Aggrieved JCD men blast cocktails at Ctg BNP office
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists angered at being deprived of positions in the newly formed Chittagong city unit committee allegedly exploded four cocktails in front of the BNP office in the city. A...
View Article6.2 quake hits off Vanuatu: USGS
A 6.2-magnitude quake hit off the South Pacific island of Vanuatu yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, but it was not expected to generate a tsunami. The US Geological Survey said the tremor at...
View ArticleLandslides bury nine in China
Nine people were buried and four missing after landslides hit a Chinese province where at least 95 were killed this week by earthquakes, state media reported yesterday. Two separate landslides hit...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Tsvangirai warns of election fraud
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday warned that next week’s election was strongly at risk of being rigged, as he condemned the African Union’s upbeat assessment of the poll...
View Article45% of bar dancers in Mumbai from UP, Bengal
Contrary to the state government’s claim that Mumbai’s dance bars attracted ‘foreign girls who spoilt the city’s moral fibre’, statistics reveal that bar dancers were mostly migrants from small towns...
View ArticleDeath toll hits 15 in Indonesia
The death toll after a boat carrying some 200 asylum-seekers bound for Australia capsized has risen to 15, rescuers said yesterday, adding they did not know if any passengers were still missing. Three...
View ArticleBiden calls for easing of tensions in Asian waters
US Vice President Joe Biden yesterday called on Asian nations to reduce tensions in disputed waters across the region as Washington redoubles efforts to confront China’s growing maritime presence...
View ArticleUS Arts Academy chief quits over false CV
The chief executive of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has agreed to resign on July 31, the body announced Thursday following reports she had embellished her cv. The Academy, which counts 50...
View ArticleUS won’t seek death penalty
The United States will not seek the death penalty for fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, according to a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder obtained by AFP yesterday. Holder said in the...
View ArticleTall women ‘face higher cancer risk’
Taller women may face a higher risk of many cancers than their shorter counterparts, revealed a US study. Researchers looked at a sample of nearly 145,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 for the...
View ArticleMorsi now detained on murder suspicion
Egypt’s authorities yesterday formally detained Mohamed Morsi on suspicion of collaborating with Palestinian militants in murdering policemen and staging prison breaks, as tens of thousands of the...
View ArticleMost Indian voters trust Bangladesh
Bangladesh ranks the highest among the countries Indian voters trust while Pakistan ranks the lowest, according an opinion poll jointly conducted by CNN-IBN TV channel and The Hindu newspaper. Asked...
View ArticleDhaka, Washington agree to launch talks
Dhaka and Washington have agreed to initiate discussions on an action plan for worker rights and safety in Bangladesh, nearly three months after the Rana Plaza collapse claimed 1,132 lives. An...
View ArticleBanks’ IT experts helped fraudsters
Arrested debit and credit card forgery gang members told detectives that information technology experts of different banks helped them in the crime. One of the arrestees, Md Selim, the ringleader,...
View ArticleConcern over execution of verdicts
War crimes trial campaigners yesterday expressed concern that the execution of death penalties awarded to war criminals by the international crimes tribunals might not happen during the tenure of this...
View ArticleWorker killed in Gazipur clash
A worker was killed and 50 others were injured in a clash over a land dispute between workers of two spinning mills in Nagarhaola of Sreepur in Gazipur early yesterday. The clash erupted around 6:30am...
View ArticlePrices of Ramadan essentials ease
Prices of most Ramadan essentials have started sliding slowly, thanks to an increased supply of the items. Yesterday, retailers in three kitchen markets in the capital were selling date, gram, sugar,...
View ArticleAL MP killed in Faridpur road crash
Awami League lawmaker Golam Shabur Tulu was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur yesterday. The 60-year-old legislator from Barguna-2...
View ArticleBillboards choke Ctg
Lack of policy regarding hoardings and poor coordination between state-run and local government bodies have let illegal installation of large advertisement hoardings go unchecked in Chittagong city....
View ArticleHostages freed after 17 days
Seventeen days after their abduction, law enforcers early yesterday rescued four staff of Bi Technology and a college student from the jungle of Merung at Dighinala upazila in the hilly district of...
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