Rajshahi-Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Friday urged to the newly elected US president, Donald Trump, to send back the killers of Nation Father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahaman to Bangladesh.
Day: November 18, 2016
Camera installation in Sundarbans to begin soon
Bagerhat – The installation of cameras in the Sundarbans will begin soon to conduct an integrated tiger census using camera trapping method to access tiger population in the mangrove forest. “In the first phase, 400 cameras will be installed in…
Country receives $392.40mn remittance on Nov 1-11
Dhaka – The country received $392.40 million in remittance in the first 11 days of the current month of November. Bangladesh Bank statistics show maximum remittance came through private commercial banks as they received $267.39 million while the nine foreign…
Khaleda also offer election-time govt formula
Dhaka – After unveiling the proposals for forming a stronger Election Commission, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said she will come up with a framework of a neutral election-time government at the right time. UNB news agency reported
AL calls Khaleda’s EC reconstitution proposals hollow
Dhaka- Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday termed hollow BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s proposals for reconstitution of the Election Commission. “The so-called reform formulas placed by Begum Zia for the Election Commission are nothing but hollow and a…
Ivy gets AL ticket for NCC polls
Dhaka- Incumbent Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has got the Awami League ticket to contest the upcoming NCC polls billed for December 22. The Local Government Election Nomination Board of the ruling party chose Ivy at a…
5th Men’s AHF Hockey: Bangladesh take on host Hong Kong Saturday
Dhaka – Visiting Bangladesh National Hockey team will start their campaign in the eight-nation 5th Men’s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup tournament taking on host Hong Kong at King’s Park Hockey ground on Saturday.The match will start at 4pm Bangladesh…
Vikings back in winning streak beating Kings by 19 runs
Dhaka – After four successive defeats in the 4th Bangladesh Premier League, Chittagong Vikings bounced back with a 19-run victory against Rajshahi Kings at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Friday.With the day’s result, Vikings collected four points from six…
BCL Football: Agrani Bank beat T&T Club 1-0
Dhaka – Agrani Bank SC managed 1-0 goal victory over T&T Club, Motijheel in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday.Zillur scored the match-winning goal for the bankers’ team in the 86th…
Pakistan 88-4 at lunch on day 2, 1st test vs. New Zealand
Dhaka – Colin de Grandhomme and Jeet Raval made immediate impacts in their debut tests as New Zealand reduced Pakistan to 88-4 at lunch Friday on the second day of the first test.Allrounder de Grandhomme claimed the wickets of Azhar…
2 kids killed in Rangpur wall collapse
Dhaka- Two minor boys were killed as a wall of an abandoned house collapsed on them at Alamnagar Robertsonganj area in the city on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Ayat, 4, son of Bappi Hossain and his cousin Arnab,…
One shot dead in Jessore ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A listed criminal was shot to death in a reported gunfight between two groups of criminals at Kholadanga in Jessore district town early Friday.The victim was identified as Hafizur Rahman, 35, a listed criminal of Sasthitala area of…
Missing youth found dead in Narail
Dhaka – Police recovered the decomposed body of a young man, who remained missing since Monday, from a paddy field at Noagram village in Lohagara upazila in Narail on Thursday. Quoting locals, police said Mamun Mollah, 22, son of Iqbal…
One jailed for life in Ctg for killing wife
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in 1994.The convict was identified as Saber Ali of Panchlaish area in the port city. He was tried in…
2 motorcyclists killed in Panchagarh road accident
Dhaka – Two motorcyclists were killed and three people were injured in a road crash at Jogdol Bazar in sadar upazila in Panchagarh on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Ashraful Islam, 22, son of M Alam, and Delwar Hossain, 22,…
2 ‘suspected robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Feni
Dhaka – Two suspected robbers were killed in a gunfight between their cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion at Lalpol on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in sadar upazila of Feni district early Friday.The deceased could not yet be identified.Tipped off that…
Khaleda offers 13-point suggestion for EC reconstitution
Unveiling a 13-point proposal for the formation of a new stronger and neutral Election Commission (EC) to hold credible elections, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said the next Commission must be constituted based on the consensus of all political…
‘Unchecked presidential surveillance powers dangerous’
Your data may be at the disposal of the United States president – regardless of whether you did anything wrong. President Barack Obama’s administration, and soon President-elect Donald Trump’s, has sweeping powers to spy on both US citizens and others…
Trump surrogate on Muslim registry
On the eve of Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — his first in-person conversation with a world leader and U.S. ally as President-elect — one of Trump’s surrogates repeatedly cited World War II Japanese internment…
Indian ‘god-woman’ on the run after shooting wedding guests
Police in India are looking for Sadhvi Deva Thakur, a self-proclaimed Indian god-woman, who is on the run after firing celebratory shots in the air at a wedding. The groom’s aunt was killed and three of his relatives critically wounded.…
Dying UK girl convinces judge to let her body be frozen
London (AP/UNB) — The teenage girl’s instructions were direct: She didn’t want to be buried, but to be frozen — with the hope she can continue her life in the future when cancer is cured. “I want to live and…
100 most influential images of all Time
New York (AP/UNB)— A single drop of milk. A newborn baby. The ravages of war and terrorism. The defiance of those who protest and the fear of those entrapped. All are included in a multimedia project featuring Time magazine’s most…
Workshop on linkage between university and industry at BAU
Mymensingh – A workshop on ‘linkage between university and industry’ was held at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mmensingh on Thursday.
EP delegation for ‘strong EC’
Dhaka – The visiting European Parliament (EP) delegation on Thursday laid emphasis on proper democratic process in forming a strong Election Commission in Bangladesh to hold the next election in a fully participatory manner. “We hope it (EC formation) will…
BNP to join NCC election Boycot Zila Parishad polls
Dhaka – BNP on Thursday night decided to join the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls billed for December 22 as the party believes in democracy and change in power through election, UNB news agency reported. However, the party decided to…