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2 Abrar murder accused remanded again
A Dhaka court places two accused of Buet student Abrar murder case on three-day remand each and sent another to jail on competition of their five-day remand in the case.
17 October 2019
Midday Brief, Thursday, October 17, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on October 17, 2019
17 October 2019
2 die as ambulance’s gas cylinder blasts in Ctg
Two people are killed and four injured when gas cylinder of a CNG-run ambulance explodes in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.
17 October 2019
Global Climate Hackathon in Dhaka on October 25
On Global Climathon Day, 25th October 2019, over 120 cities worldwide is tol organise a solutions-hackathon aimed to tackle local climate challenges.
17 October 2019
Don’t go beyond rules: PM to UGC
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the University Grants Commission (UGC) not to go beyond the rules in case of overseeing both public and private universities.
17 October 2019
Root cause of ailing student politics
Upon seeing the news of student politics being banned on campus in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) recently, a few crucial factors to consider stand out regarding Abrar Fahad’s death and the surrounding fallout against student politics.
17 October 2019
India hands over 1,250 prosthetic legs to Nitor on Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
Indian High Commission jointly with Bangladesh Orthopaedic Society is providing over 1,250 prosthetic legs to those in need in Bangladesh on the occasion of Gandhi’s 150yr birth anniversary.
17 October 2019
3 ‘Neo-JMB men’ held in Dhaka
Three members of Neo-JMB, an ultra-radical offshoot of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), are arrested from Dhaka’s Gabtoli area.
17 October 2019
Verdict on Rajshahi ‘war criminal’ any day
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day in a case filed against a Rajshahi man for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.
17 October 2019
Special PP of Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal withdrawn
The Ministry of Law has removed special public prosecutor of Dhaka Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal Jahangir Alam Chowdhury from his post for his negligence in discharging duties.
17 October 2019
8 Rohingyas held in Goalanda
Eight Rohingyas were arrested from Goalanda Bus Terminal area in Rajbari. All of them came from the Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar.
17 October 2019
10 AL men hurt in rival’s attack in N’ganj
At least ten Awami League leaders and activists were injured in an attack by a rival faction in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj. Three vehicles and six idols of a puja mandap were vandalised during the attack.
17 October 2019
Trump muddles facts on US Syria withdrawal
US President Donald Trump muddled the facts Wednesday on America’s withdrawal from Syria and the conditions on the ground there, as he distanced himself and the US from the ongoing Turkish invasion into Syria.
17 October 2019
2 ‘drug traders’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Two suspected drug traders are killed in a reported gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
17 October 2019
35 foreigners dead in Saudi bus crash
Thirty-five foreigners were killed and four others injured when a bus collided with another heavy vehicle near the Muslim holy city of Medina, Saudi state media says.
17 October 2019
Star day at a Glance, Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on October 16, 2019
16 October 2019
Iran president's brother starts 5-year jail term: report
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's brother enters prison to begin a five-year sentence after he was convicted of corruption, the semi-official ISNA news agency reports, citing his lawyer.
16 October 2019
7th Bangladesh Conference begins
Seventh Bangladesh conference, arranged by Bangladesh Affairs Forum, starts in Germany’s Berlin.
16 October 2019
BUP hosts Mind Propeller
Bangladesh University of Professionals, one of the best business schools, across the nation hosts Mind Propeller on October 1, 2019.
16 October 2019
‘Abrar not allowed to drink water’
The BCL men, who beat up Buet student Abrar Fahad to death, did not allow him to drink water, says ASM Nazmus Sadat, an accused in the murder case.
16 October 2019