Archive for May 12th, 2016

15kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

15kg gold seized at Dhaka airport

Customs officials on Thursday seized around 15 kg of gold from an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…

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Lightning kills 26 people across the country

Lightning kills 26 people across the country

At least 26 people were killed in separate lightning strikes in the capital and six other districts as rain and thunder shower occurred Thursday…

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AL hegemony puts govt officials at risk: Khaleda

AL hegemony puts govt officials at risk: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that it has become absurd and relentlessly risky…

May 12, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Administration sees reshuffle

Administration sees reshuffle

In the latest reshuffle in the administration, five top government officials have been transferred and given new postings…

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Three prisoners die at DMCH

At least three prisoners of Dhaka Central Jail undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital died on Thursday…

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4 killed in Patuakhali road accidents

4 killed in Patuakhali road accidents

Four people were killed in separate road accidents in Kolapara in Patukhali on Thursday…

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Lightning kills 3 in Rajshahi

Lightning kills 3 in Rajshahi

Three people were killed and four others injured by a lightning strike in Mohonpur in Rajshahi on Thursday afternoon…

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Malaysia lifts ban on hiring foreign workers

Malaysia lifts ban on hiring foreign workers

The Malaysian government has decided to lift the ban on hiring foreign workers for four sectors, said its transport minister Liow Tiong Lai…

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Iran won’t attend hajj in Saudi Arabia this year

Iran won’t attend hajj in Saudi Arabia this year

Iran will not send pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, an Iranian official announced Thursday…

May 12, 2016 · 0 comments · International, Middle East
Shuja-Alam

Pak HC in Dhaka summoned to foreign office

The Pakaistani high commissioner in Dhaka, Shuja Alam, was summoned to foreign ministry on Thursday, apparently in a counter…

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Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. -- AP file photo

Turkey decries execution of Nizami, recalls ambassador

Turkey’s president strongly condemned the execution of an Islamist party leader in Bangladesh.
In a speech in Ankara on Thursday…

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RU teachers dissatisfied over professor killing probe

RU teachers dissatisfied over professor killing probe

The colleagues of slain Rajshahi University professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee on Thursday expressed their frustration as law enforcers…

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Myanmar shells on Bandarban BGB camp

Myanmar shells on Bandarban BGB camp

Six mortar-shells were fired from Myanmar inside Bangladeshi territory at a Border Guard Bangladesh camp of Bulupara in Bandarban on Wednesday night 9:00pm…

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Pakistan summons Bangladesh high commissioner over Nizami execution

Pakistan summons Bangladesh high commissioner over Nizami execution

Amid a diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad over execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes…

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Utilise development projects money properly, PM to engineers

Utilise development projects money properly, PM to engineers

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday urged all concerned, including the diploma engineers, to ensure proper utilisation of money allocated…

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Indian external affairs secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Bangladesh foreign affairs secretary M Shahidul Haque hold a bilateral meeting at state guesthouse Padma on Thursday noon. — Indian high commission photo

Bangladesh, India agree on containing terrorism

Bangladesh and India on Thursday agreed to work together on containing ‘terrorism’ and ‘violent extremism’ and workout ways to…

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Mild heat wave may continue over country

Mild heat wave may continue over country

Mild heat wave is sweeping over Barisal division and the regions of Dhaka, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Sandwip, Sitakunda, Comilla, Noakhali, Rangamati, Khulna, Mongla and…

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SWIFT says banks responsible for own cybersecurity

SWIFT says banks responsible for own cybersecurity

SWIFT has told its bank customers that they are responsible for securing computers used to send messages over its global network, which was used to…

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Shashank Manohar. – AP file photo

India’s Manohar elected ICC chairman unopposed

India’s Shashank Manohar has been elected unopposed as the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council, the game’s governing body…

May 12, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports
BGB, BSF chiefs’ conference begin in city

BGB, BSF chiefs’ conference begin in city

A five-day director general-level conference between the Bangladesh and India border security agencies commenced formally in Dhaka on Thursday morning…

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