Dhaka, May 2 – Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Bhatara area on Monday night.
Month: May 2017
Five bodies of boat capsize victims found in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, May 2 – The bodies of five people including two minors, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma river in Dorgapara area of the district town on Sunday evening, were recovered on Tuesday morning.
Grid line fauls cause power outage in western Bangladesh
Dhaka, May 2 – Power supply remained suspended in a vast area under Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi and Rangpur division since Monday night following failure of two major grid transmission lines.
Liverpool beat Watford 1-0 in EPL with Can highlight goal
Watford,(AP/UNB) — Liverpool improved its bid to secure a Champions League spot by beating Watford 1-0 in a largely forgettable English Premier League match on Monday.Only Emre Can made this one memorable, by meeting a Lucas Leiva cross with a…
Sevilla loses to Malaga, stays behind Atletico for 3rd place
Madrid, (AP/UNB) — Sevilla conceded two late goals in a 4-2 loss at Malaga on Monday that left the team three points behind Atletico Madrid in the fight for third place in the Spanish league.Diego Llorente scored in the 77th…
Late rally for West Indies as Pakistan ends day 2 on 172-3
Bridgetown,(AP/UNB) — West Indies took three quick wickets after tea to leave the second test evenly balanced as Pakistan stumbled from 155 without loss to 172-3 at stumps on the second day, still 140 runs behind on Monday.Opener Azhar Ali…
Minor schoolgirl violated in Dinajpur
Dhaka – A minor school girl was rapped allegedly by a man at Sahajpur Fakirpara village of Khansamaupazila in Dinajpur on Monday morning. Sources of upazila administration, said Somsed Ali, son of Syed Islam Ali, of the village, took the class III student…
Minor boy drowns in Sunamganj
Dhaka– A minor boy drowned in Ghasi river at Chapaiti village of Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Monday afternoon.
2 held with 100 liquor bottles in Sylhet
Dhaka–Highway police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 100 bottles of liquor on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway, near Haripur Pakhuteki area of Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet on Monday night.The arrestees were identified as Noman Ahmed, 34, and Junayed Ahmed, 32.
Gazipur court issues warrant for Tarique Rahman’s arrest
Dhaka– A court here on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and eight others in a case filed under the Special Powers Act in Gazipur .
Shibir leader held in Rajshahi along with ‘arms’
Dhaka – Police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir from Matikata union in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Tuesday.
Committee formed to probe father-daughter pair’s ‘suicide’ in Gazipur
Dhaka – Gazipur district police on Monday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the apparent suicide of a man along with his minor daughter in an incident that shook the nation’s conscience.
‘Be prepared for military action against North Korea’: US
Reclusive state acting in ‘open defiance of the international community’, says Lieutenant General America’s National Security Adviser has said America should be “prepared” to take military action against North Korea. Lieutenant General HR McMaster called on other world powers to…
Bangladesh moves to burn grain for fuel
Energy ministry officials said in a gazette notification early this year that the country will begin using maize, broken rice grains and molasses to produce ethanol to mix with petrol fuel at a 5 percent ratio. By: Reuters, Dhaka
Chelsea keeps Tottenham 4 points behind in title pursuit
London,(AP/UNB) — Chelsea passed the toughest test of the title run-in to keep Tottenham at arm’s length.Antonio Conte’s side took 66 minutes to break through Everton’s resistance on Sunday before winning 3-0 to remain four points ahead of Tottenham.Even if…
Lazio wins 3-1 at Roma as Napoli closes gap to 1 point
Milan, (AP/UNB) — Lazio won 3-1 at Roma in a controversial derby in Serie A on Sunday to leave its neighbors in the capital looking nervously over their shoulders.Roma remained second, nine points behind Juventus with four rounds left, and…
Deportivo still not safe after drawing with Osasuna
Madrid, (AP/UNB) — Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Juanfran scored a late own-goal in a 2-2 draw Sunday at last-placed Osasuna to keep his team from securing a spot in the top tier of the Spanish league — for now.Deportivo could…
UP chairman held with firearms in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a union parishad chairman, an alleged robber kingpin, along with firearms, including an automatic Sub Machine Carbine (SMC), in Pekua upazila early Monday.The arrestee is Syed Nur, 52, chairman of Rajakhali union…
Youth’s body recovered from city’s Hatirjheel Lake
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a young man from the city’s Hatirjheel Lake on Monday.Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said locals spotted the floating body of Sabuj, 30, in Hatirjheel Lake in Tejgaon industrial area around…
Rickshaw-puller dies from electrocution in city
Dhaka– A rickshaw-puller was electrocuted to death in the city’s Shahjahanpur on Monday.
7 kg gold seized at Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 60 gold bars, weighing around 6.960 kg, from a flight in an abandoned condition at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Monday.Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Saidul Islam told UNB that the flight ‘BS202’ of US-Bangla Airlines…
Shakib and directors make up
Dhaka – Bangladesh Film Directors Association on Monday declared withdrawal of the boycott of popular Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan for an indefinite period for his “derogatory remarks” on directors and actors.Director General of the association Badiul Alam Khokan came up…
Leopard beaten dead in Kushtia
Dhaka – A leopard was beaten to death by locals at Aburi village in Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Monday morning.Assistant sub-inspector Alamin, in-charge of Malidah police camp, said the leopard used to invade the village sometimes for the last…
2 Muslimmen killed over catle theft in India
Indian police officials say two Muslim men have been beaten to death by a mob in the northeastern state of Assam over allegations of cow theft, the latest in a series of similar attacks across the country. Senior Assam police…
Police can’t avoid responsibility over dad-daughter’s ‘suicide’: NHRC
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Kazi Reazul Hoque on Monday said the police and public representatives cannot shirk the responsibility over the alleged suicide of a man along with his minor girl for failing to get justice.…
India says Pak killed 2 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
Two Indian soldiers were killed Monday by rockets and mortars fired by Pakistan along the highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between the nuclear-armed rivals, the Indian army said. Pakistani soldiers fired at two…
Boat with 666 tons of rice for flood victims sinks
A boat carrying 18,000 kg rice meant for distributing among the flood-hit people here under the vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programme sank in the Surma River in Sadar upazila on Sunday night. Food controller of Sadar upazila Shaheen Ahmed said…
Nor’wester kills 4 damages100 houses in NE BD
Four people were killed and over 100 dwelling houses damaged as a nor’wester lashed nine upazilas of the district on Sunday evening. The deceased are Faridul Islam, 48, son of Azizul Islam of Sapura area of Boalia Police Station in…
Suu Kyi to visit Brussels
Donald Tusk President of the European Council Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 1048 Brussels Federica Mogherini High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200…
Ramadan Sehri, iftar timings announced
Dhaka, Apr 30 – The Bangladesh Islamic Foundation on Sunday released the timings of Sehri, the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting and iftar, the meal eaten after sunset during Ramadan.