New York – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday ruled out the possibility of any mid-term election, questioning the necessity of such polls. “Has the news of the mid-term polls come floating in the Jamuna River? Is there any such…
Day: September 22, 2016
Transport strike called off in Sylhet
Sylhet: Hours after enforcing a strike in the district, transport owners and workers withdrew it on Friday afternoon following a meeting with the police administration. The transport owners and workers went into the strike earlier in the morning protesting the…
‘Dead newborn’ cries out at burial in Faridpur
Dhaka – Six hours after a physician declared it dead, a newborn baby was found alive while being buried at Alipur graveyard of Faridpur district town on Thursday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Baby girl stolen from DMCH
Dhaka: A three-month-old girl was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The victim was identified as Khadiza, daughter of Bahadur Dhali and Nasima Begum, hailing from Kathalbari of Shibchar upazila in Madaripur…
Barisal launch capsize death toll hits 23; 4 missing
Barisal: The death toll from Wednesday’s launch capsize in the Sandhya River in Banaripara upazila climbed to 23 with the recovery of nine more bodies on Thursday. Of the nine bodies, four were retrieved in the morning while two in…
Pahela Baishakh harassment reinquiry report deferred
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred submission of the re-investigation report in a case filed in connection with sexual harassment of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations, October 17.
BD-Afghan ODI: Tickets available on ‘shohoz.com’
Dhaka – The ticket sale for the three-match Bangladesh-Afghanistan ODI series started on Thursday afternoon on online marketplace ‘shohoz.com’.This is the first time cricket fans can collect their tickets online instead of going to the bank as the Bangladesh Cricket…
Asia Cup Hockey: China, Oman, Pakistan, Hong Kong now in city
Dhaka – Four more teams — China, Oman, Pakistan and Hong Kong — arrived in the capital on Thursday to participate in the seven-nation 4th Boys Under-18 Asia Cup Hockey-2016 beginning here on Saturday at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey…
‘Pran Up’ named BCB’s official soft drinks partner
Dhaka – ‘Pran Up’ has been named as the official soft drinks partner of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for the next two years. BCB Director and Chairman of its Marketing and Commercial Committee Kazi Enam Ahmed disclosed this at a…
BCB announces 13-men squad for 1st two ODIs against Afghanistan
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced a 13-member squad for the first two DOIs of the three-match series against Afghanistan starting in BCB announces 13-men squad for 1st two ODIs against Afghanistan on Sunday.BCB selectors picked the…
Barca’s Messi out for 3 weeks with groin injury
Dhaka – Barcelona says Lionel Messi will be out for three weeks with a groin strain in his right leg.The Argentina star walked off in the 58th minute of the Spanish league match against Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou that…
Draw leaves Real Madrid 1 win short of Liga win record
Dhaka – Villarreal held on for a 1-1 draw to shatter Real Madrid’s hopes of setting a new record for consecutive victories in the Spanish league in Barcelona on Wednesday.Zinedine Zidane’s Madrid was aiming to break Barcelona’s league record of…
Khagrachhari bus plunge kills 4
Dhaka – Four people, including two children,were killed and 31 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Sapmara in Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari on Thursday noon.One of the deceased was identified as Muslim Uddin, 55,UNB News Agency…
Industrial accidents in BD another sign of inequality
Bangladesh, once dismissed as a “basket case” for development, has made remarkable progress in many aspects of human and economic development in the last couple of decades.The people of Bangladesh are a key element in this remarkable advancement. They work…
Despite progress, BD faces ‘new wave of terrorism,’ PM
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, today said that her country has already mainstreamed most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its national development plans.A platform under the supervision of the Prime Minister has…
World leaders debate Int’l security challenges
Focusing on international peace and security, world leaders stressed the need to curb terrorist attacks, end ongoing conflict, resolve the refugee crisis and reform the Security Council, as the General Assembly continued its annual debate today.Referring to the “undeclared war…
Migrant workers in gulf feel pinch of falling oil prices
In the Al Quoz industrial area of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a number of medium and large-sized buses can be spotted transporting workers clad in company uniforms to distant worksites early in the morning. In the evening…
Khaleda others who unleashed arson, murder to be punished: PM
New York – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that those who unleashed arson attacks and burnt people to death in the name of movement in the country and their order giver BNP chief Khaleda Zia will surely be punished.…
UN refugee summits fall short for children
As Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini opened the floor for US President Barack Obama’s leaders’ summit on refugees, she embodied a hope unavailable to most child refugees.On Monday, the United States was one of the main countries to obstruct a UN…
Indefinite transport strike underway in Sylhet
Sylhet – Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in the district on Thursday morning to protest vandalism after a ‘Hanif Paribahan’ bus killed two people.Sarak Paribahan Malik Shramik Okya Parishad called the strike inIndefinite transport strike underway…
10 jailed for possessing Phensidyl in B’baria
Dhaka -A mobile court sent ten people to jail handing them a four-day imprisonment for possessing Indian Phensidyl syrup in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday.Those who were jailed are Sunny, 25, Zahirul Islam, 28, Rakib Hasan, 24, Munna Khandaker,…
Gulshan café attackers buried as unclaimed bodies
Dhaka – The five militants and one of their suspected associates, who were killed in a commando operation at Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan on July 2 after a 12-hour hostage crisis, were buried at Jurain Graveyard in the city…
2 held with 2 kg hemp in Ctg
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two people along with two kilograms of hemp from Chandgaon area in the port city on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Alam, 60, hailing from Napitakhali…
Man held with 11,000 Yaba pills in Comilla
Dhaka – Police arrested a man along with 11,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Moinamati area on the Comilla-Sylhet regional highway in Burichong upazila in Comilla on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Bachchu Miah,40, son of late Monohor Ali of…
Man, son held with Tk30,000 fake notes in Chandpur
Dhaka – Police arrested a man and his son along with fake currency notes worth TK30,000 from Safarmali area in Sadar upazila in Chandpur on Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Sheikh Kaboraj and his son Habib, a resident of the…
3 get life for murder in Jessore
Dhaka- A Jessore court on Wednesday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 1997.The convicts were identified as Monajat Gain, son of Haider Ali, Shahjahan Gain of Sharsha upazila, and Yunus Ali…
Warrant against BNP’s Selima Rahman 13 others for arson
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Thursday issued arrest warrant against 14 BNP leaders and activists, including BNP Vice Chairman Selima Rahman, in a case filed with Pallabi Police Station under the Special Power Act.
BAU workshop on modern animal breeding tech held
Dhaka – A workshop on ‘awareness about modern animal breeding technology to stakeholder’ was held yesterday (Thursday) at Bangladesh agricultural University Syed Nazrul Islam Bhavan in Mymensingh.
Khoka’s Gulshan building, Rupganj land confiscated
Dhaka – After confiscation of a six storied building of former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in Gulshan, the government has further confiscated his 50-acre of lands at Rupganj in Narayanganj. The concerned district administrations have hung notices at…
Khaleda back home after performing hajj
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned home after performing the holy Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A large number of party supporters, activists and leaders welcome the BNP chief standing on two sides of the road from the airport…