Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 1.5 kg heroin from Baroroshia in Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Friday.The arrestee was Mozammel Haq, 55, son of Gias Uddin of the village.
Day: October 20, 2017
Youth found dead in Ctg
Dhaka- A young man was found dead in Sona Pahar area in Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Faruq, 34, son of Sujahul Haque, a resident of Mehedi Nagar village in Baroiyarhat municipality and…
Drug trader held with Yaba, arms in city
Dhaka- Police arrested an alleged drug trader and recovered 2,000 contraband yaba pills, one sub-machine carbine (SMC), one pistol, eight magazines and 60 round of bullets from Motijheel and Joarshahara areas in the city on Thursday evening.The arrestee was identified…
Bus-private car collision kills 3 in Dinajpur
Dhaka- Three people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a private car and a bus in Egaro Mile area of Kaharole upazila in Dinajpur on Friday afternoon.
Woman found slaughtered in Jessore
Dhaka – A woman was found slaughtered at Potengali village in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Parbati, 27, wife of Nirab, a resident of Mahidia village in Sadar upazila.
2 held with firearm at Benapole
Dhaka – Police here on Friday arrested two alleged arm smugglers along with a firearm and five rounds of bullets from Dighirpar village of the municipality.
Bangladesh A to face Ireland A in 3rd ODI Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh A team will face Ireland A team in their 3rd match of the five-match unofficial ODI series at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.
Hockey: Bangladesh finish 6th in Hero Asia Cup
Dhaka – Bangladesh finished 6th in the Hero 10th Men’s Asia Cup conceding 0-4 defeat against Japan in the place deciding play-off match at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Friday.The match started 40 minutes later than the scheduled time…
32nd Nat’l Swimming & Diving competition starts Sunday
Dhaka – The 32nd National Age-group Swimming and Diving Completion will begin at Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Sunday.Boys and Girls swimmers will take part in the competition split in five age groups – between 11-12, 13-14,…
Four burnt in Narayanganj gas cyllinder blast
Four people suffered burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a Dockyard in central Kheyaghat area of Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday morning. The gas cylinder of ‘Khandaker Dockyard’ went off suddenly around 8:30 am while a group…
Cave on moon: could house astronaunts – say Japan scientists
Scientists at Japan’s space agency have discovered a huge moon cave that could one day house a base that would shelter astronauts from dangerous radiation and wild temperature swings, officials said Thursday. Data taken from Japan’s SELENE lunar orbiter has…
Filmmakers protest condemnation of Khan Ataur Rahman
Culture Desk A press conference was held on October 19 to respond to the recent controversy over eminent director Khan Ataur Rahman. The conference was held at Zahir Raihan Hall of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in the capital. Veteran film…
Jennifer Lawrence speaks out about her bad experiences as a young actress
As the row over the Hollywood industry and its treatment of women and all actors in general continues, huge A-List starlet Jennifer Lawrence has come out to reveal her own experiences as a young actor. The Hunger Games lead revealed…
Bulbul Mahalanobish to perform at National Museum tomorrow
Culture Desk Indira Gandhi Culture Centre is organising a musical evening by Bulbul Mahalanobish at Kabi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh, Dhaka at 6.30 pm on October 21. The former Southeast University Chairperson for the Department of Bengali…
Hong Kong stocks bounce in early trade
Hong Kong stocks on Friday recovered some of the previous day’s losses in the first few minutes of trade but Shanghai extended losses that came after data showing a slight easing in Chinese economic growth. The Hang Seng Index rose…
ICT Expo 2017 draws huge crowd on second day
The three-day Bangladesh ICT Expo-2017 today witnessed huge crowd on the second day of the fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the city. People from all walks of life, mostly the youth, thronged the BICC premises to gather…
DU Gha unit admission test held
The admission test for first year honors courses of ‘Gha’ unit (combined unit for science, business studies and humanities group students) under the academic session 2017-2018 of Dhaka University (DU) was held peacefully today. The one-hour test was held from…
Everything you know about Neoliberalism is wrong
by William Mitchell and Thomas Fazi Let’s face it: national sovereignty has become irrelevant in today’s increasingly complex and interdependent international economy. The deepening of economic globalisation has rendered individual states increasingly powerless vis-à-vis market forces. The internationalisation of finance…
Caught in conflict without travel documents
By International Organization for Migration Sana’a, Yemen, Oct 19 (IOM) – In early October, three Ethiopian boys in Yemen told IOM, the UN Migration Agency, “we miss our family and can no longer stay here.”
‘Drug peddler’ killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’
Dhaka-A suspected drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Barisal Colony on Ice Factory road in the port city on earlyFriday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Faruk, 42, a ‘top drug peddler’…
BD in highest level of pollution: It causes16pc deaths
Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths.…
Indian clothes worth Tk 1 cr seized; 2 held
Dhaka-Highway police arrested two alleged smugglers along with Indian sarees and other garments, worth about Tk 1 crore, from a microbus on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj on Thursday.
Huge Segun timbers seized in Khagrachhari
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 231 cubic meters of Segun timbers from Madhupur area in Khagrachhari on Thursday.
British Airways apologises for bed bugs on Canada flight
British Airways has apologised to a Canadian family after they were bitten by bed bugs on an overnight flight. Heather Szilagyi was flying from Vancouver to London with her eight-year-old daughter and fiancé earlier this month, CTV reported.
Sherpur’s Nakla UZ chairman found dead
Dhaka – Police recovered the hanging body of Nakla Upazila chairman from his residence at Kursha in Nakla Upazila headquarters here on Friday.The deceased was identified as Mahbub Ali alias Manir, 65, a former joint convener of district unit BNP.
Ctg road crash leaves 2 dead A
Dhaka – Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Barabkunda on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on early Friday.The deceased were identified as Masud, 35, and Md Quamruzzaman Mollik, 37, son of…
Depression over coastal Odisha: Signal no 3 for BD ports
Dhaka, Oct 20 – A depression over coastal Odisha and adjoining area moved Northwestwards and was centred at 06 am on Friday over Odisha and adjoining area as a land depression.
Iraqi court issues arrest warrant for Kurdish vice president
Kirkuk, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — A Baghdad court issued an arrest warrant for the vice president of Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region on Thursday for saying that Iraqi forces had “occupied” the disputed province of Kirkuk this week.
Suspected drug peddler killed in Chittagong ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Oct 20 – A suspected drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Barisal Colony on Ice Factory road in the port city of Chittagong on early Friday.
12,000 Rohingya children driven into BD a week: Unicef
Dhaka, Oct 20 – Violence in Myanmar is driving up to 12,000 Rohingya children into Bangladesh every week putting them into danger of cholera and malnutrition, according to a new global report.