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Rohingya Crisis: Dhaka needs to engage more with Beijing, Tokyo, Delhi
08:40 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayBangladesh needs to get engaged with three pocket countries of Myanmar -- China, Japan and India -- in a much more “creative way” to find a sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis, said an international affairs expert on Tuesday. “Myanmar thinks these three countries are in its pocket.......
ACC arrests Pabna sub-registrar
08:36 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday arrested Md. Ibrahim Ali, a sub-register of Pabna, for accumulating wealth illegally. ACC spokesman Pranab Kumer Bhattacharya told UNB that the accused acquired TK 2.38 crore through illegal means....
HC to hear ex-OC Moazzem’s bail plea on Oct 13
08:32 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday fixed October 13 to hear the bail petition by former Sonagazi Police Station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman fixed the date after accepting the appeal for hearing....
Consumer rights: HC orders launching hotline in 3 months
08:29 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday instructed the Directorate of National Consumers’ Rights Protection (DNCRP) to launch a hotline within three months through outsourcing for providing round-the-clock services to people. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Badruzzaman passed the order.....
‘Ashrayan’ families in Chandpur rendered homeless twice by Meghna
08:10 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayOver the past month, even the shelter homes built for erosion-affected families under the Ashrayan project suffered continued damages, with many eventually getting washed away under the relentless erosion by the Meghna River in Sadar upazila. The government undertook the Ashrayan-2 project in 2010 for providing shelter to around 2.50 lakh......
Scientists in Italy fertilize 7 northern white rhino eggs
08:07 PM, 27 Aug 2019 Tuesday"We expect some of them will develop into an embryo," Cesare Galli, a founder of Avantea and an expert in animal cloning, said. Avantea said that only seven of 10 eggs extracted last week from the females in Kenya could be used in the fertilization attempts Sunday using frozen sperm that had been taken from the male, which died in March 2018......
Badda lynching: HC rule seeks Tk 1 cr compensation for Renu’s family
04:08 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Tk 1 crore should not be given to the families of Badda lynching victim Taslima Begum Renu as compensation. The HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal......
Youth killed in city road mishap
04:01 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayA youth was killed as a vehicle hit him in front of Salauddin Hospital in the city’s Wari area this early morning.The deceased was identified as Tatalu, 23, son of Ramna hailed from Dhalpur area of Jatrabari in the capital. Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost Inspector Bacchu Mia confirmed the incident.......
Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let's talk
03:49 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayIran's president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. Hassan Rouhani's change of heart came a day after Trump said Monday that there's a.......
Dhaka, Tokyo sign MoC for recruiting specified skilled workers to Japan
02:35 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayBangladesh and Japan on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on accepting specified skilled workers by Japan from Bangladesh...
2 youths die of Dengue in Dhaka, Rangpur
01:30 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayTwo more people died of dengue in Dhaka and Rangpur districts on Tuesday. In Dhaka, Md Zisan, 18, son of Billal Hossain of Joydebpur upazila in Gazipur, died of the mosquito-borne diseases at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the morning. Inspector Baccu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.....
Rajshahi war criminal Samad gets death
12:53 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced war criminal Abdus Samad alias Feroz Kha alias Musa to death for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. A three-member panel of the ICT, headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam, passed the order on Tuesday...
Brazil rejects G7 aid for Amazon fires
11:13 AM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro late Monday rejected a $22 million aid package offered by G7 countries to help battle fierce forest fires in the Amazon rainforest, which is often regarded as the planet’s “lungs”. Speaking on social media, Bolsonaro argued there was a hidden agenda...
Hong Kong cricketers Irfan and Nadeem get life bans for match-fixing
10:47 AM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayIrfan Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed, who play for the Hong Kong national cricket team, have been handed life bans from all cricket by the International Cricket Council...
Death anniversary of National Poet Nazrul today
09:17 AM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe 43rd death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being observed across the country on Tuesday in a befitting manner...
J & J ordered to pay $572 million in landmark opioid trial
08:36 AM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayA judge in Oklahoma on Monday ruled that Johnson & Johnson had intentionally played down the dangers and oversold the benefits of opioids, and ordered it to pay the state $572 million in the first trial of a drug manufacturer for the destruction wrought by prescription painkillers...
Trump says China talks coming, Beijing calls for trade war resolution
05:24 PM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayThe United States and China sought to ease trade war tensions on Monday, with Beijing calling for calm and U.S. President Donald Trump predicting a deal after markets fell in response to new tariffs from both countries...
3 terrorists killed in gunfight with army in Khagrachari
02:25 PM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayThree terrorists have been killed in a gunfight with army at Dighinala upazila in Khagrachari. The deceased were the members of United Peoples Democratic Front (Prasit). In a statement, Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), confirmed the incident on Monday...
Jago News beat Manab Zamin 3-0 in media cup football
02:06 PM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayJago News beat Daily Manab Zamin 3-0 in Walton-DRU Media Cup football tournament at the National Handball Stadium in the capital on Monday...
Cox’s Bazar JL leader murder: Another Rohingya suspect killed in ‘gunfight’
01:14 PM, 26 Aug 2019 MondayA Rohingya youth, a suspect in the murder of Jubo League (JL) leader Omar Faruk, was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jadimura in Teknaf upazila early Monday...