Archive for May 25th, 2016

KKR drop Sakib for key contest

KKR drop Sakib for key contest

Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday dropped Sakib al Hasan from their Indian Premier League crucial eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad pouring cold water on Bangladeshi fans’ much-hyped battle between Sakib and Mustafizur Rahman…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · Cricket, Sports

Hindu businessman hacked to death in Gaibandha

A Hindu businessman was hacked to death at his shoe store in Gobindaganj upazila headquarters on northwestern Gaibandha district on Wednesday…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
ACC launches probe against Mosaddak

ACC launches probe against Mosaddak

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday launched a fresh probe into the allegation of acquiring illegal wealth by former…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
7 injured at oil-mill fire in Sonargaon

7 injured at oil-mill fire in Sonargaon

At least seven people sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at an edible oil factory of Meghna Group at Meghna Ghat in Sonargaon of…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
HC orders Tk 50 lakh compensation for Bhola man

HC orders Tk 50 lakh compensation for Bhola man

The High Court on Wednesday ordered the state to give Tk 50 lakh to Abdul Jalil, a resident of Char Fassion of Bhola, as compensation as he…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
BNP calls EC ‘caged bird’; slams vote rigging

BNP calls EC ‘caged bird’; slams vote rigging

Accusing the ruling party men of resorting to terrorism and vote rigging in the third phase of elections to nine municipalities, BNP on…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Apparel workers demand minimum wage at Tk 16,000

Apparel workers demand minimum wage at Tk 16,000

Garments Sramik Odhikar Andolan, a combine of 12-garment workers’ rights bodies, on Wednesday handed over a memorandum to the…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
ICC rejects case against Bangladesh govt for ‘crimes against humanity’

ICC rejects case against Bangladesh govt for ‘crimes against humanity’

The International Criminal Court has rejected a case filed against Bangladesh government for committing ‘crimes against humanity’ as it found no…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Ratan bahini chief, brother shot dead in Lakshmipur

Ratan bahini chief, brother shot dead in Lakshmipur

Two siblings, including a local Awami League leader, were gunned down by some unknown assailants at Boiddher Barir More in Lakshmipur sadar…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Swedish court upholds Assange arrest warrant

Swedish court upholds Assange arrest warrant

A Swedish court upheld on Wednesday the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, 44, is wanted by Swedish authorities for questioning over…

Odhikar secy appears before ACC

Odhikar secy appears before ACC

Rights organisation Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan appeared before the Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday afternoon responding to…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Amu to attend Mamata’s swearing-in event

Amu to attend Mamata’s swearing-in event

The minister for industries, Amir Hossain Amu will, represent Bangladesh at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s swearing-in ceremony, scheduled to…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Nat’l univ exams in morning during Ramadan

Nat’l univ exams in morning during Ramadan

The examinations of master’s, honours and pass courses under National University will be held in the morning during the month of…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
HC publishes full verdict on Khaleda plea over Barapukuria graft case

HC publishes full verdict on Khaleda plea over Barapukuria graft case

The full text of the High Court verdict rejecting a petition filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking quashing of trial…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Nurses’ march intercepted at Shahbagh

Nurses’ march intercepted at Shahbagh

The police intercepted a procession of unemployed nurses on their way to the Prime Ministers’ Office in the city on Wednesday to realise their demand to…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
10 killed in suicide attack near Afghan capital

10 killed in suicide attack near Afghan capital

A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded four on Wednesday in an attack on a bus carrying staff from an appeal court west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said, and the Taliban claimed responsibility…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
Warrants issued for arrest of 27 BNP leaders

Warrants issued for arrest of 27 BNP leaders

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against 38 Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders, including its chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics
Tonu’s father serves legal notices on coroners

Tonu’s father serves legal notices on coroners

Barely a week after the DNA test report by Criminal Investigation Department revealed evidence of rape of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, legal notices have been served…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National
Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after Mansour’s death

Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after Mansour’s death

The Afghan Taliban have named a deputy to former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour as their new leader, a spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday, the group’s first official confirmation that Mansour was killed in a US drone strike…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · International, South Asia
15 injured in pre-UP polls violence in Munshiganj

15 injured in pre-UP polls violence in Munshiganj

At least 15 people were injured, 10 of them bullet-wounded, in a tripartite clash ahead of the fifth phase of union parishad polls at Molakandi union in…

May 25, 2016 · 0 comments · National, Politics

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