Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed two more suspended staff of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a seven-day remand each in the case filed over emergency landing of a VVIP plane carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Turkmenistan.
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No prior appointment needed for Indian tourist visa
Indian High Commission in Dhaka will allow all Bangladesh travellers with confirmed air, train or bus tickets to submit their tourist visa applications without e-token or prior appointment dates from January 1.The initiative has been taken as part of the…
Japan PM Shinzo Abe offers Pearl Harbor condolences
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has visited the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, where he offered “sincere and everlasting condolences” to the victims of Japan’s attack on the base 75 years ago.”We must never repeat the horrors of war again,…
Sustainable water resource management stressed
Speakers at the National Water Convention, 2016 stressed the need for sustainable management of water resources as the availability of water is declining day by day.Speaking as the chief guest, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud emphasised preserving the country’s…
Similarities in some proposals of political parties found over new EC
President Abdul Hamid today said that he found similarities in some proposals of political parties regarding the formation of a new Election Commission (EC).The President said this during discussion with Workers Party, a component of the ruling Awami League led…
Defying UN, Israel prepares to build more settlements
Undeterred by a defeat at the UN, the Israeli government has said that it would move ahead with building thousands of new homes in the disputed West Bank area, a media report said on Tuesday.According to the report, the city…
Awami League dissidents will make the District Council polls competitive, says Obaidul Quader
The Awami League has not pressurised its dissidents to pull out of the District Council polls to keep it competitive as no other parties have fielded candidates, General Secretary Obaidul Quader told journalists in his office.Polls to elect chairmen, members…
Zila parishad polls like ‘Ayub Khan’s basic democracy: Moudud
Terming Wednesday’s zila parishad polls unconstitutional, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Tuesday said the government is holding such elections as part of its move to restore ‘Ayub Khan’s basic democracy’.“The zila parishad polls must be held with common people’s…
Arson Attack on Santals: Judicial probe body visits victims in Gaibandha
A judicial probe body that was formed to investigate the forced eviction, killing and arson attacks on the Santal community at Sahebganj in Gobindaganj upazila visited Madarpur and Joypurpara areas on Tuesday morning to hear the affected people and witnesses…
PM opens mobile app for faster weather info
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has developed a mobile application ‘BMD Weather App’ to facilitate smartphone users to get its all daily information services and keep them update about weather.The smartphone users can now download the mobile application from the Google…
Nat’l Committee threatens half-day hartal in Dhaka Jan 26
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Natural Resources and Power-Port will observe a half-day hartal in the capital on January 26 if the government does not cancel the Rampal coal-fired power plant project near the Sundarbans by then.…
Russia: Crashed jet fragments pulled from Black Sea
Fragments of a plane were dragged out of the Black Sea on Monday amid a massive search operation as Russian officials declared that their investigation into the crash would focus on technical faults or pilot errors — not terrorism.On shore,…
Robi Circle Club facilitates digital socialization
Robi subscribers of similar interest can now form clubs within the Robi Circle where people of similar interest can engage with each other on topics that interests them most.The Robi Circle has separate clubs for Cricket, Entertainment, Foodies, Gaming, Readers,…
Quotas for minorities if JP comes to power: Ershad
The Jatiya Party will offer quotas for religious minorities in parliament, government jobs and higher education if it comes to power, says party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad.During a Christmas programme for the leaders of Bangladesh’s Christian community on Monday, the…
APTA draft amendment to take Mongolia as member
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the second amendment to the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) incorporating Mongolia as the new member, raising the total number of its member countries to seven.The approval was given at the regular weekly…
Severing wife’s tongue: Man surrenders in Sylhet
A man who severed his wife’s tongue and a tendon of her left leg in Sadar upazila on December 15 surrendered before a court here on Monday.Belal Miah, a resident of Lamuya village in South Surma upazila, turned up before…
Bullet found in teenage Afif’s body, says autopsy report
Doctors of Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday found a bullet in the body of teenage boy Afif Quaderi who was killed during a police raid on a militant den at Ashkona in the city.Professor Sohel…
Government to make Bangladesh a failed state: BNP
The ‘unelected and illegal’ government is trying to turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.His remarks on Sunday came in the context of comments by the chief justice concerning the competition for dominance…
Muhammad Yunus leaves Grameen Bank Complex after 30 years
Muhammad Yunus has left the Grameen Bank Complex nearly six years after his removal as the bank’s managing director.Yunus left the place where he lived for 30 years on Wednesday evening, Yunus Center General Manager MFM Amir Khashru said in…
Wild animal death rate rises at Lawachhara: Survey
Wildlife researchers have expressed concerns over the high death rate of wild animals at Lawachhara National Park caused by various reasons, including the movement of locomotives on rail tracks and speedy vehicles on roads in and around the forest.Wild animals…
German town evacuates on Christmas morning for WWII bomb
Thousands of people in the southern German city of Augsburg have left Christmas presents and decorations behind, forced to evacuate while authorities disarm a large World War II aerial bomb.The bomb was uncovered last week during construction work in the…
Journalist arrested over Savar RMG labour unrest
A local journalist in Savar has been arrested for ‘fomenting unrest’ among agitating workers at readymade garment factories in Ashulia.Ekushey Television’s Savar Correspondent Nazmul Huda has been detained from Ashulia’s Baipail on Friday on the basis of definite proof, said…
Rohingya man who spoke to media killed in Myanmar
Myanmar authorities reported the death of a Rohingya Muslim in Rakhine state days after he spoke with the media visiting the region, officials said on Saturday.The decapitated body was found on the outskirts of Doe Dan, while his head was…
5,000 migrants drowned in Mediterranean this year: UN
A total of 5,000 boat migrants drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe this year, the highest annual total yet, the United Nations said on Friday.The latest figures, released by the UN’s refugee agency, include 100 deaths reported on…
UN adopts Bangladesh’s resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution titled “Culture of Peace” proposed by Bangladesh.The resolution was adopted at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, according to a release of the Permanent Mission of…
NCC fair polls outcome of BNP’s movement, says Fakhrul
BNP on Saturday said it considers Thursday’s Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election as a partial victory of the party’s movement for ensuring fair polls in the country.”I assess Narayanganj polls from a different angel. Through this election, we’ve achieved a…
Plane hijacking in Malta ends peacefully; 2 men surrender
After hours of tense negotiations, two Libyans who hijacked a plane from Libya to Malta and threatened to blow it up surrendered peacefully Friday, allowing 118 passengers and crew to leave the plane before walking out themselves with the last…
Obama shuts down Muslim registry
The Obama administration has moved to shut down the Department of Homeland Security’s Muslim national registry program, a vestige of post-9/11 policy that’s been sitting on the books since 2002 but unused in the past five years. It’s the same…
Philippines’ Duterte calls UN commissioner an ‘idiot’
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who this week called for an investigation into the killings the leader admitted to having committed during the 1980’s, an idiot.Duterte said last week he helped the police…
Rohingya recount killings rape and arson
The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killings, and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands more, Human Rights Watch said today. Refugees who fled the recent violence told Human Rights Watch that since…