Dhaka – A meeting of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 23 October 2017, Monday at Islami Bank Tower.
Day: October 23, 2017
Sohel Taj’s suitcase broken at airport before departure
Dhaka – Former state minister for home affairs Sohel Taj on Monday alleged that somebody had broken his suitcase at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his way to the USA.
War crimes hearing against six accused ended Monday
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday concluded the hearing in a case file against six persons including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker accused of war crimes for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971…
Women leaders demand level playing field in polls
Dhaka – Women community leaders on Monday expressed their deep concern over the security of women candidates and voters during the elections and demanded level playing field for them in polls. They said the level playing field is always a…
Dhaka’s Apan Jewelers owners face arrest
Dhaka – Two separate courts under the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on Monday issued arrest warrants against three owners of Dhaka’s Apan Jewellers in three money laundering cases as they misused the privilege of their bail which they earlier…
Land grabbing kingpin among 2 arrested in Ctg
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive detained a kingpin of land grabbing gang and one of his associates from Jangalsalimpur area in Sitakunda upazial in Chittagong early Monday.
Minor killed in Faridpur road crash
Dhaka- A ten-month-old girl child was killed and 17 other people were injured as a bus plunged into a ditch on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Joybangla-Kanfordi area of Nagarkanda upazila in Faridpur early Monday.
2 siblings among 3 drown in Rangamati, Jhalakati
Dhaka- Three people, including two siblings, drowned in separate incident in Rangamati and Jhalakati districts on Monday.In Rangamati, two siblings drowned in the Maini River at Puranbasti area of Langadu Upazila on Monday.
3 siblings among 4 killed in N’ganj wall collapse
Dhaka- Four people, including three minor siblings, were killed and another person was injured as a wall collapsed on them in Pagla area of Fatullah upazila in Narayanganj on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Lamia, 12, Lima, 3, and…
AKS earns BPL title sponsorship
Dhaka – Abul Khair Still (AKS) has earned the title sponsorship right of the 5th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 starting on November 4 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS).The seven-team franchised tournament will be named as AKS BPL T20…
Champs Football: Bashundhara beat Victoria 2-1
Dhaka – : Bashundhara Kings defeated Victoria Sporting Club by 2-1 goals in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League football at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur on Monday.
DC Gold Cup Football: Sirajganj reaches final beating Joypurhat 3-1
Dhaka- Sirajganj District Football team confirmed their final berth of the Chuadanga Deputy Commissioner Gold Cup Football Tournament with 3-1 goal victory against Joypurhat District XI in the semifinal at Chuadanga District Stadium on Monday.
School Handball: Viqarunnisa Noon emerge girls champions
Dhaka,- Viqarunnisa Noon School and College emerged champions in the girls group of the Atom Gum U-12 School Handball Tournament beating Sunnydale School by 9-7 goals in the final at the Shaheed (capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on…
Pakistan whitewashes Sri Lanka 5-0 in ODI series
Sharjah,(AP/UNB) – Fast bowler Usman Shinwari dominated Sri Lanka’s top order with 5-34 as Pakistan whitewashed the tourists 5-0 for another convincing nine-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international on Monday.Shinwari claimed all his wickets in a 21-ball…
2nd Div Chess: New Nation CC beat Faraz Ayiaz CT 3-1
Dhaka – New Nation Chess Club beat Legend Faraz Ayiaz Chess Team by 3-1 points in the 2nd round of the Walton 2nd Division Chess League at the Chess Federation hall room on Monday.
Rohingya children still at acure risk: Unicef
Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said today. The warning comes as representatives of donor governments and humanitarian organizations meet in Geneva…
Digital era of music in Bangladesh
The country in the last decade witnessed a massive change in music listening medium thanks to the emergence of digitized system. Following the disappearance of cassette, sale of the CD (Compact Disc) is on the brink of expiry, as the…
‘BD women fall victims to money and religion during polls’
Participating in the Election Commission’s dialogue, women leaders on Monday said they badly fall victims to the use of money and religion during the polls. “Women can’t take their decisions on their own in many cases for various pressures during…
Arrest warrant against Tarique Rahman in sedition case
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday issued arrest warrants for BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and two journalists of Ekushey Television in a sedition case filed against them.
Oman laumches drive to fight global human trafficking
A nationwide campaign to combat the global rise in human trafficking has been launched by the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking (NCCHT). “In the last 10 years, there has been an unprecedented rise in human trafficking globally, particularly sexual…
BD finds 700 bcf gas reserve against fast depleting fields
Amid the growing energy crisis, Bapex has discovered a new gas reserve of around 700 billion cubic feet near Shahbazpur in Bhola, raising the overall gas reserve of the area to around one trillion cubic feet. “There’s good news for…
Queen Rania of Jordan for stand against Rohingya injustice
Jordan’s Queen Rania Al-Abdullah has called on the international community to stand up to the injustices inflicted on Rohingyas during her visit to the Kutupalang Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila. The queen visited Bangladesh as a representative…
Farmers humming towards cotton farming in Rajshahi
Farmers are seen humming towards cotton farming in Rajshahi region including its vast Barind tract as they are getting extra benefit from the cash crop. Toufiqur Rahman, Upazila Agriculture Officer in Godagari, said current year’s favourable weather makes them optimistic…
Sargam steps into 22 years
Culture Desk The one and only regular musical magazine on music of Bangladesh, Sargam passed 21 years and stepped into 22 on October 1. To celebrate this, discussion, greetings exchange and a grand cultural programme was organised at Sufia Kamal…
7 plays to be staged in Kolkata
7 plays to be staged in Kolkata Prangonemor’s popular production Ami O Rabindranath will be staged on the inauguration day of six day theater festival in Kolkata. Prangonemor, the leading theater troupe of Bangladesh is organizing a theater festival in…
Kajol to blast again with Karan and SRK
The Karan Johar-Kajol patch-up was no whitewashed photo-op. The two have indeed sorted out their differences and if the buzz coming from Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions is to be believed, the two BFFs have shaken hands over another movie deal.…
Tesla to build wholly-owned Shanghai plant: WSJ
Tesla has reached an agreement with Shanghai authorities that would make it the first foreign automaker to build its own plant in China, putting it in the driver’s seat in the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market, the Wall Street Journal reported.…
New London pollution tax comes into force
Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will face an extra daily charge for driving into central London on weekdays from Monday in a bid to improve air quality in one of Europe’s most polluted cities. London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced…
Price fall in large-caps drives stocks down
Stock markets closed the second session of the week on Monday with downward trends due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities. The falling major sectors were food and allied, engineering and textile. A total of 177 securities of the…
East Asian cities among top 10 safe urban centres: Study
The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC. The report is based on the second iteration of the index, which ranks 60 cities across 49 indicators covering digital security, health security, infrastructure…