Dhaka– Traffic Department under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 2921 cases and collected fines amounting to Tk 15.46 lakh (over 1.5 million) during the daylong drive against traffic rules violators in the capital on Friday.
Day: September 1, 2018
Rafique-ul-Huq gets ‘Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal’
Dhaka – Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq has been awarded ‘Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal 2017’ for his extraordinary contribution to the nation.
Anarchy by public university students unacceptable: PM
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said any anarchic activity by the students of public universities is not acceptable at all as they are availing of the education facility with public money.
Plight of women & young people in Rohingya refugee crisis
DHAKA – August 25, 2018 marked one year since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, triggering the massive Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh.
Obama, Bush – not Trump – give McCain presidential farewell
Washington (AP/UNB) — John McCain is getting a presidential farewell, but not from the actual sitting president.
Four killed in Netrakona road crash
Dhaka – At least four people were killed and three others injured after a bus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Kendua-Atharabari road in Maska Bazar area in Kendua upazila in Netrakona on Saturday.
‘Drug trader’ found dead in Chuadanga
Dhaka – Policerecovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from a garden at Benipur village in the bordering area of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday.
‘Brothers-in-law’ kill Sylhet housewife for rice cake
Dhaka- A young housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her brothers-in-law for rice cake at Sunampur village in Balaganj upazila on Friday night.
Kidnapped boy rescued in city, one held
Dhaka – Police rescued an eight-year-old boy, who was abducted from Kumarkhali upazila on August 17, from the capital’s Shyampur area on Friday night.
Asiad Hockey: Bangladesh finishes 6th losing to South Korea 0-7
Dhaka – Bangladesh finished 6th in the 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey after suffering a 0-7 goals defeat against the four times champions South Korea in a 5th place-deciding match on Saturday at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field…
Sabbir to face 6-month ban from int’l cricket
Dhaka – The disciplinary committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has recommended a six-month ban for Sabbir Rahman from international cricket for abusing a fan on social media.
Left parties in BD smelling rat in EC’s pursuing of EVMs
Dhaka, Sept 1 – The move to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the national election has been initiated for ensuring the ruling party’s win in 100 constituencies in advance through digital-rigging, alleged Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) on Saturday.
SAFF Suzuki Cup: Pakistan team due to arrive Sunday early hour
Dhaka – Pakistan team will arrive in the capital Sunday early hour to compete in the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 beginning at the Bangabadhu National Stadium here on Tuesday (Sept 4).
BNP urges greater national unity for democracy, sovereignty
Dhaka, Sept 01 – The BNP on Saturday called upon all political parties, organizations and individuals to forge a greater national unity for the sake of democracy and sovereignty of the country by removing the current “autocratic regime.”
Driver, conductor rape girl in bus: Hunt on to nab them
Tangail, Sept 1 – An assistant of a bus driver has been arrested on the charge of raping a disabled teenaged girl along with two of his accomplices in a moving bus near Ibrahimabad Rail Station at Bhuapur area of…
Thousands of undocumented BD workers fear arrest in Malaysia crackdown
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan Thousands of undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia are in fear of arrest as the Malaysian authorities were set to launch a massive crackdown on them on Friday.
Dubai’s RTA to deploy 368 ‘smart’ school buses to increase safety
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it will deploy 368 “smart” buses to transport about 8873 students in 17 schools during the new academic year that begins in September. The school service is operated by the RTA’s…
Air France to deploy A380 on Paris-Dubai route
Air France plans to temporarily deploy an Airbus A380 on its Paris-Dubai route in January 2019, according to aviation website Routesonline. The airline filed operational aircraft changes for the Paris Charles de Gaulle-Dubai service earlier this month, it said. The…
Serena matches her easiest win over Venus in US Open rout
New York, Sep 1 (AP/UNB) — Serena Williams kept booming big shots for winners, never allowing herself to feel sorry for the overmatched player on the other side. So what if it happened to be her big sister?
BNP vows to continue movement
Dhaka, Sept 1 – BNP on Saturday took a fresh vow to continue its movement for ‘ousting’ the current government to ‘restore’ democracy and people’s rights.
Private car catches fire on Gazipur highway, gutted
Gazipur, Sept 1 – A private car was gutted as a fire broke out in it on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Masterbari in the city on Saturday morning.
UAE firm begins producing ‘affordable’ generic medicines in Dubai
Pharmax Pharmaceuticals, a UAE-based pharmaceutical company, has begun production of “affordable generic medicines” in its manufacturing facility located in Dubai Science Park. The Dhs125m custom-built factory has a current annual capacity of over 200 million tablet and capsule dosage forms,…
Addressing Bangladesh’s age-old public transportation system
By Naimul Haq Dhaka, Aug 31 2018 (IPS) – After the recent student uprising in Bangladesh, and despite increased policing on the streets and amendments to the traffic laws, there has been criticism that things have not changed significantly enough…
Kazi Sayed Ahmed’s 7th solo Art show begins at AFD
Dhaka, September 01 – The inaugural ceremony of the seventh solo art exhibition by artist Kazi Sayed Ahmed titled ‘Surface as Symbol’ was held on Friday, 31 August 2018 at Alliance Francoise Dhaka.