New York (AP/UNB) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the idea that Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. election is a “crazy idea.”
Day: November 11, 2016
Dawood Merchant ‘deported’ to India
Dhaka- Abdul Rauf alias Dawood Merchant, former aide of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, was deported to India from Bangladesh on Wednesday in connection with the murder of singer and founder of T-series Gulshan Kumar, reports The Hindu.Merchant, who was convicted…
108-year-old heads to White House for Veterans Day breakfast
Hatboro (AP/UNB) — A 108-year-old World War II veteran who lives in the Pennsylvania home he built in 1948 has left for Washington D.C. to attend the yearly Veterans Day breakfast at the White House.
AL distorting history, alleges BNP
Dhaka – BNP on Friday alleged that Awami League is presenting a distorted history of the country before the young generation to hang onto power.“We want to stand up raising our heads high with our national tradition. We also want…
Manila Masters: Golfer Siddikur shares 45th place
Dhaka – Bangladeshi celebrated golfer Siddikur Rahman was sharing the 45th place in the Resorts World Manila Masters (Golf) with five-under-par (68+71) 139 after the 2nd round at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club on Friday,UNB News Agency Reported.
ITF Jr Tennis: Rishabh, Chan reach boys singles final
Dhaka – Tournament’s 4th seed Rishabh Sharda of India and Chan Woo Park of South Korea reached the boys singles final of the Walton 30th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Championship eliminating their rivals at the Ramna National Tennis Complex on…
Bulls taste 1st victory in BPL beating Victorians
Dhaka – Barisal Bulls tasted their first victory in the 4th Bangladesh Premier League beating defending champions Comilla Victorians by six wickets in their 2nd match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.Bulls chased down a moderate target…
SI ‘takes life’ in city
Dhaka – A police officer reportedly committed suicide in the city’s Pallabi area on Friday.The deceased was identified as Somen Hasnan Rabbani, a sub-inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police.Quoting family members, police said SI Rabbani went to…
Couple killed in Sirajganj car crash
Dhaka – A couple was killed and four members of their family were injured as a private car hit a roadside tree on Dhaka-Pabna highway in Chariasika area under Salonga thana in the district.The deceased were identified as Sakhawat Hossain,…
Mosaddek’s 59 guides Dynamites to 138 against Kings
Dhaka – Mosaddek Hossain’s unbeaten 59 helped Dhaka Dynamites post a target of 139 against Rajshahi Kings in their 2nd league tussle of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.Sent in to bat first, Dynamites…
3 killed in Faridpur road crashes
Dhaka – Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Madhukhali and Bhanga upazilas on Friday.Aminur Rahman, assistant superintendent of Faridpur Police, said a bus of ‘Hanif Paribahan’ hit a motorcycle at Boalia in Maghukhali upazila around 11 am,…
2 child marriage bids foiled in Jessore; 7 fined
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Thursday foiled two child marriage bids in separate places and fined seven people in this connection in Manirampur upazila of the district.Court sources said a marriage ceremony was arranged at the house of…
Singer-Songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen dead at age 82
Leonard Cohen, the gravelly-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter of “Hallelujah,” ”Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82.Cohen’s management said in a statement Thursday that he has passed away, and a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at…
Ruet closed after BCL infighting
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) authorities on Friday closed the university until November 18 following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus.The decision was taken in a syndicate meeting around 11.45 am,…
Brazil beats Argentina 3-0, helps lift mood at Mineirao
Brazil (AP/UNB) — Memories of the biggest humiliation in Brazilian football and the return of Lionel Messi to Argentina were not enough to stop the five-time World Cup champions from beating their archrivals Thursday in South American qualifying for the…
Huge fish poisoned to death in Jessore
Dhaka – Miscreants poisoned huge fish, worth about Tk one lakh, to death in an enclosure at Teghori village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Thursday.Locals said Selim Hossain of the village had long been cultivating fish in the…
Touchstone statue recovered in Munshiganj
Dhaka – Local people have recovered a touchstone-made statue from a graveyard at Jorardeul in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj district.
Young man tortured over theft charge in Jessore
Dhaka – A young man was brutally tortured allegedly by some locals over a theft charge in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.
Huge fish poisoned to death in Jessore
Dhaka – Miscreants poisoned huge fish, worth about Tk one lakh, to death in an enclosure at Teghori village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
4 more held over B’baria temple attacks
Dhaka – Police have arrested four more people for their alleged involvement in recent attacks on Hindu community members in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district, UNB news agency reported.
‘Drug peddler’ gets life term imprisonment in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A tribunal here has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for possessing drugs.The convict was identified as Ashraful Alam, 23, son of Maksed Ali of Chapra area in Tanore upazila. The tribunal also fined…
Young man tortured over theft charge in Jessore
Dhaka – A young man was brutally tortured allegedly by some locals over a theft charge in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.Witnesses said a group of people picked up Liton Morol, 35, son of Ansar Ali Morol…
Touchstone statue recovered in Munshiganj
Dhaka – Local people have recovered a touchstone-made statue from a graveyard at Jorardeul in Sadar upazila,UNB News Agency Reported.
4 more held over B’baria attacks
Dhaka – Police have arrested four more people for their alleged involvement in recent attacks on Hindu community members in Nasirnagar upazila.Police conducted separate drives in different areas of the upazila on Thursday night and arrested the four, said officer-in-charge…
Planned Parenthood gets “outpouring of support” as Trump wins
By Olivia Becker In the hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, anecdotal evidence pointed to a surge of support for an organization that will likely find itself the target of a Trump administration: Planned Parenthood. And sure…
Mexico enters acceptance stage of grief after Trump’s election
Mexico was the foreign country with the most riding on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Eventual winner Donald Trump launched his campaign last year by declaring he’d “build a wall” on the border between the two countries and force Mexico…
US intelligence officials “dread” Donald Trump’s presidency
By Jason Leopold In August, 50 former senior national security and foreign policy officials who worked in administrations from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush signed a letter vehemently opposing a Donald Trump presidency. He would be, they said, “a…
3 US states vote for marijuana: Lesson to beat back drugs?
Washington – Voters in three US states approved ballot measures on November 8, 2016, to legalize the use and possession of small amounts of marijuana, part of a continued shift in United States drug policy, Human Rights Watch said today.…
Trump should govern with respect for rights – HRW
Washington, DC – United States President-elect Donald Trump should abandon campaign rhetoric that seemed to reject many of the United States’ core human rights obligations and put rights at the heart of his administration’s domestic and foreign policy agendas, Human…
Solo painting show ‘Reflections’ begins at AF Dhaka
Dhaka – A solo painting exhibition titled ‘Reflections’ by artist Lubna Charya has begun at Galerie Zoom, Alliance Française, Dhaka. The Inaugural ceremony of this exhibition was held on Thursday.