Man shot dead in capital
A man was shot dead in the capital’s Kadamtali area on Saturday…
Archive for September 19th, 2015
Fix transit fee Tk 1,000 per tonne: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday asked the government to fix Tk 1,000 as transit fee per tonne of Indian goods as proposed by National Board of Revenue instead of Tk 580…
Policemen responsible for Tangail violence closed
The policemen who were involved in the clash in Tangail centring people’s protest against molestation of a mother before her son on Friday were withdrawn and closed to police lines on Saturday…
Low yield wipes out smile of jhum farmers in Bandarban
Low yield of paddy due to recent torrential rain and storms wipes out smile to the traditional jhum farmers in different areas of Bandarban as they depend on this harvest for rest of the year…
25 Bangladeshis rescued from Mediterranean return home
A total of 25 Bangladeshis, who were rescued from Mediterranean Sea after two boats had capsized off Libyan coast on August 24, returned home on Saturday…
Islamists kill 56 govt troops at captured Syrian air base
A group tracking the Syrian war said on Saturday that Islamist insurgents shot dead 56 members of Syrian government forces in a mass execution at an air base captured from the army earlier this month in northwestern Syria…
Egypt’s Sisi swears in new government, keeps ministers in key posts
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday, state news agency MENA reported, as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence…
Khaleda sends Eid card to Hasina
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in London, on Saturday greeted prime minister Sheikh Hasian on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha…
Public univ teachers demand specific proposal to resolve crisis before Eid
The minister for education, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Saturday met representatives of public univerisyt teachers who are on demonstration demanding a separate pay scale…
Goons rob 16 cattle in city
Goons snatched away a truck loaded with 16 cattle from a group of cattle traders at Manik Mia Avenue in the city’ s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area early Saturday…
Indian minister finds night out for girls not in Indian culture
After his remark on late former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam that he ‘was a nationalist despite being a Muslim’ created a row, the Indian minister for cultural affairs, Mahesh Sharma, has stoked another controversy by saying that girls wanting a night out is not acceptable in India…
Man, daughter found dead in septic tank in Khulna
A man and his daughter were found dead inside a septic tank at Labanchora in the city on Friday night.The deceased were identified as Elias, 75, and his daughter Parveen Akter, 25, a resident of the area…
10,000 Syrian children fleeing to Sweden without parents
More than 10,000 unaccompanied children have sought asylum in Sweden since the beginning of the year—a sharp rise from previous years—making it the EU nation with the highest number by far. Sweden’s Migration Board has described the influx as ‘extraordinary’…
Files hint Netaji may have survived 1945 crash but give no proof
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may have survived a purported air crash in 1945 and his family was under widespread surveillance after independence of India, a batch of 64 files made public by the government of Indian state of West Bengal indicated…
Japan to allow military role overseas in historic move
Japan’s parliament has voted to allow the military to fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two 70 years ago. A vote on the new law was delayed for several hours as the opposition tried to stop the measure coming into force. Outside, demonstrators rallied in a last-ditch show of protest…
Migrants move as nations squabble
Waves of migrants seeking to enter the EU from the south-east have been shunted from one border to another as governments disagree over the crisis.Croatia reversed its open-door policy after 17,000 arrivals since Wednesday. It is now sending thousands of migrants north, angering Slovenia and Hungary…
PROTEST AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT : 3 killed, 5 injured in police firing
Three people were killed and five were injured as police opened fire at local people who clashed with the police during their protests against an alleged sexual harassment at Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday…
Man killed, 4 injured in BSF firing
A farmer was shot dead and four others sustained bullet injuries as Indian Border Security Force personnel fired at villagers entering about 400 yards inside Bangladesh territory in Bhutiyapara border in Jaipurhat on Friday…
USTR delegation due today
A US delegation is due in Dhaka today to conduct an on the spot review of the country’s labour standards and to see the progress of implementation of a 12-point action plan of the USTR for restoration of GSP facilities in the US market…
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