Dhaka – Criticising the government for turning down its dialogue offer, BNP on Wednesday said the ruling party is out to implement its ill-motive to hang onto power. “If they (govt) restore democratic and human rights of people, then there’ll…
Year: 2016
Pak request to withdraw diplomat not supportive of teis: Shahriar
Dhaka – State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Wednesday said Pakistan’s ‘request’ to withdraw Bangladesh’s diplomat without showing any reason will not be ‘supportive’ for relations between the two countries. “There’s been no explanation (from Pakistan). They…
North Korea says it tested hydrogen bomb
NK News North Korea claimed it carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test on Wednesday, in a broadcast at midday Pyongyang time on Korean Central Television (KCTV). The announcement followed the detection of an artificial earthquake which took place two…
North Korean test unlikely to be hydrogen bomb – Bennett
Leo Byrne North Korean media’s claims they they tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday have caused widespread speculation about the current status on the DPRK’s nuclear weapons technologies. Thermonuclear explosions – such as the pictured Ivy Mike nuclear test.– are…
North Korea claims successful explosion of a Hydrogen Bomb
By Keegan Hamilton North Korea has announced that it successfully detonated a small hydrogen bomb, a declaration that followed a suspicious earthquake Wednesday near a site where the country previously conducted three nuclear weapons tests. A hydrogen bomb, also known…
Celebrate the International Year of Pulses
Danielle Nirenberg 2016 is the United Nations International Year of Pulses (IYP). Pulses, or grain legumes, include 12 crops such as dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas, and lentils, which are high in protein, fiber, and micronutrients. In celebration of the…
Bnp leader Mirza Abbas sent to jail
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday sent BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas to the jail rejecting his bail petitions in three cases. Of the cases two have been filed with Paltan and Motijheel Police Stations…
Police arrests Biman employee in gold smuggling case
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested an employee of Bangladesh Biman Airlines from Uttara in the city on Tuesday night in connection with recovery of 14.5 kg gold from the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal…
SC upholds Jamaat chief Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Motiur Rahman Nizami, for his involvement in wartime offences. In its short order, the apex court said, “This appeal is allowed in part. Appellant…
Jamaat calls countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal Thursday
Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country for today as the apex court upheld the war tribunal’s death sentence awarded to its ameer Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in…
EU grants 118m Euro to improve democratic governance
The European Union grants EUR 118 million (11 Crore 80 Lac Taka) for Civil Society Participation in Decision Making, Food and Nutrition Security, and Skills Development in Bangladesh The EU Development Cooperation Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2014-2020 aims at assisting…
Home Minister says ignore Jamaat’s ‘paper hartal’
Dhaka – Terming the hartal as ‘Paper hartal’ the Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday called upon the transports workers to ply their vehicle. Ply your vehicles despite hartal hours without any fear as members of the law enforcement agencies…
Sylhet stadium ready to host U19 Cricket World Cup matches
The Sylhet International Cricket Stadium is ready to host the ICC for its U19 Cricket World Cup matches.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hand over the responsibility of the venue to International Cricket Council on Thursday, BCB grounds committee chairman Hanif…
BCB invite SLC for ODI series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) recently sent an invitation letter to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to play of a number of bilateral ODIs in Bangladesh after the World Twenty20, 2016.In that invitation letter BCB also invited Sri Lankan Cricket for one…
One gets jail for taking drugs in Narail
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced one youth to three months imprisonment for taking drugs in Lohagara upazila.The convict was identified as Yusuf Musli, 30, son of Abdur Rouf of Mangalhata village of the upazila.
2 sweet factories fined Tk 30 lakh in Ctg
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night fined two sweet factories at city’s Panchliah and Bitazid area Taka 30 lakh for different reasons.RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar led the mobile court at Shershah Colony area under Biyazid…
Man kills daughter, self in Khulna
A man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after killing his physically challenged daughter at Ali Ahsan Road in the city early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Mostafa Kamal, 55, a resident of Ali Ahsan Road area in the city,…
9 held with 10 lakh Yaba pills in Ctg
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine people and recovered 10 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet in the Bay of Bengal early Wednesday.Identities of the arrestee could not be known immediately.
Youth beaten dead by ‘cousin, nephew’ in Sylhet
A youth was beaten to death allegedly by his cousin and nephew over a family feud at Rashidpur village in Balaganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Suruj Mia, 30, son of Tahid Ullah hailing from…
Schoolteacher shot dead in Cox’s Bazar
A schoolteacher was shot to death and his brother injured by miscreants at Mohammad Sharif Para in Ramu upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nurussofa, 29, a teacher of Barobil Government Primary School and a resident of the…
Criminal’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with cops in Gazipur
An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and police in Rajendrapur area of the city on Tuesday night.Identified as Manir Khan,35, a resident of Shalna Kathura area of the city, the deceased was said to…
17 fined for smoking in public in Kishoreganj
A mobile court in a drive fined 17 people for smoking in public on the premises of the Deputy Commissioner’s office and Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in the district town on Tuesday noon.During the drive, the mobile court fined each…
2 get life term for raping girl in Chittagong
A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl in the city in 2010.The convicts were identified as Mamunur Rashid, 27, son of late Abdullah of Ilsha village…
Pakistan blasts Cricket Australia
Pakistan’s cricket chief said Wednesday Australia should be fined after they pulled out of the junior World Cup over security fears in host country Bangladesh, blasting officials for creating a potentially “anarchic” situation in world cricket.On Tuesday Australia withdrew from…
North Korea conducts nuclear test
North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in the isolated state’s strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.The test, the fourth…
JU Chhatra front wants development fees withdrawn
Somajtantrik Chhatra Front of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit organioed a protest Procession demanding for withdrawal of increased fees fixed for honours 1st year admission of the 2015-16 academic session in the name of development fees here the campus.
RUET launched a new department
One more department at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has started functioning to meet the demands of present competitive world. In preliminary stage, the newly launched Chemical and Food Process Engineering (CFPE) department has accommodated 30 brilliant students…
Hollywood starts off 2016 saying – the new, in with the old
he new year is supposed to bring change, rebirth, radically different directions. At least until Monday drudgery and that person you swore you’d cut out of your life come calling again. The New Year’s weekend just ended followed a rather…
Kuwait has withdrawn ambassador in Saudi-Iran row
By VICE News and Reuters Kuwait became the latest country to recall its ambassador from Iran on Tuesday, as protesters in Iran and Iraq marched for a third day in protest at Saudi Arabia’s execution of a dissident Shia cleric.…
Obama meets US Attorney Gen to take gun control into his own hands
By Olivia Becker President Barack Obama, officially fed up with trying to get any gun control measures through the Republican-controlled Congress, is taking matters into his own hands to enact gun control measures during his last year in office. Obama…