Reuters: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday urged Iran’s armed forces to increase their power to “scare off” the enemy, according to his official website, as the country faces increased tension with the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump in May withdrew from Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers — a deal aimed at…
UNB Police arrested two people along with four pistols, eight magazines, 20 rounds of bullet and 731 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Koylabari truck terminal area in Shibganj upazila early Wednesday. Officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police Station MM Moynul Islam said tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid in the terminal area and…
Afrida Ahmed BNP Advisory Council member Abdul Awal Mintoo, his wife and three sons have been named in the Paradise Papers leaks. The leak shows that Awal Mintoo, his wife Nasreen Fatema Awal, and three sons — Tabith Mohammed Awal, Tafsir Mohammed Awal and Tajwar Muhammed Awal are shareholders and hold top positions in the…
NDTV At a time when more and more extravagant weddings are becoming the norm, a Pakistani man’s story of his sweet and simple wedding has found a lot of fans. Twitter user Rizwan Pehelwan took to the micro blogging website to share his experience of organizing a simple wedding, and his Twitter thread has now…
BSS An agreement between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and South Korean company CS Bangla Limited was signed today aiming to invest US$ 25 million to establish a tent and outdoor camping items manufacturing industry in Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ). The agreement was signed at BEPZA complex in the city aiming to enhance…
AFP: An Australian man rammed his four-wheel drive into a Sydney police car, hijacked a supermarket delivery truck and taxi, rammed other cars and stabbed and wounded a passerby before killing himself in front of police on Friday. The dramatic chain of events, which police said was not terror-related, began when police tried to…
Kabir Humayun: Two suspected drug traders were killed in separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ with police in two districts – Rajshahi and Chandpur – early yesterday, reports NTV Online. In Rajshahi, Manik, 30, a suspected drug trader, son of Shahab Uddin of Natun Para in Charghat upazila, was killed in a reported gunfight with police at…
The Guardian, UK: A rail project meant to connect North and South Korea has been blocked by US military officials, highlighting divisions between Washington and Seoul on how to deal with the nuclear armed North. The two Koreas planned to begin a joint field study last week by sending a train from Seoul across the…
Eshan Maitra Virtual Reality gadgets are the latest tech craze of our time. Though companies like Microsoft and Google pushing it for entertainment purposes, some scientists found even greater use for this amazing technology. If you have watched the Ridley Scott’s movie ‘Prometheus’ (2012), you already have guessed about the process. Firstly, the researching teams…
UNB: A fire that broke at Bangladesh Police Academy at Sarda in Charghat upazila burned down valuables, including some academic certificates of cadets, yesterday morning. Sahabuddin Ahmed, additional superintendent of Bangladesh Police Academy, said the fire broke out around 5:45 am on the ground floor of a six-storey cadet barrack. On information, a team of…