Archive for April 10th, 2016

Charges pressed against MP Liton over child shooting

Charges pressed against MP Liton over child shooting

Gaibandha police on Sunday pressed charges against Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics

Hatirjheel project set to see expansion: Minister

The government has taken an initiative to extend the Hatirjheel project and widen its roads, said Local Government and Rural Development…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk resigns

Ukraine PM Yatseniuk resigns

Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday…

JUTA for two-day weekly holiday

Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association on Saturday night decided to submit an application to the Vice-chancellor demanding a two-day weekly holiday…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Prince William, Kate Middleton play cricket in India

Prince William, Kate Middleton play cricket in India

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, play a game of cricket with Indian children, who are beneficiaries of NGOs, at the Oval Maidan in Mumbai of India on April 10, 2016. Image credit: Reuters.                                           […]

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JU introduces Mirpur bus route after students’ demo

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University on Sunday introduced a new bus route from its campus to Mirpur after facing movement of students…

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Strong earthquake shakes South Asia

Strong earthquake shakes South Asia

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck South Asia on Sunday, shaking buildings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, witnesses and the US Geological Survey…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
JnU students observe strike

JnU students observe strike

The students of Jagannath University on Sunday observed day-long strike at the campus as part of their protest demanding arrest the killers of secular writer…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National
HC jails 3 errant tanners, issues warrant against 3 more

HC jails 3 errant tanners, issues warrant against 3 more

The High Court on Sunday jailed three errant tanners for obstructing the implementation of its 2001 judgment on relocation of hazardous…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National

Customs seize Mercedes car in Sylhet

Customs Intelligence early Sunday seized a luxury Mercedes car in an intensive search of 36 hours in Sylhet…

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Quader for harsh punishment in motor vehicle act

Quader for harsh punishment in motor vehicle act

The minister for road transport and bridges, Obaidul Quader, on Sunday laid stress on keeping provision of harsh punishment in the…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Children play in river Buriganga at Keraniganj to get rid of scorching summer heat. — Focusbangla photo

Heat wave sweeps across nation

A heat wave has been sweeping across the country, including capital Dhaka, over the last couple of days following the storms and…

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PM slams those opposing coal-based power plants

PM slams those opposing coal-based power plants

Taking a swipe at those protesting the government’s move to construct coal-based power plants, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
High Court –	New Age file photo

SC dismisses Maya’s review petition

The Appellate Division on Sunday dismissed a petition of relief and disaster management minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya seeking review of…

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Dhaka city AL gets new leaders after 11 years

Dhaka city Awami League on Sunday got two separate committees for the bifurcated Dhaka north and Dhaka south city with AKM Rahmatullah and…

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Mosharraf Hossain (left), Afsarul Amin (right). — UNB photo

Minister, ex-minister fight in public over Ctg flyover

Housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain and former minister Afsarul Amin, MP on Saturday night exchanged heated words at…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami. -- AP photo

Nizami’s review plea hearing now May 3

The Appellate Division on Sunday deferred the hearing until May 3 on the review petition against its verdict upholding the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami amir…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
PM opens central jail in Keraniganj

PM opens central jail in Keraniganj

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday inaugurated the newly-constructed Central Jail in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
A fire broke out at  Puttingal temple in Kollam of Indian state of Kerala early Sunday.-- Times of India photo

100 dead in fire at Indian temple

Over 70 people are feared dead and 200 injured after a fire broke out at the Puttingal temple in Kerala’s Kollam early Sunday…

April 10, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside Downing Street in Whitehall, central London.--Reuters photo

Cameron releases tax records after ‘Panama Papers’ storm

British prime minister David Cameron published his tax records on Sunday in an attempt to draw a line under questions about his personal finances raised by the mention of his late father in the Panama Papers for setting up an offshore fund. The revelations have led to demands for Cameron’s resignation and handed ammunition to opposition lawmakers who questioned why […]

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