UNB, Dhaka The state-owned Petrobangla on Saturday formed a separate inquiry committee to investigate into the fire incident that originated reportedly due to gas leakage in a Banani house early Friday. Petrobangla director (administration) Md. Mostafa Kamal will head the 4-member committee, said a press release of the state-owned hydrocarbon corporation. The committee…
Desk Report Mitt Romney said on Friday that he would vote for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in the presidential nominating contest in Utah. He however did not officially endorse the candidate. He also told voters to deny the nomination to Donald Trump according to reports from Reuters. Romney had little praise for Cruz, and…
AP, United Nations The U.N. Security Council on Friday condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches, calling them “unacceptable,” a clear violation of U.N. resolutions banning such tests, and a threat to regional and international security. A statement from the U.N.’s most powerful body after an urgent meeting called by the United States reiterated the…
UNB, Dhaka BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday unveiled her parties Vision-2030 plan to turn the country into higher middle income one if her party returns to power. Addressing the inaugural session of her parties 6th national council at the Institution of Engineer’s, Bangladesh she elaborated the vision-2030 outline for 30 minutes. Khaleda said her…
AP, Havana Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro flew to Cuba on Friday for a day of high-level meetings and ceremonies that appeared designed to send a message of socialist solidarity two days before Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to visit the island in nearly 90 years. Maduro was accompanied by his ministers of foreign…
UNB, Dhaka Police recovered the beheaded body of a newborn baby from the city’s Badda area on Saturday. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said local people spotted the behead body of the newborn baby girl in a dustbin beside Swadhinata Sarane Khanka Sharif under Badda Police Station around 11am and informed police. Later,…
UNB, Dhaka Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque has said if needed, help would be sought from the international agencies dealing with money laundering, for unveiling the clue to the $101 million cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank. He told reporters this on Saturday during a question-answer session at the city’s Shaheed Police Smrity…
UNB, Dhaka Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has urged all non-communal forces to unite in the fight against terrorism. “There can be differences of opinion in some cases. We have to be united against terrorism and militancy. Efforts to undermine anyone or to defeat them out of political expediency will in fact stand…
BSS, Dhaka The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is probing 24 more war crimes cases from across the country. “We have concluded probing 37 cases so far. Of these, the two tribunals (one is now defunct) have pronounced judgments in 22 cases. Proceedings of four cases are now nearing the end,” said…
UNB, Dhaka Ten municipalities in nine districts are going to polls on today with the participation of two major political parties — Awami League and BNP — in all the 10 mayoral posts. The voting will open at 8am and continue till 4pm without any break. The 10 municipalities are Haragachh in Rangpur, Kaliganj…