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25 bodies found after California boat fire
12:00 PM, 03 Sep 2019 TuesdayDivers found 25 bodies on Monday after a pre-dawn fire sank a scuba diving vessel off a Southern California island, leaving nine people unaccounted for, as the U.S. Coast Guard continued its search, media reported. Representatives for the Coast Guard’s division in Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara, California...
Arrest warrant issued against Mohammed Shami
09:46 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayAn arrest warrant has been issued against Mohammed Shami and the India cricketer now has 15 days in which to surrender and apply for bail...
Saudi Naval chief lauds PM’s noble gesture of hosting Rohingyas
08:18 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayVisiting Saudi Naval Chief Lieutenant General Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily today highly praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her noble gesture of hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh. The Saudi Naval chief’s appreciation came when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Australian FM to visit Bangladesh on Tuesday
07:04 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayAustralia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne will visit Bangladesh from 3 to 5 September to attend a ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and meet with Bangladesh Government leaders...
Bangladesh achieves top position in world’s GDP growth list
06:05 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayBangladesh has topped in the world in achieving the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the last 10 years since 2009, according to the recently released “Spectator Index-2019.” The cabinet meeting today discussed the matter with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at secretariat here in the capital...
BTRC asked to stop cellphone services at Rohingya camps
04:25 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayPosts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar has directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to take immediate steps to stop mobile phone services at Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar...
Chinese univ team meets DU VC
02:23 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayA three-member team led by Prof. Dr. Pradeep Ray of the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, China called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman on Monday at latter’s office. The other team members are Prof. Dr. Kwee-Yan Teh and Prof. Dr. Soong Chul of the same university........
Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas battered by 'monster' storm
02:02 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayThe most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean islands of the Bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings and caused severe flooding. The slow-moving, category five Dorian - the second-strongest Atlantic hurricane on record - has sustained winds of up to 180mph (285km/h)........
Rifat murder: Minni’s bail upheld by SC
12:49 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayThe Appellate Division on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to Ayesha Siddika Minni in a case over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif. The bench of Supreme Court judge Hasan Foyez Siddique passed the order dismissing an appeal filed by the government challenging the HC order....
The Shawshank Redemption: Themes and analysis
12:36 PM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayThe Shawshank Redemption was directed by Frank Darabont and was, interestingly, a Stephen King adaptation. Now, you would not expect the ‘King of horror’ to write about positive things like hope, friendship, freedom and perseverance. And yet, this was exactly what he did....
Arsenal recovers to draw 2-2 against Tottenham
11:55 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayArsenal fought back from two goals down against Tottenham to draw 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday, with the Gunners' much-anticipated attacking trio unable to see off their fierce London rivals. Spurs shocked the home fans at Emirates Stadium to take an early lead in the 10th minute.......
Covered van crash kills 3 including ASI
11:39 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayThree people including an assistant sub-inspector of highway police were killed after a covered van hit them at Saidpur area of Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in the dead hour on Monday. The deceased are ASI of highway police Akter Hossen.....
‘Robber ringleader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
10:35 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayAn alleged robber ringleader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at ChairarDeil of Matarbari union in Moheshkhali upazila here early Monday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Quader Rana, 34, son of Nurul Haque of the area.......
JU students, teachers demand judicial investigation into graft allegations
10:31 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayJahangirnagar Against Corruption, a joint platform of students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University, on Sunday declared a siege program on the campus from September 3 demanding judicial investigation into the allegations of corruption in the mega-development project of the university.....
Two minor girls violated in Magura, Khulna
09:56 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayTwo minor girls have reportedly been violated by neighbours in Magura and Khulna districts on Sunday. In Magura, a class-V girl was raped by a youth at Chukinagar village of Shalikha upazila. Torikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shalikha Police Station, said the neighbour youth -- Sujit Biswas, 26, son of Somen Biswas of the village – took the girl to an empty house and raped her there around 1pm.....
One killed in Mymensingh 'gunfight' with police
08:53 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayAn active member of the inter-district auto-snatcher was killed in a gunfight with the District Intelligence Police (DB) in Mymensingh. Two policemen, including an SI, were injured in the alleged crossfire. The incident took place at Badekalpa in Mymensingh city in the wee hour on Monday............
Israeli drone starts fire in Lebanon border forest
08:32 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayThe Lebanese military said an Israeli drone, which violated Lebanon’s airspace, dropped incendiary material and sparked a fire in a pine forest by the border on Sunday. The fires near the border in Lebanon “originate with operations by our forces in the area,” the Israeli military said in a statement without elaborating...........
Govt has no foreign friend, says BNP
08:24 AM, 02 Sep 2019 MondayBNP on Sunday alleged that the current Awami League-led government has no foreign friend to get support for resolving the protracted Rohingya crisis. “They (govt) are acting like slaves with their knee-jerk foreign policy. They’re sacrificing the rights and interests of Bangladesh and its people.......
Rifat murder: Minni, 23 others charge-sheeted
06:32 PM, 01 Sep 2019 SundayPolice have pressed charge-sheet against 24 people including Ayesha Siddika Minni in a case filed over the murder of Rifat Sharif in Barguna. The charge-sheet was submitted to Senior Judicial Magistrate Court on Sunday. Police excluded No. 1 accused Nayan Bond from the charge-sheet as he was killed in gunfight...
PRAN-RFL bags 5 nat’l export trophies
04:56 PM, 01 Sep 2019 SundayFive companies of PRAN-RFL Group got national export trophies for outstanding contribution in export segment for FY 2016-17...