Saturday 30 September 2017

Rohingya 'persecution' could be used by IS: Bishop

International Desk: Terrorist groups like Islamic State could gain a foothold in South-East Asia if violence continues against ethnic minorities in Myanmar, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned.

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14-foot secret tunnel found in Indo-Pak border

International Desk: A 14-foot secret tunnel being dug from Pakistan to infiltrate terrorists has been discovered by Border Security Force, or BSF personnel in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir where Pakistani forces had been carrying out cross-border shelling over the last fortnight.

Bangla News

US-Bangla Airlines to start operation to Doha

Staff Correspondent: The country’s leading premium airline, US-Bangla Airlines is going to start operation its eighth international destination by flying beyond the borders of the nation in one of the most important cities of the Middle East Asia, Doha. 

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Catalan referendum: Voters mass as showdown looms

International Desk: Tense crowds have formed outside polling stations in Catalonia ahead of an independence referendum banned by the Spanish government.

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'US directly communicating with North Korea'

International Desk: The US is in "direct contact" with North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.

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Hilsa fishing, sale banned for 22 days

Staff Correspondent: The government has imposed a ban on Hilsa fishing from 12:00am on Sunday.

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Holy Ashura today

Desk Report: The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), is being observed today (Sunday) across the country with due religious solemnity.

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'Combat all sorts of injustice with teachings of Ashura'

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all to be imbued with the teachings of holy Ashura to combat all sorts of injustice in the national life.

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‘Myanmar deliberately committing crimes against humanity’

KMA Hasnat, from Cox’s Bazar: Myanmar government is deliberately committing crimes against humanity. The atrocities they are carrying out on Rohingya people are intentional and it seems that they are doing that to drive out the Rohingyas from the country forever, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said.

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Air into rectum: Rubel remanded

Bogra Correspondent: A Bogra court granted three day’s remand for Rubel who was arrested in a case for allegedly killing Russel by pumping air through his rectum in a factory in Birkedar area of Kahalu upazila in the district.

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Chief Justice makes courtesy call on President

Staff Correspondent: Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has made a courtesy call on President M Abdul Hamid.

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Trump to travel 5 Asian countries in November

International Desk: The White House announced on Friday that President Donald Trump will take a five-nation trip to the Asia Pacific region in November as the US seeks to curb North Korea's growing nuclear threat.

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28 killed in 'safe zone' in Syria

International Desk: At least 28 civilians were killed in air attacks in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, a war-monitor group said on Saturday.

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Newborn found dead in drain

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: A newborn baby girl was found dead in a drain in Rajshahi city on Saturday noon.

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Hilsa fishing ban from today midnight

Staff Correspondent: The government ban on Hilsa fishing begins from 12:00am on Sunday.

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Fish trader found dead in Kushtia

Kushtia Correspondent: Police recovered body of a fish trader from Kalikadah village of the district's Mirpur upazila on Saturday.

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Tillerson in China as U.S. presses North Korean economic squeeze

International Desk: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will hold top-level talks in China on Saturday as the United States looks to tighten an economic squeeze aimed at persuading North Korea to retreat from its nuclear arms and missile programs.

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Friday 29 September 2017

Bijoya Dashomi today

Desk Report:  Bijoya Dashomi of the five-day Sarodia Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, is being celebrated today (Saturday).  

Bangla News

Iraq imposes flight ban on Kurdish region after poll

International Desk: A ban on international flights into Iraq's Kurdish region has gone into effect after the central government in Baghdad retaliated against a vote for secession that has also drawn opposition from neighbouring countries.  

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US health secretary quits after plane scandal

International Desk: US Health Secretary Tom Price has resigned over the use of expensive private planes for official business.

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Bangladesh calls for safe return of Rohingyas to Myanmar

Desk Report: Bangladesh has called for ensuring the safe return of all Rohingyas to their homeland and invited the UN Security Council members to conduct a field mission to Bangladesh and possibly Myanmar to gather first-hand accounts of the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

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Bangladesh stumble after Africa’s run-galore

Sports Desk: Bangladesh lost three wickets after South Africa declared their first innings on a mammoth total of 496 in the second day of first Test at Potchefstroom. At the end of the day, Bangladesh trail by 369 runs with 7 wickets in hand.

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Akkas confesses to killing Sagor

Staff Correspondent, Mymensingh: Hatchery owner Akkas Ali has confessed to killing Sagor, 18, on suspicion of stealing a pump of the district's Gouripur upazila.

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UNICEF to set up 1300 schools for Rohingya children

Staff Correspondent: UNICEF would set up more than 1,300 new learning centres for Rohingya children who have fled from Myanmar to the country's Southeast part.

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South Africa declare at 496

Sports Desk: Dean Elgar was dismissed for 199 to provide a rare moment of respite for Bangladesh as South Africa continued to pile on the runs on the second day of the first Test at Senwes Park on Friday.

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Pabna road crash kills 2

Pabna Correspondent: Two people were killed in a road accident in Bannaipara area of Sujanagar upazila in the district on Friday.

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Minor killed by pumping air into rectum

Bogra Correspondent: A minor boy was allegedly killed as his co-worker pumped air through his rectum at the district's Kahalu upazila on Friday.

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Finance in militancy: 11 remanded again

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has placed 11 people including manager of Hotel Nice International of Rajshahi city on five-day remand again for allegedly financing in militancy.  

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Cristiano Ronaldo shows off his Bugatti Chiron

Sports Desk: Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been busy showing off the latest addition of his glittering car collection.

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Three dies falling off building in Dhaka

Staff Correspondent: Three construction workers died after falling from an under construction building in Uttar Badda area of the capital on Friday.

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Rohingya trawler capsize: More four bodies recovered

Cox’s Bazar Correspondent:  The bodies of four more Rohingya people, including three children and a woman, were recovered from the district’s Ukhia upazila on Friday.  

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3rd round of Walton National Cricket League starts

Sports Desk: The 3rd round of the four-day Walton IoT Smart Fridge 19th National Cricket League (NCL) started on Friday.

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Mumbai railway station stampede kills 22

International Desk: At least 22 people have died and about 30 have been injured in a stampede over a foot bridge at the Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai, India, according to local media reports.

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Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kemmu blessed with a daughter

Entertainment Desk: Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu confirmed their pregnancy in style in April this year and now their “joint production” is here. Soha gave birth to a daughter on Friday and the parents are “over the moon”.

Bangla News

1,500 deputy secretaries to get car loan

Special Correspondent: Around 1,500 deputy secretaries and few others from the economic cadre and judicial service will get get interest-free car loan facilities.

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17 soldiers killed in al Shabaab militants’ attack

International Desk: Somalia’s al Shabaab fighters attacked a military base outside the capital Mogadishu using car bombs and guns, killing 17 soldiers and taking control of the base and a nearby town, the group said on Friday.  

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Thursday 28 September 2017

Ben Stokes, Alex Hales banned indefinitely

Sports Desk: Ben Stokes and Alex Hales will not be considered for selection for England international matches until further notice.

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98-tonne UK relief for Rohingyas reaches Ctg

Staff Correspondent: A cargo aircraft carrying 98-tonne relief supply for Rohingya people, who have fled persecution by Myanmar security forces and taken shelter in Bangladesh, reached Chittagong.

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Ancelotti sacked as manager of Bayern Munich

Sports Desk: Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked as manager of Bayern Munich.

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Rohingyas must return to Myanmar: Bernicat

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: I would like to inform all citizens of Bangladesh that the Rohingyas who have taken shelter in different camps in the country must return to Myanmar, said US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat.

