STAFF REPORTER The High Court yesterday fixed February 11 for delivering its verdict on the appeal filed by the three condemned convicts and two lifers in a case for 2004 grenade attack that killed three people and injured 70, including…
Year: 2016
Furst research planning conference kicks off at JU
JU Correspondent Holding the slogan ‘Unnayonshil Desher Prekheite Porikolpona o Unnayon’ the department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will organize a 2-day long Bangladesh research planning conference from February 5 to 6 here the University…
Court defers charge hearing against 23 BNP leaders
Special Correspondent A court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 23 BNP leaders including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee members Barrister Moudud and Mirza Abbas in a case filed…
4 Remand in child Abdullah killing case
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed four people, on remand for different terms to quiz them in connection with the killing of an eleven-year old schoolboy after abduction in Keraniganj of the district.
BCB announces 15-member squad for ICC World T20
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday announced a 15-member Bangladesh squad for the ICC World Cup T20 in India starting from March 8 with speedster Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as its captain.Bangladesh has also recalled Nasir Hossain and Mohammad Mithun to the…
Beard bacteria could be new antibiotics
The looming crisis of antibiotic resistance means diseases that were once easily treatable are becoming deadly again. The over-prescription of antibiotics for conditions that don’t require them is spurring resistant mutations leading to so-called superbugs – multi-drug-resistant infections that can…
Priyanka added to list of Oscars’ presenters
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has been named one of the 13 presenters at the 88th Academy Awards on February 28, the event’s official website said.Priyanka, who has garnered praise for her role in American TV series “Quantico”, is one amongst…
Americans to control sugar intake
Americans say they are on a sugar detox.A Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,883 adults living in the United States, conducted on 15-21 January, finds that 58 percent say they tried to limit sugar in their diets in the previous 30 days.…
Neymar in Barca squad to face Valencia
Brazilian superstar Neymar was included in Barcelona’s squad to face Valencia in their Copa del Rey semi-final,first-leg on Wednesday just a day after testifying in court on fraud and corruption allegations.Neymar and his father gave evidence to Spain’s National Court…
Mohsin guides Pakistan to quarter-final in ICC U-19 EC
An allround performance by Hasan Mohsin steered Pakistan to the quarter-finals of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup beating Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the group B encounter held on Wednesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur…
Federer out for month after knee surgery
Seventeen-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer underwent “successful” surgery on his knee Wednesday and will be ruled out of action for one month, his agent said.Federer underwent the surgery to repair a torn meniscus sustained the day after his semi-final…
Banker kidnapped rescued in Tangail
Banker ARM Akhteruzzaman who was kidnapped in Rajshahi, was rescued in Tangail yesterday evening after 11 days, his family sources said yesterday.Local people found him, hands and legs tide and blindfolded, abandoned besides Nasir Glass Factory in Mirjapur at around…
Road crash kills school teacher in Magura
A school teacher was killed as she fell down from an easy bike in Itkhola Bazaar area in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Mahmuda Khatun, 35, an assistant teacher of Naliardangi Primary School in Sadar upazila…
One arrested with Yaba in Faridpur
One drug peddler was arrested by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 yesterday with 327 pieces of yaba tablets from Bhanga upazilla of the district.According to RAB sources, acting on a tip off a team of RAB members led…
Body recovered in Manikganj
Police recovered the hanging body of a furniture worker from Koitta under Saturia upazila of the district on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Mintu Sheikh, 14, of Char Ashutoshpur village of Pabna upazila under Pabna district. He was the…
‘Arakan Army’ leader, its 3 members sent to jail
A court here on Wednesday sent suspected leader of Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’ Renin Suye and its three members to jail rejecting their bail petitions in two cases filed with Rajasthali police station.Additional judicial magistrate Sabrina Ali passed the…
Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry plying resumes
Ferry movement on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma River resumed on Wednesday morning after nine hours of disruption caused by dense fog.Shah M Khaled Newaj, additional general manager of BIWTA, said the ferry service and plying of water vessels…
Two injured in Somalian explosion
At least two people were reported injured in an explosion aboard Daallo Airlines Airbus A321 flight in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.There were conflicting reports about whether flight D3159 made an emergency landing or failed to take off from the…
Jordan King wants Int’l support to help refugees
The king of Jordan has warned the international community that it must give his country long-term aid to help cope with the huge influx of Syrian refugees, or the “dam is going to burst”.In an interview with the BBC aired…
More than 100,000 People stranded in Chinese Train Station
More than 100,000 are stuck at a train station in southern China after snow and icy weather affected the transport taking hundreds of millions of people home for Chinese New Year celebrations next week.The station in the city of Guangzhou…
South Korea warns North against satellite launch
South Korea has warned the North it will “pay a harsh price” if it goes ahead with its plan to launch a satellite into space.North Korea said on Tuesday it intended to carry out the launch between 8 and 25…
White House race moves to New Hampshire
Monday’s caucuses in Iowa were won by Senator Ted Cruz for the Republicans and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats. Mr Cruz prevailed despite trailing in opinion polls while Mrs Clinton beat Senator Bernie Sanders by just 0.2%.New Hampshire is seen…
Number of prisoners double jails’ capacity: Minister
The number of prisoners in the country’s jails is around double their accommodation capacity, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has told Parliament.According to statistics updated to January 24, 2016, a total of 69,774 detainees were in the country’s jails, but the…
AL established monarchy alleges BNP
BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Tuesday alleged that Awami League has established monarchy in the country by snatching people’s all basic rights.“The country’s current situation suggests it’s now under monarchy, and everyone will have to abide by what…
Trucks overturns killing 4 labourers in Barapukuria
Four day labourers were killed and three others injured as a truck carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in front of the main gate of Barapukuria Coal Mine in Parbatipur upazila early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Rezaul Islam,40,…
Dandy Dying charge framed against Khaleda, others
A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed issue against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and 13 others in a case filed for loan default of over Tk 45 crore of Dandy Dying. Judge Fatema Ferdous of Dhaka’s Money Loan Court-1 passed…
Charge in MP’s son Rony shooting 2 to death deferred again
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again deferred the hearing on the charge framing against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in a case filed for shooting two people to death in the city’s New Eskaton area,…
Court takes charges of bomb hurling against 35 BNP leaders
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday took cognisance of charges against BNP’s senior leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Barrister Moudud Ahmed and 34 other BNP men on the charge of hurling crude bombs at policemen in March…
Development with equity book launched
Dr. Sadiq deserves credit for bringing out such a timely book, which not only celebrates the progress we have made so far but also alerts us to what to focus on in the coming years. Dr. Alamgir and Dr. Mujeri…
GCC expatriates sent $100 billion home in 2014
Bahrain: Expatriates working in Gulf countries sent $100 billion in the form of remittances to their home countries in 2014, according to the latest report confirmed by the World Bank. The amount is estimated at four per cent to 10pc…