Dhaka – A young man was found dead in a canal in Oxygen area under Bayazid Police Station of city on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Md Ripon, 20, son of Abdul Kader, hailing from Satkania upazilain Chittagong .Mohammad…
Month: November 2016
267 penalised in Barisal for violating ban on hilsha fishing
Barishal: Separate mobile courts have sentenced some 267 people to different term jails in six districts of Barisal division in 20 days in separate incidents of violation of the on-going temporary ban on hilsha fishing. The courts also collected Tk…
3 killed in Mymensingh road crash
Dhaka – Three pedestrians were killed and three passengers injured as a pick-up van plunged into a roadside ditch at Kathali in Bhaluka upazila on Tuesday morning.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB News Agency Reported.
HC to hear Ershad pleas against jail term Nov 15
Dhaka: The High Court will hear on November 15 an appeal filed by former President HM Ershad against the three years’ jail sentence awarded to him in 1992 in a corruption case. An HC single bench comprising Justice Md Ruhul…
Order on Citycell spectrum Thursday
Dhaka: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Thursday on a petition seeking cancellation of the BTRC decision suspending the spectrum of Citycell, the country’s oldest mobile phone operator, for its failure to pay the outstanding amount of Tk…
BNP slams Hanif for ‘threat to resist’ its Nov 7 rally
Dhaka: Trashing Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif’s threat to resist the party’s rally on November 7, BNP on Tuesday voiced its strong stance on holding the programme at Suhrawardy Udyan under any circumstances. “November 7 is a great…
Stay away from militancy, drugs, PM tells youths
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the country’s youths to shun the path of drug abuse, militancy, extremism and terrorism, and make the best use of their talents for the welfare of themselves, their own families and the country.”I…
Get ready for early polls, Ershad asks party activists
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday asked his party leaders and activists to get ready for ‘early parliamentary elections’.Speaking at a rally in front of his party’s Kakrail office, the former military ruler also said his party will join…
37th BCS preliminary exam results published
The results of the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examinations were published on Tuesday with 8,523 candidates coming out successful.Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) Dr Mohammad Sadik told UNB over phone that the BCS results were…
India, Pakistan trade border fire in Kashmir,7 killed
Seven civilians were killed and nine others wounded by Pakistani shelling in Kashmir on Tuesday, Indian officials said, as cross-border firing by the two countries’ troops escalated in the disputed region.A police officer said five people, including two children, were…
CPB’s new committee announced
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) today announced its new committee with Mujahidul Islam Selim as reelected president and Syed Abu Jafar Ahmed as general secretary.Spokesman of the congress Syed Abu Jafar Ahmed, Haider Akber Khan Rano and M Shah…
Anisul disagrees with CJ on “dual rule” in judiciary
Law Minister Anisul Huq today expressed his disagreement with Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha over the alleged “dual rule” in judiciary calling his comment “self contradictory”.”I respect the honorable Chief Justice very much. I saw, read and heard his statement…
Vitamin E can modify pneumonia risk in older men
Depending on lifestyle choices, taking vitamin E supplements for boosting immunity can have different effects on modifying the risk of pneumonia in older men, a study has found. The study showed that vitamin E increased pneumonia risk by 68 per…
Clemon Campbuzz Colours organises talent hunt show
Culture Desk Recently “Clemon Campbuzz Colours” did its first talent hunt show on 17th October at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) under the title of “Star of the Campus”. “Clemon Campbuzz Colours” is an entertainment based show that is…
Oil, gas production linked to 20th-century LA quakes
Oil and gas production may have contributed to four of the five most powerful Los Angeles Basin earthquakes of the early 20th-century oil boom, a new study showed Monday. Scientists said the Inglewood earthquakes in 1920, Whittier quakes in 1929,…
Michael Douglas says Val Kilmer has cancer: reports
Michael Douglas ended months of speculation over fellow actor Val Kilmer’s health on Monday by confirming his friend was suffering from cancer, several reports said on Monday. Douglas reportedly told the audience at an event in London over the weekend…
Compensation for climate vulnerable countries sought
Bangladesh must seek a legally binding treaty to ensure compensation for countries vulnerable to the impacts of climate change at the upcoming Paris Climate Summit, said development activists at a discussion here today. They said the Conference of Parties (COP21),…
China manufacturing indices at highest in 2 years
Factory activity in China expanded at its fastest pace in more than two years last month, official and private measures both showed Tuesday, boding well for the world’s second-largest economy. Investors closely watch the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) numbers, which…
Indian national held with firearms in city
Dhaka – Detectives arrested an Indian citizen along with 10 firearms, 12 magazines and 35 rounds of bullets from Gabtoli area in the city on Monday night, UNB news agency reported.
AL candidates win 25 UP chairman posts, BNP 7
Dhaka – Awami League candidates won in 25 union parishads (UPs) while its rebel candidates in eight, and BNP candidates in seven among some 400 UPs where the election was held on Monday, UNB news agency reported. According to reports…
Man gets life term for possessing drugs in Pirojpur
Dhaka – A court in Pirojpur on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for possessing drugs, UNB news agency reported.
Youth found dead in Chittagong city canal
Dhaka – A young man was found dead in a canal in Oxygen area under Bayazid Police Station of Chittagong city, in Southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday morning, UNB News Agency reported.
Junior School Certificate and JDC exams began Tuesday
Dhaka – Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations began across the country Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
Pakistan court says schizophrenia ‘not mental disorder’
Dhaka – The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ruled that schizophrenia is not a mental illness, paving the way for the execution of a paranoid schizophrenic man convicted of murder, reports BBC. Imdad Ali was declared clinically insane after killing a…
World’s oldest actor Vladimir Zeldin dies aged 101
Dhaka – Vladimir Zeldin, believed to have been the world’s oldest working actor, has died aged 101, after appearing for 71 years at the same Moscow theatre. The Russian actor appeared on stage as recently as last month, using a…
China shows off new J-20 stealth fighter
Two of China’s brand new, top-of-the-line stealth fighter jets streaked and screamed across an air exhibition on Tuesday as Beijing showed its newest military hardware to the public for the first time. The J-20 fighter is called Beijing’s answer to…
Russia suddenly brandishing old underwater rifle
TASS, the Russian news agency, always publishes things for a reason. So when it releases a video extolling the virtues of underwater weapons used by Russia frogmen (those trained in tactical scuba), it should raise eyebrows. The APS Automatic is…
JClinton challenges FBI, declaring, ‘There’s no case here’
Kent, Nov 1 (AP/UNB) — Hillary Clinton forcefully challenged the FBI’s new email inquiry Monday, declaring during a campaign rally in battleground Ohio, “There’s no case here.” Clinton’s comments were her most pointed yet on the subject, and they underscored…
Interference of business groups in the UNFCCC
Shaila Mahmud With the Paris Agreement coming into full effect just before the next meeting of the Conference of Parties’ (COP) is all set to kick off has opened the floor for implementation talk in this year’s UN Climate Conference…
Pakistan: Indian fire kills 4, wounds 6 civilians in Kashmir
Islamabad: The Pakistani army says Indian troops have opened fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing four civilians and wounding six others. A military statement Monday blamed Indian troops for targeting civilians in…