Archive for May 2nd, 2016

10 people on ‘ILF hit list’

10 people on ‘ILF hit list’

Islamic Liberation Front (ILF), a militant outfit, on Monday sent a hit list of 10 people, including Rajshahi University…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Increased BD apparel exports can create more jobs: WB report

Increased BD apparel exports can create more jobs: WB report

Increased appeal exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvement in productivity…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Hearing on Nizami’s review plea on Tuesday

Hearing on Nizami’s review plea on Tuesday

The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the review petition filed by condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Oil prices slip from 2016 highs

Oil prices slip from 2016 highs

Oil prices edged back from 2016 highs on Monday as rising production in the Middle East outweighed a decline in US output and a sliding dollar…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Business

US companies starting to see relief from pains of strong dollar

The sluggish US economy is proving to be a relief for US-based companies struggling under the weight of the strong dollar and could lead to more positive earnings surprises in the weeks ahead…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Business
Cargo owners call off strike

Cargo owners call off strike

The cargo owners who went on an indefinite strike demanding rational fixation of workers minimum wage…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Reckitt Benckiser executive slapped in S Korea while apologising for deadly sterilisers

Reckitt Benckiser executive slapped in S Korea while apologising for deadly sterilisers

An executive from British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser was slapped during an emotional news conference as he apologised on Monday over deadly lung injuries linked to the use of humidifier sterilisers marketed by the firm…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · Business
Biometric SIM registration to help identify criminals: Tarana

Biometric SIM registration to help identify criminals: Tarana

The biometric mobile SIM card registration will help the law enforcement agencies to identify the real criminals…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Rehear case that led to CG annulment: Mahbub

Rehear case that led to CG annulment: Mahbub

Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Monday demanded the Supreme Court…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
ACC arrests 5 more graft suspects

ACC arrests 5 more graft suspects

The Anti Corruption Commission on Monday arrested five graft suspects, including a sub-registrar, from different parts of the country in separate graft cases…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
SSC, equivalent exams results on May 11

SSC, equivalent exams results on May 11

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 11…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
BRTA proposes to reduce bus fare on long-routes

BRTA proposes to reduce bus fare on long-routes

Bangladesh Road Transport Authorities on Monday proposed to decrease bus fare on long-routes by Tk 0.03 per kilometre…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including Shiite pilgrims

Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including Shiite pilgrims

Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, including Shi’ite Muslim worshippers conducting an annual pilgrimage…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
Robbers snatch auto-rickshaw killing driver in Siraganj

Robbers snatch auto-rickshaw killing driver in Siraganj

Some unidentified people on Monday snatched a battery-run auto-rickshaw after strangulating its driver at Nijhuri area of Sirajganj…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
3 detainees on 6-day remand over Tangail tailor murder

3 detainees on 6-day remand over Tangail tailor murder

A Tangail Court on Monday granted six-day remands for each of the detainees in connection with the tailor Nikhil Chandra Joardar murder case…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Teen dies as tree-branch falls on her in Magura

Teen dies as tree-branch falls on her in Magura

A teenager died and her father was injured on Monday morning after a branch of a tree fell on them at Simakholi area of Salikha in Magura…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
People march with an inflatable effigy of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an immigrant rights May Day rally in Los Angeles, California, US, May 1, 2016. – Reuters photo

Trump accuses China of trade ‘rape’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of ‘raping’ the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy…

Ramadan office timing 9:00am to 3:30pm

Ramadan office timing 9:00am to 3:30pm

Office hours for the upcoming Ramadan have been rearranged from 9:00am to 3:30pm with a 15-minute prayer break from 1:15pm to 1:30pm…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National
2 Shariatpur war crimes suspects indicted

2 Shariatpur war crimes suspects indicted

The International Crimes Tribunal–1 on Monday indicted Sulaiman Mollah, 84, and Idris Ali Sarder alias Gazi Idris, 67, both 1971 war crimes accused…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
2 JMB men sent to jail in Rajshahi

2 JMB men sent to jail in Rajshahi

The Rajshahi judicial magistrate court on Monday sent two alleged activists of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh to jail after they were arrested on Sunday night…

May 2, 2016 · 0 comments · National

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