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Charge sheet submitted against 25 in Abrar murder case
01:41 PM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayDetectives have submitted charge sheet in Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad murder case accusing 25 people. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) additional commissioner Md Monirul Islam at a press conference came up with the disclosure.
Cent percent electrification in all upazilas by 2021: PM
12:44 PM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her hope that all the upazilas of the country will come under cent percent electrification coverage by 2021, as the government has been working to illuminate all the homes across the country...
Modric wins the 2019 Golden Foot award
12:27 PM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayLuka Modric travelled to Monaco to collect the 2019 Golden Foot award, which is given to successful players over the age of 29. The Croatian became the 17th player to receive the prize, with the first having been awarded to Roberto Baggio in 2003 whilst the Italian was plying his trade at Brescia...
‘Suicide bomber’ dies in attack on police in Indonesia
12:02 PM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayA suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside police headquarters in Indonesia’s city of Medan on Wednesday, wounding six people, police said, just a month after an Islamist militant attacked a former security minister. The motive for Wednesday’s attack was not immediately clear...
PM inaugurates 7 power plants
11:20 AM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdaySeven new power plants went into operations from Wednesday, adding 790MW of electricity to the national grid. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly-constructed power plants through video conferencing from her official residence Ganobhaban. As of today, country's electricity generation capacity reached a total of 22,562MW, while more than 94 percent of the population has come under electricity coverage...
UD case filed over B’baria train accident
10:34 AM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayAn unnatural death case has been filed over the train accident in Brahmanbaria that left at least 16 people dead and more than 100 injured. Jaker Hossain Chowdhury, Mandabagh Railway Station Master, filed the case with Akhaura Railway Police Station on Tuesday night...
16 killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir road crash
09:45 AM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayAt least 16 people including two children were killed on Tuesday after a vehicle fell into a deep gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The accident took place in village Marmat in Doda district, 241 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir...
Drought kills more than 200 elephants
09:24 AM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayHundreds of elephants and tens of lions in Zimbabwe will be moved by the country’s wildlife agency as part of a major operation to save the animals from a devastating drought. More than 200 elephants have died over the last two months due to a lack of water at the country’s main conservation zones in Mana Pools and Hwange National Park...
Suspected robber killed in 'gunfight'
09:00 AM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayA suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria early Wednesday. Saddam Hossain, 26, was a resident of Beparipara area in Sarail upazila of the district. He was a member of robber gang and an accused in several cases of robbery, claimed Ashuganj Police Station officer in-charge (OC) Jabed Mahmud...
Bolivian senator declares herself president
08:43 AM, 13 Nov 2019 WednesdayBolivian opposition senator Jeanine Áñez has declared herself interim president of the South American country following Evo Morales' resignation. Lawmakers from Mr Morales' party boycotted the session, meaning there was no quorum for the appointment.
4 sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering CNG driver
05:59 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayA court here today convicted four persons to life imprisonment in a case filed over murder of CNG autorickshaw driver Alamgir Hossain in capital’s Kafrul area in 2013...
Ex-govt official gets 16-yr in jail for fake FF certificate
03:49 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayA former government revenue official has been sentenced to 16 years in jail on charge of submitting a false freedom fighter certificate. Jailed Moniruzzaman is the former revenue officer at Customs, Excise & VAT Commissionerate in Dhaka. He hails from Tebaria village in Saturia upazila of Manikganj district...
Nusrat Murder: 12 condemned convicts shifted to Cumilla central jail
02:19 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayTwelve of the 16 condemned convicts in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case were shifted to Cumilla central jail from Feni distirct jail on Tuesday. They were shifted to Cumilla as per the directive from Inspector General of Prison, said Md Didarul Alam, Feni Zila Prison chief...
PM directs to give assistance to train accident victims
01:15 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the local administration and public representatives to provide immediate assistance to the victims in train accident in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria...
Netherlands must repatriate children of ISIL women: Court
12:52 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayThe Netherlands must "actively" help repatriate children of women who joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group in Syria, but the mothers themselves need not be taken back, a Dutch court has ruled.
Kasba train collision: 3 probe bodies formed
12:28 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayThree probe bodies-- two by Bangladesh Railway and one by district administration-- have been formed to look into the incident of collision between two trains in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria district that left at least 16 people dead and 100 more injured.
16 killed in Kasba train collision
12:04 PM, 12 Nov 2019 TuesdayAt least 16 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria early Tuesday but the death toll could rise. The fatal accident took place when inter-city 'Udayan Express' and 'Turna Nishitha train' trains collide in crossing of Mandabhag Station on Dhaka-Chattogram Railway around 2:45am...
Fire drill at PRAN factory Ghorashal
05:08 PM, 11 Nov 2019 MondayA fire drill was conducted at PRAN factory in Ghorashal on the occasion of Fire Service and Civil Defense Week-2019. Palash Fire Station arranged the program on Saturday noon with the assistance of Ghorashal PRAN Factory...
Councillor Rajib placed on fresh remand
04:28 PM, 11 Nov 2019 MondayA court here today placed ward councilor Tarekuzzaman Rajib to a four-day fresh remand in an arms case filed with capital’s Mohammadpur Police Station...
Tureen Afroz removed from ICT prosecutor post
01:46 PM, 11 Nov 2019 MondayBarrister Tureen Afroz has been removed from the prosecutor post of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for professional misconduct and breaching discipline and code of conduct. Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a notice on Monday. On May 9 last year, Tureen Afroz was relieved of all activities of the tribunal...