Keep univ students away from militant acts: President
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday urged all concerned to remain alert so that university students do not get involved in militant activities…
Archive for February 6th, 2016
Taiwan quake kills at least 11
A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 11 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with at least five people missing…
India U-19 reach semis beating Namibia by 197 runs
Rishabh Pant’s century of 111 runs helped India to confirm the semifinal berth in the 11th ICC Under-19 World Cup with a big 197-run victory over Namibia…
Work out master plan for each UZ, PM to engineers
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday asked engineers to work out a standard master plan for each upazila so that local people could avail themselves of all public services…
Malaysia to legalise illegal foreign workers from Feb 15
Malaysian government will begin a programme to legalise illegal foreign workers from February 15 onwards allowing the employers to complete necessary documentation…
North Korea advances ‘satellite’ launch
North Korea has brought forward the possible date of a controversial ‘satellite’ launch to as early as Sunday…
Ex-BCL men keep IU VC confined for job
A group of jobseekers, also former activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling Awami League, of Islamic University unit in Kushtia on Saturday kept its vice-chancellor…
Sunrisers Hyderabad bags Mustafiz for $208,000
Bangladesh’s pacer Mustafizur Rahman will play for Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise for the next edition of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament 2016 as he attracted $208,000 in an auction on Saturday…
March towards Khaleda’s home faces police obstruction
Police on Saturday foiled an attempt to lay a siege to the house of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Gulshan by Muktijoddha Sangsad Santan Command…
Nat’l Committee to march towards Sunderbans
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports begin another five-day Dhaka-Sunderbans, long-march form March 10 to 15, demanding scrap of Rampal coal-based thermal power plant at in Bagerhat…
BNP standing committee meeting on Feb 10
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s national standing committee would sit at a meeting on February 10 to discuss the latest political situation and the party’s national council set for March 19…
Mirza Abbas at hospital
Detained Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Mirza Abbas has been taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Dhaka Central Jail…
Fire burns 12 houses at Khilgaon
At least 12 houses burnt as a fire broke out at a corrugated-sheet roofed two-storey building at Sipahibagh of Khilgaon in Dhaka on Saturday…
Twitter suspends 125,000 ‘terrorism’ accounts
Twitter says it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 ‘for threatening or promoting terrorist acts’. In a blog, the US-based firm said the accounts ‘primarily related to ISIS’ (the so-called Islamic State group)…
Elderly woman crushed under wheels of truck
An unidentified elderly woman aged about 60 was crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck at Madartek crossing on Saturday morning…
Drastic fall of Teesta flow worries Dhaka
Dhaka has once again expressed its concern to New Delhi over drastic fall in the Teesta flow due to ‘unilateral withdrawal of water’ from the common river upstream in India…
Jr Tigers storm into semis
Wicketkeeper-batsman Zakir Hasan blazed his way into a sparkling unbeaten half-century and skipper Mehedi Hasan added a fifty as Bangladesh cantered to a six-wicket win over Nepal to make their maiden semi-final appearance in the ICC Under-19 World Cup on Friday…
Prosecution of cops for tea vendor’s death demanded
National Human Rights Commission, academics and civil society representatives on Friday demanded prosecution of policemen concerned for the death of a tea vendor, who succumbed to burn injuries as he was pushed down to his burning kerosene stove at Shah Ali in the city on Wednesday night…
TPP, slowdown in EU may impact Bangladesh, says IMF
Bangladesh’s external trade risks face formidable challenges in 2016, as slowdown in European economies and Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement may weigh on its prospects, said the International Monetary Fund…
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