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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...
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to hypoxia researchers
03:53 PM, 07 Oct 2019 MondayThree scientists have shared this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how cells use oxygen to burn fuel and help the body maintain and grow new tissues. William Kaelin Jr at Harvard University; Sir Peter Ratcliffe at Oxford University and the Francis Crick Institute in London...
No accused would be spared: Quader
03:45 PM, 07 Oct 2019 MondayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that persons involved in criminal activities or corruption would be exposed to justice if the allegations against them were backed by evidence...
Othoba signs deal with Jennys
03:24 PM, 07 Oct 2019 MondayNow customers can purchase products of footwear brand Jennys from popular e-commerce site Othoba.com. In this connection, othoba.com signed deal with Jennys International Limited at head office of Othoba.com at capital’s Badda recently...
Abrar’s death: Demonstrations staged at DU, BUET
02:11 PM, 07 Oct 2019 MondayA group of students of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) staged demonstrations protesting the unnatural death of BUET student Abrar Fahad on Monday noon...
4 dead, 5 wounded in Kansas bar shooting
12:37 PM, 07 Oct 2019 MondayFour people were killed and five others wounded after two suspects entered a bar and opened fire in Kansas City, Kansas, early Sunday, police said...