Narayanganj – Mayor-elect of Narayanganj city Dr Salina Hayat Ivy on Friday visited the residence of her nearest rival BNP mayoral candidate Sakhawat Hossain Khan with sweetmeats following her Thursday’s landslide victory.
Day: December 23, 2016
Berlin truck attack suspect killed in Milan police shootout
Milan (AP/UNB) — The Tunisian man suspected in a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol outside a train station, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.…
Plane hijacking in Malta ends peacefully; 2 men surrender
After hours of tense negotiations, two Libyans who hijacked a plane from Libya to Malta and threatened to blow it up surrendered peacefully Friday, allowing 118 passengers and crew to leave the plane before walking out themselves with the last…
Obama shuts down Muslim registry
The Obama administration has moved to shut down the Department of Homeland Security’s Muslim national registry program, a vestige of post-9/11 policy that’s been sitting on the books since 2002 but unused in the past five years. It’s the same…
Philippines’ Duterte calls UN commissioner an ‘idiot’
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who this week called for an investigation into the killings the leader admitted to having committed during the 1980’s, an idiot.Duterte said last week he helped the police…
5 killed in Comilla road crashes
Dhaka – Five people were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Dayapur in Chouara area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila and Comilla Cantonment area in Comilla on Friday.Four people were killed when a bus hit a pick-up van…
Bullet-hit body found in Faridpur
Dhaka – The bullet-hit body of a suspected robber was found near a brick kiln at Laxmipur village in Sadar upazila in Faridpur on Thursday.Being informed by locals, police recovered the bullet-hit body of Shahadat Sheikh, 35, son of Abdul…
Housewife killed by ‘husband’ in Pirojpur
Dhaka – A housewife was hacked to death allegedly by her husband at Masimpur in the district town in Pirojpur on Friday.The deceased was identified as Asma Begum, 26, wife of Rezaul Islam of Tala upazila in Satkhira district.Quoting local…
Tigers reach in Christchurch from Whangarei Friday
Dhaka – Completing the conditioning camp with a one-day ‘tour game’ against New Zealand XI at Whangarei on Thursday, the Tigers reached in Christchurch on Friday travelling from Whangarei to play their 1st ODI against New Zealand at Hagley Oval…
Rajshahi, Rangpur secure big margin victory in NCL round 4
Dhaka –Rajshahi and Rangpur Division registered their huge margin victories in the 4th round 4-day match of the 18th National Cricket League (NCL) at two separate venues of the country on Friday.Rajshahi outplayed Sylhet by 151 runs in the Tier-2…
Cook named as captain of ICC team of year
Dhaka – Alastair Cook was on Thursday named as captain of the International Cricket Council Test team of the year despite speculation over his future as England skipper.Cook, who has led England to only one win in their last eight…
Seasonal low over south Bay
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said on Friday a seasonal low lies over the south Bay of Bengal. Ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to Bihar and adjoining area. Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the…
Saif, Kareena bring baby Taimur home
Dhaka – New mom Kareena Kapoor Khan, who welcomed a baby boy on December 20, was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Kareena and son Taimur went home from hospital today with Saif by their side, reports…
All need to maintain dignity of respective religions: PM
Urging the Christian community to become part of Bangladesh’s development efforts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the people of all faiths to maintain the dignity of their own religions so that no one could ever raise finger…
IBBL donates 50,000 blankets to Army Fund for cold-hit people
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated 50 thousand pieces blankets to the Relief Fund of Bangladesh Army for the winter affected people.
BNP worries over ‘last-moment engineering’ in NCC polls
Dhaka – Terming the voting in the Narayanganj City Corporation election apparently fair, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday voiced concern over ‘possible engineering’ in the election results.
Shamim Osman cast vote openly by violating code of conduct
Ruling Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman has cast his vote openly for boat, the electoral system of party mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy violating the electoral code of conduct in the Narayanganj City Corporation elections.
Ivy sweeps NCC polls
Dhaka – Awami League mayoral candidate Dr Salina Hayat Ivy was unofficially reelected mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as she defeated BNP contestant Sakhawat Hossain Khan by a big margin of 77,902 votes in the election held on Thursday.…
Khaleda to appear in court on Jan 5
Dhaka-The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday deferred recording BNP Chief Khalada Zia’s statement on self-defence to January 5 after hearing her on time petition submitted by her lawyer in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.