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UK to give £3cr more aid for Rohingya

Senior Correspondent: Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Thursday said the United Kingdom (UK) will provide £3 crore more aid for Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.

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Sarishabari mayor admitted to DMCH

Staff Correspondent: Mayor of Sarishabari in Jamalpur, Mohammad Rukunuzzaman, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday after being rescued from Sreemangal in Moulvibazar.

Bangla News

Sagar murder accused must be punished

A youth named Sagar has been beaten to death tying him to an electric pole for allegedly stealing a water machine from a local hatchery at Char Sreerampur village in Gauripur upazila of Mymensingh district on September 25.

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Malaysians banned from going to North Korea

International Desk: The Foreign Ministry has announced a ban on Malaysians travelling to North Korea.

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Boats capsize: 14 bodies of Rohingyas found

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Police recovered 14 bodies of Rohingya people whose boat capsized near Inani sea beach in Ukhiya upazila of the district on Thursday.

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Warner smashes ton in 100th ODI

Sports Desk: David Warner has celebrated his 100th one-day international in style with a blistering ton against India in Bangalore.

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Lightning kills two in Patuakhali

Patuakhali Correspondent: At least two people have been killed by lightning strike in Kalapara upazila of the district on Thursday noon.

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Myanmar cancels UN Rakhine visit

International Desk: The United Nations says a planned visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has seen a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims, has been cancelled by the authorities.

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Ershad released from Rangpur CMH

Staff Correspondent: Former president and the Jatiya Party chairman, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, got release from Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rangpur and returned to Dhaka.

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'Doob’ trailer released

Entertainment Desk: The trailer of the filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's much-talked-about film 'Doob' (No Bed of Roses) released on Wednesday.

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Rohingya crisis unacceptable tragedy: UK

International Desk: Foreign Office minister Mark Field has urged Aung San Suu Kyi to do all she can to end the suffering of the Rohingya people on a visit to Myanmar.  

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Bangladesh fielding against South Africa

Sports Desk: Bangladesh are fielding first against the host South Africa after skipper Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss in the first of two Tests at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.

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Arrest warrant against Ziaul Islam Munna

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against Ziaul Islam Munna, the then private secretary of BNP leader Haris Chowdhury, in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

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Interpol approves membership for State of Palestine

International Desk: Interpol voted on Wednesday to admit the State of Palestine as a member over Israeli objections at the international police organization’s general assembly in Beijing.  

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Wednesday 27 September 2017

Bangladesh to brief UN Security Council on Rohingya crisis

Staff Correspondent: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is scheduled to hold a meeting on Rohingya crisis on Thursday where Bangladesh will address on the basis of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-point proposals that she made at the UN General Assembly to solve the crisis.

Bangla News

‘Tourism main weapon for sustainable development’

Staff Correspondent: Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Wednesday said tourism is the main weapon for sustainable development. It should be boosted through proper utilization of the country's natural beauties.

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Sarishabari mayor abducted from Dhaka found in Sreemangal

Maulvibazar Correspondent: Jamalpur’s Sarishabari municipality mayor Mohammad Rokonuzzaman Rukon has been found in Sreemangal upazila of Maulvibazar district 52 hours after he went missing from Dhaka’s Uttara area on Monday.

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Bangladesh beat Bhutan, close to clinch title

Sports Desk: Bangladesh beat host Bhutan by 2-0 goals in their last match of the five-nation SAFF U-18 Championship goals at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Wednesday afternoon, taking the team close to the title.

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ACC forms team to probe artificial food crisis

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a three-member team to investigate allegations of embezzlement of huge amount of money by suppliers and hoarders of products and in assistance with some unscrupulous officers.

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‘Strengthen diplomatic acumen on Rohingya issue’

Senior Correspondent: BNP has urged the government to strengthen diplomatic acumen on Rohingya issue so that Russia and China can not apply their veto power on the issue in the United Nations Security Council.

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Three burnt in Bangsal factory fire

Staff Correspondent: Three workers were burnt in a fire that broke out at factory at Malitola of the capital's Bangsal area on Wednesday noon.

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Footballer Sabina laid to eternal rest

Staff Correspondent, Mymensingh: Bangladesh Under-15 female footballer Sabina Yasmin was laid to eternal rest in Kalsindur village under Dhobaura Upazila of the district on Wednesday noon. 

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Thai ex-PM Yingluck gets 5-year jail

International Desk: Thailand's ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after the country's highest court found her guilty of negligence in the management of a rice subsidy scheme.

Bangla News

WB forecasts 6.4% GDP growth this year

Staff Correspondent: The World Bank (WB) has projected a 6.4% Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth for Bangladesh this year.

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Myanmar govt will take over burned land

International Desk: Myanmar’s government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, a minister was reported on Wednesday as saying.  

Bangla News

Google AdSense now understands Bangla

Desk Report: When you want to earn money online, Google Adsense hits your mind at first because it is the most famous and realistic way to make money via your blog or website that trillions of internet users are doing nowadays.

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4 Myanmar nationals held with 8 lakh Yaba pills

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained four Myanmar citizens with eight lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from Shah Porir Dwip area under Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar on Wednesday.

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Kurds must hand over airports or face embargo: Iraqi PM

International Desk: The Iraqi government has threatened to impose an international air embargo on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) if it does not hand over control of its airports, as Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani says his people voted in favour of independence.  

Bangla News

H M Ershad Hospitalized

Staff Correspondent, Rangpur: Former military ruler and Jatiya Party (JP) chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has been taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rangpur as he fell ill.

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Veteran actor Dwijen Bandyopadhyay passes away

Entertainment Desk: The Maha Saptami morning turned into a dark morning for all Tollywood actors and actress.  

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PM undergoes successful gallbladder surgery in US

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in the United States in connection with the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, underwent a gall bladder operation in Washington. 

Bangla News

Ronaldo marks milestone as Real win at Dortmund

Sports Desk: Zinedine Zidane praised goal-scorers Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, who netted twice in a 3-1 victory as Real Madrid finally claimed a Champions League win at Borussia Dortmund.

Bangla News

Tuesday 26 September 2017

Youth beaten dead on theft charge

Staff Correspondent, Mymensingh: A young boy has been beaten to death tying him to a pole for allegedly stealing a water machine from a hatchery at Char Sreerampur village in Gauripur upazila of Mymensingh district.

Bangla News

UN hikes Rohingya exodus number to 480,000

International Desk: The United Nations on Tuesday drastically increased the estimated number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar to 480,000 as Bangladesh eased restrictions on aid groups working in refugee camps and sought $250 million to cope with the crisis.  

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Case filed against three for embezzling Tk 92 crore

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against three persons, including two bank officials, for allegedly embezzling about Tk 92.6 crore from Sonali Bank Ltd.

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‘Tourism sector will go ahead’

Staff Correspondent:  Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon has said that although there are many barriers, the country’s tourism sector will go ahead.

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Iraqi Kurds must give up on independence or go hungry: Erdogan

International Desk: Turkey's president has said Iraqi Kurds could go hungry as a result of the punitive measures it is considering after Monday's independence referendum.  

Bangla News

Stokes arrested over Bristol incident

Sports Desk: England all-rounder Ben Stokes was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after a nightclub incident in Bristol early on Monday.

Bangla News

1,200 latrines, 1,200 tube wells for Rohingyas

Senior Reporter: The Local Government Division is setting up 1,200 sanitary latrines and installing 1,200 tube wells in Cox's Bazar for Rohingya people.  

