October 8, 2019 SANDRP The 275 MW Kopili Dam Power House of NEEPCO (North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited, an Indian Union Ministry of Power Underaking) in Assam suffered major disaster on Oct 7, 2019.
Month: October 2019
Chinese state TV suspends 2 NBA preseason game broadcasts
TOKYO (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league is not apologizing for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s since-deleted tweet showing support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, even after China’s state broadcaster canceled plans to show a pair…
Bangladesh A to play Sri Lanka A Wednesday
Dhaka – The three-match one-day series between touring Bangladesh A team and hosts Sri Lanka A team begins on Wednesday at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
দর্শণার্থীদের পদচারণায় জমে উঠেছে গৃহায়ন মেলা
তিনদিনব্যাপী গৃহায়ন মেলা জমে উঠেছে। ছুটির দিন হওয়ায় রাজধানীর বঙ্গবন্ধু আন্তর্জাতিক সম্মেলন কেন্দ্রের এই মেলায় ক্রেতা-দর্শনার্থীদের পদচারনা মেলা প্রাঙ্গণ ছিল মুখর।
Bangladesh makes flying start outplaying Oman 5-1
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-21 Hockey team, now preparing for the next-year Junior Asia Cup in Dhaka, made a flying start in the Walton five-match practice series beating Oman U-21 team by 5-1 goals in the opening match at the Maulana…
Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols
Dhaka, Oct 8 – Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended on Tuesday with the immersion of goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere across the country.
Protests against Abrar murder spread across country
Dhaka – Students of different universities and colleges across the country staged demonstrations on Tuesday demanding capital punishment of those involved in the murder of Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet). In Dhaka,…
Louvre opens center to protect art from flooding
Lievin (AP/UNB) — The Louvre has opened a new art conservation center some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Paris to protect the museum’s priceless artworks from its flood-prone reserves. The Louvre Conservation Center was inaugurated Tuesday in Lievin in northern…
Islami Bank gets award for highest remittance collection
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has been awarded as the Best Remittance Collecting Bank for the year-2018.
Facebook to settle advertiser lawsuit for $40 million
Oakland, Oct 8 (AP/UNB) — Facebook has agreed to pay $40 million to advertisers who said it inflated the amount of time its users watched videos.
“My People, My Country” record in China film audience rating
Beijing, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/UNB) — “My People, My Country,” a film that draws on historical and classic moments since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in October 1949, has become the top-scoring film in terms of audience…
BNP calls Abrar first martyr in struggle for sovereignty
Dhaka, Oct 8 (UNB) – Describing Abrar Fahad as the first martyr in the struggle for protecting the country’s sovereignty, water and soil, BNP Tuesday demanded that the Feni River be renamed the ‘Abrar River’.
3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in cosmology
Stockholm, Oct 8 (AP/UNB) — Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved, and the Earth’s place in it.
Abrar Murder: 10 accused Buet BCL leaders on 5-day remand
Dhaka, Oct 8 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday placed 10 expelled leaders and activists of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on a five-day remand each in a case over the killing…
Short videos become new way of learning for young Chives
Want to learn new skills? Instead of googling or signing up for offline courses, an increasing number of young Chinese now choose to watch short videos online.
Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?
Saitoti Petro scans a dirt road in northern Tanzania for recent signs of the top predator on the African savannah. “If you see a lion,” he warns, “stop and look it straight in the eyes — you must never run.”…
Dhaka 2nd worst in Air Quality after being worst for 2 days
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has been ranked second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning.
Three killed as bus hits roadside tree in Faridpur
Three people were killed after a passenger bus hit a roadside tree at Nagardia in Nagarkanda upazila on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Monday night.
Abrar laid to rest in Kushtia
BUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of the university unit, was buried at his village at Raidanga village in Kumarkhali upazila here on Tuesday.
BUET students stage demo: Bring Abrar killers to justice
Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Tuesday staged demonstrations and announced an 8-point demand, including arrest of all accused in Abrar Fahad murder case and their highest punishment.
Slain Buet student Abrar Fahad’s body taken to Kushtia home
Kushtia, Oct 8 -The body of Buet student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of the university unit, was brought in the town on Tuesday morning.
Abrar criticised recent India deals in last Facebook post
Kushtia, Oct 7 (UNB) – In his last Facebook post, Abrar Fahad criticised Bangladesh’s agreements with India allowing the neighbouring country to withdraw water from the Feni River and use the country’s port.
Two die of dengue, 348 more hospitalised
Dhaka, Oct 7 (UNB) – Two women have died of dengue in Jhenaidah and Khulna districts while 348 people have been hospitalised after being infected with the mosquito-borne disease across the country.
2 victims of 1944 circus fire exhumed in ID attempt
Windsor, OCT 8. (AP/UNB) — Authorities exhumed the bodies Monday of two victims of the 1944 Hartford circus fire in the hopes of determining whether one of them is a woman who is among five people still listed as missing…
Met Opera starts regular Sunday matinees, breaking tradition
New York, OCT 8. (AP/UNB) — Some in the audience wore tuxedos and evening gowns, others wore jeans and sneakers. There was even a man wearing a black sleeveless shirt and blue suede cowboy boots.
11 BCL men expelled over Abrar murder
Dhaka, Oct 7 (UNB) – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Monday expelled 11 leaders and activists of its Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) unit for their involvement with the murder of Abrar Fahad.
Nuke energy plays big role in fighting climate change: China
Vienna, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/UNB) — Nuclear energy plays an irreplaceable role in tackling climate change and building a green, low-carbon and sustainable energy system, said a Chinese delegate at a UN conference here on Monday.
Gucci launches diversity US scholarship program
Milan OCT 8. (AP/UNB) — Italian fashion house Gucci has launched a $1.5 million U.S. university scholarship program that is aimed at students who are “traditionally underrepresented” in the fashion industry.
Discovery of 20 new moons puts Saturn ahead of Jupiter
Cape Canaveral, OCT 8. (AP/UNB) — The solar system has a new winner in the moon department. Twenty new moons have been found around Saturn, giving the ringed planet a total of 82, scientists said Monday. That beats Jupiter and…
Walton fridge- up to 200% cash vouchers, AC- 12-yr power bill
Dhaka, Oct 7 – Bangladeshi multi-national brand Walton has started the season 5 of its Digital Campaign which is being conducted across the country to provide faster and best after-sales service to customers.