Bangladesh
President, PM pay homage to language heroes
Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNB) - President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid homage to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past midnight on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.
Shamima not a Bangladesh citizen; no entry for her: Dhaka
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) - The government of Bangladesh on Wednesday made it clear that radicalized IS teenager and British citizen Shamima Begum is not a Bangladeshi citizen and there is no question to allow her to enter Bangladesh.
Chawkbazar chemical warehouse fire yet to be doused
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – The fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in the city’s Chawkbazar area on Wednesday night could not be brought under control in three hours, leaving around 30 people injured, including 12 with burns.
Two launches collide in Meghna; 30 injured
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – At least 30 people were injured as two launches collided in the Maghna River near Katpatti Launchghat in Sadar upazila of Munshinganj district on Wednesday.
4-day BGB-BSF conference ends in Jashore
Jashore, Feb 20 (UNB) - A four–day coordination conference of high level officials of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) concluded at a local hotel on Wednesday.
3 Rokeya University students injured in water tank fall
Rangpur, Feb 20 (UNB) – Three students, including two female ones, of Begum Rokeya University were injured as a water tank fell on them from the rooftop of a four-storey academic building on the campus on Wednesday.
UK Minister visits icddr,b, lauds lifesaving partnership
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – British Secretary of State for International Development and Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has lauded icddr,b’s work and said the partnership between icddr,b and DFID is very special.
Man stabbed dead by ‘lover’s son’ in city
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – A man was stabbed to death by a youth at Kamrangirchar in the city on Wednesday morning over the alleged illicit relationship with his mother.
Keraniganj’s Jugantor journo arrested in Digital Security Act case
Keraniganj, Feb 20 (UNB) – Police arrested Abu Zafar, the Keraniganj correspondent of Bangla daily Jugantor’, on Tuesday night in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Niko case hearing deferred for Khaleda’s absence
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – A court here on Wednesday deferred the charge framing hearing in Niko Graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others as she could not be produced before the court as she was reportedly asleep.