Bangla News

Philippine presidential guard shot dead

International Desk: A member of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s guard unit was shot dead on Tuesday, but the president was far away at the time of the incident and the head of his security team ruled out foul play.

Bangla News

U-15 footballer Sabina no more

Sports Desk: Bangladesh U-15 footballer Sabina Yeasmin passed away Tuesday noon.  

Bangla News

HRW calls for UNSC to impose sanctions on Myanmar

International Desk: Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, and it called for the UN Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo.

Bangla News

3 Israelis shot dead in West Bank settlement

International Desk: Three Israelis have been shot and killed, and a fourth wounded, in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli army radio reported.

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Cities where the most Selfies are captured

Desk Report: Selfies, a self-portrait usually taken with a cell phone held at arm's length, have taken the world by storm.

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Microsoft, Facebook's 4,000 mile subsea internet cable complete

International Desk: Less than two years after the project began, the highest capacity subsea cable ever to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean is complete.  

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Three militants get 14yrs in jail

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: A court in Chittagong sentenced three members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 14 years imprisonment in two separate cases filed for bombing.

Bangla News

Modern smart card being given to Rohingya orphan children

Senior Correspondent: The government has decided to provide every Rohingya orphan child a modern smart card.

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School boy found dead in Jessore

Staff Correspondent: Police recovered body of a schoolboy from a field in Bahadurpur union under Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday noon.

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Two electrocuted in Gopalganj

Gopalganj Correspondent: Two people have been electrocuted when they came in contact with live wires in Char Kushli village under Tungipara upazila of the district on Tuesday.

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'No threat to security'

Staff Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said violation of airspace by Myanmar helicopters or deploying military on border is not threat to Bangladesh security.

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Rohingya crisis: UN Security Council to meet on Thursday

The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the violence in Myanmar and hear a briefing from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the crisis, diplomats say.

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Bus crashes into shop, 3 killed in Faridpur

Faridpur Correspondent: Three people were killed and five others were injured as a bus  crashed into a roadside shop at Bhubukdia Bazar area on Faridpur-Barisal highway of the district's Nagarkanda upazila on Tuesday.

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Slain militant Abdullah's wife arrested in Jhenidah

Jhenidah Correspondent: Police arrested a Neo-JMB member from Mahishakunda area of the district's sadar upazila early Tuesday.

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Priyanka Chopra disappointed!

Entertainment Desk: Rajkummar Rao and the entire team of Newton is on cloud nine after their film became India's official entry to Oscars this year.

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Monday 25 September 2017

'Gunfight' kills youth in Kushtia

Kushtia Correspondent: A youth was killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Pipulbaria area of the district's Daulatpur upazila early Tuesday.

Bangla News

North Korea reserves right to shoot down US bombers

International Desk: North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country.

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Japan's PM announces snap election

International Desk: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world's third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch.

Bangla News

Solution to Rohingya crisis lies in Myanmar

Staff Correspondent: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi reiterated its position saying both the origin of and solution to the Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar.

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Bangladesh seeks $250m from WB

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has sought US$250 million from the World Bank (WB) with an aim to ensure health service for the Rohingya people who have entered Bangladesh to escape genocide in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

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Gold prices down again

Staff Correspondent: Gold prices have dropped up to Tk 1,166 per bhori in the market for the second time in one week.

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400 Rohingya children born in Bangladesh

Secretariat Correspondent: Of those Rohingyas who entered Bangladesh to escape genocide in Myanmar, there are 16,000 to 18,000 pregnant Rohingya women.

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'Puja Mandaps to remain under CCTV surveillance'

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said that Puja Mandaps will remain under CCTV surveillance.

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World's 'heaviest' woman dies at 37

International Desk: Eman Ahmed, formerly the 'heaviest' woman in the world, passed away at 4.35am on Monday due to comorbid conditions, including heart disease and kidney dysfunction, according to medical experts at the Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi, The National reported.

Bangla News

Two new PSC members take oath

Staff Correspondent: Two newly appointed members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Nurjahan Begum NDC and Kazi Salauddin Akbar took oath on Monday.

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Malaysian actor fined RM1,200 for punching Bangladeshi

International Desk: Malaysian Actor Sharnaaz Ahmad was today slapped with a RM1,200 fine by the magistrate's court for assaulting a Bangladeshi man.

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2 lakh SIM cards allegedly sold to Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association alleged that two lakh mobile SIM cards have already been sold illegally to Rohingya refugees who entered Bangladesh to escape genocide in Myanmar.

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Woman's throat-slit body found in Kishoreganj, 4 held

Kishoreganj Correspondent: The slit-throat body of a woman was found at her house at Dawkia village of Sadar upazila in Kishoreganj district on Monday morning.

Bangla News

UNHCR to give Tk 35 cr for Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, will give Tk 35 crore for construction of infrastructure for Rohingya people.  

Bangla News

DU 'Kha' unit admission test result published

Staff Correspondent: The admission test results of 'Kha' (B) unit of Dhaka University for 2017-18 academic session have been published.

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Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing

Thakurgaon Correspondent: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Dubri border under Haripur upazila of the district on Sunday midnight.  

Bangla News

PM's speech directional

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her speech, depicted the atrocities of Myanmar military on Rohingya people at 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 72).

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Body recovered in Gazipur

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: A day after the disappearance, police has recovered the dead body of a man named Amulya Das (55) from a beel of Kaliganj upazila in the district.  

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Sunday 24 September 2017

Bangladesh boys beat Qatar

Sports Desk: Bangladesh under-16 boys relished a historic win on Sunday, beating Qatar 2-0 in the Group E match of the AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers.  

Bangla News

Shane Warne cleared of assault allegations

Sports Desk: Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has been cleared by police over claims he assaulted a woman at a London nightclub.

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Gold Tk 2.50cr found hidden in airplane seat

Staff Correspondent: Customs officials seized 4.6 kilograms of gold hidden underneath a flight of US Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday.  

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AL leader stabbed dead in Jessore

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: A local Awami League leader was stabbed to death by miscreants in the district’s Jhikargacha upazila on Sunday night.

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US expands travel ban to include N Korea

International Desk: The United States has expanded its controversial travel ban to include people from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad.

Bangla News

Merkel wins fourth term in Germany

International Desk: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest.

Bangla News

India beat Australia to clinch ODI series

Sports Desk: All-rounder Hardik Pandya rose to the occasion yet again with a fluent 78-run knock as India registered a comfortable five-wicket win over Australia in the third ODI to grab the number one spot, on Sunday.

Bangla News

State minister, secretaries fined for wrong-side driving

Staff Correspondent: Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed case against 57 cars including of State Minister, Lawmaker and Secretaries for driving on the wrong lane in Dhaka.

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North Korea won't be around much longer: Trump

International Desk: US President Donald Trump has made new threats against North Korea in response to the country's foreign minister's fiery speech at the UN on Saturday.

Bangla News

Three Bangladesh peacekeepers killed in Mali

Desk Report: Three Army personnel were killed and four others were injured in a blast of Improvised Explosion Devices (IED) buried under the soil while serving the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, according to a press release sent by Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR).

Bangla News

Myanmar cannot but take back Rohingyas: Muhith

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said Myanmar, in a sense, has declared war against Bangladesh by sending Rohingyas to Bangladesh.

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UN see evidence of rape in Myanmar army cleansing

International Desk: Doctors treating some of the 429,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent weeks have seen dozens of women with injuries consistent with violent sexual attacks, U.N. clinicians and other health workers said.

Bangla News

Report on plot to kill Sheikh Hasina baseless

Staff Correspondent: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has dismissed a media report about a failed attempt on the life of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, terming it completely "baseless and motivated".

