Archive for April 3rd, 2015

BFA suspends operations in Rajshahi sine die

In wake of the death of a female trainee pilot in a plane crash here, Bangladesh Flying Academy (BFA) on Friday suspended its training operations in Rajshahi for an indefinite period, reports United News of Bangladesh…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · National

BCB drops Indian sponsor

The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Friday that it had ended the sponsorship deal with Indian sponsor Sahara — 15 months before the schedule following a dispute…

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10 hurt in Sylhet Jatiya Party factional clash

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Jatiya Party in Bishwanath of Sylhet on Friday afternoon over the upazila unit committee…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics

Israeli security cabinet united in opposition to Iran deal

Israel’s security cabinet is united in its opposition to the framework deal reached between world powers and Iran, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement issued following a…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · International, Middle East

Suranjit finds Khaleda main barrier to create level playing field

Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta on Friday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was the main barrier in creating a level playing field in…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics

Ajmal back in Pak squad for Bangladesh tour

Saeed Ajmal has been picked by Pakistan for all three formats for the tour of Bangladesh. While Umar Akmal was dropped from the three formats, opener Ahmed Shehzad was left out of the…

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Indian minister Irani finds hidden cam in clothing store changing room

Indian union minister for education, Smriti Irani, spotted a hidden camera inside a changing room at an outlet of popular clothing chain Fabindia, according to a…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Biman resumes flights on Barisal-Dhaka route from April 8

Biman resumes flights on Barisal-Dhaka route from April 8

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flights on Dhaka-Barisal- Dhaka route from April 8 that remain halted since 2006…

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Garments Sramik Front demand April 24 as mourning day

Garments Sramik Front demand April 24 as mourning day

Garments Sramik Front, a garments worker’s organization, on Friday formed a human chain in Savar demanding to declare April 24 as garments workers mourn…

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Hundreds of fishermen rescued amid Indonesian slavery probe

Hundreds of fishermen raced to be rescued Friday from an isolated Indonesian island following an Associated Press investigation that revealed many of the men were…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · Asia-Pacific
‘Starving Bangladesh of beef’ to cost India Rs 31,000 crore

‘Starving Bangladesh of beef’ to cost India Rs 31,000 crore

India would be saddled with an additional expenditure in excess of Rs 31,000 crore annually if its Border Security Force implements Indian home minister Rajnath Singh’s order to stop cattle…

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Quader warns contractors of action for delay in construction

The minister for road transport and bridges, Obaidul Quader, on Friday said that the legal steps would be taken against the contractors and engineers…

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Buriganga trawler capsize death toll rises to 9

Another body of Buriganga trawler capsize victims was recovered on Friday morning from Buriganga River at Aliganj Ghat in South Keraniganj while two others still remains missing…

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24 missing fishermen traced in Nijhum Dwip

Twenty four fishermen, who remained missing following a trawler capsize in the Meghna river in Charfasson upazila of Bhola on Thursday…

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ACC website hacked

The website of Ant- Corruption Commission was hacked Thursday night, two days after it was launched…

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A Kenya Defense Force soldier runs for cover near the perimeter wall where attackers held up at a campus in Garissa April 2, 2015. At least 147 people were killed on Thursday when Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed the Kenyan university campus, taking Christians hostage and engaging security forces in a shootout for several hours.  – Reuters photo

Al Shabaab kills 147 at Kenyan university; siege ends

Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people on Thursday…

Iran, world powers reach initial deal on reining in Tehran’s nuclear programme

Iran, world powers reach initial deal on reining in Tehran’s nuclear programme

Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme for at least a decade, a step towards a final pact that could end…

12kg gold seized at Shahjalal airport

Customs intelligence officials recovered 12 gold bars, weighing 12 kilograms, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital early Friday…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · National

CID for acquittal of Tipu Sultan, wife, son

The police have submitted a final report with recommendations for acquittal of former Awami League lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan, his wife and son of the charge of killing physician Shamarukh Mahjabin, his daughter-in-law…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES
Divers recover the body of a victim after an engine boat capsized in the River Buriganga near Aliganj of Keraniganj on Thursday. At least eight people died in the accident. — New Age photo

12 dead, 9 missing as two trawlers capsize

Two separate trawler capsizes in two rivers since Wednesday night left at least 12 people dead and nine others missing.
On Wednesday night at least four were killed and six others have been missing as a trawler with over 50 passengers capsized in the Meghna River at Basurchar in Gazaria on its way to an Urs at Beltali, Matlab in Chandpur…

April 3, 2015 · 0 comments · Front Page, TOP STORIES

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