Archive for April 2nd, 2016

Chief Justice SK Sinha attends a book launching programme at Dhaka University's Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on Saturday.--Ali Hossain Mintu

None get justice in the existing judicial system:CJ

The chief justice, Surendra Kumar Sinha, on Saturday criticised the legislatives for not having extensive debates on laws before it passed in the in parliament causing defect in almost all the laws…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Sohagi Jahan Tonu. -- UNB photo

CID quizzes Tonu’s family

Members of the Criminal Investigation Department interrogated the family members of slain college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu at its office here on Saturday…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Violence kills at least 1,119 Iraqis in March: UN

Violence kills at least 1,119 Iraqis in March: UN

The United Nations says violence killed at least 1,119 Iraqis in March, a sharp increase from the previous month, as the Islamic State group stepped up attacks on civilians despite suffering battlefield setbacks…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East

11 killed in road accident in Afghanistan

An Afghan official says at least 11 people have been killed in a road accident just outside the western city of Herat…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Govt firm on congenial atmosphere for the autistic: PM

Govt firm on congenial atmosphere for the autistic: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday expressing her firm commitment to create a congenial atmosphere for the autistic persons said the government is taking steps to look after the orphan autistics also…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Police on Friday night arrest three accused on charge of gang raping an apparel worker on a moving bus at Madhupur in Tangail on Friday morning. – New Age photo

3 held over gang-rape of apparel worker on running bus

An apparel worker was allegedly gang raped by driver and staff on a running bus at Madhupur in Tangail on Friday morning…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National

RAB man killed in city road accident

A member of Rapid Action Battalion was killed in a road accident at Uttara in the capital on Saturday morning…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National

Man shot in Madaripur post-polls clash dies at DMCH

A man who sustained bullet injuries in a clash that ensued after the union parishad election at Diapara village in Madaripur sadar on Friday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Saturday…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Indian police quiz company officials after overpass collapse

Indian police quiz company officials after overpass collapse

Indian police are investigating possible murder charges against 10 construction company employees who have been either arrested or detained in connection with the collapse of an unfinished overpass in Kolkata that killed at least 24 people, officials said Saturday…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam ‘refused to blow himself up’

Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam ‘refused to blow himself up’

Surviving Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam chose not to blow himself up to save lives, his brother says…

US president Barack Obama speaks during his press conference at the conclusion of Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 1, 2016. – Reuters photo

Nuclear terrorist attack would ‘change our world’, says Obama

The threat from terrorists trying to launch a nuclear attack that would ‘change our world’ is real, US president Barack Obama has said…

The transplanted skin cells, labelled here with a green protein, successfully sprout hairs. – BBC photo

Promising lab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands

Scientists in Japan have successfully transplanted mice with lab-grown skin that has more of the organ’s working parts in place than ever before…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Asia-Pacific, International

Inadequate cyber security keeps banks at risk

Schedule banks continue to be in increased risks of cyber hacking and skimming in the absence of appropriate measures and shortage of human resources skilled in information technology…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

BB RESERVE THEFT : CID, BB teams likely to attend Philippines hearing next week

Two separate teams of Criminal Investigation Department and Bangladesh Bank are scheduled to visit Manila as part of their investigation into the theft of $81 million from the central bank’s accounts, Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines John Gomes said…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

Fin min doubts about 7pc GDP growth

The ministry of finance has expressed its doubt about achieving the estimated 7 per cent growth of gross domestic product for the current fiscal year…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

POST-POLL VIOLENCE : 55 injured, 20 houses vandalised

At least 55 people were injured and 20 houses were vandalised at places in post-polls violence on Friday after the second phase of the maiden partisan elections to union parishads was held on Thursday…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

TONU RAPE, MURDER : CID team visits crime scene, protests continue

A team of the Criminal Investigation Department on Friday visited the spot in Mainamati Cantonment area where the body of Comilla Victoria college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was found…

April 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

Varied experience will help England in final: Root

Former champion England carries the confidence of overcoming different challenges during the World Twenty20 as it gears up to face the West Indies in Sunday’s final, leading batsman Joe Root said…

BB RESERVE THEFT : Don’t ask where money came from

BB RESERVE THEFT : Don’t ask where money came from

For Kim Wong, the Chinese casino owner in the Philippines entangled in one of the world’s largest bank heists, there are two golden rules for dealing with wealthy punters: always demand to see their money, but never ask where it came from…

BB RESERVE THEFT : Sri Lankan says she was set up by friend

BB RESERVE THEFT : Sri Lankan says she was set up by friend

When Hagoda Gamage Shalika Perera, a small Sri Lankan businesswoman, got a deposit of $20 million in her account last month, she said the funds were expected but had no idea they were stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank in one of the largest cyber heists in history…

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