A three day long international conference on “Electrical Computer & Telecommunication ICECTE 2016”
Day: December 7, 2016
Attack on British envoy: Death sentence of Mufti Hannan upheld
Dhaka – The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty handed down to Mufti Abdul Hannan, leader of banned militant organisation Harkat-ul-Jihad, and two others in a case filed over the grenade attack on ex-British envoy to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in…
Shakib fined 20% of his match fee
Dhaka – Temperamental Dhaka Dynamites captain Shakib Al Hasan once again landed in trouble as he was fined 20 percent of his match fee by Bangladesh Cricket Board ‘s disciplinary committee yesterday.World ‘s number one all rounder Shakib has been…
Petrobangla, Daewoo sign deal for deep sea gas exploration
Dhaka – Keeping an option for allowing export, state-owned Petrobangla signed an initial deal on Wednesday with Posco Daewoo International Corporation to award the deep sea gas block DS-12 in the Bay of Bengal for gas exploration. The final deal…
Real demand respect for “exemplary” Ronaldo
Dhaka – Real Madrid launched a staunch defence of star forward Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday, demanding respect for the three- time World Player of the Year amid allegations he hid millions of euros earned from image rights in tax havens.”Real…
Stabilise major rivers to combat bank erosions
Dhaka – Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Wednesday stressed the need for stabilising the country’s major rivers to reduce riverbank erosion aiming to protect people’s land and belongings from its wraths. “Riverbank erosion creates a lot of…
Proposed child marriage restraint law pragmatic: PM
Taking a swipe at those opposing the proposed ‘Child Marriage Restraint Act’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament the law is formulated taking the reality into consideration.”This law is formulated keeping in mind the reality. We’ve to consider…
Pakistani plane crashes after takeoff with 48 people aboard
A plane belonging to Pakistan’s national carrier crashed on Wednesday with 48 people on board, apparently killing all of them, police and an airline spokesman said.According to senior police officer Khurram Rasheed, the plane crashed in a village near the…
Autopsy finds no injury sign on Shakil’s body
Dhaka – Forensic specialists at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday said no injury mark was found on the body of Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s special assistant, who was found dead at a city restaurant on…
Time to reconcile: 2 cities overcome Pearl Harbor legacy
Seventy-five years after a Japanese admiral led the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, the mayor of his hometown is joining his Honolulu counterpart to mark the anniversary — as friends.Tatsunobu Isoda, the mayor of Nagaoka, Japan,…
College girl killed in Sylhet road accident
Dhaka -A college girl was killed in a road accident at Karnigram village on the Moulvibazar-Sylhet road under Rajnagar upazila in Sylhet this noon.The deceased was identified as Eti Rani Dev, 17, a student of Rajnagar Degree College and daughter…
HC orders enactment of law limiting schoolbag weight
The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to formulate a law prohibiting the carrying of schoolbag weighing more than 10 percent of the weight of a primary school student.An HC bench, comprising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice…
Frantic rescue underway in Indonesia as quake kills scores
Meureudu – A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and sparking a frantic rescue effort in the rubble of dozens of collapsed and damaged buildings. Maj. Gen. Tatang Sulaiman, chief of the army in…
Accepting all Rohingyas not possible: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh is providing shelter to the Rohingyas who are coming here losing everything, but ruled out the possibility to accept all.”We’re giving shelter to those who’re coming here losing everything, but it’s also…
Ending Child Marriage Everywhere—Including in the West
Did you know that a 14-year-old child can legally marry in New York State?Ending child marriage is urgent, because it is deeply harmful to children, wherever they live. Married children often drop out of school, and are locked in poverty…
U14 Women’s Football: Kushtia outplay Khagrachhari 3-0
Dhaka – Kushtia beat Khagrachhari by 3-0 goals in the match of the JFA Under-14 Women’s National Championship football at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday,UNB news agency reported.
Manikganj road accident kills 2
Dhaka – Two people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Bhatbaur on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila in Manikganj on Tuesday night.One of the deceased was identified as Mufti…
One killed in Jhenidah road accident
Dhaka – A man was killed and three people injured as a speeding truck hit a rickshaw van at Kharikhali on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila in Jhenidah on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzaq, 45, a resident…
One held with heroin, shooter gun in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested an alleged terrorist along with 200 gram heroin, one shooter gun and one round of bullet from Mujib Road area in Jessore town on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Faisal Hossain, 28,UNB news agency reported.
Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry services resume
Dhaka – Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after three and a half hours’ disruption caused by dense fog in Munshiganj on Wednesday morning.Shah Khaled Newaj, assistant general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation’s…
2 pirates killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab in Sundarbans
Dhaka – Two suspected pirates of ‘Shamsu Bahini’ were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Badamkhali Khal of Sundarbans East Department in Sarankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Hossain…
Bob Dylan writes speech for Nobel ceremony
Bob Dylan has written a speech to be delivered at the Nobel Prize ceremony later this week, organisers have said. His words “will be read at the Nobel banquet in Stockholm” on 10 December as he is unable to attend…
Two local films bag international award
Culture Desk Director Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s debut film Live from Dhaka has bagged two awards at the recently concluded Singapore International Film Festival. Saad won the Best Director award while the film’s protagonist, Mostafa Monwar, won the Best Performance award.…
Russia says OPEC, non-OPEC countries to discuss oil cuts
Russia on Tuesday said it will take part in a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC members as oil prices wobbled on doubts over the impact of an output cut deal. Energy Minister Alexander Novak will attend the meeting in Vienna…
Samsung prevails over Apple in $399 mn patent appeal
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $399 million patent infringement penalty imposed on Samsung for copying Apple’s iPhone design, in a case watched for its implications for technology innovation. The shorthanded justices ruled 8-0 that Samsung should not…
Beyonce leads Grammy nominations in crowded field
Beyonce led the Grammy Award nominations Tuesday amid acclaim for her “Lemonade” album but she faced spirited competition from other chart-topping artists including Adele. Beyonce received nods in nine categories for the music industry’s biggest night including Album of the…
Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rise by 16 percent in November
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by 16 percent in November compared with the same month in 2015 with India and China remaining the leading markets, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed on Wednesday. China recorded a…
Polar bear numbers to plunge a third as sea ice melts
Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, according to the first systematic assessment, released Wednesday, of how dwindling Arctic sea ice affects the world’s largest bear. There is a 70 percent chance that the global polar bear population…
Seminar on Bangladesh at UK House of Commons premises
Ex-Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth office, UK, Hugo Swire MP on Tuesday called for a partricipatory election for restoration of democratic governance in Bangladesh.
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube team up to tackle terrorist content
By David Gilbert Well that was quick. Just 24 hours after the European Union criticized them for failing to fulfill their promise to tackle the proliferation of extremist content on their platforms, Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft and YouTube have announced a…