UNB, Dhaka Top officials of Brac working in Afghanistan held meetings with the governor of Baghlan, provincial police commander and local Sura to find out a way to rescue the two abducted Bangladeshi officials, says Brac. Baghlan police, meanwhile, arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of two Brac officials, Brac said in a…
AP, Istanbul A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street on Saturday, killing four people, the city’s governor said. Twenty other people were injured in the attack. The attacker was among the dead. Governor Vasip Sahin said the explosion occurred outside a local government office on Istiklal Street, which is also…
AP, Brussels European Union and Turkish leaders celebrated a “historic day” after sealing a widely-criticized pact to send thousands of asylum-seekers back to Turkey — a deal that will cost millions and require the rapid dispatch of thousands of experts to Greece to undertake the complicated task of making the plan a reality. Amid broad…
Desk Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that the Navy, for the first time, would be getting two submarines to help the navy become more of a “three-dimensional” force, reports BSS. “The much awaited two submarines would be added to the navy fleet this year and it would transform the navy into a…
UNB, Bhola At least 15 people were injured in a clash between supporters of two member candidates over the campaign for the upcoming union parishad (UP) election at Ali Nagar union in Sadar upazila on Friday night. Locals sources said a clash erupted as supporters of Maksud, a member candidate for Ali Nagar union, attacked…
BSS, Dhaka Members of Cyber Crime Team of Police department arrested a Facebook hacker from Dakhkhinkhan in the city on Friday. The arrestee was M Zahid Hasan Sunny, said a press release issued by DMP today. The team also seized a cell phone and other essential stuff generally used in hacking from his possession. Sunny…
UNB, Beanibazar Two siblings, Samia, 5, and Hanif, 4, have been forced to go begging at Arizkha village in Beanibazar upazila as their parents have left them over family feud. Nearly a month back, the father, Oliur Rahman, 35, disappeared leaving the family in the lurch and later the mother, Rina Begum, 27, went away…
BSS, Dhaka The United Kingdom (UK) assured Bangladesh of lifting of its ban imposed on Dhaka-London direct cargo flights soon. A statement of foreign ministry said today British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond gave the assurance to his Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali during a telephonic conversation last night. Bangladesh foreign minister received the phone call…
BSS, Rajshahi Speakers at a workshop here have stressed for practicing personal and institutional integrity to establish good governance and prevent corruptions in every spheres in the society. Commissioner’s office of Rajshahi division and Access to Information (a2i) project of Prime Minister’s Office jointly organized the workshop titled “Awareness Raising on Integrity Strategy” at Circuit…
BSS, Nilphamari Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor has described War Liberation as most significant and glorious chapter of Bangali nation and has called for upholding its spirit to build a prosperous Bangladesh. “War of Liberation is our pride as we achieved an independent Bangladesh through nine-month long bloody war,” he said on Friday afternoon while…