Narayanganj, Nov 3 – The body of a schoolboy was retrieved while seven others were injured after a four-storey building collapsed in Babubail area of the city on Sunday afternoon.
Month: November 2019
Khoka’s family can avail of travel permit: Shahriar
The government has said its Mission in New York is ready to issue ‘travel permit’ if the family of former mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka applies for that.
Cricketer Shakib Al-Hasan meets ACC chief
Bangladesh’s iconic cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, also a goodwill ambassador of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), visited the ACC headquarters in the city on Sunday.
Chinese news agency slams ‘barbaric’ Hong Kong office attack
China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency denounced the attack on its office in Hong Kong by pro-democracy protesters as “barbaric” during a melee that marked nearly five months of unrest in the Chinese territory.
Lutheran sisters recall nursing those wounded at Berlin Wall
Sister Brigitte Queisser walks slowly along the decaying remains of the Berlin Wall, its rusty rebar reinforcement exposed where the concrete has crumbled away.
Take immediate steps to control onion price: Rights body
Claiming that the hike in the onion price is a planned one by a syndicate, a consumer rights body on Sunday urged the government to take immediate steps to arrest the skyrocketing price of the cooking ingredient.
Facilitate Khoka’s return: BNP to govt
BNP on Sunday urged the government to take necessary steps so that ailing former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and freedom fighter Sadeque Hossain Khoka can return home from the USA.
Trump absent, ASEAN charts path for trade bloc led by China
Leaders from fast-growing Southeast Asian economies, China, Japan and other regional powers are aiming for a breakthrough on a free trade deal and an outline for handling territorial tensions at an annual summit that opened near Bangkok on Sunday.
Dr Yunus gets bail upon surrender
A labour court here on Sunday granted bail to Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in three cases filed over sacking three employees of Grameen Communications.
Corbyn on Trump: It’s not his job who’s elected next UK PM
Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at Donald Trump for branding him “so bad” for the UK, saying the comment was “extraordinary” and it is “not his business who is elected to be prime minister in this country”.
Case over throwing Polytechnic principal into Rajshahi pond
A case has been filed against 50 people over throwing the principal of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute into a pond on the campus by a group of ‘Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists’.
Ex Dhaka Mayor Khoka’s condition deteriorates further
Dhaka, Nov 2 (UNB) – The health condition of former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka worsened further as doctors stopped providing cancer treatment to him.
Skulls, masks and dancers as Mexico fetes Day of the Dead
Dancers in indigenous costumes pranced down a broad avenue followed by a float bearing the 20-foot-tall likeness of the goddess Mictecacihuatl, announced as “the queen of the underworld and the guardian of our bones,” crowned by a red feather headdress…
BNP to seek from PM details on documents signed with India
Dhaka, Nov 2 (UNB) – BNP will send a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking detailed information about the bilateral documents signed with India during her visit to the neighbouring country last month.
Woman dies of dengue in Khulna
A woman died of dengue at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) here early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Sandhya Rani, 55, wife of Bimal Saha of Tala upazila in Satkhira district.
Book on National Professor Abdur Razzaq published
Dhaka, Nov 3 – Prof Abdur Razzaq was a visionary who had an impressive brain and mind ahead of his time but he used to live as a common man, speakers said at a book launching ceremony on Saturday.
AL leader shot dead in Sirajganj
A local Awami League leader was gunned down by miscreants at Duttabari in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
Jail Killing Day Sunday: President PM pay tributes
Dhaka, Nov 3 – The Jail Killing Day is on Sunday. The day is being observed with due respects marking the brutal killing of four national leaders inside the jail.
‘BCL men’ dump Rajshahi Polytechnic principal into pond
Rajshahi, Nov 2 – A group of ‘Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists’ of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute unit threw their principal into a pond on the campus on Saturday for his refusal to allow two students to fill up forms for…
BNP against appointing administrators to GP, Robi
Dhaka – An unbeaten knock of 162 runs by Shadman Islam guided Dhaka Metro to 357 for 4 in 90 overs in the 4th round Tier-2 match of the National Cricket League (NCL) against Chattogram Division on the 1st day…
Photography exhibition of of Prince begins at AF Dhaka
A photography exhibition titled ‘Humans of ICPD: Faces of Bangladesh’ by photographer Naymuzzaman Prince has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka.
মানুষের জান-মাল ইজ্জত আব্রুর নিরাপত্ত নেই -মুফতী সৈয়দ ফয়জুল করীম
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর সিনিয়র নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীম বলেছেন, দেশের সার্বিক পরিস্থি ভাল নয়। মানুষের জান-মাল, ইজ্জত আব্রুর নিরাপত্তা নেই। নারী ধর্ষণ, নারী ও শিশু হতা মারাত্মক আকার ধারণ করেছে। মানুষের মাঝে এক অজানা আতঙ্ক বিরাজ করছে।
Dhaka Metro post 357/4 against Chattogram on Day-1
Dhaka – An unbeaten knock of 162 runs by Shadman Islam guided Dhaka Metro to 357 for 4 in 90 overs in the 4th round Tier-2 match of the National Cricket League (NCL) against Chattogram Division on the 1st day…
Loggers in Brazilian Amazon Kill indigenous forest guardian
Another indigenous leader was gravely wounded in the ambush and a logger is reportedly missing Maranhão state, Brazil – Earlier Saturday, members of the Guajajara people’s Forest Guardians, a volunteer land and environmental monitoring force, were ambushed by a group…
Bangladesh suffer 29-run defeat against hosts Pakistan
Dhaka -After being whitewashed in the three-match T20 series 0-3, touring Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team also made a frustrating start in the two-match ODI series losing to hosts Pakistan by 29-run in the first match at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore…
Razzak first Bangladeshi to take 600 wickets
Dhaka – Veteran left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak of Khulna Division has become the first Bangladesh bowler to take 600 first class crickets. He reached the milestone bagging seven wickets conceding 69 runs against Rangpur Division on day-1 of the 4th…
Bangladesh U-19 trail by 113 runs against Sri Lanka U-19
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team were trailed by 113 runs against Sri Lanka Under-19 Cricket team on first day of the 2nd four-day Youth Test match that began at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Saturday. On…
332 more BD migrant workers deported from KSA in 3 days
Amid a crackdown on undocumented workers in Saudi Arabia, 75 more Bangladeshi workers returned home on Friday night.
Garment worker gang raped: 3 held in capital
Police arrested three youths from Hazaribagh in the city in connection with the ‘gang rape’ of a female garment worker early Saturday.
Guinness record for most China people perform sign language
A new Guinness world record was set Friday at a Chinese university for “most people performing sign language.”