India Telangana state decision ‘expected’
India’s ruling Congress party is likely to announce its support for the formation of a new state in the Telangana region of southern Andhra Pradesh state, media reports say. The state has seen protests...
View ArticleMid-East peace talks resume in US
Middle East peace talks have resumed after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators dined in Washington DC with US Secretary of State John Kerry. Kerry said it was a “very, very special” moment, as they...
View Article2 ‘carjackers’ killed in ‘shootout’
Two suspected carjackers were killed in a ‘shootout’ with Rapid Action Battalion members in South Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital, early Tuesday. The victims are Sabuj Miah and Sagar Ahmed....
View ArticleStocks down
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse came down during the first one-and-half hour of trading on Tuesday. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed 21 points...
View ArticleJubo League leader shot dead in capital
Unidentified miscreants shot dead a Jubo League leader at Gulshan in the capital early Tuesday. Riazul Haque Khan Milky, 43, was organising secretary of Jubo League, Dhaka metropolitan (south) unit,...
View Article15 workers missing after Florida gas plant blast
Fifteen people are unaccounted for after a series of explosions at a gas plant in the US state of Florida. Between 24 and 26 people were working at the Blue Rhino Propane Plant, in the central town of...
View ArticleCops find Rony’s allegation baseless
Police have not found any evidence in support of ruling party lawmaker Golam Maula Rony’s allegation that two television journalists, whom he beat up at his office, attacked him and threatened to kill....
View ArticleAfghan market blast ‘kills four’ in Kandahar
At least four people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in the southern city of Kandahar, Afghan officials say. At the time of the blast, the market was packed with shoppers...
View ArticlePakistan probes Qaeda link to jailbreak
Pakistan is investigating possible al-Qaeda involvement in a major jailbreak in the country’s militant-plagued northwest that freed nearly 250 prisoners, security officials said yesterday. Dozens of...
View Article6 dead, 26 hurt in Philippines bomb blast
A powerful bomb which was heard for kilometres killed six people yesterday in a southern Philippine city where the United States and other governments earlier warned of a terror threat. The explosive...
View ArticleShooting, bombings kill 15 across Iraq
A series of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 15 people, including a random shooting and the killing of a judge, authorities said. Violence has been on the rise in Iraq all year, but the number of...
View ArticleWorld’s first test tube burger tasted
Scientists yesterday unveiled the world’s first lab-grown beef burger, serving it up to volunteers in London in what they hope is the start of a food revolution. The 140 gramme (about five ounce)...
View ArticleUnicorn of the sea!
Divers in Australia have captured rare images of the Pyrostremma spinosum, or pyrosome, sea creature off the coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is so rare it has been dubbed the ‘Unicorn of the Sea’ and...
View ArticleRelatives of victims block highway
Relatives of missing victims of Rana Plaza tragedy and workers of the garment factories housed in the collapsed building yesterday staged demonstrations at Savar bazar bus stand. They blocked the...
View ArticleRMG workers clash with cops, 30 hurt
At least 30 RMG workers were injured in a clash with police at Masterbari under Sadar upazila in Gazipur yesterday. The clash took place as the police fired several rounds of tear shells to disperse...
View ArticleCop testifies in Aug 21 attack case
One more prosecution witness yesterday testified before a Dhaka court that Huji leader Moulana Tajuddin used to visit the residence of his brother Abdus Salam Pintu, former deputy minister of the...
View ArticleMilky’s family demands party actions
Family members of slain Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Milky yesterday demanded expulsion of two fugitive murder suspects Zahidul Islam Tipu and Wahidul Alam Arif from their respective political...
View ArticleAble officer transferred over opinion
The Election Commission has transferred one of its joint secretaries allegedly for disagreeing with a commissioner over giving extra time to a political party to meet the registration criteria. The EC...
View ArticleMueen, Ashraf the abductors
Nusrat Rabbee, daughter of martyred intellectual Fazle Rabbee, yesterday testified that alleged Al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan had abducted her father on December 15,...
View ArticleVictims finally back home
Some indigenous people, who had fled their homes in Matiranga on Saturday to escape communal attacks, returned home from Indian bordering areas on Sunday. They came following assurances from State...
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