Twelve Bangladeshi teenagers returned home through Benapole check post on Friday night after serving two years’ jail term in an Indian prison.Border Security Force (BSF) handed them over to Benapole immigration police at about 8:00 pm.
Year: 2016
Volatile markets in an uncertain world
Recent market volatility is neither entirely warranted nor unexpected. In China, it reflects a confluence of forces; but in the US and internationally, it is fueled by international worries.On Monday, January 4, China’s A-shares plunged by about 7%, whereas the…
Paturia-Daulatdia ferry service resumes after 7 hrs
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday after seven hours of its disruption caused by dense fog.Salahuddin, manager (Commercial) of BIWTA Aricha ghat, said they kept suspended ferry services on the route from 3:00am to 10:00am due to…
Man held with firearms in C’nawabganj
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with firearms and ammunition at Koylar Bazar in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrested was identified as Ziaur Rahman, 35, son of Kafil Uddin of Hadinagar village in the upazila.
Russian doctor’s punch kills patient
CCTV footage has emerged of a Russian hospital doctor punching a patient who collapsed and later died.The incident took place in the city of Belgorod, 670km (440 miles) south of the capital, Moscow, on 29 December.The patient had earlier kicked…
Jubo League leader shot dead in Comilla
A local Jubo League leader was shot to death by miscreants at Padua intersection in Chauddagram upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Hossain, 35, former president of the Alkora union unit of Jubo League and son of Ali…
Victoria Azarenka wins Brisbane International
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka won her first title since 2013 by beating Angelique Kerber in the Brisbane International final.The unseeded Belarusian, who has been plagued by injuries in recent years, beat the fourth-seeded German 6-3 6-1.World number 22…
N. Korea releases video of new missile test
North Korea on Saturday released video footage of a purportedly new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test, three days after it claimed it had successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb.But South Korean media suggested the footage broadcast by state Korean Central…
Bishwa Ijtema ends tomorrow
The “Akheri Munajat” of the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema on the banks of river Turag at Tongi will be offered tomorrow, ending the three-day annual Muslim congregation.Tens of thousands of the Muslims from home and abroad are participating in…
The state that loves bullfighting except Spain
Villagers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu hope to celebrate the New Year harvest festival later this month with traditional “bull-taming” contests once more. “Jallikattu” is a sport that has been practised in southern India for thousands of…
Feeding a flawed society
by Paul R. Ehrlich,John Harte Stanford/Berkeley – Virtually everyone in the scientific community agrees that ensuring sufficient food supplies for a surging human population, which is set to grow by 2.4 billion by mid-century, will require serious work. Indeed, we…
Where all the cocaine is destined for
Dhaka – Investigation agency is yet to ascertain the final destination of the cocaine consignment, which was seized along with a Spanish national from Hazrat Shahjal International airport on December 8 evening. Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC)…
Land minister’s son dies in road accident
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif`s son Rana Sherif was killed in a road accident at the eastern side of the Bangabandhu Bridge early today, police and hospital sources said.”The accident took place as a motor vehicle hit the microbus of…
Salma Hayek living a much better life
Actress Salma Hayek doesn’t envy her pre-baby body as her life is “so much better” ever since she welcomed her eight-year-old daughter Valentina with husband Francois-Henri Pinault.Hayek took to Instagram on Friday to share a throwback photograph of herself in…
North Korea warns of war over South’s propaganda broadcasts
Seoul — North Korea warned of war as South Korea on Saturday continued blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the rivals’ tense border in retaliation for the North’s purported fourth nuclear test. North Korean propaganda is filled with threats of violence, but…
4 died on Bangabandhu Bridge
At least four people were killed and 20 injured in several accidents on the Bangabandhu Bridge due to dense fog, leading to snapping vehicular movement on the bridge on Saturday.Bangabandhu Bridge police station (east) officer-in-charge Akhiruzzaman said a bus rammed…
Road accidents killed 9,000, injured 22,000 in 2015 Bangladesh
Dhaka – At least 8,642 people were killed and 21,855 others injured in about 6,581 road accidents that occurred across Bangladesh in 2015. Bangladesh Jatri Kollyan Samity (BJKS), a rights group working for welfare of the passengers, said this at…
Man claiming to be Jesus tried to kidnap Obama’s dog
CNN – A North Dakota man claiming to be Jesus Christ was arrested Wednesday in Washington, where he had traveled with a plan to kidnap one of the First Family’s pet dogs, law enforcement officials said Friday. Scott Stockert was…
Christian convert killed in Jhenaidah
Christians in Jhenaidah have claimed militants killed a village homeopath for preaching Christianity after his conversion.Deceased Samir Ali’s son, however, says his father did not convert from Islam.Ali’s body was found at his chamber at Balekhal Bazar on Thursday afternoon…
Easy win for BD in Bangabandhu gold cup
Bangladesh have given their 2016 Bangabandhu Gold Cup campaign a flying start with a resounding win over Sri Lanka in the opening match.The hosts thrashed the islanders 4-2 at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore on Friday.Mamunul Islam and his…
El Chapo recaptured
Mexico has recaptured the world’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, President Enrique Pena Nieto said via Twitter on Friday, six months after he brazenly broke out of a high security prison through a tunnel.Guzman, the head of…
Better safety helps Bangladesh shipbuilding industry
Amy Yee At Western Marine’s shipyard on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, machines shriek and sparks fly as workers turn hulking pieces of metal into gigantic ships. The clanging of hammers echoes as a stray dog trots across…
How Kenya confirmed the deathbed of WTO
When the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle, Washington in 1999, the Africa paper[1] carefully prepared by the Kenya representatives to the WTO in Geneva had set the stage for the rejection of the strict intellectual property rights which…
Mobile loudspeakers to be installed at border, S. Korea says
JH Ahn Residents of area have expressed fear of North Korean bombardment as consequence of broadcasts Late on Friday afternoon, Yonhap reported North Korea is broadcasting its own propaganda in the hopes of drowning out the ongoing South Korean broadcasts.…
You give me ‘H-Bomb,’ I raise you K-pop: S Korea resumes propaganda
By VICE News and Reuters Let the propaganda wars (re)begin. South Korea’s birthday gift to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, who is believed to have turned 33 today, was to turn its loudspeakers back on and denigrate his wife. In…
BCB reluctant to aend Mustafizur Rahim for Pak Super League
Pakistan Super League franchise Lahore Qalandars had picked Mustafizur Rahman from the gold category, where he was supposed to be paid a fee of USD 50,000. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is considering holding back Mustafizur Rahman from playing in…
Take care of ailing family member!
Blessed are those who are well and have no serious disease or physical disorder. But to fall sick or to get attacked by some critical disease is a part of natural phenomena over which we have no control. I have…
Ruling party establishes fascism in name of democracy: Fakhrul
Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the Awami League-led government has established fascism in the country undercover of democracy. “We’re now going through an absolute fascist rule undercover of democracy. There’s a…
India’s captain faces non-bailable warrant
Dhaka – A local court in Andhra Pradesh’s district of Anantapur has issued a non-bailable warrant against India’s limited-overs captain MS Dhoni, reports ESPNcricinfo. The case relates to a morphed picture of Dhoni that appeared on the cover of a…
Giant Mao statue ‘removed’ from Henan village
A 37m-high (120ft) gold-painted statue of Chairman Mao in China’s countryside has been removed, just days after it was erected, state media report. A village official told the People’s Daily that construction of the Mao Zedong statue had not been…