Archive for May 6th, 2016

Mustafiz shines again in IPL

Mustafiz shines again in IPL

Bangladesh’s Mustfizur Rahman continued his brilliant form in the Indian Premier League when he claimed 2-17 for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Gujarat Lions in Hyderabad on Friday…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports
Lawmaker in India charged with buying, drugging, raping teen girl

Lawmaker in India charged with buying, drugging, raping teen girl

A lawmaker in India’s beach state of Goa has been charged with buying, drugging and raping a 16-year-old girl in a case which will be closely watched…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Body of university girl recovered from Mohammadpur

Body of university girl recovered from Mohammadpur

Police on Friday afternoon recovered the decomposed body of a female student of private Asha University from an apartment at Mohammadpur in the capital…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Lorenzo Tan, president and chief executive officer of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC).--Reuters photo

BB heist: RCBC chief quits, cleared by bank probe

The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. has accepted the resignation of Lorenzo Tan as president and CEO of the Yuchengco-controlled financial institution effective immediately…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
AL leader beats up UNO in Feni

AL leader beats up UNO in Feni

Local Awami League leaders and supporters have allegedly beaten and assaulted Parshuram Upazila Nirbahi Officer HM Rokib Haidar over a trivial matter on Friday in Feni…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Hundreds protest restart of China-backed copper mine in Myanmar

Hundreds protest restart of China-backed copper mine in Myanmar

Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar protested on Friday against the resumption of operations at a Chinese-backed copper mine…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
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US court dismisses case over Rana Plaza collapse

A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against three major US clothing retailers after the 2013 collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
New Age photo.--Rashed Ahmed

Crack in hostel, student evacuated in Savar

Police and local administration evacuated a hostel of a training centre for overseas-going Bangladeshi workers at Ghoshbag in Ashulia…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Atiur Rahman Atik.--UNB photo

EC orders whip Atik to leave Sherpur election area

The Election Commission has ordered Awami League MP and whip in Parliament Atiur Rahman Atik to leave election areas under his constituency Sherpur-1…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Transport workers call strike in Chittagong for Monday

Transport workers call strike in Chittagong for Monday

Bangladesh Road Transport Worker’s Federation will enforce a 24-hour strike on Monday in greater Chittagong to meet their six-point demand…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. – New Age file photo

HC verdict over 16th constitutional amendment historical: BNP

Terming historical the High Court verdict that declared the 16th constitutional amendment illegal BNP on Friday said it has strengthened people…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
A rebel fighter from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades prepares to fire artillery during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces near the village of Om al-Krameel, in Aleppo's southern countryside on May 5, 2016. -- AFP photo

73 killed as Islamist rebels seize village near Aleppo

Rebels seized a village from government forces near Aleppo overnight, a monitoring group and rebel sources said on Friday…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail

Family meets Nizami at Kashimpur jail

The family members of war crimes death row inmate Motiur Rahman Nizami met him at Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 in Gazipur on Friday morning…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Save Democracy March: Sonia, Rahul, Manmohan detained, released

Save Democracy March: Sonia, Rahul, Manmohan detained, released

Members of the Congress party, including its president Sonia Gandhi, and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, and former prime minister Manmohan Singh, were briefly detained…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Jessore war crimes suspect dies at DMCH

Jessore war crimes suspect dies at DMCH

A detained war crimes suspect died on Friday morning at Dhaka Medical College Hospital…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Pirate ringleader killed in Sunderbans ‘gunfight’

Pirate ringleader killed in Sunderbans ‘gunfight’

The ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion at Mrigmari of the Sunderbans in Mongla of Bagerhat early Friday…

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Russian orchestra plays in Palmyra ruins as strikes kill 28

Russian orchestra plays in Palmyra ruins as strikes kill 28

A renowned Russian conductor led a triumphant concert Thursday in the ruins of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, once terrorised by the Islamic State group, even as an airstrike on a refugee camp in the north left at least 28 people dead and dozens wounded, including many children. The performance in the same ancient amphitheater where IS militants carried […]

May 6, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
Motiur Rahman Nizami

Nizami’s death penalty upheld

The Appellate Division on Thursday dismissed war crimes death row inmate Motiur Rahman Nizami’s petition seeking review of his death sentence upheld by the apex court earlier…

JS power to remove SC judges: HC declares 16th amendment unconstitutional

The High Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional the 16th amendment to the constitution that reinstated parliament’s power to remove Supreme Court judges for misbehaviour or incapacity…

Judgement on 16th amendment illegal: law minister

Law minister Anisul Huq on Thursday termed illegal the High Court judgement that declared void the 16th amendment to the constitution reinstating parliament’s authority to impeach Supreme Court judges…

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