bdnews24: The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Shikha Akter, wife of Ruhul Amin. The body was found in a pond adjacent to her father-in-law’s house in the neighbourhood of Miapara in Uttar Joypara in Dohar on Monday, said Sheikh Sirajul Islam, chief of the local police station.
Reuters: Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, will be charged in court on Wednesday under the anti-money laundering act, the anti-graft agency said in a statement. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it had summoned Najib on Tuesday in connection with its investigation into SRC International, a former unit of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad
UNB: Bangladesh Tripura Kalyan Sangsad on Tuesday demanded justice for minor girl Krittika Tripura alias Punati who was killed after rape in Dighinala upazila. It made the demand from a human chain followed by a rally held in front of Mahalchhari upazila parishad in the morning. The mutilated body of Krittika Tripura, a Class-V studentof…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a latest scandal of a national cricketer, Shakib Al Hasan seems to appear with yet another controversial role. A video featuring the ace-all rounder apparently verbally abusing and showing indecent body language to a Bangladesh national cricket team fan has been making the rounds in Facebook. Many of those posting the video…
Hossen Sohel: Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan’s new prime minister, is expected to appear before the country’s anti-graft body in connection with the misuse of government helicopters which caused Rs 2.17 million loss to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa exchequer, reports PTI. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on August 3 had summoned 65-year-old Pakistan…
Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury, Former Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University: Bangabandhu struggled for Bangladesh throughout his life and he never compromised in his life. He gave us many things and could not accomplish many works as well. Some despicable people assassinated Bangabandhu along with his most family members. The present progress and development of Bangladesh…
Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Honorable Prime Minister Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office. Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh My name is Raghu Rai. I have been honored by you in 2012 as friends of Bangladesh Liberation War who photographed the Bangladesh war for freedom by Mukti Bahini supported by your neighbors…
Reuters: Israeli tank shelling of a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least two militants, the group’s armed wing and health officials said. The Israeli military said it had retaliated against gunfire aimed at its troops by militants. “An IDF tank targeted the post from which the shots were fired,” the…
BSS: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved 12 development projects with an outlay of Taka 7,866 crore, including one for dredging and embankment protection of the Padma River. The approval came at the fourth meeting of the ECNEC in fiscal 2018-19 held at NEC conference room in Sher-e-Banglanagar with Prime…
Independent, UK: West Hollywood councillors have voted “unanimously” to remove Donald Trump’s star from the city’s Walk of Fame. The marker, which was unveiled in 2007, has been vandalised several times since the US president took office and was almost completely destroyed in July in a pickaxe attack. At a meeting on Monday evening, West…