Archive for March 17th, 2016

IS committed genocide against Christians, Shiites: US

IS committed genocide against Christians, Shiites: US

The Islamic State militant group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shiite Muslims…

CID to hold meeting with FBI Friday over BB heist

The Criminal Investigation Department of police will hold a meeting with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in the city on Friday…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National

Dhaka-KL deal on workers hiring to remain valid

Malaysia’s decision to halt the recruitment of new foreign workers will not affect the validity of the deal signed with Bangladesh as it will remain valid once the country lifts the current ban…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Ankara blast: Kurdish group TAK claims bombing

Ankara blast: Kurdish group TAK claims bombing

The Kurdish militant group TAK says it carried out Sunday’s deadly attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
BNP wants govt’s cooperation for council

BNP wants govt’s cooperation for council

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday sought all-out cooperation from the government in making its sixth national council a success…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Checking further heist to be first priority: new BB governor

Checking further heist to be first priority: new BB governor

Newly appointed governor of Bangladesh Bank Fazle Kabir said his first priority will be to prevent recurrence of such incident of…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Passengers evacuated from 2 jets after bomb scares at Delhi airport

Passengers evacuated from 2 jets after bomb scares at Delhi airport

Security personnel have evacuated passengers and crew from two aircrafts operating from New Delhi’s international airport…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
IT expert probing BB money heist ‘abducted’ from Kachukhet

IT expert probing BB money heist ‘abducted’ from Kachukhet

An information technology expert who was involved with investigation into Bangladesh Bank’s money heist was abducted at…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National
10 injured in pre-UP polls violence in Sirajganj

10 injured in pre-UP polls violence in Sirajganj

The police charged batons and fired 10 shots from shotgun on Thursday to disperse clashing activists of the incumbent chairman and a chairman candidate of Soydabad union parishad in Sirajganj…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Clash at Mohammadpur Geneva camp

Clash at Mohammadpur Geneva camp

Clashes are between two groups of Urdu-speaking people at Mohammadpur Geneva camp in the Dhaka on Thursday. Three police constables also…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Anti-liberation forces’ conspiracy still on: PM

Anti-liberation forces’ conspiracy still on: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday said the conspiracy of the anti-liberation forces is still on, but they cannot confuse the people like the previous time…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics

2 OCs, SI closed in Bagerhat

Two officers-in-charge of Rampal and Morrelganj police stations and a sub-inspector were closed to the Bagerhat district police headquarters, following an order of the Election Commission…

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Drives on to recover arms missing from sunken police boat

Drives on to recover arms missing from sunken police boat

The police and the fire service men started drives to recover firearms and ammunition in the River Dhaleshwari in Munshiganj on Thursday morning…

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President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina say prayers at the grave of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj on Thursday morning marking the 97th birthday of the great leader.  – Focusbangla photo

President, PM pay tributes to Bangabandhu

President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his mazar at Tungipara…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
The police claim a gunfight took place with robbers at Salikha in Magura early Thursday leaving one of them dead. – New Age photo

‘Robber’ killed in Magura ‘gunfight’

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Salikha in Magura early Thursday…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Sergio Osmeña

Little chance of recovery of stolen Bangladeshi money

A Filipino senator probing money laundering there has said there ws a ‘very low’ chance to retrieve the $81 million stolen from the…

March 17, 2016 · 0 comments · National
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Supercomputer copies whole-body blood flow

A new supercomputer simulation of blood moving around the entire human body compares extremely well with real-world flow measurements, researchers say…

US issues new North Korea sanctions

US president Barack Obama has issued an executive order imposing new sanctions on North Korea, after its ‘illicit’ nuclear test and satellite launch…

Washington Metro to reopen after daylong shutdown

Washington Metro to reopen after daylong shutdown

Washington’s Metro, the second busiest subway system in the US, will reopen on Thursday after a unprecedented all-day shutdown over safety concerns…

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, receives applauds from president Barack Obama and vice-president Joe Biden as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. -- AP photo

Obama nominates Garland for Supreme Court

US president Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, thrusting a respected moderate jurist and former prosecutor into the center…

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