2016

An office assistant of the District and Session’s Judge Court was found dead in his office on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Rameshwar Saha, 50, session’s assistant of the court. -UNB

A man was killed in a clash over land related dispute at Char Chowka village of Sreepur upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Babul Sheikh, 45, son of Abdul Kader Sheikh, a resident of the village. Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station, said there had been a longstanding dispute between Babul and…

A young man was killed and another injured in an attack by a wild elephant at Satanipara in Bakshiganj upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Saju Miah, 31, son of Idris Ali, a resident of the area. The elephant attacked Saju and Khokan as they tried to shoo away the animal, leaving Saju…

Two young men were shot to death by unidentified miscreants at Purba Sarakbhata village in Rangunia upazila early Monday over previous enmity. The deceased were identified as Manju, 28, and Hashem, 31.   Officer-in-charge of Rangunia Police Station Humayun Kabir said a group of miscreants swooped on a house in the village where the duo was…

Nazrul Islam Mukul, Kushtia A human chain has been formed in Kushtia in a bid to get all the payments of the municipal staff, e.g. their wage, PF pensions and gratuity, to be paid 100% from the Government Treasury. The conference was held on Monday at 11am in NS Road of Kushtia. Rabiul Islam, executive…

AP, Aerzen President Barack Obama and top U.S. allies are gathering in Germany to discuss issues he says are putting European unity “under strain.” Monday’s talks in Hannover come on the final day of Obama’s two-day visit to push for the conclusion of negotiations on a U.S.-Europe trade deal. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime…

AP, Kabul Afghanistan’s president has called on Pakistan to battle the Taliban rather than try to bring them into peace talks. Ashraf Ghani made the remarks during an address to parliament on Monday, a week after a Taliban assault on the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed 64 people and wounded another 340. Afghan officials have long…

AP, Aerzen President Barack Obama will send an additional 250 military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the Islamic State group, increasing to 300 the number of U.S. forces battling extremists in the war-torn country, administration officials confirmed Sunday. Obama was expected to announce his decision Monday during a speech in Hannover, Germany,…

Md. Taqi Yasir Saadi Muktafi, one of the renowned musicians and a guitar instructor talked about the present day Bangladeshi music scenario, his Hook’s Music School and his band KRAL in a discussion with Daily Our Time team. He is a physician of Bangladesh Medical College. He said, “New age guitar players will play better…

  AP, Quito Ecuador’s government says the death toll from last week’s devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake has risen to 654 with another 58 people missing. The website of the secretariat for risk management said Saturday that 113 people had been rescued alive following the quake that flattened coastal towns and more than 25,000 people remained in…