BSS A new probe is under way of a garbage dump where investigators believe the bodies of 43 missing Mexican students were incinerated, the attorney general’s office said Sunday. Independent experts and victim relatives had earlier rejected the theory that the remains of the slain students from the rural teacher college in Ayotzinapa, who went…
UNB ICC associate nation United Arab Emirates (UAE) won the toss and elected to bat first against Test playing Pakistan in the 6th T20I of the 13th Asia Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday. Pakistan brought one change in their squad that played against India on Saturday. Left arm spin bowler…
BSS Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) SK Sur Chowdhury today laid emphasis on strengthening water and energy efficiency investment for achieving sustainable development. “Mechanisms to capture the opportunities for water and energy efficiency investments need to be created or strengthened,” he said while addressing a workshop on “Water and Energy Efficiency Financing” as the…
BSS Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia today sounded a note of warning of action if the house-owners fail to submit registration forms with detailed information about tenants by March 15 to the respective police stations. “If any house owners fail to submit information about his tenants by March 15, he or she will…
BSS France’s former Davis Cup captain Arnaud Clement is suing the French tennis federation (FFT) for 1.5 million euros after he was sacked from the job in September, a legal source told AFP on Sunday. “Arnaud Clement has initiated proceedings…to resolve his disagreement with the federation,” the source said without elaborating on the details. Clement…
BSS Visiting Secretary General of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Elhadj AS Sy today called upon the political leaders of the world to come forward with humanitarian values to uphold the dignity of mankind. “The people are suffering now from both man-made and natural disasters all over the world. Every…
BSS The election to chose leaders of Supreme Court Bar Association for the year 2016-17 will be held on March 23 and 24. “The decision was made at a meeting of executive committee of Supreme Court Bar yesterday. Advocate Harunur Rashid will act as the convener of the sub-committee for the election,” said Nimesh Chandra…
BSS Bangladeshi veterinary scientists has invented the preventive vaccine for cattle’s foot and mouth disease (FMD), a major viral ailment that causes the country an estimated loss of Taka 10,000 crore annually. “Our veterinary scientists have invented the master-seed of anti-FMD vaccine . . . it is a landmark achievement for the livestock sector,” state…
UNB Nigeria’s Finance Ministry says it is cutting 24,000 ghost workers from the national payroll, saving $11.5 million a month. A statement received Monday says a new bank verification system helped uncover frauds with federal government salaries being paid to people who do not exist and some civil servants receiving salaries from multiple agencies. The…
UNB Two people died as they fell into a fuel tank at a filling station at Nayapur Haturapara in Sonargaon upazila on Monday. Manjur Kader, officer-in-charge of Sonargaon Police Station, said Masum Mia, a worker of Chand and Surya filling station, slipped into a Mobil tank while working there in the afternoon . Sensing the…