Dhaka – Dock trials began at the world’s first floating nuclear power station (FNPS), Akademik Lomonosov, being built in Russia. The purpose of the trials is to test the functionality of the stations’ equipment and systems, as well as their…
Month: July 2016
‘IS’ threatens to kill 20 N’ganj Club members
Dhaka – Militant outfit Islamic State (IS) has reportedly threatened to kill 20 members of exclusive Narayanganj Club located at the Narayanganj district town adjacent to capital Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
One killed in Jhenaidah ‘gunfight’ with Police
Dhaka – A suspected criminal was killed in a gunfight with police at Aruakandi in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district early Tuesday, UNB news agency reported. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Pro- and anti-Trump forces hold dueling rallies in Cleveland
Cleveland (AP/UNB) – With police on edge in this summer of bloodshed, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters and foes held dueling rallies a half-mile apart Monday in a tense but mostly peaceful start to the four-day Republican National Convention. About…
Seoul says North Korea has fired 3 missiles into sea
South Korea (AP/UNB) – North Korea on Tuesday fired three ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, which followed a week of verbal warnings against the South over its decision to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system to better cope…
JS passes Bangabandhu Digital University bill
Dhaka – Bangladesh Parliament on Sunday passed the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Bangladesh Bill, 2016 aiming to expedite the process of building digital Bangladesh, UNB news agency reported.
‘Target vulnerable groups for succeess of HIV programmes’
Dhaka – In an official press conference today at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa, researchers and community representatives discussed the impact of discriminatory laws and policies in many parts of the world that hinder…
Baton Rouge suspect Gavin Long was marine
Jon Swaine Gavin Long, the man identified on Sunday as the deadly shooter of police officers in Baton Rouge, left behind an online trail to web pages featuring complaints about the treatment of African Americans by police. Using the pseudonym…
Tk 10 lakh bounty for providing info shunning militancy
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed on Monday announced a Tk 10 lakh bounty for any member of militant outfit if he or she shuns militancy and provides information over their activities.
Logo, trophy of jb BPL unveiled
Dhaka – The logo and the trophy of the 12-team jb Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football were unveiled in a colourful ceremony at a city hotel on Monday evening.The ceremony featured playing league’s theme song, captains of the participating posing…
AFC Girls U-16: Bangladesh to play Iran in their first match on Aug 27
Dhaka -Hosts Bangladesh will start their Group C campaign of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifiers taking on Islamic Republic of Iran in one of the three opening day fixtures on August 27 at 6 pm at the Bangabandhu…
7 kids drown in 3 districts
Dhaka – Seven children, including two pairs of siblings, have met their watery burial in four separate incidents in Lalmonirhat, Dhaka and Chittagong districts.In Chittagong, two siblings — Asma, 11, and Tanjila, 9, daughters of Kabir Ahmed of Purba Ratanpur…
2 die as man takes poison, pours it into sons’ mouths
Dhaka – In a shocking incident, a man took poison after pouring it into the mouths of his two children at Ashulia in saver here on Monday following a marital feud, ending two lives in the process.The deceased were identified…
Charge framed against 41 accused on Rana Plaza case
Dhaka-The District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday framed charges against 41 accused, including Rana Plaza building owner Sohel Rana, in the murder case in connection with collapse of the building in 2013.
Career fair in city Wednesday
A career fair for the students of Brac University will be held in the city on Wednesday. everjobs.com.bd, one of the fastest growing online career portals in Bangladesh, will organise the fair from 3pm to 4 pm on the Brac…
6 priests & hindu leaders received death threats
STAFF REPORTER Priests of six temples and Hindu community leaders in Pirojpur, Rangpur and Patuakhali districts have received death threats by unknown elements during the previous 24 hours, according to correspondents and police sources in the district concerned.
Suicide bombers kill 5 Yemen soldiers
Suicide bombers on Monday attacked two army checkpoints in a former stronghold of Al-Qaeda in southeastern Yemen, killing five soldiers, an officer said.One bomber drove his vehicle into a checkpoint in the west of Mukalla while the second struck in…
Senior S. Korean prosecutor arrested for alleged corruption
A senior South Korean prosecutor has been arrested for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars following shady stock transaction deals with a leading online game maker, officials said Monday. Jin Kyung-joon, a vice ministerial-level official, was arrested and put to a…
Govt. will take action against erected structures on the bank of rivers
Dhaka-The government will not spare illegal occupants those who have erected structures on the bank of rivers across the country including city rivers, shipping minister Shajahan Khan has said yesterday.
SC orders Hazaribagh tanners to pay Tk 10,000 fine a day
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered each of the 154 tannery owners at Hazaribagh to pay the government Tk 10,000 per day as fine for not relocating their factories to the Tannery Estate in Savar within the given time. A…
Tk 10 lakh bounty for providing info shunning militancy
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Benazir Ahmed on Monday announced a Tk 10 lakh bounty for any member of militant outfit if he or she shuns militancy and provides information over their activities.The Rab DG came up with…
NSU suspends its arrested Dean Gias Uddin
North South University authorities have suspended its teacher Prof Gias Uddin Ahsan who was arrested on charge of hiding information of his tenants who turned out to be Gulshan café attackers.The action was taken against Gias Uddin, Dean of the…
BNP pushes for unity of all parties
Claiming that the Prime Minister’s rejection of its call for a unity has made the nation upset and aggrieved, BNP on Monday said the unity of only pro-government parties or the opposition ones cannot resolve the country’s growing militancy problem.…
3 Jamalpur war criminals to walk gallows
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday handed down death sentence to three war crimes convicts of Jamalpur district and jailed five others until death on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971.The three-member bench…
Pakistan HC winding up his tenure
Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner Shuja Alam met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam on Monday at the Ministry. During the farewell call on, the Pakistan High Commissioner deeply appreciated Bangladesh’s socioeconomic development and the warmth and hospitality of…
4 Hindu priests get death threats in Priojpur
Dhaka – Four Hindu priests of different temples in Pirojpur received death threats through letters sent by unknown miscreants on Sunday night and Monday morning.Masumur Rahman Biswas, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station,said general diaries were lodged with Sadar Police Station in…
Café attackers carried firearms in backpacks: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Monday the attackers walked into Holey Artisan Bakery carrying firearms in their backpacks. “We’ve collected video footages from all the CC cameras in the area and found the militants entering the…
Tunisia’s Mellouli aims for one last medal in Rio
Dhaka – Tunisia’s most decorated sportsman Oussama Mellouli will go the Olympics for the fifth time in Rio de Janeiro at the end of a roller coaster swimming career of gold medals and a drug ban.A two-time gold medalist and…
Harvesting of parija paddy begins in Panchagarh
Dhaka-Farmers have started harvesting of Parija paddy in Panchagarh.This season farmers are getting new parija paddy which is indeed Aus paddy.
Two smugglers arrested in C’nawabganj
Dhaka-Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged smugglers from a house at Satrasia village under Narayanpur union of Chapainawabganj sadar upazila in CHAPAINAWABGANJ this afternoon.The arrested were identified as Abdus Salam, 25, son of Roisuddin and Shariful Islam,…