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Archive for June 7th, 2014
Seven Bangladeshis abducted by Somali pirates released
Seven Bangladeshi crew abducted by Somali pirates on November 26 in 2010 have been released after almost three and a half years of their captivity…
10 BCL men suspended from Osmani Medical College
The authorities of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College on Saturday suspended its 10 students, also members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for their suspected link with the killing of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist Towhidul Islam, UNB reported…
10 Islamists sentenced to death in Egypt
An Egyptian court sentenced 10 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement to death in absentia Saturday on charges of inciting violence and blocking a road last July.
Gap goes in to operation in Myanmar
Gap Inc. has announced plans to produce clothing in Myanmar, the first American retailer to enter the market since the country began its transition to democracy three years ago.
Illegal govt’s budget can’t be legitimised: B Chy
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday said the proposed budget for fiscal 2014-15 cannot be legitimised.
Two Juba League leaders killed in Manikganj road crash
Two local leaders of Juba League were killed in a road accident at Joka area on Dhaka- Aricha highway under Ghior upazila in Manikganj district on Saturday morning
BSF man ‘commits suicide’ after killing villager in Agartala
A Border Security Force (BSF) constable reportedly committed suicide after killing a 60-year-old man along Tripura’s border with Bangladesh following a quarrel with locals late Friday night.
London police release top Pakistan politician
London police say they have conditionally released one of Pakistan’s best known politicians but still are investigating him for alleged money laundering.
CNG refueling pump strike postponed till Aug 24
CNG refueling station owners have postponed their nonstop countrywide strike till August 24 in response to a government request. The strike was scheduled to begin at 6:00am on Sunday
Germany’s Reus ruled out of World Cup
Germany suffered a major blow ahead of the World Cup finals on Saturday as an ankle injury ruled midfielder Marco Reus out of the tournament, the German Federation announced. The 25-year-old Borussia Dortmund star, known as ‘Rolls Reus’ and scorer of seven goals in 21 appearances for Germany, suffered a slight tear to ankle ligaments shortly before half-time in Friday’s […]
Flash floods kill over 50 in Afghanistan
Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, provincial authorities said on Saturday.
BGB arrest 3 human traffickers, rescue 12 in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) picked up three alleged human traffickers and rescued 12 traffic-victims including a child just before being slid to India at Raghunathpur frontier near Benapole land port in Jessore.
BNP has history of placing budget in uniforms: Ashraf
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday came down on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for their criticism over the budget.
Poroshenko: from chocolate baron to Ukraine president
Petro Poroshenko, who will be sworn in as president of Ukraine on Saturday, is a billionaire chocolate baron whose revolutionary zeal turned him into a political comet.
3 killed in Gopalganj road crash
Three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Pona in Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj early Saturday
PM offers Economic & Industrial Zone to Chinese investors
Seeking duty-free excess of more Bangladeshi products to Chinese market alongside increased investment by Chinese entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, prime minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday said allocating a separate Economic and Industrial Zone in Chittagong for Chinese investors is under her government’s consideration.
Illegal money legalisation goes: Muhith
The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, at a post-budget press conference on Saturday said that the illegal and untaxed money legalisation facility would be immediately scrapped as its continuation created controversy…
PM seeks easy access of Bangladeshi products to Chinese market
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday sought Chinese government’s’ cooperation in having easy access of Bangladeshi products to its market aimed at reducing the huge trade gap between the two countries…
Mahbubul Alam dies
Noted journalist Mahbubul Alam died in a city hospital on Friday morning. He was 78.
Alam, former editor of The Independent and a former caretaker government adviser, breathed his last at 9:25am at BIRDEM hospital, where he was admitted on Tuesday after his condition deteriorated due to old-age complications…
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