The third round of the PGM UMW Championship will resume on Saturday morning as Friday’s play was suspended due to rain at Impian Golf and Country Club in Selangor, Malaysia.
Day: October 5, 2018
Women’s T20Is: Pak settle series win vs BD 2-0
Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team set the four-match T20I series victory against host Bangladesh 2-0 as they got a seven-wicket win in the third game at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Friday.
BD showing ‘zero tolerance’ to drug menace: Envoy
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Masud Bin Momen has said the Bangladesh government is on high alert and it is showing ‘zero tolerance’ to the menace of drug.
EVMs to be used in next election if RPO amended: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Friday said electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in the next general election on a small scale if the Representation of the People Order (RPO) is amended.
Interpol president reported missing after trip to China
A French judicial official says the president of Interpol has been reported missing after traveling to China.
Disabled men demo for retaining 10 pc quota in govt jobs
A group of people with disabilities formed a human chain in front of the National Museum in city’s Shahbagh area on Friday demanding that the 10 percent quota privilege be retained for them in government jobs.
Action program soon under ‘national unity’ banner: Moudud
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said their party will come up with ‘suitable action programmes’ under the banner of Jatiya Oikya to ensure the current government’s ‘fall’.
Election to wait for none, says govt minister Tofail
Mentioning that the Sheikh Hasina-led government will act as the election-time government, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday said if any political party does not join it, it will be its own decision.
BNP expresses concern as arrests of activists growing
BNP on Friday voiced deep concern over the rise in the arrest of its leaders and activists in ‘fictitious’ cases as around 4,650 were arrested over the last one month.
Nobel honors fight against sexual violence for Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”
7 Rohingyas deported from India to Myanmar
The Indian government has deported seven ethnic Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, where they are at grave risk of abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indian foreign ministry said that on October 4, 2018, Indian authorities handed over the men…
Interpol chief vanishes on trip to China
France has opened an investigation into the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the Chinese head of the international police agency Interpol. His family has not heard from him since he left Interpol HQ in the French city of Lyon for a…
Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in warfare Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. Ms Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants and later became the face of…
Rescuers detect possible sign of life under quake-hit hotel
Palu, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a possible sign of life under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island nearly a week after it was hit by a powerful earthquake…
Over and under nutrition: Two sides of an unhealthy coin
A dramatic shift in the way we eat and think about food is more urgent than ever to prevent further environmental degradation and an even larger health epidemic.
Rab members cordon off suspected militant den in Ctg
Chittagong, Oct 5 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) cordoned off a ‘militant den at Shonapahar in Mirsarai Upazila of Chittagong early Friday. Tipped off, a team of Rab conducted a drive in the area around 3 am and…
90 AL, BNP leaders of Khulna Division favour win with Peace
Khulna, October 4 – 90 political leaders from Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of Khulna Division came to one platform in Khulna Thursday to pledge for nonviolent and peaceful elections.
৫ অক্টোবর শুক্রবার সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যানে আইএবি’র মহাসমাবেশ
দুর্নীতি, দুঃশাসন, সন্ত্রাস ও মাদকমুক্ত কল্যাণরাষ্ট্র প্রতিষ্ঠায় অবাধ, সুষ্ঠু নিরপেক্ষ ও গ্রহণযোগ্য নির্বাচন অনুষ্ঠানের দাবিতে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর উদ্যোগে ৫ অক্টোবর ২০১৮, শুক্রবার বাদ জুম’আ, রাজধানীর সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যানে জাতীয় মহাসমাবেশ অনুষ্ঠিত হবে।
B Chowdhury’s Jukta Front wants public rally on Oct 20
Dhaka, Oct 04 – Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury led Jukta Front wants to hold a public meeting at Suhrawardy Udyan on October 20 to press home their five-point charter of demands for holding the next general elections under a…