A battalion commander-level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held at Tukergram in India on Tuesday.The meeting was held at Tukergram opposite Amolshid BOP on Jakiganj frontier in Sylhet.
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Jamaat leader held in Sylhet over subversion
Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Sobhanighat area of the city on Tuesday in connection with several cases and on subversion charges.The arrestee was identified as Yasin Khan, 35, a leader of the Sylhet city unit Jamaat…
Gazipur market fire guts 13 shops
At least 13 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at a market in Konabari area of the city early Wednesday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit inside a shop at New Market…
Yaba peddler held in Chuadanga
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged Yaba peddler from his rented house in Yatimkhana Road area of the town on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Saiful Islam,37, son of Afshar Biswas, a resident of…
5 fined for selling polythene bags in Sirajganj
A mobile court here on Tuesday fined five businessmen for selling banned polythene bags at Salanga Bazar of the district on Tuesday. Locals said acting on secrete information that some traders were selling illegal polythene bags at Salanga Bazar, a…
2 held with Yaba pills, cash in Munshiganj
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with Yaba tablets and cash from Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as M Saijuddin, 45, son of late Darbesh Ali, and M Jahangir…
26 BNP leaders’ case hearing for police station sabotage on Mar 6
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday once again fixed March 6 for hearing on framing charge against 26 BNP leaders and activists including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing…
Son kills mother in Kishoreganj
A man allegedly stabbed his mother to death over family feud at Doriakandi village in Bajitpur upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Somonto Banu, 70, wife of late Dhonu Mia, a resident of the village.
Freshwater fish are at risk
A third of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk due to dams on three large rivers, researchers warn, calling for more rigorous construction planning to prevent biodiversity and socioeconomic losses.“The world’s most biodiverse river basins — the Amazon, Congo…
Time to clear the air
A public health emergency is causing 3.3 million premature deaths a year — more than malaria and HIV combined. But the culprit isn’t a disease pandemic: it’s the toxic air polluting the world’s major cities. In India’s capital Delhi, the…
Nude statues covered during Iran’s President visit
An imposing equestrian statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius dominated the room where Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met on Monday.But Rouhani could not admire some of the other masterpieces at Rome’s world-famous Capitoline Museums,…
Deadly shooting occurred during arrest of US militiamen
An FBI operation to arrest leaders of a militia has ended with one man dead and another wounded on a highway in the US state of Oregon. Seven people from the armed group are now in custody.Ammon Bundy, 40, the…
Political intrigue and power struggles in Vietnam
A power struggle between a political maverick and a conservative insider. A show of force by China and a dead mystic turtle.It’s not usually an occasion for drama but Vietnam’s leadership transition is serving up an unprecedented amount of political…
Corruption as bad as before in Bangladesh:TIB
There has been no improvement as far as corruption in Bangladesh is concerned, according to Transparency International (TI).The Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog published its Corruptions Perception Index (CPI) 2015, covering 168 countries and regions, on Wednesday.Bangladesh has been ranked 139 with…
Johanna Konta & Andy Murray reach Australian Open semi-finals
Britain have two Grand Slam singles semi-finalists for the first time since 1977 after victories for Johanna Konta and Andy Murray at the Australian Open.Konta continued her remarkable run with a 6-4 6-1 win over China’s Zhang Shuai in the…
Overlooked disease believed to kill throughout tropics
Researchers have raised the alarm about an overlooked bacterial disease that they say killed 89,000 people in 79 countries in 2015.In a paper published in Nature Microbiology last week (11 January), researchers say that melioidosis is likely to be present…
Human like robots in deep space soon
The US space agency NASA is considering making new humanoid robots that could offer astronauts a helping hand in risky and extremely hazardous future space expeditions.The agency is developing a six-feet tall, 131.5 kg heavy humanoid robot called R5, previously…
British pop star Joss Stone to perform in Dhaka
British pop sensation Joss Stone will perform in Dhaka on 20 February.LiveSquare Entertainment in an official statement said Ms. Stone will perform in their new venture Pop Republic as a part of her 2016 world tour.Winner of Grammy and Brit…
Zika virus set to spread across Americas
The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization said on Monday.Zika transmission…
3 family member die as truck ploughed into house
Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a truck ploughed through their house in Dwariarpur municipality area of Shahjadpur upazila early Tuesday.
Law & order situation to be under control for socioeconomic dev: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the members of Bangladesh Police to be the servants of people facing all the challenges and stand beside the helpless and endangered ones as their trusted friends.
4 die in a road accident in Daudkandi, 60 km east of Dhaka
Four people — three members of a family and their domestic help — were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car at Tamta in Daudkandi upazila early Tuesday.
6 missing on trawler capsizing in Meghna
At least six people went missing as a trawler packed with over 60 passengers capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila after being hit by a goods-laden vessel amid dense fog on Tuesday morning.
Tarique’s mother-in-law challenges ACC case at HC –
Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in-law of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the graft case filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Sedition summon pasted in front of Khaleda Zia’s residence
A court official on Tuesday pasted a copy of the summon issued against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sedition case on the main gate of her Gulshan residence as non one in her favour received it.
Yunus Proposes Social Orientation to Olympic Games
News Desk Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach for a discussion with him and visit the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at Lausanne, Switzerland when Professor Yunus met…
Work abstention begins in Colleges of Rajshahi
Rajshahi Correspondent The BCS general education cadre association observed work abstention in government Colleges of Rajshahi protesting cancelation of time scale and selection grade in the 8th pay scale.
Radwanska blasts into Australian Open semis
Fired-up fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska blasted into her fifth career Grand Slam semi-final Tuesday with a dominant straight-sets mauling of Carla Suarez at the Australian Open.The Spanish 10th seed was no match for the popular and composed Pole whose never-say-die…
Shari`ah Supervisory Committee meeting of IBBL held
A meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on January 26, 2016, Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower.
Red-hot Rabada sinks England in fourth Test
The hosts needed a little more than an hour on the final day to reduce England, who won the series 2-1, from 52 for three to 101 all out with Rabada returning match figures of 13-159 to drive home his…