BNP names 7 JSG, 8 OS
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party named seven joint secretaries general and eight organising secretaries of its new central committee on Saturday…
Archive for April 9th, 2016
BNP names 15 members of NEC
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday announced 15 more names including seven joint secretaries general and eight organising secretaries of its reconstituted National Executive Committee…
Al Qaeda executes 15 Yemeni soldiers
Al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Saturday seized and executed 15 soldiers loyal to president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, local officials and residents said…
5 migrants drown off Greek island of Samos
Five migrants – four women and one child – drowned when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Samos close to Turkey’s coast, Greek coast guard officials said on Saturday…
Businessman mugged Tk 7 lakh in city
A group of muggers who identified themselves as detectives mugged Tk 7 lakh from a businessman near Doyel Square on Dhaka University campus in the capital on Saturday morning…
UGC sends probe body to IU
The University Grants Commission sent a four-member probe body headed by M Shah Nawaz Ali, to Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday for investigating the allegation of corruption and irregularities in all recruitment boards of the university…
UN body for halting execution of Nizami, Mir Quasem
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has renewed its call upon the Bangladesh government to halt death penalty of convicted war criminals Motiur Rahman Nizami and Mir Quasem Ali…
2 crushed under train in city
Two unidentified people were crushed to death under the wheels of a train near Banani railway station in the city on Saturday…
AL leader held with arms in Tangail
Detectives arrested a local Awami League leader along with arms and ammunition at Gopalpur in Tangail early Saturday…
Tank lorry workers go on strike
The workers under the banner of Northern Region Tank Lorry Sramik Union at Baghabari in Sirajganj went on a wildcat strike on Saturday for indefinite period protesting the killings of two workers and demanding arrest of the perpetrators…
Interns on indefinite strike at RMCH
The interns continued indefinite strike at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Saturday demanding to arrest the miscreants who attacked one of their fellows inside the campus…
Teacher sued over corporal punishment in Jessore
A case has been filed against an assistant teacher of Rupdia Welfare Academy at village Rupdia in Jessore sadar on Friday night allegedly for torturing a student in the classroom, in violation of a High Court order…
Archbishop of Canterbury learns his father was Churchill’s secretary
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has discovered his biological father was the former private secretary to Britain’s war-time leader Winston Churchill, he said in a statement on Friday…
BNP leader shot dead in Khulna
A local leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party was shot to death by some miscreants in Arongghata area of Khulna city on Friday night…
El Salvador raids Mossack Fonseca office, seizes documents
Authorities in El Salvador on Friday raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment, the country’s attorney general’s office said…
Belgians seize key suspects in Paris, Brussels attacks
Belgian police detained two key suspects on Friday in the Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels as operations go on to track down militants who have fought with or take direction from leaders in Syria…
North Korea leader Kim supervises engine test for ICBM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a successful test of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile, its state media said on Saturday in the latest claim of making advances in its arms programme that has brought UN sanctions…
SITE reports Al Qaeda-linked group claim credit of killing JnU student
A group affiliated with al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing of Jagannath University student Nazim Uddin Samad, the SITE monitoring service said on Friday, citing a statement posted by the group online…
Land offices limping
Land offices across the country are limping as most of them have no kanungos for decades.
Kanungos play a key role in land offices at upazilas, district towns as well as the cities.
Assistant commissioner (land) heading the land offices feel relies on support from kanungo…
After Bangladesh slaying, US considers refuge for bloggers
The United States condemned as ‘barbaric’ Thursday the latest killing in Bangladesh of an outspoken opponent of radical Islam and said it is considering granting refuge to a select number of bloggers who face imminent danger…
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