Dhaka-BNP on Saturday trashed Democracy International’s survey report that BNP will only get five percent vote if any election is held now, saying the finding is not only absurd, but also a travesty of truth.
Day: December 10, 2016
CID finds 23 foreign nationals’ involvement in BB heist
Dhaka-The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on Saturday claimed that they have found the involvement of 23 foreigners in the $ 101-million cyber heist from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve Bank.
6 held at Chuadanga border
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested six people while they were going to India illegally through Munsipur border area on Friday night.The arrestees are: Toiab Ali, 18, son of Rabbani, Nur Mohammad Sardar, 30, son of Mannan…
Work together to assuage migrants’ miseries: PM
Dhaka-Underscoring the need for devising a way to realise the transformative potential of migration, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the international community to take vow and act together to pull out the migrants from their miseries and agonies.
One held with 24 gold bars at Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials on Saturday detained a passenger of a domestic flight from Chittagong at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here and seized 24 gold bars weighing 2.78 kilograms from his possession.Sources at the Dhaka customs house said Sarwar Kamal…
11 boats of Rohingyas sent back to Myanmar
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members sent back 11 boats fully packed with Rohingyas to Myanmar following their attempt to intrude into the Bangladesh territory though the Naf River early Saturday.
Youth burnt to death as house in city slum catches fire
Dhaka – A young man was burnt to death as a house in a slum in Shahjahanpur area of the city caught early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Shipon, 30.Atikul Islam, duty official of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD)…
2 bikers killed in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Two motorcycle riders were killed and another injured in a road crash when it collided head-on with a bus in Katakhali Samshadipur area near in Rajshahi on Friday evening.The deceased were indentified as Shuvo, 25, son of Moktar Hossain,and…
National River Olympiad held at BAU
With the slogan of ‘Janbe Jodi, Jagbe Nodi’, National River Olympiad-2016 for Mymensingh division was held at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) campus on Saturday.
One held with gun, heroin in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested an alleged terrorist along with a one-shooter gun, 100 gram heroin and one round of bullet from Putkhali border area here in Benapole on Friday night.The arrestee was identified as Rana, 24, son of Harun, a…
LPG, auto gas policy in the offing to facilitate private investment
Dhaka -The government is working to formulate a policy to facilitate private investment in the country’s LPG and auto gas sector as part of its plan to popularise the use of LPG and auto gas amid fast depletion of country’s…
Pvt universities must shun profit-making goal: UGC Chairman
Dhaka – Stressing the need for the involvement of private sector in expanding higher education, Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof Abdul Mannan said the entrepreneurs of private universities must stick to their purpose to ensure quality education.
Bullet trains may first ply reworked Dhaka-Ctg route
Dhaka – The government is set on introducing high-speed rail in the country, with the commercially vital Dhaka-Chittagong route earmarked for installation of the advanced tracks to support high-speed railway travel. Travellers between Bangladesh’s two most economically vibrant centres, capital…
Army deployment not necessary for NCC polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Saturday said there is no necessity to deploy army for the upcoming Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election as the law and order situation is now better there.“The law and order situation is…
Intensify pressure on Myanmar: British MPs
A cross-party group of 70 British parliamentarians urged the UK government to ‘intensify pressure’ on the Myanmar government and allow full humanitarian access to Rohingya Muslims in the North Rakhine State of Myanmar.“Together with the international community, the UK government…
Hasina wants to visit India in first half of Feb
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her desire to visit India in the first half of February next.She expressed the desire when Indian State Minister for Foreign Affairs MJ Akbar met her at her official residence Ganobhaban.PM’s Press Secretary…
US envoy for religious freedom to visit Bangladesh
Dhaka – US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein will visit Bangladesh this week.
CJ for dropping Article 116 from Constitution
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday called for dropping Article 116 from the Constitution immediately.“The Articles 116 and 116 (A) of our Constitution are conflicting to the principles of the Constitution. So, I call for removing the Article 116,” he…
Khaleda in crisis, not country: Quader
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said it is not the country but BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia herself is ‘in serious crisis’.“Bangladesh is now moving towards sustainable development and public welfare under the visionary leadership of Sheikh Hasina.…
US ambassador urges Bangladesh to repeal marriage under 18 years
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has likened the special provision allowing child marriage in Bangladesh to “killing a mosquito with a hammer”, asking that the government look at alternatives to prevent girls becoming victims.The government has approved the draft…
3 Hindu temples vandalised in Lalmonirhat over 12 months
Dhaka – Though three Hindu temples were vandalised and desecrated in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat over the last twelve months, no legal step has been taken in connection with those incidents.
‘Russia was trying to help Trump win White House’
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.…
At least 43,000 homeless after Aceh, Indonesia quake
Indonesia (AP/UNB) — At least 43,000 people have been displaced by the powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Aceh province, authorities said Saturday, as the government and aid agencies pooled efforts to meet the basic survival needs of shaken communities.
21m Bangladesh children taking vitamin A capsules Saturday
Dhaka – Over 2.10 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed vitamin A-plus capsules today under a national campaign. Children, aged between six and 11 months, will be given the blue-coloured high-powered vitamin A capsules,…
New cyber-attacks on major banks thwarted, Russia says
Distributed denial of service strikes on five biggest banks and financial organisations in Russia was halted. Russia’s telecom operator on Friday said it had blocked a series of cyber-attacks on the country’s leading banks this week, the latest to target…
Obama orders review into ‘Russian hacking’
President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into a series of cyber-attacks, blamed on Russia, that shook the US election season. The hacks targeted emails at the Democratic Party and a key aide to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Int’l Human Rights Day Saturday
Dhaka – The International Human Rights Day will be observed in the country on Saturday as elsewhere across the globe. The UN General Assembly proclaimed December 10 as Human Rights Day in 1950, with a view to bringing to the…
Environment falling prey to militarisation
Bahauddin Foizee The uneasy and unbearable weather conditions in many parts of the world have become the new trend of our planet’s environment, causing the coastal areas across the globe to gradually submerge under water. While such environmental deterioration is…
Musical soiree ‘Asomoyer Golpa’ held at AF Dhaka
Dhaka – A musical program was held on Friday, 9 December 2016 at Alliance Française, Dhaka performed by the folk band Joler Gaan on the occasion of closing ceremony of the exhibition titled An Untimely Story by artist Monjurul Shibly.…