The voice recorded in the video footage, released allegedly by Islamic State(IS) on Dhaka café attackers on September 23, is the voice of Tahmid Rahman Safi, said Monirul Islam, Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Year: 2016
G Maula Rony & Naeem Nizam sued on defamation charge
A case has been filed against former MP Golam Maula Rony and the Daily Bangladesh Pratidin Editor Naeem Nizam on defamation charge.
Saudi Arabia switches to ‘Western’ calendar
Saudi Arabia has shifted to the Gregorian or “Western” calendar as a basis for paying civil servants as part of an austerity package. The kingdom adopted the lunar Islamic calendar when it was founded in 1932. The birthplace of Islam…
Kim Kardashian West robbed of millions by Paris gunmen
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West has been robbed at gunpoint at a luxury residence in Paris by at least two men dressed as police officers, her publicist and police say. A box containing jewellery worth up to €6m…
England to play BCB XI in practice match Tuesday
Dhaka -Visiting England Cricket team will start their campaign in Bangladesh taking on a BCB XI in a one-day practice match on Tuesday at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah ahead of the three-match ODI and two-match Test series against…
Atletico leads in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona stumble
Dhaka- Atletico Madrid won early Sunday and then watched a humbling defeat for Barcelona, and yet another disappointing draw by Real Madrid, to lead the Spanish league for the first time this season.Atletico dominated in a 2-0 win at Valencia, while…
Benfica beats Feirense to open 3-point lead in Portugal
Dhaka – Benfica routed Feirense 4-0 Sunday to open a three-point lead over FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese league.Luis Aurelio, Eduardo Salvio, Franco Cervi and Alex Grimaldo scored for Benfica at the Estadio da Luz,giving the defending…
Man held with 50,000 yaba tablets in city
Dhaka – Detectives arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 50,000 pieces of yaba tablets from a Pajero jeep in the city’s Segunbagicha area on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Yusuf, 30, a resident of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s…
Teenager girl raped by 3 youths in Magura
Dhaka – A teenager girl was gang-raped allegedly by three young men at Sriphaltala village in Sadar upazila in Magura on Sunday.The victim filed a case against three people with Sadar Police Station on Sunday night, said officer-in-charge of the…
Man’s hanging body revovered in Thakurgaon
Dhaka – Police recovered the hanging body of a man from a tree on the Shoshan Kali Mondir premises in the district town in Thakurgaon on Monday.The deceased was identified as Gokul Das, 50, son of Patharu Das, a resident of College…
Fake NSI man held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a fraud posing as an official of National Security Intelligence (NSI) from Chandipool area under Dakhshin Surma thana on Sunday afternoon,UNB news agency reported.
Brick trader killed in Meherpur
Dhaka – A brick trader was stabbed to death by miscreants in Thanapara area of Gangni upazila in Meherpur early Monday.The deceased was identified as Abul Khayer, 38, son of Muktar Hossain, a resident of the area,UNB news agency reported.
2 cousins drowns in Sherpur
Dhaka – Two cousins drowned in the Mrighi river in Uttar Kaliganj area of the district town on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Arafat Islam, 6, son of Hafizur Rahman and Sohana Begum, 3, daughter of Beauty Begum, both resident…
Bangladesh’s extreme poverty rate drops to 12.9 percent: WB
Bangladesh’s extreme poverty rate has dropped to 12.9 percent of the total population in 2015-16, the World Bank says.In its ‘Bangladesh Development Update’, released on Monday, the multi lateral lending agency said it has come down from 13.8 percent in…
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi for “brilliant experiments” in the 1990s on autophagy, the “self-eating” process…
DiCaprio, Obama to talk climate change
Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio was due at the White House Monday to discuss climate change with President Barack Obama before the screening of the actor’s new documentary on the devastating effects of global warming. DiCaprio, who won the 2016 best actor…
World Bank: inequality threatens fight against extreme poverty
Extreme poverty has been falling steadily around the world, but eliminating it by 2030 could be stymied by unequal distribution of the gains of economic growth, the World Bank said Sunday. Unless the gains of growth are steered better to…
Facebook launches ‘lite’ version of Messenger overseas
New York (AP/UNB) — Facebook is launching a “lite” version of it Messenger chat app. It is aimed at emerging markets, where many people use older phones that don’t have enough room to store or ability to run the full-featured…
Pope Francis to visit Bangladesh
Aboard The Papal Plane (AP/UNB) — Pope Francis will visit Portugal next year and is “almost sure” he’ll go to India and Bangladesh. Still to be determined is where in Africa he’ll visit and whether Colombia’s peace accord is “certain,…
Sad plight of expat Bangladeshi at New York hospital
GreenWatch News Desk A expatriate Bangladesh community leader in New York has written to the City Council there about the plight of a Bangladeshi American who has been subjected to racist treatment by a black nurse of a hospital, and…
India ratifies Paris climate agreement
India, one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, has ratified the Paris global climate agreement. Under the deal, India has committed to ensuring that at least 40% of its electricity will be generated from non-fossil sources by 2030. CO2…
Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris hotel room
Kim Kardashian has been held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room. Her husband, rapper Kanye West, abruptly left his set early at the Meadows Festival in New York on Sunday night after learning of the news.
‘Robber lynched’ in Tangail mob beating
Dhaka – A suspected robber was beaten to death by a mob at Solakuria on Sagordighi-Bhoraduba road in Ghatail upazila of Tangail early Monday, UNB news agency reported. The deceased was identified as Biplob, 35, a resident of Khulna district.
Gun battle has ended at Kashmir army camp: India
Srinagar (AP/UNB) — A gun battle with a group of militants who attacked an Indian army camp in the Indian portion of Kashmir that killed one Indian paramilitary soldier and wounded another has ended early Monday morning, police said.
After defeat Colombia’s leader pledges to push ahead on peace
Bogota (AP/UNB) —Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of painstaking negotiations and delivering a strunning setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire…
Again attack on Indian army camp in Kashmir
A member of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has been killed in an attack on an army camp in north Kashmir, media report.
2 RU students get Monwar Hossain Memorial Award
Rajshahi-Khndakar Monwar Hossain Award, an award of Statistics department of Rajshahi University has been given to two students of the department as for their outstanding success in their Examination.
Govt to manage dead bodies during disasters, directive shortly
Dhaka-The government has decided to mange dead bodies after any disaster to ensure discipline and a directive finalized in this regard on Sunday is expected to be iaause soon.
22-day Hilsha ban from Oct 12
Dhaka – The government has imposed a ban on catching, selling, transportation and hoarding of hilsa from October 12 to November 2 in 27 districts, UNB news agency reported.
Gazipur mill fire tamed; building collapses
Dhaka – A fire broke out at a spinning mill at Shafipur in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early Sunday, UNB news agency reported.