Dhaka, Feb 11 – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday alleged that BNP is trying to make the new Election Commission (EC) controversial apprehending a debacle in the next general election like Narayanganj city polls.
Day: February 11, 2017
More whales stranded in New Zealand, bringing total to 650
Wellington, Feb 11 (AP/UNB) — A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach on Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding. In…
Canada court dismisses Padma Bridge graft allegation
Dhaka, Feb 11 – A Canada court has dismissed the graft allegation in Padma Bridge project and acquitted three business executives of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. throwing out wiretap evidence and saying the wiretap applications were based on gossip and rumour,…
Court verdict indicates plot behind Padma bridge scam: Joy
Dhaka, Feb 11 – Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said the Canadian court verdict binning Padma Bridge Corruption Case indicated a plot behind the Padma Bridge scam. “The Canadian court trying the Padma Bridge corruption case…
Philippine earthquake Death toll rises to 15, hundreds injured
Manila, Feb 11 (XINHUA) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled a southern Philippine city on Friday night has risen to at least 15, an official said on Saturday.
8 human skeletons recovered in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered eight human skeletons smuggled from India at Ghoshpara in the city early Saturday.A BGB patrol team of Majardia Border Outpost, led by Habildar M Nazrul Islam, recovered the…
ICC WWCQ: BD loss to South Africa by 6-wkt
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s cricket team awfully suffered a six-wicket defeat against South Africa in their last Group-B match of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier at P Sara Oval, Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday.Bangladesh scored a tiny figure of…
City factory catches fire
Dhaka – A fire broke out in a tyre factory at Posta in the city’s Lalbagh area on Saturday morning.Masudur Rahman, assistant director (Dhaka Division) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit…
BCL: East Zone score 293/3 against North Zone, Afif hits century
Dhaka – East Zone made a solid start in the first class Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) scoring 293 runs for 3 in 90 overs against North Zone in the first innings on the first day of the four-day affairs at…
Surjo Torun outplays Kakrail Boys by 7 wkt
Dhaka – Surjo Torun Club secured a seven-wicket victory against Kakrail Boys Club in the super-six stage match of the Dhaka First Division Cricket League at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) Ground 4, Savar on Saturday.
2 held with 28,500 Yaba pills in city
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two alleged drug dealers along with 28,500 Yaba tablets from Tikatuli area of the city on Saturday.Tipped off, a special Rab-1 team launched a raid on a house of KN Das Lane…
3 women among 6 held on Benapole border
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested six people, including three women, while they were entering the country illegally from India through Benapole border point on Friday.
Mushfiqur, Miraz steady Tigers
Dhaka – Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and young all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz steadied Bangladesh adding unbeaten 87 runs in the 7th wicket stand after initial batting collapse as the Tigers ended day-3 on 322 for six in the first innings of…
Egyptian invention cuts rice irrigation water by half
[Cairo] Experts and stakeholders in Egypt warn of imminent water poverty as a result of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is about to become operational. Meanwhile, agricultural production consumes about 85 per cent of the country’s water resources, half of…
Polls under new EC, no matter what BNP says: Anisul
Brahmanbaria, Feb 10 – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said all the upcoming elections, including the general one, will be held under the new Election Commission (EC) no matter whether BNP accepts it or not.
Bus-truck collision leaves 13 dead in Faridpur
Dhaka, Feb 10 – At least 13 people were killed in a fatal road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Nagarkanda in Faridpur on Friday night.
India dominates Bangladesh on Day 2
Dhaka – Bangladesh 41 for 1, India 687/6. Another series. Another double-hundred for Virat Kohli. The opposition buried under a mountain of runs. The theme first unfolded in Antigua in July 2016, then in Indore and Mumbai. On Friday in…
Genocide or not, unacceptable: British HC
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The British, Canadian and Australian high commissioners in Dhaka have been left shaken by harrowing tales of violence and suffering they heard from Rohingya refugees in a registered camp in Kutupalong of Cox’s Bazaar.
UK has sullied its proud history of helping child refugees
A statue of five young children, gathered around their suitcases and looking a little lost, sits outside London’s Liverpool Street Station. It’s a gift to the people of Britain on behalf of the children of Kindertransport, the rescue effort that…