Bangla News

Turkey to build shelters for 1 lakh Rohingyas

Senior Correspondent: The Turkey government will build shelter centers for one hundred thousand Rohingya refugees fleeing from violence in Myanmar.

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No refugee status for Rohingyas, says Amu

Secretariat Correspondent: The president of cabinet committee on law and order, also Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said the government has no plan to consider refugee status for Rohingya people who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.

Bangla News

JnU ‘B’ unit entry test result published

JnU Correspondent: The result of the admission test under ‘B’ Unit of Jagannath University (JnU) for the session 2016-17 has been published.

Bangla News

Vested quarter trying to kill PM: Obaidul Quader

Bandarban Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said a vested quarter is hatching conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina becoming jealous.

Bangla News

Three madrasa students go missing in Jhalokathi

Jhalokathi Correspondent: Three students of Hosainia Tajweed ul Quran Najera Madrasa in Krishnakathi Kobirajbari road area of Jhalokathi district have allegedly gone missing since Saturday night.

Bangla News

Writ filed challenging legality of BCB's AGM

Staff Correspondent: A writ petition has been filed challenging legality of Bangladesh Cricket Board's proposed Annual General Meeting.

Bangla News

Ranbir Kapoor finally spoke about Mahira Khan

Entertainment Desk: If you haven't been living under a rock, you know that Ranbir Kapoor and Mahira Khan's photos have been taking the internet by storm.

Bangla News

Chief justice returns home

Staff Correspondent: Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha returned to Dhaka after wrapping up his visit to Canada and Japan.

Bangla News

Saturday 23 September 2017

Mother killed, two kids burnt in Badda fire

Staff Correspondent: A woman has been killed and her two kids injured in a fire incident in Badda area of the capital.

Bangla News

Fresh London acid attack injures 6

International Desk: Six people were believed to have been injured on Saturday after a group of males reportedly sprayed a noxious substance in a number of attacks in an area around a shopping center in east London, police said.

Bangla News

One held with gold worth TK 25 lakh

Staff Correspondent: Customs intelligence arrested one person with 447 grams of gold worth about Tk 25 lakh from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital early Sunday.

Bangla News

US bombers fly off North Korea's coast

International Desk: U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by fighter jets flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea on Saturday, in a show of force the Pentagon said demonstrated the range of military options available to President Donald Trump.

Bangla News

UNHCR chief meets Rohingya refugees

International Desk: The head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Saturday he was shocked by the “terrible violence” inflicted on Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar, and said their suffering would last far longer than the time it took to satisfy their basic needs.

Bangla News

58-year-old Thai man has 120 wives

Risingbd Desk: A 58-year-old man from Thailand has shocked many as it was found out that he has 120 wives and 28 children. The case remained out of media’s attention for such a long time as polygamy is prohibited in Thailand.

Bangla News

Tigers play draw against CSA Invitation XI

Sports Desk: The three-day warm-up match between Tigers and Cricket South Africa Invitation XI ended in a draw at Benoni in South Africa on Saturday.

Bangla News

Youth held with pistol, ammo in Gazipur

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Police detained a man along with one pistol and two rounds of bullet from Siru market area under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday.

Bangla News

Jacqueline to play a badass cop in Race 3!

Entertainment Desk: That Jacqueline Fernandez is teaming up with Salman Khan and Remo D’Souza for Race 3 is now a well established fact.

Bangla News

Google buys HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion

Desk Report: After weeks (months, and years) of speculation, HTC has announced that its "Powered by HTC" R&D division -- the team behind Google's Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones -- will be purchased by Google for $1.1 billion in cash.

Bangla News

'Process for taking back Rohingya refugees anytime'

International Desk: Facing worldwide outrage over ethnic violence that forced over four lakhs of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her country is willing to start the verification process “any time” to take back some of the Rohingya refugees.

Bangla News

Lightning strike kills six in Dinajpur

Staff Correspondent: At least six people including two women were killed in separate incidents of thunderbolt strike in Biral, Bochaganj, Khanshama, and Chirirbandar area of the district on Saturday.

Bangla News

Marcel product sales up by 66pc

Economic Correspondent: Local brand of electronics, electrical and home appliances products Marcel has posted booming sales centering Eid-ul-Azha in August last.

Bangla News

Real boss Zidane faces son Enzo

Sports Desk: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will go up against his son Enzo Fernandez for the first time when he takes his struggling Spanish champions to Alaves on Saturday.

Bangla News

Shahzad dropped, Wahab back in Pakistan squad

Sports Desk: Wahab Riaz has been added back to the team for the, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said when he announced the squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka in a press conference on Saturday.

Bangla News

Rohingya crisis: Army joins relief efforts among refugees

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Bangladesh military forces have started working on the relief efforts and rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangla News

Woman killed in city road crash

Staff Correspondent: A woman was killed in a road accident near Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover at Dholairparh area of the capital on Saturday.

Bangla News

Alarm as super malaria spreads in South East Asia

International Desk: The rapid spread of "super malaria" in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning.  

Bangla News

China imposes limits on oil supply to North Korea

International Desk: China is limiting its oil exports to North Korea to comply with new sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council last week, which include fuel import restrictions.  

Bangla News

'Telecommunication at Rohingya camps within 3 days'

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim said telecommunication system will be launched at Rohingya camps within three days.

Bangla News

21 migrants killed as boat sinks in black sea

International Desk: A fishing boat carrying migrants sank Friday off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, killing at least 21 people and leaving up to five others missing, the Turkish coast guard said.

Bangla News

Friday 22 September 2017

India calls Pakistan ‘Terroristan’ at UN

International Desk: In a stinging reply to Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's fulminations against India at the UN, India described its western neighbour as "terroristan" which is home to a flourishing industry producing and exporting global terrorism.

Bangla News

Trump and Kim are like 'children in a kindergarten': Russia

International Desk: Russia's foreign minister has likened the war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to a kindergarten fight between children.

Bangla News

Air pollution can lead to kidney disease

Risingbd Desk: Kidney disease is the latest ailment linked to air pollution, a new study has found.  

Bangla News

PM rules out possibility of understanding with BNP

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out possibility of any political understanding with BNP, saying that nobody should come up with such a proposal.

Bangla News

Saudi Arabia sends 94 tons reliefs for Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Saudi Arabia for the first time has sent nearly 94 tons of relief materials for Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.

Bangla News

Uber loses licence in London

International Desk: Uber will not be issued a new private hire licence, Transport for London (TfL) has said.

Bangla News

JnU 'B' unit admission test held

JnU Correspondent: The first-year honors admission test for “B” unit under the arts faculty of Jagannath University (JnU) in academic session 2017-2018 has been held on Friday afternoon.

Bangla News

Arrest warrant against dead person!

Staff Correspondent: An arrest warrant issued against a man in Rajshahi is still remaining unsettled after three years of his death.

Bangla News

Ex-Krishi Bank DGM sent to jail in graft case

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has sent former deputy general manager of Bangladesh Krishi Bank Md Iqbal Hossain Mollah to jail in a graft case.

Bangla News

CSA announce squad for 1st test against Bangladesh

Sports Desk: The Cricket South Africa (CSA) named the squad for the first test of the two-match series against the visiting Bangladesh on Friday, to be played at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, from September 28 to October 2.

Bangla News

'National consensus already made over Rohingya issue'

Staff Correspondent: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said there is now no need any new consensus in the country as it has already been made over Rohingya issue.

