminates Pakistan with 21-run win at WT20
Mohali — Australia eliminated 2009 champion Pakistan in a 21-run group-stage win on Friday and kept alive its own hopes of a first World Twenty20 title.Captain Steven Smith smashed seven fours in an unbeaten 61 off 43 balls to help…
8 held with 30,200 pieces of Yaba tablets in city
Dhaka – Detectives in three separate drives in the city from Thursday night to early Friday recovered around 30,200 pieces of yaba tablets and arrested eight alleged drug dealers.A special team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police…
4 Bagerhat houses vandalised in post-polls violence
Bagerhat – Four houses were vandalised allegedly by the supporters of a newly elected Union Parishad member at Mohanpur village of Banagram union in Morelganj upazila on Thursday night.Tarak Biswas, officer-in-charge of Chitalmari Police Station, said the supporters of Billal…
Taskin returns home
Dhaka– Bangladesh pace bowler Taskin Ahmed who was suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) from the international cricket for illegal bowling action returned home on Friday.He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from India around 9am.Taskin was officially banned…
Motorcyclist killed, 2 hurt in Barisal road accident
BARISAL- A motorcyclist was killed and two others were seriously injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Berthi Bus Stand area under Gaurnadi upazila in the district this afternoon.The deceased was identified as M Rafiq, 22, son of…
Independence Day Cup Golf Tournament begins in Rangpur
RANGPUR- The four-day “Prime Medical College Independence Day Cup Golf Tournament- 2016′ kicked-off at a colourful inaugural ceremony held at Rangpur Golf Club ground in Rangpur Cantonment today.More than 100 contestants of different Golf Clubs from allover the country have…
Gram police strangled to death in Mymensingh
MYMENSINGH- A Gram Police (Chowkidar) was strangled to death in Phulpur upazila of the district early today (Friday), after three days of union parishad election, allegedly by the supporters of a defeated candidate.The deceased Idris Ali, 50, is a resident…
World Twenty20: Tigers aim to restore some pride
DHAKA- After a shocking defeat against India, Bangladesh aiming to restore some lost pride as they face New Zealand in their last group 2 super 10 match of the World Twenty20 scheduled to be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the Eden…
Serena withstands fightback to advance at Miami
Dhaka – World number one Serena Williams was forced to regroup but launched her bid for a ninth Miami Open crown Thursday by defeating US compatriot Christina McHale 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.Three-time defending champion Williams had the match on her racquet…
Bangladeshi migrants among 150 held in Lesbos
A first group of 150 migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh late on Monday were transferred – handcuffed and under police escort – from the island’s registration centre to a passenger ferry that would take them to the mainland by early…
IS second-in-command ‘killed in US raid in Syria’
The second-in-command of so-called Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US operation in Syria, US media report.Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, an Iraqi also known as Hajji Iman, died during a raid by US special forces on Thursday, officials…
Brussels attacks: 10 suspects arrested in three countries
Ten more suspects have been arrested in three European countries as police step up efforts to prevent further attacks after the Brussels bombings.Seven were detained in Brussels, two reportedly in Germany and one in Paris.An investigation is continuing into Tuesday’s…
Pro-AL panel wins SCBA polls
Dhaka – Pro-Awami League grand alliance Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parisad has won the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections against the Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Forum backed by the BNP-Jamaat alliance.
Six suspects arrested in Brussels over attacks
Brussels – Belgian police have arrested six people in Brussels as a major investigation continues into attacks that claimed 31 lives in the city on Tuesday.
US city cracks down on ‘big problem’
Selma — The west Alabama city of Selma is planning a crackdown on what one councilman says is a big problem: Horse droppings.
Arrest order issued against Ishana
Showtime Desk A court in Dhaka issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday against model-actress Mounita Khan Ishana in a defamation case which accused her of making derogatory comments about a producer while shooting for a play titled Shohojatri.
‘Kaalratri’ to be staged Friday
Culture Desk Commemorating the martyrs who were killed on the horrific night of March 25, 1971 in a planned massacre carried out by the Pakistani Army, Padatik Natya Sangsad has arranged a special staging of the troupe’s latest play on…
Australia invests $760 million in tech to fight climate change
AFP, Sydney – Australia will invest Aus$1 billion in clean energy technologies, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday, in a stark shift away from his predecessor’s climate change policies as an election looms. Turnbull, long known as a supporter of…
US Navy ship missing for 95 years found near San Francisco
A US Navy ship that went missing 95 years ago with 56 aboard has been found off San Francisco, ending one of the biggest mysteries in US naval history, authorities said Wednesday. The USS Conestoga tug boat, which disappeared on…
Japan fleet returns from Antarctic whale hunt
A Japanese whaling fleet returned home Thursday from its annual Antarctic hunt, the government said, a trip that angered environmentalists and nations opposed to the slaughter. The ships had set sail for the Southern Ocean in December, with plans to…
Sunbathing may decrease heart disease risk
Researchers have found that active sun exposure habits is linked to decrease in heart disease and noncancer/non-heart disease deaths.The researchers looked into the paradox that women who sunbathe are likely to live longer than those who avoid the sun, even…
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…
Driver, helper killed in Habiganj road crash
A bus driver and his assistant were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Karanji Bridge area of Bahubal upazila of Habiganj on Friday.Bahubal police officer-in-charge Mosharraf Hossain said the accident took place in…
Tata to rename hatchback that sounds like Zika
The rapidly-spreading Zika virus has an unlikely victim – Indian carmaker Tata Motors Ltd.The carmaker said on Tuesday it had decided to rename its soon-to-be-launched hatchback Zica, short for Zippy Car, after the mosquito-borne virus was declared an international health…
Wonder Woman leads the fierce females of ‘Batman v Superman’
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is centred on the clash of two of the most recognisable caped heroes of the comic book world but it is the women of the DC Comics universe who defy expectations.The movie has “four…
UK MP’s call for sanctions angers Dhaka
Simon Danczuk, a suspended Labour Party member of parliament (MP), addressed opposition BNP supporters in Dhaka last week and said the Awami League government had created a ‘culture of fear’, the Guardian newspaper reported on ThursdayThe government of Bangladesh reacted…