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BSF pulls out finger nails of Bangladeshi man

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) tortured a Bangladeshi man by pulling out nails of all ten fingers of his hands with pliers and left him untreated for three days at Rangamati camp of Indian Malda district near the frontier with Sapahar upazila of Naogaon, BGB says.
27 April 2019

Lightning arresters can be adopted all over Bangladesh to save lives: ADB

Lightning arresters, a low-cost technology, can be adopted all over the country to save lives and stop undue human damages from lightning strikes, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
27 April 2019

Sri Lanka police chief refusing to quit despite president’s request: Sources

Sri Lanka’s police chief has refused a request by President Maithripala Sirisena to step down following suicide bombings on churches and hotels, two sources at the president's office say, deepening the rift at top levels of government.
27 April 2019

Santal’s demand to get back their land logical: Sultana Kamal

Human Rights Activist Sultana Kamal says the demands of Santals to get their land back and punishment of perpetrators are logical and the government should comply with their demands.
27 April 2019

Midday Brief, Saturday, April 27, 2019

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27 April 2019

Air India services hit worldwide after server glitch

Flight operations of Indian national carrier Air India were hit globally for over five hours this morning after a reported glitch in its main server SITA.
27 April 2019

11 Bangladeshis who worked at SL factory sent back

Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, who used to work at a copper factory owned by Inshaf Ibrahim involved in the Shangri-La hotel bombing in Colombo on April 21, have been sent back by Sri Lanka.
27 April 2019

PM to meet President this evening

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban. The Prime Minister is scheduled to meet the President at 6:30pm, Joynal Abedin, Principal Information Officer of Press Information Department, told UNB.
27 April 2019

Jamaat ex-leaders team up to float new political party

Majibur Rahman Monju and some other former leaders of Jamaat have teamed up to form a new political party in a few months.
27 April 2019

Ashulia RMG workers on hunger strike

Workers of a garment factory, who have been terminated allegedly for protesting sexual harassment of a fellow worker, started an indefinite hunger strike in Jamgor area of Ashulia.
27 April 2019

11 packets of yaba tablets found inside corpse

Forensic doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital finds 11 small packets of yaba tablets while conducting an autopsy of man after his sudden death in Kamalapur area of Dhaka.
27 April 2019

‘Black sheep’: The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs

Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College. He was a nobody, with no claim to scholarship other than ambition.
27 April 2019

Journalist Mahfuz Ullah dies at 69

Senior journalist Mahfuz Ullah passes away at a hospital in Thailand this morning at the age of 69.
27 April 2019

Missing college student’s body recovered in Jaflong

Divers recover the body of a college student, who went missing in the river Piyain in Jaflong of Sylhet yesterday.
27 April 2019

Nor’westers, hailstorm likely at many places: Met office

Nor’westers and hailstorm are likely to occur in different areas of the country today, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
27 April 2019

Trump pulling US out of UN arms treaty, heeding NRA

President Donald Trump tells the National Rifle Association he was pulling the United States out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups.
27 April 2019

2 ‘outlaws’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with rivals in Bogura

Two alleged outlaws are killed in a reported gunfight with their rivals in Sherpur upazila of Bogura.
27 April 2019

15 dead in Sri Lanka after overnight gun battle with suspected Islamist militants

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, are discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.
27 April 2019

UN leaders highlight need for support to Rohingya

UN humanitarian leaders reiterates their commitments to working toward the safe and sustainable solution for the Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and noted the UN efforts are on to help in creating conditions conducive to their return.
26 April 2019

STAR Day at a Glance, Friday, April 26, 2019

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26 April 2019