Bangla News

Neymar apologises

Sports Desk: Paris Saint Germain star Neymar Jr has reportedly apologised to Edinson Cavani and his Paris teammates following the penalty incident at the weekend.

Bangla News

People's tribunal finds Myanmar guilty of Rohingya genocide

International Desk: The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.

Bangla News

5 of a family burned while sleeping

Staff Correspondent: Five of a family including three children, while they were sleeping, sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out from electric short circuit in their house in Shampur area of Dhaka early Friday.

Bangla News

New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains

Risingbd Desk: Scientists have engineered an antibody that attacks 99% of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates.

Bangla News

DU 'Kha' unit admission test held

Staff Correspondent: The first-year honors admission test of Dhaka University (DU) "Kha-unit" under academic session 2017-2018 has been held on Friday.

Bangla News

Youth’s slit-throat body found in Rajshahi

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Police have recovered slit-throat body of an unidentified youth in Poba upazila of Rajshahi district.

Bangla News

Thursday 21 September 2017

PM seeks expeditious UN attempts to end Rohingya crisis

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought expeditious UN and global interventions to protect all civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine State irrespective of religion and ethnicity and take effective steps for a permanent solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.

Bangla News

Trump issues new sanction on North Korea

International Desk: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will add more sanctions against North Korea, while U.S. allies have called for enforcing existing international sanctions as the best way to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.

Bangla News

Holy Ashura on Oct 1

Senior Correspondent: The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed in the country on October 1.

Bangla News

PM asks top US businesses to be partner of prosperity

Desk Report: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday met the top brasses of the leading American conglomerates urging them to be partner of the economic prosperity of Bangladesh.

Bangla News

Rohingyas to be registered within 3 months

Cox's Bazaar Correspondent: The registration activities of Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, will be completed within three months gradually.

Bangla News

4 gang rape accused remanded

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has placed four accused, who were arrested in connection with a case filed for the gang rape of a girl at a residence of Moghbazar Wireless Gate area in the capital, on different terms of remand.

Bangla News

Rubel finally gets SA immigration clearance

Sports Desk: Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain has finally secured immigration clearance from the South Africa.

Bangla News

Girl gang-raped in capital, 4 held

Staff Correspondent: A girl was allegedly gang-raped at Moghbazar Wireless Gate in the capital after she was invited in name of performing in a dance party.

Bangla News

Biren Sikder elected best youth minister in South Asia

Secretariat Correspondent: State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr. Shri Biren Sikder was elected the 'best youth minister' in South Asia on the concluding day of the South Asian Youth Summit in India.

Bangla News

Militant Imam Mehedi remanded

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has placed militant Imam Mehedi on four-day remand.

Bangla News

Militant attack on minister's convoy kills three

Desk Report: Three civilians have been killed and 12 security personnel are reported injured in a major terrorist attack in Tral, about 25 miles south of Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, which appears to have targeted minister Naeem Akhtar and his convoy. The minister escaped unhurt in the attack; his driver has been injured.

Bangla News

Former Padma Oil MD sent to jail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has sent former Managing Director (MD) of the state-run Padma Oil company Abul Khair to jail in a corruption case.

Bangla News

DU 'Kha' unit admission test on Friday

Staff Correspondent: The first-year honors admission test of Dhaka University (DU) "Kha-unit" under academic session 2017-2018 will begin on Friday.

Bangla News

From ramp model to militant

Staff Correspondent: Rapid Action Battalion claimed arrest of a suspected militant of "Sarwar-Tamim Group" of the Neo-JMB, who they say converted to the outfit from ramp modeling.

Bangla News

80,000 sacks of rice seized at Ctg, warehouse sealed

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: A mobile court in a drive has seized 80,000 sacks of rice from a warehouse at the Sagarika BSCIC industrial area in the port city.

Bangla News

Mob attacks boat carrying aid in Myanmar

International Desk: Myanmar police fired warning shots to disperse a mob who threw petrol bombs at them and tried to block an ICRC boat in the conflict-hit Rakhine state, where tens of thousands are believed to be in urgent need of aid, state-backed media said Thursday.

Bangla News

Suu kyi must take proper steps

Thousands of Rohingyas are entering into Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine State due to mass killing by military there began last month.

Bangla News

424,000 unregistered Rohingyas in country

Senior Correspondent: Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has said that 424,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh fleeing Myanmar to escape a military offensive.  

Bangla News

Rohingyas are illegal immigrants: Rajnath

International Desk: Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday lashed at Rohingya supporters including NHRC saying that they are not refugees but illegal migrants.

Bangla News

E-cigarettes can damage health

International Desk: Healthy nonsmokers who used e-cigarettes with nicotine could be inflicting life-long damage on their heart, a study claims.  

Bangla News

Imran H Sarker gets bail in defamation case

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has granted bail to Imran H Sarker and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash on their surrender before it in a defamation case filed for making “derogatory remarks” about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangla News

Wednesday 20 September 2017

PM for bringing climate justice to forefront of global pacts

Desk Report: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the developed country leaders to bring their historical responsibilities and the issue of climate justice to the forefront of a robust and effective legally binding agreement to address the issues of climate change.

Bangla News

Mass grave found at Ram Rahim’s Dera

International Desk: In a shocking revelation, a confidant of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh claims that as many as 600 skeletons are buried inside the tainted Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Haryana's Sirsa district.

Bangla News

Bangladesh thrash Maldives in SAFF U-18 soccer

Sports Desk: Bangladesh boys thrashed Maldives by 2-0 in the in SAFF Under-18 Championship in Bhutan on Wednesday.

Bangla News

Rohingya: UK ends training for Myanmar military

International Desk: Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain is suspending training support for Myanmar's military because of the treatment of the country's Rohingya minority.

Bangla News

US to give Tk 224cr for Rohingya refugees

Staff Correspondent: The United States (US) will contribute nearly $2.8 crore (Tk 224 crore) in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar to escape violence carried out by its army.

Bangla News

Govt approves Anti-Terrorism unit

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh government has approved Anti-Terrorism unit to curb the militancy across the country.

Bangla News

14-party rejects Aung Suu Kyi's speech

Staff Correspondent: Awami League (AL) led 14-party alliance leaders' outright rejected Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's first address to the nation after military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

Bangla News

DCs asked to be humane to Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Fearing that Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar violence may spread to many districts of the Chittagong division, Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Abdul Mannan urged deputy commissioners (DCs) of those districts to be more humane to them.

Bangla News

Govt to import 50 tons more rice 

Special Correspondent: The government has taken a decision to import 50 tons of rice more to meet the shortage of food across the country.

Bangla News

Hindus fleeing Myanmar violence seek asylum in India

International Desk: Caught in the crossfire between Myanmar’s military and Rohingya insurgents, hundreds of Hindus who have fled to Bangladesh are placing their hopes on the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in neighboring India.

Bangla News

Dipjol taken to Singapore for better treatment

Entertainment Correspondent: Actress Monoar Hossain Dipjol has been taken to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for advanced treatment.

Bangla News

Aid for Rohingyas: Media centre to be set up in Cox’s Bazar

Staff Correspondent: A media centre will be set up in Cox’s Bazar district administration complex with an aim to circulate information regarding providing humanitarian help for Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar to escape atrocities by its army.

Bangla News

'Rohingya' woman with two children held in Tangail

Staff Correspondent, Tangail: Police held a suspected Rohingya woman along with her children from Rabna area on Dhaka-Bangabandhu bridge highway of the district on Tuesday afternoon.

