Psris (BSS/AFP) – The legacy of Cuba’s Fidel Castro elicited reactions Saturday from leaders and figures from around the world many of whom remembered him as a friend and ally, while exiles in Miami celebrated his death. Here are some…
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Schoolgirl abducted by JL leader at gunpoint in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Miscreants abducted a teenage schoolgirl holding her family members hostage at gunpoint in Nurpur area of Taherpur municipality of Baghmara upazila of Rajshahi on Friday evening.
AL MP, UNO among 33 sued over Gaibandha Santal attack
Dhaka – A case was filed against 33 people, including a ruling party MP, upazila nirbahi officer, managing director of Rangpur Sugar Mill and officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj police station, in connection with the attack on Santal people in Gobindaganj upazila…
BB expects to get back $30m heist money in 2-3 months
Dhaka – Bangladesh Bank (BB) expects to get back US$30 million more of its heisted reserve from the Philippines within the next two to three months. “Bangladesh has already retrieved approximately $15.25 million from the Philippines. We are expecting to…
Stand by Myanmar Rohingyas, BNP urges government
The BNP has urged the government to stand by the Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing Myanmar amid escalating violence. “Rohingya’s are drowning while trying to flee violence. The government is not allowing them to enter,” senior leader Khandker Mosharraf…
Bangladesh President, PM condole Castro’s death
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid on Saturday expressed deep shock at the death of Cuba’s former president and leader of its communist revolution Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro, Latin American Marxist idol, dies at 90
Havana (AP/UNB) – Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has died at age 90, his brother, President Raul Castro announced late Friday on state television. Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and…
Two soldiers 4 Taliban fighters killed in Pakistan mosque attack
Pakistan’s army says a mosque has been targeted at an army facility in northwest Pakistan, resulting in a shootout in which four of the attackers and two soldiers have died.
Iraq’s Najaf cemetery swells as fight against IS escalates
Iraq — Wailing and pounding their chests in grief, a dozen women clad in mourning black gathered around a tomb in the massive cemetery in Iraq’s holy Shiite city of Najaf. A short distance away, a grief-stricken man cried silently…
Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar plastic factory catches fire
Dhaka – A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Kamrangirchar area, on the southern fringe of the capital, on Saturday morning. The fire was noticed at the ground floor of a three-storey factory building adjacent to the Eidgah…
5 killed as truck hits rickshaw van in Natore
Dhaka – Five people were killed and two others injured as a truck hit a rickshaw van on Ishwardi-Lalpur road in South Lalpur area of Lalpur upazila in Natore on Friday.
BNP for illegal arms recovery before NCC election
Dhaka – BNP on Friday called upon the Election Commission (EC) to recover illegal arms apart from asking people to deposit their legal ones to ensure a congenial and peaceful atmosphere for Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls billed for December…
Two homicides in one Naogaon family in a single night
Dhaka – A septuagenarian man was allegedly stabbed to death by his younger son and the ‘killer son’ was killed by his elder brother at Shimulia village in Sadar upazila in Naogaon on Thursday night.
4 held over attack on Taiwanese couple in capital
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Friday arrested four people, including a woman from the city’s Uttara area on Thursday night for their suspected involvement in the attack on a Taiwanese couple.
Barber beaten to death in Bagerhat
Dhaka – A barber was beaten and poisoned to death by some miscreants at Basabati in Bagerhat district town on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Tapan Kumar Sheel, 52, son of Bimol Sheel.
An identity lost in post-war Japan took 67 years to reclaim
Japan (AP/UNB) – At a public bath in a Yokohama slum in the 1950s, a red-haired girl scrubs her skin with a pumice stone, hard, to try to get the white out. Other kids sometimes taunt her. “American, American.” She…
France urges labelling goods from Israeli settlements
Paris (AP/UNB) – France published an official notification Thursday urging businesses to use labels to identify goods produced in the Israeli settlements, prompting a swift condemnation from Israel. It was not immediately clear whether the notice published in the French…
Magnitude 7.0 offshore quake rattles El Salvador
El Salvador (AP/UNB) – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rattled El Salvador’s Pacific coast Thursday, but the country’s civil defense agency said there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
One held with firearms in Jessore
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a man along with three firearms and one bullet from Mahishakura village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.
Death toll in China construction accident rises to 74
Beijing (AP/UNB) – The death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China rose to 74, state media said Friday, in the country’s worst work-safety accident in over two years.
College student found dead at Kurigram dormitory
Dhaka – A college student was found dead at a dormitory in Krishnapur College area of Kurigram district town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Kajal Mia, 22, a first-year honours student of Kurigram Government College and son of…
34 BD nationals held Bangla-India border at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 34 Bangladeshi nationals from Amrakhali area of Benapole under Jessore district on Friday while they were entering the Bangladesh after their undocumented visits to India.
4 suspected ‘robbers’ killed in Faridpur, Pabna ‘gunfights’
Dhaka – Four suspected robbers were killed in ‘gunfights’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Pabna and Faridpur early Friday. In Pabna, two alleged robbers were killed and three others injured in a reported gunfight between their cohorts…
Stop admission test for grade three
Some good initiatives have been taken by the incumbent government. One of the best initiatives is no admission test in grade. We had seen all guardians carrying their wards in the so called coaching centres for getting admission to grade…
Magnitude 7.2 quake at sea shakes Central America as hurricane hits
Dhaka – A strong earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Central America shook the region on Thursday, and could prompt hazardous tsunami waves, U.S. monitoring agencies said, just as a hurricane barreled into the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Costa…
Another Ashulia match factory fire victim dies at DMCH
Dhaka – Another woman who sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a match factory in Ashulia of Savar upazila on Tuesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as…
Khaleda’s trial in Niko graft case to continue
Dhaka – The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday rejected the leave-to-appeal petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking a stay on the trial proceedings in the Niko corruption case against her. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led…
Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar amid deadly attacks
At least 86 people have been killed and 30,000 displaced as violence continues unabated in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week with some feared drowned after a boat sank in a river during…
Activists for recount as Hillary’s popular vote lead nears 2m
Washington (CNN) Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is now nearing 2 million votes, approaching the milestone as the campaign begins to hear from scientists who want to see a recount in several states. Clinton lost the Electoral College…
Deadly collapse at Chinese power station kills 40
At least 40 people have been killed when a platform collapsed at a construction site in China’s Jiangxi province. The accident took place at a power plant in Fengcheng where a cooling tower was under construction.