There is no Bangladesh national among those injured or affected by the explosion occurred at Chelsea in Manhattan, said a Bangladesh diplomat in New York quoting preliminary information on Sunday.
Day: September 18, 2016
Petrol pump owners threatens indefinite strike from October
Country’s petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the first week of October if the government ‘fails’ to resolve their problems by the time.
Mobile court charges 4 clinics and diagnostics Taka 24 lakh
Dhaka-A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday fined four clinics and diagnostic centres in the capital’s Shyamoli area Tk 24 lakh on various charges of irregularities.
Woman attempts suicide after killing own son
A woman attempted to kill herself after allegedly killing her 7-year old son at Budhpara area in the city on Saturday night.
Militant Jamshed’s teenage son on remand
Dhaka-Judge Ruhul Amin of the Juvenile Court and also the First Additional Metropolitan Session’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed Tahrim Kaderi alias Russell, 14, son of slain militant Jamshed, on a three-day remand in the case filed under the…
Case filed over JL activist murder
Dhaka-A case was filed with Motijheel Police Station of the city in connection with the murder of Jubo League activist Rijvi Hasann Babu.
Schoolgirl hacked dead by stalker in Madaripur
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was hacked to death by a stalker at Aisar Kandi village in Kalkini upazila in Madaripur on Sunday.Quoting local people, police said Milon Mandal, son of Biren Mandal, used to stalk Nitu Mandal, daughter of Nirmal Mandal…
Schoolboy electrocuted in Moulvibazar
Dhaka – A schoolboy died from electrocution at Kechuloti village in Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Shaon,8, son of Tajud Ali, a resident of the village and a class III student of Kechuloti Government…
Man killed in Gazipur road crash
Dhaka- A man was killed and three others were injured as a microbus hit an auto-rickshaw in Chakraborty area of Gazipur city on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim,UNB news agency reported.
Missing college teacher fund dead under Bandarban waterfall
Dhaka -A teacher of Government Azizul Haque College, who went missing while taking a pleasure bath under a waterfall in Rijuk area of Ruma upazila in Bandarban on Saturday afternoon, was found dead on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as…
Messi scores 2 as Barcelona routs Liga newcomer Leganes 5-1
Dhaka- Lionel Messi and Barcelona gave newly promoted Leganes a ruthless welcome to the Spanish league on Saturday.Messi repeatedly combined with Luis Suarez and Neymar as Barcelona eased to a 5-1 victory in its first ever visit to Leganes, a small…
Davis Cup: Croatia stuns in doubles to lead France 2-1
Dhaka – Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig put Croatia 2-1 ahead in the Davis Cup semifinal against France by upsetting top-ranked doubles pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Saturday.Cilic, who won his singles on…
BFF to accord reception to U-16 Women’s team Monday
Dhaka- Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will accord a reception to Bangladesh Under-16 Women’s Football team at Sonargaon Hotel in the city for clinching the Group C title of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers with all-win record ,UNB news agency reported.
Tamim joins Tigers’ skill training camp
Dhaka – Injured opener of Bangladesh national cricket team Tamim Iqbal joined the skill training camp that resumed at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday, after the Eid vacation.The dependable Tigers opener took the ground with bat before going to indoor…
Faisal champion in 73rd World LD Swimming
Dhaka – Faisal Ahmed of Bangladesh emerged champion in the men’s 19-kilometre competition of the 73rd World Long Distance Swimming Championship held in West Bengal’s Bhagirathi River in Murshidabad district on Sunday.Another Bangladeshi swimmer Polash Chowdhury finished 2nd in the…
BB heist probe report to be made public on Sept 22
The probe body report on the cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank will be made public on September 22, finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said here today.”The report will be made available…
Bangladeshi-origin girl wins global video award
A Bangladeshi-origin girl won a global video competition beating nearly 400 participants from over 60 countries.Tanzina Nowshin won the Grand Prize of the Education Youth Video Challenge, organised by the US-based International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity known as…
UN appreciates BD’s commitment to SDGs
Dhaka: The United Nations has appreciated Bangladesh’s commitment so far shown in terms of implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mentioning that still there are more to be done. “I’m noticing that the government of Bangladesh has made some strong…
Two Saudi police shot dead in mainly Shiite city
Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shiite eastern city of Dammam late on Saturday, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist attack”.The two officers were patrolling in a police car when they came under fire…
Mobilise public opinion for extradition of Bangabanhu’s killers: PM
Montreal (Canada): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis living in Canada and the USA to mobilise public opinion for the extradition of convicted killers of Bangabandhu from the two countries. “I’m leaving a demand before…
Gas supply resumes in northwestern districts
Dhaka: The gas supply which remained fully or partially suspended in the country’s northwestern districts resumed on Sunday as Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) completed its pigging work (pipeline cleaning) in its transmission lines. UNB News Agency Reported.
Losses unlikely, say tanners about rawhide sale
Dhaka: Amid media reports that seasonal rawhide traders suffered huge losses this year, tanners and wholesalers have claimed that they hardly faced any loss as they did not purchase rawhides at prices lower than fixed ones during the Eid-ul-Azha. UNB…
Stone Age mummy still revealing secrets, 25 years on
When police heard about the frozen corpse up in the Alps in September 1991, they opened a criminal probe. Murder it was, but the crime was rather old—and the ultimate cold case. The dead man, found by hikers 25 years…
DU VC joins cycle procession
DU Correspondent Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique joined a cycle procession of Bangladesh Cycle Lane Implantation Council at Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday morning. The organization arranged the procession marking the World Cycling Day, a DU release said.
Samsung says sold off shares in four tech firms
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it had sold shares it held in four technology companies including US chipmaker Rambus and Japan’s Sharp to free up money and focus on its main business. The South Korean tech giant also sold shares in…
Indian Airtel gets payment from Jio for new PoIs; joint testing now
Bharti Airtel – which has been engaged in an interconnectivity tiff with Reliance Jio – on Saturday said it has received payment from the new entrant for additional points of interconnect, and sought Jio’s cooperation for timely testing and commissioning…
In Uruguay, green school ‘plants seeds’ for planet
A building made of tires and glass and plastic bottles, off the grid and non-polluting: a village in Uruguay is home to a fully sustainable school—and a bold experiment in green citizenship. On this winter morning in the southern hemisphere,…
Mother kills her kid in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Correspondent A mother reportedly killed her baby and after killing him she tried to commit suicide at Budhpara area under Motiher Police Station in the city last night, police and locals said. The deceased was identified as Shahriar Alam…
Norah Jones returns to her Jazz roots
Moments before taking the stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in late July, Norah Jones paused to reflect on her ties to the tradition it represents. “Sometimes I feel like a jazz dropout, you know?” she said in her trailer,…
Better immune system to help prevent cancer, says study
Greater emphasis on immune system-based prevention should be central to new efforts to prevent cancer, researchers say. “The body’s immune system is capable of intercepting pre-malignancies and preventing cancer. It does so countless times every day in all of us.…