Archive for April 12th, 2016

As British royals head to Indian wildlife park, rhino killed

As British royals head to Indian wildlife park, rhino killed

With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arriving at the world’s largest one-horn rhino park in remote northeastern India on Tuesday, conservationists hope the British royals can help raise global alarms about how black-market demand for rhino horns and other animal parts is fueling illegal poaching and pushing species to the brink…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman ( R ) is seen during his Indian Premier League debut match for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore  on Tuesday. –  AP photo

Mustafiz scalps AB, Watson in IPL debut

Mustafizur Rahman showed why he is regarded so highly when he deprived rampaging AB de Villers of a century in his IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday at Bangalore…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports
Five soldiers, 30 militants killed in southeast Turkey

Five soldiers, 30 militants killed in southeast Turkey

Five Turkish soldiers and 30 Kurdish militants have been killed in the past 24 hours in attacks…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
59 fishermen held in Chandpur

59 fishermen held in Chandpur

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained 59 fishermen along with 2 lakh metres of current net…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Bangladesh moves 10 steps up in global energy index

Bangladesh moves 10 steps up in global energy index

Bangladesh has made a significant progress in energy management, moving 10 steps up in a major global energy index…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Charge framed against 2 Destiny bosses

Charge framed against 2 Destiny bosses

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges’ Court on Tuesday concluded framing of charges against Destiny Group managing director…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Philipino bank says stop payment orders from Bangladesh ‘vague’

Philipino bank says stop payment orders from Bangladesh ‘vague’

Philipino Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation on Tuesday said it could have immediately held the stolen $81 million if only the Bangladesh Bank sent ‘high priority messages’…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
No hilsa in PM’s Pahela Baishakh menu

No hilsa in PM’s Pahela Baishakh menu

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has decided not to include hilsa in her menu for celebrating Pahela Baishakh this year…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
CNG filling station owners for lowering price

CNG filling station owners for lowering price

Owners of compressed natural gasfilling stations on Tuesday urged the government to reduce the price of CNG if the liquid fuel price is lowered…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Chittagong vet univ closed for indefinite period

Chittagong vet univ closed for indefinite period

Authorities closed the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University for an indefinite period on Tuesday following a clash between two groups…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
UP member candidate found dead in Bandarban

UP member candidate found dead in Bandarban

The body of a member candidate for Paindu Union Parishad in Ruma of Bandarban was recovered on Tuesday from a hotel in Bandarban town…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
DMP boss says restrictions not aimed at regulating celebration

DMP boss says restrictions not aimed at regulating celebration

Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Tuesday said steps taken for Pahela Baishakh…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
ECNEC clears Tk 1,878cr project for farmers

ECNEC clears Tk 1,878cr project for farmers

The executive committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved the National Agricultural Technology Programme…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
SC jails JMB man Amzad unto death in Lakshmipur blast case

SC jails JMB man Amzad unto death in Lakshmipur blast case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced Mohammad Amzad Ali, a member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, jail unto death after scraping of a High Court verdict that acquitted him of the case for a bomb blast at Lakshmipur Judge’s Court…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Human rights activist Sultana Kamal speaks at a press conference at National Press Club organised by Nari Nirapatta Jote on Tuesday. – Focusbangla photo

Govt restrictions on Pahela Baishakh celebrations draw flak

Human rights activists, trade union leaders and female representatives from different non-government organisations on Tuesday protested against government…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Niko graft charge framing hearing deferred till June 7

Niko graft charge framing hearing deferred till June 7

A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the hearing until June 7 on the charge framing against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others in the Niko graft case…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
High Court –	New Age file photo

HC rejects writ challenging biometric SIM registration

High Court on Tuesday rejected a writ petition challenging biometric registration and re-registration of subscriber identification module (SIM) cards and…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
HC seeks explanation on returning back stolen money

HC seeks explanation on returning back stolen money

The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain in four weeks why it would not be directed to take steps to return stolen reserve money from abroad…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Colours in hills as Bijhu, Sangrai, Baisuk festival begins

Colours in hills as Bijhu, Sangrai, Baisuk festival begins

The entire Chittagong Hill Tracts wore festive look as the three-day-long traditional festivals of ethnic communities Bijhu, Sangrai and Baisuk began…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Jute mill workers’ continue strike despite money allocation

Jute mill workers’ continue strike despite money allocation

The indefinite strike enforced by the employees of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna to press home their five-point demands entered the ninth day on Tuesday…

April 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National

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