Cox’s Bazar, Mar 22 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Rajarchhara in Teknaf upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Nur Mohammad, 40, son of Azahar Mia of Nazir Para, and…
Day: March 22, 2019
পরিবহন সেক্টর নিরাপদ করুন, ঢাকা সম্মেলনে পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, ঘুষ, দুর্নীতি ও অনৈতিকতার কারণে সড়কসহ সর্বত্র অনিরাপদ হয়ে উঠছে। মহাসড়কসহ শহরগুলোর সড়কে যেভাবে মানুষের প্রাণ ঝরছে, তাতে মনে হয় এদেশে মানুষের কোন মূল্যই নেই। আর কত…
Humayun Azad murder case: No to German physician’s testimony
Dhaka, March 21 – A Dhaka court on Thursday disallowed German physician Gabriel Peterson from testifying in the Dr Humayun Azad murder case. The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions’ Judge of Dhaka, Maksuda Pervin rejected the plea of accused Mizanur Rahman.…
Hearing in Holey Artisan Bakery case deferred to Mar 27
Dhaka, March 21 – An anti-terror special court of Dhaka on Thursday adjourned till March 27, the hearing of a case filed under the anti-terror act over the grisly militant attack at the capital’s Holey Artisan Bakery in 2016. Judge…
Dhaka court issues arrest warrant for jailed Ex-PM Khaleda
Dhaka, March 21 – The Chief Metropolitan Court of Dhaka on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in connection with a case filed for making a “defamatory statement” on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Khaleda Zia…
Dhaka students’ demo against reckless driving for third day
Dhaka, March 21 – Hundreds of students from different universities yesterday gathered at Bashundhara Gate in Pragati Swarani and formed a human chain to voice and showcase their protests against reckless driving that killed Abrar Hossain Chowdhury, a student of…
Climate change affecting agriculture greatly: BD Minister
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Mentioning that the climate change does harm to the agriculture sector most, Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Thursday said Bangladesh will be at stake if the sector is affected. “Bangladesh will be at risk…
DU forms panel to probe Ducsu polls ‘irregularities’
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman has formed a seven-member probe panel to look into the allegations of irregularities in the elections to DU Central Student’s Union (Ducsu) and hall unions. Sajeda Banu, a…
No development project by hurting people: PM
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to take such development projects that will not affect people. “We’ll definitely undertake development projects, but the development will have to be for people. There should…
5 mosques vandalised in central England
London, Mar 21 (AP/UNB) — Counter-terrorism officers in central England are investigating attacks on five mosques in which windows were apparently shattered by a sledgehammer. The attacks in Birmingham are being treated as linked. No motive has been established. The…
River ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing 71
Baghdad, Mar 21 (AP/UNB) — A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 71 people, mostly women and children, officials said. Col.…