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Fire breaks out at AIIMS hospital in Delhi
06:48 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayA fire broke out at the P.C. Block (second floor) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in Delhi on August 17 evening. After a call was received by the Delhi Fire Service around 4.50 p.m., 34 fire tenders have been rushed to the sport. No casualties have been reported so far.........
CETP at Savar is fully operational: Industries Sec
06:33 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayIndustries Secretary Md Abdul Halim today said the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Industrial City is fully operational for purifying chemical waste. “During the holy Eid-ul-Azha, tannery owners collect half of the rawhide for whole year............
44 more students get GPA-5 under Rajshahi board
05:57 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayA total of 66 unsuccessful students in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination in Rajshahi Education Board have passed after re-evaluation of the answer sheets. At the same time, 44 more students got GPA-5 in the re-evaluation. Rajshahi Education Board authority published the result in its website here on Friday........
Facebook is Removing its Group Chats Feature to Limit Spammers
05:33 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayFacebook has announced that it's removing the group chat functionality that it launched in October last year, which was designed to facilitate more intimate discussion between group members, separate from post comments. As you can see here, Facebook will remove the function as of August 22nd............
Gazipur’s ex-acting mayor Karim joins BNP
05:05 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayAbdul Karim, former acting-mayor of Gazipur municipality, along with his around a hundred followers joined BNP on Saturday. Karim formally joined BNP by presenting a bouquet to party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office.........
Khulna city goes under rainwater
04:56 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayHeavy monsoon rain inundated most parts of the city on Saturday, inflicting immense sufferings on the city dwellers. Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded 114 millimeters rain in six hours till 9 am. Most of the areas including Satrasta and Royal Hotel intersections........
Minor boy slaughtered over land dispute
04:50 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayA two-year-old boy was slaughtered over a land dispute at Dalarkandi village in Austagram upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Wasim, son of Abdul Wadud of the village. As a sequel to a land dispute, Abdur Razzak along with his sons carried out an attack............
Thailand's lost baby dugong dies from shock, eating plastic
04:36 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayAn 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste, officials said Saturday. The female dugong a large ocean mammal...........
Indian soldier killed in Pakistan firing along border
04:04 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayAn Army jawan was killed on Saturday morning during Cease Fire Violations (CFV) on the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said. “At about 0630 hours, Pakistan initiated ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars in Nowshera sector of Rajouri.......
With glut of festivals, hard to match Woodstock magic
03:50 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayFifty years after Woodstock, the mystical and messy event that gave birth to a myriad of musical festivals, the entertainment industry is diluted with festivals and events like it — some genre specific, some extremely diverse and others offering experiences in addition to music, ranging from food to art, in order to appeal to wider audiences........
OIC asks India to immediately lift Kashmir curfew
03:41 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayThe Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has asked India to immediately lift the 12-day curfew in occupied Kashmir that has paralysed life across the valley. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi revealed the OIC decision in a video message..........
Russell Domingo named Bangladesh coach
02:39 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayThe Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Russel Domingo, the Former South African coach, as Bangladesh’s head coach for a two-year period. BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon revealed this information at a press conference held at BCB’s office in the capital’s Mirpur on Saturday...
Fresh dengue infections mark significant fall; 2 more die yet
02:24 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayTwo more people have died of dengue and 1,460 others have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease, showing a significant fall in the number of dengue patients than Friday’s 1,719. The fresh deaths were recorded in Dhaka and Faridpur on Saturday while the new infections in 24 hours till Saturday morning.......
2 Bangladeshis killed after car hits pedestrians in Kolkata
01:19 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayTwo Bangladeshi nationals were killed after a speeding Jaguar vehicle jumped the traffic signal and hit another Mercedes car, before crashing into them under a police controlling booth late Friday night in Kolkata. The incident happened at the crossing of SP Sarani and Loudon Street...
Two ‘robbers’ lynched in Pabna
12:52 PM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayTwo suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Sondaha Kanelpara village in Santhia upazila here early Saturday...
Landlines, mobile internet partially restored in Jammu and Kashmir
11:42 AM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayLandline connections have been restored in 17 telephone exchanges in the Kashmir Valley, including parts of Srinagar, this morning, news agency PTI reported, quoting officials...
US issues warrant to seize Iranian oil supertanker
10:23 AM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayThe US Justice Department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ordered it to be released...
Road crash kills 4 in Narsingdi
09:12 AM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayFour people including three university students were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car in Narsingdi in the wee hours of Saturday. The incident took place on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Karar Char area in Shibpur upazila of the district at 3am...
Fire in city’s slum under control
08:44 AM, 17 Aug 2019 SaturdayAs many as 20 firefighters’ units worked relentlessly and brought the flame under control that broke out at Chalantika slum in city’s Mirpur area this evening. “The fire originated from middle of the slum around 7.22 pm and soon engulfed the adjacent shanties, said a spokesman of Fire Service and Civil Defense control room...
Shanto wants to flare up once again
07:23 PM, 16 Aug 2019 FridayAfter so many glittering performances during the age-level cricket, it was believed that Najmul Hossain Shanto would extend his glamorous batting display in the senior level as well. But he failed when he got some chances for the national side. However, the 20-year-old batsman is now well-equipped to flare up once again...............