All News
Abrar’s roommate detained
02:00 PM, 10 Oct 2019 ThursdayPolice have detained a roommate of BUET student Abrar Fahad who was beaten to death by BCL activists. Mizan, a student of Water Resource and Engineering department of BUET, was picked up by DB police from the room of 1011 of Sher-E-Bangla Hall of the university around 12pm on Thursday...
7 get death for murder in Faridpur
01:21 PM, 10 Oct 2019 ThursdayA court has sentenced seven people to death in a case filed for the murder of a pickup van driver in Faridpur. Faridpur District and Session’s Judge Md Selim Miah passed the order around 11am on Thursday...
Abrar murder: BUET BCL leader Amit detained
12:14 PM, 10 Oct 2019 ThursdayDetectives have detained a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) unit in connection with the murder of Abrar Fahad. Amit Saha, Deputy Felicitation Secretary of BUET BCL, was detained from Sabujbagh in the capital on Thursday morning...
PM opens 2 water plants, lays foundation stone of another
11:46 AM, 10 Oct 2019 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Padma (Jashaldia) Water Treatment Plant (phase-1) and Well Field Construction Project at Tetuljhora-Bhakurta in Savar Upazila (Phase-1) with a capacity to supply 60 crore litres of purified water...
Nobody should be killed for exercising free speech: UN
02:54 PM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe United Nations has deplored the killing of young BUET student Abrar Farhad, saying freedom of speech is a human right. The UN Bangladesh noted steps taken by the authorities to apprehend alleged perpetrators, the statement reads...
Don’t try to destabilise country over Abrar murder: BCL
02:16 PM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe acting president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Wednesday warned that it will give a “fitting reply” if anyone tries to destabilise the country over BUET student Abrar Fahad’s murder. Abrar, a second-year electrical and electronic engineering student, was beaten to death by Chhatra League activists...
Bangladesh slips 2 positions in Global Competitiveness Index
01:32 PM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayBangladesh has slipped two positions and ranked 105th among 141 countries this year in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index. Bangladesh ranked 103 last year among 140 countries. Dr Khondakar Golam Moazzem, Research Director of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), revealed...
BUET VC on way to Kushtia to condole Abrar’s family
12:36 PM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayProfessor Saiful Islam, Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), left Dhaka for Kushtia to condole the family members of Abrar Fahad who was beaten to death by BCL activists of the university unit...
Abrar murder: BUET teachers, students bring out silent procession
11:27 AM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe students and teachers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) department of Bangladesh University of Engineering &Technology (BUET) brought out a silent procession on the campus...
Al-Qaeda’s South Asia chief ‘killed in Afghanistan’
09:16 AM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayA top al-Qaeda leader was killed in a joint US-Afghan military operation last month, says Afghanistan's intelligence agency...
White House ‘will not co-operate with impeachment inquiry’
08:48 AM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe White House has officially refused to co-operate with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump...
PM to address media on her US-India visits today
08:33 AM, 09 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to address a press conference to brief the media about her recently-concluded official visits to India and the United States on Wednesday. The press conference will be held at her official Ganabhaban residence at 3:30 pm...
Nobel prize in physics goes to cosmic discoveries
04:27 PM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayThree scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for "ground-breaking" discoveries about the Universe. James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were announced as this year's winners at a ceremony in Stockholm...
Abrar murder: 10 BCL men placed on 5-day remand
04:00 PM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayA court has placed ten leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) unit on 5-day remand in a case filed for the murder of Abrar Fahad. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbeer Yeasir Ahsan passed the order...
Very sad that Pakistani pacers don’t seek advice from us on fast bowling: Shoaib Akhtar
03:23 PM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayFast bowling legend Shoaib Akhtar is very sad that Pakistani pacers don't seek any advice from him or from any other retired great that the country has produced, something which Indian bowlers do time and again, whenever they feel the need...
Abrar’s killers will get proper punishment: Law Minister
01:56 PM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayLaw Minister Anisul Huq today said proper punishment will be given to the killers of BUET student Abrar Fahad. In a reply to a question, the minister said this at Akhaura Railway Junction Station premises in Brahmanbaria around 10am...
US blacklists China organisations over Xinjiang ‘Uighur abuse’
01:23 PM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe US has blacklisted 28 Chinese organisations for their alleged involvement in abuses against ethnic Uighurs in China's Xinjiang province...
Abrar murder: BUET students continue demo demanding justice
12:13 PM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayStudents of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Tuesday staged demonstrations and announced a 7-point demand, including arrest of all accused in Abrar Fahad murder case and their immediate punishment...
BUET student Abrar buried in Kushtia
11:56 AM, 08 Oct 2019 TuesdayBUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of the university unit, was buried in his hometown Kushtia on Tuesday morning. An ambulance carrying the body reached the town from Dhaka around 5:30am...
NYBB national steering committee installation ceremony held
06:03 PM, 07 Oct 2019 MondayThe installation ceremony of national steering committee of Network of Young Biotechnologists of Bangladesh (NYBB) was held at Dhaka University (DU) recently...