UNB Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 1.20 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 3.5 crore from Hoangbrang bordering area in Teknaf upazila on Friday night. Topped off, a team of BGB led by Hila BoP Company Commander Nazrul Islam conducted a drive in the sluice gate area along…
UNB An unidentified man was found dead on the rooftop of a four-storey building in the city’s Wari area on Saturday. Informed by locals, police recovered the body of the unidentified man, aged about 45, from the rooftop of a building at Bhagabati Road around 10:45 and brought it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital…
UNB Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from his house at Surat village in Sadar upazila early Saturday in connection with several cases. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Hasan Hafizur Rahman said tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid on the house of Matiur Rahman, ammer of Sadar thana unit of…
UNB A suspected robber was arrested after a gunfight with police in Niribili area under Ashulia police station, on the outskirts of the capital early Saturday. Rezaul Haq, officer-in-charge of the police station, said a gang of robbers stormed the rod-cement shop of Shamim Hossain, a former commissioner of Savar municipality, and tried to…
UNB China’s premier has tried to quell anxiety about his slowing economy as officials at a global finance meeting called for governments to speed up job-creating reforms to stimulate slackening growth. In a video message Friday at the meeting of finance ministers and central banks from the Group of 20 major economies, Premier Li…
UNB Police arrested four suspected robbers while taking preparation to commit robbery at College Road in Srimangal upazila on Friday. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested four suspected robbers–Majid Mia, 35, son of Kadir Mia; Jonab Ali alias Zinayed, 50, son of Ayub Ali; Ramsu Mia,…
UNB The 34th BCS Non-Cadre Forum on Saturday staged a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts from those who passed the 34th BCS exam. Sources said the agitators under the banner of the 34th BCS Passed Non-Cadre Forum staged a sit-in around 11:00am and put barricade…
UNB Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad staged a demonstration in front of Jatiya Press Club here on Saturday demanding exemplary punishment for the killing of Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh. The demonstrators under the banner of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad brought out a procession from in front of the press club around…
BSS Sitting on the floor of a rehearsal room in east London in leggings, T-shirts and headbands, a group of teenage dancers laughed about how quickly their language changes, rattling off “old” words still unfamiliar to many older English speakers. “Safe” meaning good, “boomting” or “chungting” meaning good-looking, and “a lie!” as an exclamation of…
BSS The United States Soccer Federation said Thursday it would vote for Prince Ali bin Al Hussein to be the new head of FIFA, the scandal-torn governing body of world football. US Soccer president Sunil Gulati announced the decision on Twitter. “USSoccer will vote for AliforFIFA for President of FIFA,” Gulati tweeted, after posting earlier…