Bangla News

PSL spot fixing case: Khalid Latif gets 5-year ban

Sports Desk: Pakistan cricket's anti-corruption tribunal on Wednesday banned opener Khalid Latif for five years and fined him one million rupees ($9,489) over a spot-fixing case, the second casualty after teammate Sharjeel Khan was banned late last month.

Bangla News

Dhoni nominated for Padma Bhushan award

Sports Desk: The Indian cricket board has nominated Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the country's third highest civilian award -- the Padma Bhushan -- for his contribution to the game.  

Bangla News

Six killed in Munshiganj textile mill fire

Munshiganj Correspondent: Six people were killed in a devastating fire at a textile mill in Mokterpur BISIC Toll plaza area of Munshiganj Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.

Bangla News

Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military

International Desk: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation.  

Bangla News

Sri Lanka qualify for ICC Cricket WC 2019

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka have qualified for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after the Windies lost the first ODI against England at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

Bangla News

Signal-3 continues at seaports

Staff Correspondent: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla And Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three.

Bangla News

Arrest warrant issued against Imran H Sarker

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against Ganojagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker in a defamation case filed over derogatory remark on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Bangla News

Sheikh Hasina places six proposals to resolve Rohingya crisis

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has presented a six-point proposal regarding the Rohingya crisis.  

Bangla News

Katrina Kaif in Race 3

Entertainment Desk: One now hears that Katrina Kaif, the actor’s once-upon-a-time love interest, is also being added to the cast of Race 3.

Bangla News

4G service by December

Secretariat Correspondent: State Minister for Post and Telecommunication Tarana Halim said it will be possible to introduce 4G service by next December.

Bangla News

Tuesday 19 September 2017

Major earthquake hits Mexico, 139 killed

International Desk: A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 139 people in central Mexico, according to officials.  

Bangla News

Myanmar must stop military campaign: UN chief

International Desk: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated address.

Bangla News

Trump threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea

Desk Report: In a bracing speech to the United Nations, President Trump threatened Tuesday to "destroy" North Korea if it does not give up its nuclear weapons program.

Bangla News

Gold price falls in local market

Economic Reporter: Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) in a statement to the media on Tuesday said the drop in gold price by Tk 1,166 per bhori (11.664 grams) followed the global fall.  

Bangla News

ADB to give $20cr loan for boosting urban infrastructure

Staff Correspondent: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is giving Bangladesh a loan worth US$20 crore to strengthen urban infrastructure, service delivery, and management in the country's pourashavas (municipalities).

Bangla News

26 expatriates get remittance award

Economic Reporter: A total of 26 expatriates have got the “Bangladesh Bank Remittance Award-2016”.  

Bangla News

OMS of rice starts at the upazila level Wednesday

Secretariat Correspondent:  The Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice will start at the upazila level on Wednesday.  

Bangla News

Proper management needed for relief distribution

Rohingya people are fleeing to Bangladesh in groups as Myanmar army carried out atrocities on them in the country's Rakhine state. Under this circumstance, Bangladesh government has temporarily given shelter to several lakh Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar due to humanitarian grounds.

Bangla News

JnU student among 4 killed in road accident

JnU Correspondent: At least four people including a student of Jagannath University (JnU) named Naim Khan were killed in a road accident in Narayanganj on Tuesday morning.  

Bangla News

Suu Kyi 'burying head in sand': Amnesty

International Desk: Amnesty International has accused Aung San Suu Kyi and her government of "burying their heads in the sand" and telling "untruths" over what it described as ethnic cleansing of minority Rohingya Muslims in Burma.

Bangla News

Boat capsize kills 4 fishermen in Hatia

Noakhali Correspondent:  At least four fishermen were killed as a boat capsized near Janatar Ghat of the Meghna River in Hatia upazila early Tuesday.

Bangla News

2nd round of Walton National Cricket League to start Friday

Sports Desk: The second round of Walton National Cricket League's 19th edition will be started at several venues across the country on Friday (September 22).

Bangla News

Minor boy found dead in Dhanmondi lake

Staff Correspondent: Police recovered body of a minor boy from the capital's Dhanmondi lake.

Bangla News

Myanmar's Suu Kyi addresses nation over Rohingya crisis

International Desk: Aung San Suu Kyi has broken her silence on the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis.

Bangla News

Two Indian nationals held with fire arms in C'ganj

Staff Correspondent: The law enforcers detained two Indian citizens with four fire arms from border area of Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district early Tuesday.

Bangla News

Bodies of Abdullah among 7 militants handed over 

Staff Correspondent: Bodies of seven militants including Abdullah, who were killed in explosions at a militant den in the capital's Darus Salam area, were handed over to Anjuman Mufidul Islam, a social welfare organisation.

Bangla News

Man hacked to death in Gopalganj

Gopalganj Correspondent: A man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals in Char-Jajira village under Kashiani upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.

Bangla News

Strike halts printing all types of NCTB books

Staff Correspondent: The activities of printing, publishing and supply were stopped as textbook makers went on strike since Tuesday morning, creating an uncertainty of distributing text books among students on the eve of New Year.

Bangla News

Barisal Metropolitan BCL secretary suspended



Bangla News

Monday 18 September 2017

Suu Kyi does not fear global 'scrutiny' over Rohingya crisis

International Desk: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear "international scrutiny" of her government's handling of the growing Rohingya crisis.

Bangla News

Expect no help from Trump on Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar: PM

International Desk: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday about Rohingya Muslims flooding into her country from Myanmar, but she expects no help from him as he has made clear how he feels about refugees.

Bangla News

Rubel denied boarding pass to travel SA

Sports Desk: Bangladesh national cricket team have already arrived in South Africa, travelling in two groups on September 16.

Bangla News

Hurricane Maria batters Dominica

International Desk: Hurricane Maria, strengthened to a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm, has torn into the Caribbean island of Dominica with sustained winds of 260km/h (160mph).

Bangla News

PM attends high-level meeting on UN reforms

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined a high-level meeting on UN reforms hosted by US President Donald Trump who called on the UN to improve the way it does business.

Bangla News

Rooney banned from driving for two years

Sports Desk: Former England international footballer Wayne Rooney has been banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to a drink-driving charge.

Bangla News

Bus-pickup van collision kills 3 in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Three people have been killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila of the district on Monday evening.

Bangla News

Iraq court orders suspension of Kurdish referendum

International Desk: Iraq's top court has ordered the suspension of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) planned referendum on independence.

Bangla News

Truck kills two in Faridpur

Faridpur Correspondent: At least two people were killed and four others injured when a speedy truck rammed a battery run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila of the district on Monday evening.

Bangla News

SAFF U18 Championship: Bangladesh beat India by 4:3

Sports Desk: Bangladesh beat India by 4:3 in their first match in SAFF U18 Championship in Bhutan on Monday.

Bangla News

Hurricane Maria nears Caribbean islands

International Desk: Maria is expected to become a dangerous major hurricane as it nears the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.

Bangla News

Buddhist leaders scrap flying paper lanterns

Staff Correspondent: Leaders of Bangladesh’s Buddhist community have decided to go to Myanmar to protest the ongoing atrocities against Rohingya refugees who are suffering in dire condition.

Bangla News

Govt to import 1 lakh tonnes rice from Myanmar

Senior Correspondent: Food Minister Qamrul Islam said that the government will import 1 lakh metric tonnes of white rice from Myanmar.

Bangla News

HRW urges new Myanmar sanctions

Desk Report: Human Rights Watch has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent 410,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh to escape what the United Nations has branded ethnic cleansing.

