Archive for April 16th, 2016

Americans happy at home, upset with federal government: poll

Americans happy at home, upset with federal government: poll

All that talk of an angry America?
An Associated Press-GfK poll finds that most Americans are happy with their friends and family, feel good about their finances and are more or less content at work…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Europe & Americas
New sex abuse allegations against peacekeepers in Congo

New sex abuse allegations against peacekeepers in Congo

The UN peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday it had received new allegations of sexual abuse…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Other World News
58 pc Rana Plaza survivors traumatised, 48 pc unemployed

58 pc Rana Plaza survivors traumatised, 48 pc unemployed

Some 58 per cent survivors of deadly Rana Plaza collapse incident are still traumatised and 48 per cent of them remain unemployed even after three years…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Sakib beats Mustafiz in IPL battle

Sakib beats Mustafiz in IPL battle

Sakib al Hasan’s Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mustafizur Rahman’s franchise…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports
Pope returns with 12 refugees after visit to Greek island

Pope returns with 12 refugees after visit to Greek island

Pope Francis is visiting a detention camp on the Greek island of Lesbos to show support for refugees who are trying to reach northern Europe…

Cracks occur at Sylhet Nursing College hostel

Cracks occur at Sylhet Nursing College hostel

Female students of Sylhet Nursing College started leaving their college hostel on Saturday as cracks have developed…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Photos of the day – April 16, 2016

Photos of the day – April 16, 2016

An all gender restroom is seen in West Hollywood, California, United States, in this file photo taken June 9, 2015. A Los Angeles high school on April 15, 2016 opened the first gender-neutral restroom in the nation’s second-largest school district, and likely the state, in a move geared toward accommodating transgender students. — Reuters photo An Australia Post drone is […]

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Photo
Lightning kills 3 in Habiganj

Lightning kills 3 in Habiganj

Three people, including a local Juba League leader, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during storm in Habiganj and Lakhai on Saturday afternoon…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Dilip Kumar hospitalised

Dilip Kumar hospitalised

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to a hospital on early Saturday after he complained of respiratory problems…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Entertainment, Theatre/Films
Gazipur mayor Mannan lands in jail

Gazipur mayor Mannan lands in jail

Gazipur court on Saturday sent Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan to jail in a violence case…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Detective Branch of police brings journalist Shafik Rehman to a Dhaka court on Saturday afternoon after arresting him at his home at Eskaton in the morning.--Ali Hossain Mintu

Court grants 5-day remand for Shafik Rehman

Plainclothes people claiming them members of detective branch of police have picked up Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson’s adviser Shafik Rehman from his Eskaton home in Dhaka on Saturday morning.

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
BCB bans Barisal Bulls co-owner for life

BCB bans Barisal Bulls co-owner for life

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday banned its commercial partner Rizwan bin Faruqe for life for manhandling an official during the Asia Cup final in March…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports
RMCH interns call off strike

RMCH interns call off strike

Interns at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Saturday called off their strike demanding arrest of the attackers who assaulted their fellow on Friday…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Nadiya to make Queen’s birthday cake

Nadiya to make Queen’s birthday cake

The Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Hussain has revealed that she is to bake the Queen’s 90th birthday cake. The winner of the popular BBC show said she would be serving an orange drizzle cake with orange curd and orange buttercream, reports United News of Bangladesh quoting Guardian. Revealing the news on ITV’s Loose Women, Hussain, a British citizen […]

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Japan: damage and death toll mounts

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Japan: damage and death toll mounts

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Asia-Pacific

8-month-old baby girl pulled from rubble alive after Japan earthquake

An eight-month-old baby girl has been pulled from the rubble alive and unharmed after a powerful earthquake left at least nine people dead and injured hundreds, sparking fires and buckling roads.

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Video

Yet another ambitious revenue target set

The government has yet again set a gigantic revenue earning target for the next 2016-17 fiscal year, despite heavily trimming down the ambitious target for this year because of lacklustre business and investment environment…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

US report on human rights slams Bangladesh

Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances, the killing of secular bloggers and others by groups espousing extremist views, some restrictions on online speech and the press, were most significant human rights problems for Bangladesh, said the latest report of the US Department of State…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

IS claims operation in Bangladesh

Middle East-based militant outfit Islamic State has claimed that ‘it has operation in Bangladesh’ while home minister has rejected the claim saying that the claim was the outcome of a local and international conspiracy…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

UP POLLS : 35 people injured in Gopalganj, Madaripur

At least 35 people were injured and a number of houses were vandalised as violence and breach of the electoral code of conduct continued in the electioneering of the third phase of the ongoing maiden partisan elections ongoing union parashads scheduled for April 23…

April 16, 2016 · 0 comments · Front Page, National, TOP STORIES

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