Archive for May 11th, 2016

Renowned cricket journalist Tony Cozier dies

Renowned cricket journalist Tony Cozier dies

Tony Cozier, the West Indian cricket writer, commentator and journalist, has died in his home country, Barbados, at the age of 75 after an illness…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports
Contribute to social reforms through films, PM to film makers

Contribute to social reforms through films, PM to film makers

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the film makers to make such films which could contribute to education and social reforms…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Pakistan ‘deeply saddened’ by Nizami execution

Pakistan ‘deeply saddened’ by Nizami execution

The Pakistan government on Wednesday expressed its sadness for the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, hailing the war crimes convict…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shiite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May 11, 2016. – Reuters photo

63 killed in Islamic State bombing in Baghdad

A car bomb ripped through a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 63 people…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
PM hands over nat’l film award 2014

PM hands over nat’l film award 2014

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday handed over the National Film Award 2014 through a gala event…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Failed SSC examinee commits suicide in Barisal

Failed SSC examinee commits suicide in Barisal

An examinee of Secondary School Certificate of Udayan Bidyalay in Barisal committed suicide on Wednesday afternoon as he came to know his failure in the examinations…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Indian foreign secy in city

Indian foreign secy in city

The secretary for Indian external affairs ministry, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, arrived Dhaka on a two-day visit on Wednesday afternoon…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Thursday’s HSC exams shifted to May 20

Thursday’s HSC exams shifted to May 20

The Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations slated for Thursday have been shifted to May 20…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Charge-sheet against Khaleda in arson cases

Charge-sheet against Khaleda in arson cases

Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday pressed charges against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 27 others…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
BNP leaders tight-lipped on Nizami execution

BNP leaders tight-lipped on Nizami execution

Maintaining their party’s ‘no-comment policy’ over the execution of war criminals, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders on Wednesday were tight-lipped about…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
RU professor killing: Protest enters into 19th day

RU professor killing: Protest enters into 19th day

Teachers, students and staff of Rajshahi University on Wednesday continued their demonstration for the straight nineteenth day demanding justice…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Jamaat men clash with Chhatra League, police in Ctg, Rajshahi

Jamaat men clash with Chhatra League, police in Ctg, Rajshahi

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with Chhatra League activists and police in Chittagong and Rajshahi over holding funerals in…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
SSC examinee killed over playing cricket in Mirpur

SSC examinee killed over playing cricket in Mirpur

An examinee of Secondary School Certificate was killed in a clash over playing cricket in the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday noon…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Non-MPO teachers, staff rally at Shaheed Minar

Non-MPO teachers, staff rally at Shaheed Minar

The teachers and employees of educational institutes outside monthly payment order on Wednesday went out on demonstrations at Central Saheed Minar…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Tribunal concludes argument of Baniachaung war crimes

Tribunal concludes argument of Baniachaung war crimes

International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday concluded the closing arguments of three war crimes suspects of Baniachaung in Habiganj…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Bangladeshi refugee dies of heart failure on protest-hit Nauru

Bangladeshi refugee dies of heart failure on protest-hit Nauru

A Bangladeshi refugee died of heart failure on Nauru on Wednesday, Australian officials said, the second death in as many weeks on the tiny South Pacific island…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses at a programme at her office where education minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the results of SSC examinations 2016 on Wednesday. — Focusbangla photo

PM sees no justification of failure in public exams

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said she sees no justification of failure in the examination as the government is providing huge opportunities for them for studies…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
BGB sends back 42 Myanmar citizens

BGB sends back 42 Myanmar citizens

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained 42 Myanmar citizens including 19 women and children in Tumbru border of Naikhyangchari in Bandarban…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Youth beaten to death in Kushtia

Youth beaten to death in Kushtia

A young man was beaten to death by some unidentified miscreants allegedly over extramarital relationship at Islampur Padmarchar…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Queen overheard calling Chinese officials ‘very rude’

Queen overheard calling Chinese officials ‘very rude’

The Queen has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were ‘very rude’ during last year’s state visit by President Xi Jinping…

May 11, 2016 · 0 comments · Asia-Pacific, International

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