Bangla News

HC stays Dinajpur mayor's suspension order

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) has stayed for three months the government order that suspended Syed Jahangir Alam as a Dinajpur municipality mayor, clearing the way for him to perform his duty.

Bangla News

Honeypreet Kaur tops most wanted list

Entertainment Desk: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's closest aides Honeypreet Insan and Aditya Insan top the list of the 43 most-wanted in Haryana over the rioting last month after the self-declared spiritual guru was convicted of rape.

Bangla News

Two Rohingyas killed in wild elephant attack

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Two Rohingyas including a child were killed and five others injured after wild elephants attacked a temporary camp set up in the hills in Cox's Bazar's Ukhia upazila.

Bangla News

4kg gold hidden in airplane seat seized

Staff Correspondent: Customs officials have seized 4.064 kilograms of gold hidden underneath an airplane seat at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.  

Bangla News

Take stern steps to prevent price hike

It is being seemingly tough to bring the rice market under control. It is not being possible to contain the price hike of rice. The government along with the private sectors has imported several lakh tonnes of rice but instability prevails in the rice market.

Bangla News

Bodies of two ‘militants’ handed over to Anjuman

Staff Correspondent: The bodies of two suspected militants, who were killed during drives at Dhaka Airport and Panthapath, have been handed over to Anjuman Mafidul Islam for burial.  

Bangla News

JP suspends its leader for supporting Rohingyas

International Desk: The Assam unit of the BJP has suspended a minority woman leader of its executive committee for voicing support for Myanmar's Rohingya refugees.  

Bangla News

DU Ga unit admission test results in evening

Staff Correspondent: The admission test results of 'Ga' (C) unit of Dhaka University for 2017-18 academic session will be published today (Monday) evening.  

Bangla News

Sunday 17 September 2017

China, Russia begin naval drills near North Korea

International Desk: China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on Monday amid continuing tensions over the isolated state’s nuclear ambitions and ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, where North Korea is likely to loom large.  

Bangla News

3 more bullet-hit Rohingyas admitted to CMCH

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Three more Rohingyas, who have crossed border with bullet and bomb wounds, have been admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).  

Bangla News

Qatar to buy 24 fighter jets from Britain

International Desk: Qatar has signed an agreement to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from Britain, the second major defence deal signed by Doha during its lengthy diplomatic dispute with its Gulf neighbours.  

Bangla News

3 killed in Nilphamari road accident

Nilphamari Correspondent: At least three people were killed as two trucks collided head-on in the district’s Saidpur upazila early Monday.  

Bangla News

Missing madrasa student found dead in Sirajganj

Sirajganj Correspondent: Police has recovered the body of a madrasa student named Ariful Islam (13), three days after his disappearance from Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj.  

Bangla News

Sharif wife wins Lahore seat

International Desk: The wife of Pakistan's former prime minister who stepped down over a corruption inquiry has won a key seat in Lahore, unofficial results suggest.  

Bangla News

PM reaches New York to attend UNGA

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached New York via Abu Dhabi to attend the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).  

Bangla News

‘North Korea will be destroyed’

International Desk: The US ambassador to the UN warned North Korea will be destroyed if it continues its "reckless behavior" and forces the United States and its allies to defend themselves against any attack.  

Bangla News

Turkey deploys 80 military vehicles near Syrian border

International Desk: Turkey sent 80 military vehicles including tanks to its southern border with Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday.  

Bangla News

EC invites eight more parties

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) has invited eight more political parties to know their opinions over the arrangement of the 11th general election.

Bangla News

Myanmar army chief urges unity over Rohingya issue

International Desk: Myanmar's army chief has urged the country to unite over the "issue" of the Rohingya, a Muslim group he says has no roots in the country, and which his troops are accused of systematically purging.

Bangla News

‘If we go back we'll be either tortured or killed’

International Desk: More than 400,000 Rohingya, mainly women and children, have fled to Bangladesh in the recent weeks as a result of indiscriminate violence against civilian populations carried out by the Myanmar army.

Bangla News

46 Bangladeshis detained in Malaysia

International Desk: The Malaysian Immigration Department has detained 111 foreigners for not possessing valid travel documents in a raid on workers hostels in the Senai industrial area. Among the detainees, 46 were from Bangladesh.

Bangla News

Applying law due to political influence barrier to SDG attainment

Staff Correspondent: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) observed on Sunday that Bangladesh may face challenges and risks in achieving Sustainable Development Goal-16 (SDG-16) although it has enough legal and institutional preparations to achieve it.

Bangla News

Arrest order against those hoarding rice illegally

Secretariat Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said arrest order has been made against those who will be found hoarding rice illegally in their godowns.

Bangla News

Second man arrested over London Underground blast

International Desk: A second man has been arrested by detectives investigating Friday's terrorist attack at Parsons Green, which left 30 people injured when a homemade bomb exploded during peak hour.

Bangla News

Writ filed seeking guideline in sheltering Rohingyas

Staff Correspondent: A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court (HC) seeking a direction to formulate proper guideline in sheltering Rohingya refugees.

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‘Bangladesh seeks peaceful solution over Rohingya problem’

Staff Correspondent: Law Minister Advocate Anisul Haque said Bangladesh hosts Rohingya refugees on humanitarian grounds as the country seeks peaceful solution over the Rohingya problem.

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Special security during Durga Puja

Secretariat Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said special security measures will be taken at 3,077 Durga Puja sites, including 231 in Dhaka, across the country.

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Last chance for Suu Kyi, warns UN chief 

International Desk: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has "a last chance" to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad, the UN head has said.

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Saturday 16 September 2017

Fire at Ctg power plant snaps supply for 5 hrs

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: A fire broke out at a sub-station plant of the district's Hathazari on Saturday night which snapped power supply for five hours.

Bangla News

Maritime ports advised to hoist signal no. 3

Desk Report: Due to monsoon steep pressure gradient persists over North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, squally weather may affect the maritime ports and coastal areas of Bangladesh.

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Four fake policemen held in capital

Staff Correspondent: Detectives held four fake policemen conducting a drive in the capital on Saturday night.

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People to pay last tributes to Dwijen Sharma today

Staff Correspondent: People of all walks of life will pay tributes to recently departed naturalist Dwijen Sharma today (Sunday).

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US denies U-turn on climate deal

International Desk: The US has insisted it will leave the Paris climate accord, despite reports that it may be softening its stance.

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Rohingyas not allowed to move out of camp: IGP

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian received the Rohingya people who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar. There were nearly 2,000 acres of land in Ukhia. They will be sealed there. There will be set up a camp where they have to stay.

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18,000 Rohingyas entered Bangladesh daily: UN

International Desk: More than 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh, the United Nations says as Bangladeshi leader heads to the US to seek global help coping with the crisis.

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Deal signed for Dohazari-Ramu-Cox's Bazar rail link

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Railway (BR) signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to construct rail lines connecting Dohazari and Cox's Bazar via Ramu on Saturday.

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Entire Philippine city police force fired over killings

International Desk: An entire city police force in the Philippines has been fired in metropolitan Manila after some of its members were suspected in the gruesome killings of three teenagers and others were seen on surveillance cameras robbing a house.

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Checking in buses to prevent Rohingya spread

Staff Correspondent: Police have imposed a ban to transport Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.

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Tunisian women free to marry non-Muslims

International Desk: unisia has overturned a law that banned women from marrying non-Muslims.

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Two Myanmar nationals jailed for alleged espionage

Cox's Bazaar Correspondent: A Cox's Bazaar court has sent two Myanmar nationals for their suspected involvement in espionage.

