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Indian Army destroys 4 terror launch pads in PoK
01:39 PM, 20 Oct 2019 SundayFour terror launch pads in Neelam valley in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have been targeted and destroyed by the Indian Army, sources said. Fatalities have also been reported...
Quader attributes Menon’s election comment to ‘personal interest’
12:58 PM, 20 Oct 2019 SundayTaking a swipe at Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon for his claim that people could not cast their votes in the last parliamentary elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday questioned whether he would have made the claim...
British PM sends unsigned letter seeking Brexit delay
12:03 PM, 20 Oct 2019 SundayBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson reluctantly wrote to Brussels asking for a Brexit extension after MPs voted Saturday to force him into seeking a delay beyond October 31...
Anti-casino drive: Now DNCC councillor Rajib held
11:44 AM, 20 Oct 2019 SundayMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Tarequzzaman Rajib, councillor from ward No-33 of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), here on Saturday night for his alleged involvement in casino business. A team of Rab-1 picked the councillor up from a house in Bashundhara Residential Area...
Father accused of killing toddler in Faridpur
05:10 PM, 19 Oct 2019 SaturdayA man has been accused of killing his three-year-old son in Sadarpur upazila’s Bhasanchar union. The body of Rahmat Promanik, 3, son of Hanif Promanik, was recovered from a paddy field in Chandpur village on Saturday...
Father, daughter found dead at Chattogram house
03:32 PM, 19 Oct 2019 SaturdayThe throat-slit bodies of a man and his four-year old daughter were recovered from a house in Nimtali Biswa Road area in the city on Saturday. The deceased were identified as day labourer Md Arif 35, and his daughter Bibi Fatema. Police detained two women including the wife of Arif in the incident...
Iraqi man arrested over deaths of over 350 asylum seekers in Australia
01:52 PM, 19 Oct 2019 SaturdayThe Australian Federal Police said on Saturday it had charged a 43-year-old Iraqi man for his part in allegedly organizing a people smuggling venture that led to the deaths of more than 350 asylum seekers when their boat sank in 2001...
Huawei in early talks with US firms to license 5G platform
12:47 PM, 19 Oct 2019 SaturdayBlacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday...
Rohingya Repatriation: Dhaka urges Berlin to put pressure on Myanmar
11:56 AM, 19 Oct 2019 SaturdayBangladesh has urged Germany to put pressure on Myanmar so that they can start taking their nationals back, noting that not a single Rohingya has been repatriated over the last two years...
Over 100 shops gutted in Chattogram market fire
11:41 AM, 19 Oct 2019 SaturdayOver 100 shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Jahur Hawkers Market adjacent to New Market in the port city early Saturday. Md Jashim Uddin, assistant director (media), Fire Service, said the fire broke out at 3:50 am at the market and soon spread to adjoining Jalalabad market...
FIFA to continue support for promotion of Bangladesh’s football
06:01 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayFederation International de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino today assured that his organisation will continue to support for promotion of football in Bangladesh. “We’ll continue our support and cooperation for the development of soccer in Bangladesh,” he said...
Tabakkharul placed on 3-day fresh remand in Abrar killing case
04:54 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayA Dhaka court today placed Khandaker Tabakkharul Islam alias Tanvir on three-day fresh remand in a case lodged over murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad...
FIFA President gifts football jersey to PM
02:51 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayFIFA President Gianni Infantino has gifted a football jersey to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her name on its back. Gianni met the premier at Shimul Hall of Ganabhaban and presented the gift to her at 10:30am on Thursday. The premier also gave him a football jersey of Bangladesh team...
Pry teachers continue work abstention demanding 11th grade
01:24 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayThe assistant teachers of government primary schools on Thursday continued their work abstention programme for the consecutive three days across the country demanding to upgrade their salary scale from 14th to 11th grade of the National Pay Scale...
2 ‘drug traders’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
12:26 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayTwo suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hoaikong Satgharia Para in Teknaf upazila early Thursday...
3 cops suspended for transporting mother Hilsa
12:06 PM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayThree policemen were suspended on Wednesday night for transporting mother Hilsa illegally, defying a government ban...
35 expat pilgrims die in bus crash in Saudi Arabia
11:55 AM, 17 Oct 2019 ThursdayThirty-five pilgrims have been killed in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia after a bus collided with another vehicle on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting a police spokesman. The accident happened on Hijra road, 170 km from Madinah, near the village of Al-Akhal around 7pm...
Abed invents ‘Sonali Rice’ for Diabetes patients
06:38 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayBangladeshi gene scientist and science writer Dr. Abed Chaudhury invented a rice that can help people to control diabetes. The name of this new rice is ‘Sonali Rice’, which is approved by the Bangladesh Diabetes Association...
Abrar murder: Sadat placed on 5-day remand
04:51 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayA court has placed ASM Najmus Sadat, a 17th batch student of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), on a 5-day remand in Abrar Fahad murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun passed the order...
BUET students take mass oath against terrorism, end demo
02:55 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayThe students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) today called off their demonstration programme over the murder of Abrar Fahad. They also took mass oath against terrorism and communal power. The mass oath-taking ceremony was held at the university’s auditorium...