Grid failure interrupts power supply in Dhaka, Siddhirganj
Siddhirganj-Ulan grid failure on Tuesday evening interrupted power supply for over two hours in entire Siddhirganj area in Narayanganj and a large area of Dhaka city, officials said…
Archive for March 31st, 2015
‘Criminal’ hacked dead in Cox’s Bazar
Unidentified miscreants hacked to death a wanted criminal at Islampur in the suburb of Cox’s Bazar town on Tuesday evening…
IS attacks Syrian village, kills 37
Islamic State fighters killed at least 37 people in a Syrian village near the city of Hama overnight, a group monitoring the war said, part of a pattern of attacks by the ultra-radical force…
PM castigates ICC for Kamal snub
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday termed it unfortunate and odd that International Cricket Council (ICC) president AHM Mustafa Kamal was not allowed onto the stage for…
2 madrassah students on 8-day remand in Oyasiqur murder
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday placed the two accused on eight days’ police interrogation each in the murder case of online activist Oyasiqur Rahman…
ECNEC approves importing 600MW power from India
The government on Tuesday approved of importing additional 600MW power from neighbouring India at a cost of about Tk 1,600 crore via the electricity interconnectivity grid…
UN concerned over attacks on intellectuals in Bangladesh
The United Nations has expressed deep concern over attacks on different journalists and other intellectuals in Bangladesh in recent days…
US offer for global climate treaty: 28 percent emissions cut
The United States will offer a roughly 28 percent emissions cut as its contribution to a major global climate treaty nearing the final stages of negotiation, according to people briefed on the White House’s plans…
Babri mosque demolition: Indian SC issues notice to top BJP leader L K Advani
The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from senior BJP leader L K Advani and others on a plea against dropping of criminal conspiracy charge against them in the…
Chapainawabganj boat capsize: 4 bodies recovered
Local people recovered four bodies this morning after a boat capsized in the river of Padma at Monohorpur village of Chapainawabganj…
Blogger Oyasiqur buried at Lakshmipur village
Murdered blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Mishu, 27, was buried in their family graveyard on Tuesday after the namaz-e-janaza at his village home in Lakshmipur…
Rizvi on 3-day fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted three days’ fresh remand for questioning Bangladesh National Party joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi…
5,500 kgs of Hilsha fry seized in city
Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday morning seized 5,500 kilograms of jatka (Hilsha fry) from Karwan Bazar wholesale fish market in the city and arrested 11 people…
Mother, daughter hacked to death at Gazipur
A woman and her daughter were hacked to death in their house at Pabur village of Kapasia in Gazipur on early Tuesday…
Vettori confirms international cricket retirement
New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori confirmed what many expected in announcing his retirement from international cricket upon the team’s return from the World Cup on Tuesday…
Restore democratic freedoms, end onslaught on dissent: Int’l civic bodies
Global civil society alliance, CIVICUS, and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) expressed their grave concerns over what they said the unabated incursions on fundamental human rights…
Air strike kills at least 40 at Yemen camp
An air strike killed at least 40 people at a camp for displaced people in north Yemen on Monday, humanitarian workers said, in an attack…
German co-pilot was once treated for suicidal tendencies
How could someone once diagnosed with suicidal tendencies get a job as a commercial pilot, entrusted with the lives of hundreds of people? That’s the question being asked after officials confirmed…
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