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Rohingya woman's body recovered from Naf river

Cox's Bazaar Correspondent: Police recovered body of a Rohingya woman from Naf river at Shah Porir Dweep point of the district's Teknaf upazila on Saturday noon, climbing the death toll to 109 since 25 August.

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Mustafizur goes to Rajshashi Kings

Sports Correspondent: Rajshahi Kings has won the left-arm pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman in the next edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), scheduled to start on November 3.  

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Friday 15 September 2017

Humans could be wiped out climate change

Risingbd Desk: Humanity could be destroyed by 'catastrophic' climate change within the next century.

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Tigers leave for South Africa today

Sports Correspondent:  Bangladesh Cricket Team will leave here for South Africa on Saturday to play a full-fledged series against the Proteas.  

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Kim Jong-un vows to complete N Korea nuclear programme

International Desk: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to complete his nuclear weapons programme in the face of strengthening sanctions after he inspected a powerful new intermediate-range missile that was fired over Japan, according to state news agency KCNA.  

Bangla News

Iran, Indonesian relief goods for Rohingyas reach Ctg

Desk Report: A total of 48.16 tonnes of relief materials from Iran and Indonesia for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh arrived at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Air port on Friday.

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London tube blast is terror incident; say police

International Desk: An "improvised explosive device" was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed.

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US lauds Bangladesh for sheltering Myanmar refugees

Desk Report: The United States (US) has appreciated Bangladesh for hosting hundreds of thousands of Myanmar refugees and asked the Myanmar authorities to pay respect to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the civilians in Rakhine state.

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Hindu Mohajote demands 3-day Durga Puja holiday

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote leaders demanded a three-day holiday to celebrate Durga Puja.

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London Underground bomb attack leaves 18 injured

International Desk: A homemade bomb exploded on a packed London subway train during rush hour on Friday, leaving 18 people injured, police and health officials said. None of the injured is thought to be seriously hurt.

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PM leaves for NY Saturday

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here tomorrow for New York to attend the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

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Oikya Andolon stages demo over Rohingya issue

Senior Correspondent: Islami Oikya Andolon, an Islamic party, staged a demonstration in the capital’s Baitul Mukarram National Mosque area protesting atrocities on Rohingya people and demanding their repatriation to Myanmar.

Bangla News

Two die from electrocution in Turag

Staff Correspondent: Two people died from electrocution near a petrol pump adjacent to East West Hospital in Turag, the outskirts of Dhaka, on Friday morning.

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Ashraful hits century after 4 years

Sports Desk: Former Bangladesh Captain Mohammad Ashraful Islam hit a century in 19th Walton National Cricket League (NCL) after four years.

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Pakistan top court dismisses Nawaz Sharif's review petition

International Desk: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the review petitions filed by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his children and finance minister Ishaq Dar, challenging his disqualification in the Panama Papers scandal.

Bangla News

'Social media under monitoring'

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said police are monitoring social media to filter communal provocation. Law enforcers will take steps under conventional laws against those are involved in such activities.

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Explosion on Tube train in south London

International Desk: Terrified commuters 'ran for their lives' after an explosion on a London Underground train this morning.  

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Scientists will send messages to search for aliens next year

International Desk: In the hopes of communicating with any aliens out there, scientists will send messages to potentially-habitable planets next year.  

Bangla News

Thursday 14 September 2017

Satellite images of Rohingya village burning

International Desk: Rights group Amnesty International has released satellite images which it says show an "orchestrated campaign" to burn Rohingya villages in western Myanmar.  

Bangla News

Donald Trump denounces Iran over nuclear deal

International Desk: President Donald Trump hinted he may move to derail the landmark nuclear agreement with Iran next month.  

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North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

International Desk: North Korea fired a ballistic missile early on Friday from the capital Pyongyang that flew over northern Japan, the latest provocation amid high tensions over its banned weapons programmes.  

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Indian relief reaches Shah Amanat airport in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Indian relief has reached Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong for Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

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Rohingya: Int'l community urged to stand by Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: The United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR and and International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged the international community to extend their support to meet the immediate need to Rohingya Muslim refugees.

Bangla News

Dhaka outfield rated as poor by ICC match referee

Sports Desk: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced that Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, who officiated in the first Test between Bangladesh and Australia in Dhaka from 27 to 30 August, has rated the Shere Bangla National Stadium outfield for that match as “poor.”

Bangla News

50 killed in Iraq suicide attacks

International Desk: At least 50 people have been killed in two attacks in southern Iraq, health officials say.

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Russia launches biggest military exercise

International Desk: Russia and Belarus have launched a large-scale joint military exercise, called Zapad-2017, which has made nearby Nato countries nervous.

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Bangladesh to raise Rohingya issue in UN General Assembly

Desk Report: Bangladesh will raise the Rohingya issue in the upcoming 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session highlighting the main causes of the long standing crisis and will put forward some proposals for solving the problem as early as possible.

Bangla News

‘Propaganda underway to destabilize rice market’

Senior Correspondent: Citing that there is no shortage of rice in the country, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the government is trying to make up the damage caused by flood in haor and other areas in the country through importing rice.

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Morocco relief goods for Rohingyas arrive in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong: Relief materials sent by Morocco government for Rohingya people fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar arrived in Chittagong on Thursday.

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No room for militancy in Bangladesh: PM

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said there is no room for militancy in the domain of Bangladesh.

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No politics over rice, says Food Minister

Staff Correspondent: Food Minister Quamrul Islam asked the mill owners and businessmen to stop doing politics over rice in the country.

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Arrest warrant issued against Imran Khan in contempt case

International Desk: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued bailable arrest warrants for Imran Khan following his failure to show up for the contempt of court proceeding on Thursday.

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Mustafizur likely to be first pick in BPL draft

Sports Desk: BPL franchises have populated their squads by signing overseas players before the players' draft takes place on Saturday. They have also retained at least three local players from their 2016 roster while some have added a new icon cricketer.

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NKorea threatens to 'sink' Japan

International Desk: A North Korean state agency said Thursday that Pyongyang should use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and turn the United States into "ashes and darkness" as the country stepped up its threatening rhetoric in reaction to new United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program.

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22 people drowned as boat capsizes in India

International Desk: At least 22 people drowned after their over-loaded boat capsized in Yamuna river in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, the police said.

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Work with utmost sincerity: PM

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Mentioning the role of police in establishing the rule of law is very commendable, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that they will have to work with utmost sincerity in keeping the law and order situation better in the country.  

Bangla News

Five-mark deduction: High Court order halted

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division   has stayed a High Court order  for six months regarding a government decision of making merit list after deducting five marks from second time admission seekers in government-run medical colleges and institutions.  

Bangla News

Wednesday 13 September 2017

PM visits Rajshahi today

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is visiting Rajshahi today (Thursday) to attend a passing-out parade and lay foundation stone of some development projects.  

Bangla News

Halimah Yacob named Singapore's first female president

International Desk: An establishment figure has been named Singapore's first female president after a "walkover" election that saw no vote after no other contenders ran for the position.  

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Malaysia school fire kills 25

International Desk: A fire at an Islamic boarding school killed at least 25 people, most of them students, in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur after breaking out in a dormitory early on Thursday morning, officials said.  

Bangla News

U.N. chief, Security Council call on Myanmar to end violence

International Desk: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against the majority-Buddhist country’s Rohingya Muslims that has forced some 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh.  

Bangla News

Suicide bomb blast near cricket stadium kills 3

Sports Desk: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint near the main cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least three people as a tournament was under way, officials said.

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