Dhaka-The BNP wants to bring out a colourful procession and hold a rally of freedom fighters to mark the Vicotry Day on December 16.
Day: November 30, 2016
IBBL receives ICAB National Corporate Award 2015
Dhaka-Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited achieved `ICAB National Corporate Award for Best Presented Annual Reports 2015’.
BD winners to receive special award from The Queen
The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme is today delighted to reveal that 60 young people from across the Commonwealth, including Sajid Iqbal and Rahat Hossain from Bangladesh, have been selected to receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award.
RU teacher suspended over colleague death
Rajshahi-Atiqur Rahman Raza, an asst. professor of Mass Communication & Journalism (MCJ) Department at Rajshahi University (RU) has been suspended temporarily while a three member probe committee formed against Prof. Tanveer Ahmed another teacher of the same department alleging involved…
India for enhancing military ties with BD
Dhaka – Visiting Indian Defence Minister Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar on Wednesday stressed the need for taking joint efforts to enhance military ties between Bangladesh and India. The Indian minister came up with the view when he met President Abdul…
Education Ministry split into 2 divisions
Dhaka – The government has split the Education Ministry into two divisions to bring dynamism into its activities. The new divisions are Secondary and Higher Education Division and Technical and Madrasah Education Division. The Cabinet Division issued a notification on…
Glitch in PM’s flight: Six Biman officials suspended
Dhaka – Six officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were suspended on Wednesday for their negligence of duty in the flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Budapest, Hungary. “As part of the department punishment, the six Biman officials were suspended…
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal no 2
Dhaka – Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no two as the deep depression over the south-east bay and adjoining area moved northwestward and rapidly turned into cyclonic storm…
Santu Larma threatens strike to implement peace accord
Dhaka – Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Santu Larma, on Wednesday threatened to go on a ‘non-cooperation movement’ to put pressure on the government to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)…
Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Dec 13
Dhaka – Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed in the country on December 13 as the moon of Rabiul Awal of Hijri 1438 was not sighted in Bangladesh sky on Wednesday.…
President Obama: ‘Michelle will never run for office’
President Barack Obama has tamped down any speculation that first lady Michelle Obama may one day run for office herself.In an interview with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner conducted the day after the presidential election earlier this month, Obama said,…
BPL T20: Dynamites topple Riders again by 42 runs
Dhaka – All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan-led Dhaka Dynamites out played Rangpur Riders by 42 runs in the seven-team 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 in their 10th league encounter at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday.With this win, Dhaka…
Brazilian team’s season of glory ends in tragedy
Dhaka – For the players on the humble Brazilian club from an out-of-the-way city known for its agribusiness plants,these were going to be the games of their lives.Chapecoense was having the best season in its 43-year history,heading to the first…
4 killed in B’baria road crash
Dhaka- Four people were killed when a bus rammed a autorickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Soshoi in Bijoynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday.The identities of the deceased are yet to be known,UNB News Agency Reported.
Motorcyclist killed in Gopalganj road accident
Dhaka – A motorcyclist was killed as his bike collided with a private car at Haridaspur Nimtala on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila in Gopalganj on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Anisur Rahman Sujan, 35, son of Yunus Ali…
2 Jamaat activists held in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami along with crude bomb making materials from Deyapara School field in Sadar upazila of Jessore early Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Khandaker Rafiqul Islam, son of Golam Sarwar and Rabiul Islam, son…
Foreign pistol recovered in Gopalganj
Dhaka – Police recovered one foreign pistol, one magazine and eight rounds of bullets from Bahara village in Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj on Tuesday night.Officer-in-charge of Muksudpur Police Station Azizur Rahman said on a tipped off that Saiful, an alleged…
10 shops gutted by fire in Magura
Dhaka – At least 10 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Alokdia Bazar at Sadar upazila in Magura on Tuesday.Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) sources informed that the fire originated from the stove of a tea…
Cop’s wife ‘commits suicide’ in Jessore
Dhaka – The wife of a police sub-inspector reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Choto Anchra in Benapole port area on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Tripti, 30, wife of sub-inspector Rakib, a resident of the area.Rakib said…
2 killed in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – Two alleged miscreants were reportedly killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Balur Math in Rampura area of the capital early Wednesday. The identity of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately,UNB…
710 phensidyl bottles recovered in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 710 bottles of phensedyl syrup worth Tk 2.48 lakh from Mirganj border area in Bagha upazila on Tuesday evening.,UNB News Agency Reported.
VR offers television producers ‘Hollywood in a box’
On a soundstage no bigger than a large bedroom a cameraman takes up various angles to film a helicopter that isn’t there, landing in a field that isn’t there either. Until recently, virtual reality was the preserve of the gaming…
Swadhinata Sangsad delivers Personality Award ’16
Cultural Correspondent Swadhinata Sangsad” organised a discussion session, cultural programme and prize giving ceremony at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in Shahbagh. Dr Md Azizur Rahman, vice-chancellor of Uttara University; Rotarian ABM Nurul Kabir; senior journalist Mohosinul…
Asian art extravaganza begins in city tomorrow
The biennial art extravaganza for the artists of Asia and the Pacific regions is set to go on tomorrow in the capital city, marking the beginning of the Month of Victory. The 17th Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh, which is going…
Sun setting on Japan’s solar energy boom
The sun is setting on Japan’s clean-energy boom, despite projects like a massive floating solar farm near Tokyo, as the government cuts subsidies and bets on nuclear and coal-fired power, critics say. Workers at the floating power station, one of…
HC dismisses plea against Rs 2.5L withdrawal cap for weddings
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking relaxation of the Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal limit for marriages.“The writ petition is dismissed,” a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said on the plea…
Karisma Kapoor and Salman Khan to reunite in ‘Judwaa 2’
Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor are all set to reunite on the big screen after 19 years. ‘Judwaa 2’ is all set to go on floors next year and Varun Dhawan would be seen reprising Salman Khan’s role in the…
Under-50 smokers face 8-fold higher heart attack risk
Smokers under 50 are eight times more likely than non-smokers of the same age to have a major heart attack, scientists said Wednesday. The gap in risk between those who do and don’t consume tobacco diminishes with age, dropping to…
Thailand’s parliament invites crown prince to assume throne
Bangkok (AP/UNB)— Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday named Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn as the new king, completing a formal step for the heir to take the throne following the death of his father last month. The Cabinet, following a 1924 law on…
Bangladeshi-origin Nadiya became top 100 Women by BBC
Nadiya Hussain, the British-Bangladeshi winner of the Great British Bake Off, has been placed on the hundred top women selected for 2016 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).