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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...
PM flags off coveted ‘Kurigram Express’
01:32 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday launched the much-coveted intercity train ‘Kurigram Express’ on the Kurigram-Dhaka-Kurigram route. She also opened the new coaches of Rangpur Express and Lalmoni Express to provide better services to the passengers...
4 get death for murder in Kushtia
01:16 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayA court has sentenced four people to death in a case filed for murder of farmer Hanif Khamaruz in Kushtia. Judge Arup Kumar Goshami of Kushtia District and Sessions Judges’ Court passed the order around 11am on Wednesday. The death-row convicts are Dolena Begum, wife of slain Hanif, Mukul Hossain, Ali Mondol and Shyamol Pramanik...
Japan in non-stop search for typhoon survivors; toll at 74
12:51 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayRescuers in Japan worked around the clock Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful weekend typhoon that killed more than 70 people and caused widespread destruction...
PM urges to be responsible to avert road accidents
12:37 PM, 16 Oct 2019 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all including the drivers and pedestrians to be responsible in using the roads to avoid accidents while opening a number of development projects. “Everyone should be sensible to use the roads to avoid accidents,” she said...
Abrar murder: BUET students postpone demonstration
06:57 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have postponed their demonstration programme that was enforced over the murder of Abrar Fahad. The agitators declared this at Shaheed Minar premises of the university on Tuesday evening...
GP Accelerator opens application for its 6th Cohort
06:30 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayGrameenphone Accelerator calls for applications for the 6th batch of the program. The program jointly delivered in partnership with Seedstars, invites tech-based startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to apply until midnight on October 20, 2019 through following link: www.grameenphone.com/gpaccelerator...
MBBS admission test results published
05:38 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today published the results of MBBS admission test for academic session 2019-20. A total of 49,413 students - 22,882 male and 26531 female - passed the test with minimum pass marks of 40 out of 100...
Abrar’s brother leaves Dhaka College
04:49 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayAbrar Faiyaz, younger brother of BUET student Abrar Fahad, who was beaten to death by BCL leaders, does not want to stay in Dhaka anymore after his brother’s death and wants to study in Kushtia. He along with his relatives went to Dhaka College at 1pm on Tuesday and took a transfer certificate...
Atwood wins Booker Prize jointly with Evaristo as judges break rules
03:34 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayMargaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” and Bernardine Evaristo’s “Girl, Woman, Other” jointly won the Booker Prize on Monday in a surprise double award in which the literary prize recognized its oldest and first black woman winners...
Turkey-Syria offensive: US sanctions Turkish ministries
03:17 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe US has imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior government officials in response to the country's military offensive in northern Syria...
Samrat placed on 10-day remand
02:11 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayA court has placed Dhaka South City Juba League’s expelled president Ismail Chowdhury Samrat on a 10-day remand in two cases filed under the Arms and Drug Acts. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tofajjal Hossain on Tuesday passed the order putting him on a 5-day remand in arms case and another 5-day remand in drug case...
Pakistan likely be in FATF Dark Grey list
01:27 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is likely to take strong action on Pakistan given its inadequate performance on terror financing and has managed to pass in only 6 of the 27 items, sources said...
5 Gaibandha war criminals get death
12:32 PM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Court has sentenced five Gaibandha men for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971. The three-member tribunal headed by the Justice Md Justice Shahinur Islam passed the order on Tuesday. Six people were initially accused in the case...
4 ‘forest robbers’ killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’
11:44 AM, 15 Oct 2019 TuesdayFour suspected forest robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the Sundarbans under Koyra upazila early Tuesday. Two of the deceased were identified as gang leader Aminul and his second-in-command Rafiq...
Dipan murder: Charges framed against 8 Ansarullah men
03:10 PM, 13 Oct 2019 SundayA Dhaka court has framed charges against eight members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in a case filed for the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan...
Bangladesh becomes role model in disaster management: PM
02:37 PM, 13 Oct 2019 SundayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh is now a role model in disaster management along with development in the world as she addressed a function on International Day for Disaster Reduction...
Writ seeks ban on ragging, student politics
01:09 PM, 13 Oct 2019 SundayA writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC) seeking its directives to ban the ragging and student politics at all public and private universities. Supreme Court lawyer Younus Ali Akand on Sunday filed the petition with the concerned department of the HC...
Pay Tk 10 lakh to Rajib’s family in 30 days: SC
11:32 AM, 13 Oct 2019 SundayThe Supreme Court today ordered the owner of Sajan Paribahan to give Tk 10 lakh in a month to the family of Rajib Hossain, a student of Govt Titumir College, who lost his right arm after being pressed between two buses in the capital and died later...
19 dead after fierce typhoon hits Japan
10:03 AM, 13 Oct 2019 SundaySelf-Defense Forces members scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding after powerful Typhoon Hagibis ripped across Japan, killing at least 19 people and leaving more than a dozen missing. Around 100 people were injured across the country...