Saturday, 27 Apr, 2024

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Dr. Atiar surrenders, sent to jail

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Dr Atiar Rahman, an assistant professor of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, who earlier fled the courtroom after denying bail, to jail.Acting judge of Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court Zakia Pervin passed the order after Atiar surrendered before the

Indian health minister due on Monday

DHAKA: Indian Minister for Health & Family Welfare of India Dr. Harsh Vardhan will arrive in Dhaka on Monday on a 5-day visit, to attend in the 32nd meeting of the Ministers of Health of WHO South-East Asia Region to be held on September 9.He will lead a high-powered delegation

22 fortune seekers held at Bay

COX’SBAZAR: Coast Guard personnel detained 22 people from the Bay of Bengal when they were bound for Malaysia illegally.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Coast Guard officer Shahidur Rahman said “acting on tip-off coast guard members conducted a raid on Naziratek point and held

16th amendment bill to be placed Sunday

DHAKA: The much-talked Constitution (16th amendment) Bill-2014 will be placed at the House on Sunday. The bill proposes restoration of the Jatiya Sangsad’s authority to impeach the Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incapacity.Law, Justice and Parliament Affairs minister Anisul

Varsity student shot dead in Rajbari

DAULATDIA, RAJBARI: Miscreants shot dead a private university student and injured another in a brothel beside Daulatdia Rail Station at Goalanda upazila of the district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as M Ripon Mondol, 22, son of Mohon Mondol, was a seventh semester student

Japan PM leaves Dhaka

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Dhaka on Sunday morning after a wrapping-up his two-day official visit.Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali and Secretary Shahidul Haque saw off the Japanese Premier at Shahjalal International Airport.A special flight, carrying Shinzo

Spell mistake, English grasp govt websites

DHAKA: Almost every website and portals of government’s ministries, department and other organs are in a bad condition. One portal has spelling mistake, another has small font size; the others have many different problems.The most shocking matters appeared on the web portals of the

Japan PM visits DU

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University in the city on Sunday morning.Shinzo Abe was given a red carpet reception in the campus around 9:30am. Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique, Pro-Vice Chancellors Prof Shahid

Security guard found dead in city

DHAKA: Police recovered a body of a security guard from Dhanmondi area of the city on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Hiru Mia Mollah, 52. Sources said that the victim was a security guard of Road-14, House-13 in Dhanmondi and went missing on September 4. Later, his

Another Bangladesh pilgrim dies in KSA

RIYADH: Another Bangladeshi pilgrim, who went to perform hajj, died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shahazan Sikder, 71, Sadar upazila of Pirojpur district. He went there through Shuvo International, a travel agency. His passport

18 Malaysia-bound held in Cox’s Bazar

COX’S BAZAR: Police and Coast Guard personnel, in separate drives, detained 18 Malaysia-bound people from Sonadia coast under Maheshkhali Upazila in the district on Saturday night.Sources said that a unit of coast guard conducted a drive in Sonadia point in mid night. Meanwhile,

BD-Japan relation to be improved

DHAKA: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid on Saturday expressed his hope that the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Japan would improve in the future.The President came out with the hope when the visiting Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on him at Bangabhaban in the

15 fishermen abducted in Bay

BHOLA: Sea robbers in the Bay of Bengal abducted at least 15 fishermen from Char Fashion and Daulatkhan areas of the district in past two days.Sources told banglanews the robbers demanded Tk 200,000 as ransom for each making the fishermen community terrified as no one can dare to

Road crashes kill 270 in Ctg in 8-month

CHITTAGONG: Some 270 people were killed and 1,219 others injured in 306 road accidents in the district in last eight months.Road Accidents Monitoring Cell of the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity published a research report on Saturday.Of the deceased, 96 were passers-by, 74 children, 110

Japanese first lady visits Nursing College

DHAKA: Japanese first lady Akie Abe on Saturday visited the Dhaka Nursing College in city.She stayed there for about 40 minutes, sources told banglanews.Dhaka Nursing College principal Era Dibra, also the president of Bangladesh Nurses Association, was present here.She said the Japanese

Nurse strike, accused Dr suspended

DHAKA: Authorities of Mitford Hospital have temporarily suspended the accused doctor amid nurse strike protesting physical assault of a nurse.The suspended doctor is Rafiqul Islam Sujon, an intern of the hospital.Director of the hospital Brigadier General Zakir Hasan said the

BD withdraws UNSC candidature

DHAKA: In a joint statement, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday announced to withdraw its candidature for non-permanent member in the UN Security Council (UNSC).The premier also pledged for all-out support to Japan in the candidacy in the post.Later, she handed over

2 killed in B’baria road crash

BRAHMANBARIA: Two people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Chandura area at Bijoynagar upazila in the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Mujibur Rhaman, 55, of Shahbajpur village of Sarail and Rouf Miah, 40, resident of Chandura.Local

Varsity student drowns in Cox’s Bazar

COX’S BAZAR: A university student drowned in the Bay of Bengal in the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Imtiaz Ahmed Mishu, 25, a 3rd year student of Journalism and Mass Communication at Daffodil International University. Deceased’s younger brother Adnan Ahmed

Japan PM pays tribute to Bangabandhu

DHAKA: Visiting Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday paid tribute to the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman placing floral wreaths at Dhanmondi-32 in city.He placed the wreath around 2:45pm and signed the condolence book after visiting the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum