Archive for April 4th, 2015

Appellate authority rejects Mintoo’s appeal

Dhaka divisional commissioner Zillar Rahman, the appellate authority to adjudicate disputes over candidacies in the two Dhaka civic polls, on Saturday rejected the appeal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed mayoral aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation Abdul Awal Mintoo…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics

IS takes 90 pc of Damascus refugee camp

Islamic State has taken control of 90 per cent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · International, Middle East

Protests of hill people against three-day power-cut foiled in Khagrachari

Police and military on Saturday foiled a demonstration of hill people against continuous power-cut for past three days in Khagrachari and arrested organising secretary of district unit Pahari Chhatra Parishad on Saturday…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Watermelon replaces Hilsa at Barisal fish landing stations

Watermelon replaces Hilsa at Barisal fish landing stations

Hilsa-mokam, the wholesale marketa of Hilsa, in Barisal has now turned into wholesale markets of watermelon after a ban catching mother Hilsa and Hilsa fries less than 7 inch in length was imposed in the southern region…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National
Awami League-supported mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokan begins electioneering at Chawkbazar Shahi Masjid on Friday along with independent lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim.— New Age photo

Khokan, Milon served with show-cause notice

The returning officer for Dhaka South City Corporation polls on Saturday served show-cause notice on Awami League-backed candidate Sayeed Khokon and Jatiya Party-backed candidate Saifuddin Ahmed Milon…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics

Anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters clash around Australia

Thousands of anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters clashed in angry rallies around Australia on Saturday. The most violent clash was in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, where police struggled to separate 3,000 opposing demonstrators…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · Asia-Pacific, International
Louis Jordan, right, walks from the Coast Guard helicopter to the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., after being found off the North Carolina coast, Thursday, April 2, 2015. His family says he sailed out of a marina in Conway, South Carolina, on Jan. 23, and hadn't been heard from since. - AP Photo

Man found in good health after missing at sea for 66 days

In good condition with no signs of sunburn, dehydration or other ailments, aman reported missing at sea two months ago was rescued on the overturned hull…

New Age photo

Kamaruzzaman directs lawyers to place ‘strong’ arguments tomorrow

Condemned war offender Muhammad Kamaruzzaman on Saturday directed his lawyers to place arguments strongly during the hearing on his review petition to the Appellate Division…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics

Most of DLA partners reject city elections

Most of the parties of Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of the eight left leaning political parties, had rejected the upcoming City Corporations polls scheduled on April 28…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Begum Khaleda Zia

Khaleda Zia to appear before court on Sunday: Lawyer

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson, Khaleda Zia, will appear before a Special Judge’s Court-3 of Bakshibazar in Dhaka on Sunday in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Obama, in calls with Middle East leaders, makes case for Iran deal

Obama, in calls with Middle East leaders, makes case for Iran deal

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday spoke with the leaders of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to share details on the framework agreement reached with Iran, the White House said in a statement…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · International, Middle East

2 sibling brothers killed in accident at Moghbazar

Two siblings were killed and another one injured in a road accident as they were working as labourers on Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover construction site in Dhaka on Saturday morning…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National

3 of a family burnt in methane gas explosion in Sylhet

Three members of a family, a woman and her son and daughter, sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house in Mirer Maidan area in Sylhet on Friday night…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National

Buriganga trawler capsize death toll rises to 16

Fire service divers on Saturday recovered five more bodies from Buriganga River at Aliganj Ghat under South Keraniganj…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National

Cabin crew held with gold at Shahjalal airport

Customs Intelligence on Saturday detained a cabin crew of Kuwait Airways with 548 grams of gold and ornaments at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · National

China says Iran deal good for Sino-US relations

This week’s framework nuclear deal with Iran was also good for boosting relations between China and the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a call with US Secretary of State John Kerry…

April 4, 2015 · 1 comment · South Asia

Fleeing Boko Haram kill seven in attack on village in Chad

Fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgency fleeing an offensive by soldiers from Chad and Niger launched a rare attack on Chadian soil, killing seven people, security sources said on Friday…

Land admin reforms remain elusive

Reforms in land administration and management has remained elusive as the government steps towards the objective have been confined to undertaking pilot projects and studies instead of going for a holistic approach…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

Man accused of arson while staying abroad

Police accused a Bangladeshi returnee from UAE of exploding a crude bomb and hurling a fire bomb on a private car during the opposition enforced blockade in January although he was staying in Qatar at the time of the incidents…

April 4, 2015 · 0 comments · Front Page, TOP STORIES

RAB picked up 3 employees and cook, 3 days before

In the early hours of March 8, three days before the Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salah Uddin Ahmed is alleged to have been picked up by law enforcement officers, his two drivers and personal assistant were detained by the paramilitary force, Rapid Action Battalion, New Age can confirm…

April 4, 2015 · 1 comment · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

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