Dhaka, Jan 17 – Three workers, including a couple, who sustained burn injuries in a boiler explosion at Shialkole village in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on January 11 died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday.
Day: January 17, 2017
Still much needed to make BD more competitive destination: US
Coca-Cola to open new bottling plant with $ 75mn investment Wednesday Dhaka, Jan 17 – US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Tuesday said Bangladesh still needs to do many things to make it a more competitive destination for goods,…
3 killed in Sunamganj clash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and six others injured during a clash between two groups over the possession of a water body at Jarulia village in Dirai upazila in Sunamganj on Tuesday.The victims were identified as Tajul Islam, 25,…
Youth Hockey: Ctg Division move to Group semifinals
Dhaka – Chittagong Division moved to the Group A semifinals of the Agrani Bank 26th National Youth Hockey Tournament eliminating Rajshahi Division by 5-4 goals in the tie-breaker at Maulana Bhasani National Stadium here on Tuesda.
BCL leader found dead in Satkhira
Dhaka – A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was found dead in a fish enclosure in Amtola Beel area of Dhulihar union in Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Hasibul Hasan Emon, 22, son of Sheikh…
2 killed in city road crash
Dhaka – A man and his nephew were killed as a truck hit their motorcycle in Dholaipar area of the city early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Md Alamgir Bhuiya, 40, son of Abdul Kuddus Bhuiyan, and his nephew Md…
City factory fire injures 3
Dhaka – Three workers suffered injuries when a fire broke out at a footwear factory in old part of the city on Tuesday.Of the injured, Kamal, 24, and Tareque, 20, sustained burn injuries and Hanif, 40, hurt himself while getting…
Case filed over Sylhet college girl attack
Dhaka – A case has been filed against four people, including Bahar Uddin, for attacking college girl Elina Akhter Jhuma in Jakiganj upazila in Sylhet on Sunday.Victim’s mother Karima Begum filed the case against Bahar, son of Abdul Gafur, a…
Nirob, Tuku new Jubo Dal president, secretary
Dhaka– After a hiatus of five years, a partial committee of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal has been formed making Saiful Alam Nirob its president and Sultan Salahuddin Tuku general secretary.BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir approved the committee on Monday,…
Chandgaon declared as child marriage free union in Netrakona
Dhaka – Chandgaon union under Modan upazila of the district has been declared as a “Child Marriage Free Union” by the Modan upazila in Netrakona administration today.Modan Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Kurshid Shahriar formally announced this at a discussion on…
Terrorist gets 10-year jail in Ctg
Dhaka – A court here today sentenced a terrorist to 10-year rigorous imprisonment in a case filed for recovering arms that was used for terrorist activities.The court of Chittagong 5th Additional district & Sessions Judge Nur -e- Alam delivered the…
UNO of Rampal upazila passes away
Dhaka – Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Rampal upazila in Bagerhat Razib Kumar Roy on Tuesday passes away at Apollo Hospital in the capital due to kidney complications.He was 37.He left behind his wife Anindita Roy, UNO of Fakirhat upazila…
Stop eviction drive, rehabilitate first: Hawkers
Hawkers Samannoy Parishad, a platform for street vendors, on Tuesday demanded the city authorities rehabilitate them stopping the current eviction against them.The Parishad activists came up with the demand at a rally held in front of the Jatiya Press Club.Several…
Sheikh Hasina WEF opening plenary, requests its meeting in Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with other global leaders gathered here on Tuesday as the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) began in Davos, Switzerland. The four-day meeting began at Congress Centre in Davos, a mountain resort…
Serbian Police: You are not allowed to feed refugees!
I have just come back from Serbia, says Czech activist Eva Zahradníčková. We were in Horgos. This is the place where people live in shelters made of rags. We talked to UNHCR people there. They told us that women and…
‘I am allergic to my husband’
Twenty-nine-year-old Johanna Watkins from Minnesota cannot kiss her husband Scott, or even spend time in the same room as him. She suffers from Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, a rare disorder of the immune system, which means she is allergic to…
Outgoing CIA boss rips into Donald Trump
Outgoing CIA director John Brennan gave President-elect Donald Trump a thorough dressing-down during televised remarks on Sunday, chastising the president-elect for the “spontaneity” in his “words and actions” and for lacking a “full appreciation and understanding” of the threat posed…
Silicon Valley and EU may have epic legal battles this year
If you thought the relationship between the U.S. and Europe was fraught in 2016, get ready for 2017.There is upheaval on both sides of the Atlantic as Donald Trump prepares to take office in the U.S., the U.K inches toward…
Dharmendra to bag Lifetime Achievement award
The USK Foundation will award celebrated actor Dharmendra with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. The USK Foundation Director, Usha Kakade, also announced the names of the personalities to be awarded with the Urja Award…
Suchitra Sen’s third death anniversary today
Culture Desk Suchitra Sen was easily the most popular actress that Bengali cinema has ever seen. Her ethereal beauty coupled with her phenomenon screen presence and immense box office popularity, particularly her on-screen pairing with the late Uttam Kumar, gave…
Pakistani right cries ‘blasphemy’ to muzzle progressives
A virulent social media campaign to paint five disappeared Pakistani activists as blasphemers deserving execution has spotlighted how right-wing efforts to muzzle liberal voices using the country’s draconian laws have found a powerful new platform online. The five men had…
Sundance to ‘engage and provoke’ with focus on climate
The Sundance Film Festival opens in Utah Thursday, promising to set the agenda for independent cinema and starting the 2018 Oscars buzz a month before this year’s statuettes are awarded. The annual gathering, founded in 1985 by iconic screen outlaw…
Myanmar’s ‘smiling’ Irrawaddy dolphins on brink of extinction
Tears fill Maung Lay’s eyes as he describes losing the dolphin he knew since his childhood, the latest casualty of a battle against pollution and electrofishing that may see the species disappear in Myanmar. Loved for generations for corralling the…
HSBC funding Indonesian forest destruction: Greenpeace
Greenpeace on Tuesday accused banking giant HSBC of helping to arrange billions of dollars in financing for companies whose palm oil operations have been blamed for destroying vast swathes of Indonesian rainforest. The environmental group said the British bank had…
White nationalists already losing faith in Trump
(CNN) The “alt-right is having a falling out — in some ways with their President-elect, but in perhaps even more instances with each other. And it comes on the eve of an alt-right inaugural celebration called the DeploraBall — a…
Michelle Obama: uber-mom, style icon, political force
Washington, Jan 17, 2017 – In 2008, Michelle Obama was tentative on the campaign trail, wary of saying anything to jeopardize her husband’s historic bid to be America’s first black president. Eight years later, the self-assured first lady — back…
Former BD Chief Justice M M Ruhul Amin no more
Dhaka, Jan 17 – Former Chief Justice M M Ruhul Amin died of heart diseases at a hospital in Singapore early Tuesday. He was 74.
Eugene Cernan, last man on the moon, dies
(CNN)Eugene A. Cernan, the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the surface of the moon, has died, NASA said Monday. The retired United States Navy captain was 82. His family confirmed the news in a statement Monday, saying he…
Istanbul Reina nightclub attack suspect captured
Turkish police have arrested the main suspect in the New Year’s Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul after a huge manhunt.
Trump attack on Merkel rebuffed by French president
French President Francois Hollande has brushed off stinging criticism of Germany’s liberal migrant policy by US President-elect Donald Trump. “[Europe] has no need for outside advice to tell it what it has to do,” Mr Hollande said.