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US, China resume high-level talks
Top US and Chinese negotiators meet for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world's two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.
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DSE index plunges to its 3yrs’ low
The Dhaka stocks continue to bleed to its three years’ low due to the thin participation of institutional investors.
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Lone accused gets death in Risha murder case
A Dhaka court sentences one person to death in a case filed over the murder of Risha, a class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School, who was brutally killed in 2016.
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Street play on Abrar murder
The students of different universities have been protesting the gruesome murder of Buet Student Abrar Fahad.
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Masters students must leave halls within 15 days after exam: DU
Students who are appearing in masters examination will have to leave their dormitories within fifteen days of completion of their exams, announce the authorities of Dhaka University.
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Clear your stance or face tougher agitation: Buet students to VC
Protesting students of Buet threaten to put all the administrative buildings under lock and key if the vice chancellor does not appear on the campus by 2:00pm tomorrow to clear his stance on the demands, which the students placed after the murder of their fellow Abrar Fahad.
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Kushtia cops deny allegation of assaulting Abrar Fahad’s brother
Denying the allegation that the law enforcers assaulted Abrar Fahad’s brother, Kushtia police claims that Abrar Fayaz tried to attack Buet vice-chancellor during his visit to Kushtia.
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BCL leader Amit Saha, 2 others held
Police arrest three people including Chhatra League leader Amit Saha in connection with the brutal murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad.
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3 Rab men, 2 informants picked up by BSF
Three members of Rapid Action Battalion and their two female informants are picked up by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from the frontier in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla, police said.
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‘Social movement needs to be launched to curb ragging culture’
Education Minister Dipu Moni says she is deeply saddened, shocked and ashamed over the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, who was brutally killed allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League.
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NHRC closely observing govt actions over Abrar murder
National Human Rights Commission seeks speedy trial of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder and demanded exemplary punishment of the killers.
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Star Day at a Glance, Thursday, October 10, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 10, 2019
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Huge saltwater croc kills fisherman in Philippine
A huge saltwater crocodile killed a Philippines fisherman after snatching him from his boat, local authorities said yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks terrorising a remote southern island.
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3D printer makes meat in space
The prospect of astronauts tucking into a roast dinner has grown slightly closer after a successful experiment used a 3D printer to create meat on the International Space Station.
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BSF detains 3 Rab men, returns them after 5 hrs
Members of Indian Border Security Force yesterday detained and released three members of Rapid Action Battalion and two of their informers at Ashabari border in Cumilla’s Brahmanpara upazila.
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‘Murder-Suicide’: Police find 3 of a family dead in city’s Mirpur
Police recovered the bodies of a man, his wife and son from a flat in the capital’s Mirpur yesterday. The victims are SM Bayezid, 45, a businessman, his wife Kohinur Akter Anjana, 42, and son Farhan, 16, a student of Dhaka Commerce College.
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Criticising Indian Deal: Facebook post causes AL leader’s suspension
The Khulna district Awami League (AL) has suspended its executive committee member Sheikh Baharul Alam for criticising the recent India-Bangladesh deals on Facebook.
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Turkey Offensive in Syria: Kurds fight back invasion
Syria’s Kurds battled to hold off a Turkish invasion yesterday as thousands of civilians fled air strikes and shelling that deepened fears of a humanitarian crisis.
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S Korea may acquire nuclear submarines after North’s test
South Korea’s Navy is considering acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, it said yesterday in a surprise announcement which would change the balance of power in north-east Asia and is likely to upset several of its neighbours.
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Fight Against Aids, TB, Malaria: Macron presses donors for $14bn fund
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged donor nations to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, warning that gains made in rolling back the killer diseases risked being reversed due to donor fatigue.
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Malaysia finds hornbill ‘ivory’ in massive wildlife seizure
Almost 800 animal parts including a huge stash of hornbill “ivory”, pangolin scales and deer’s antlers, have been seized in a raid on Borneo island, officials in Malaysia said yesterday.
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Jubo League Chairman Faruque's effigy torched
Activists under the platform Muktijuddho Mancha set fire to an effigy of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faruque Chowdhury on the Dhaka University campus.
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93 more migrant workers return from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian authorities send back 93 more migrant workers to Bangladesh -- as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.
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Rahgir Almahi Ershad takes oath as MP
Rahgir Almahi Ershad, elected from Rangpur 3, take oath as a member of the Parliament.
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GDP for FY 2019-'20 will be 7.2%: WB
World Bank (WB) has forecasted the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of Bangladesh at 7.2 per cent for the fiscal year 2019-20, while government’s projection for the same fiscal year in the national budget was 8.2 per cent.
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PM opens 2 water plants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Padma (Jashaldia) Water Treatment Plant (phase-1) and Well Field Construction Project at Tetuljhora-Bhakurta in Savar Upazila (Phase-1) with a capacity to supply 60 crore litres of purified water.
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JnU made off-limits to outsiders during class hours
Jagannath University (JnU) authorities have imposed a restriction on visitors during academic hours on the campus.
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BTRC blocks Buet site for complaints against BCL
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday blocked a website of Buet that contained complaints against Bangladesh Chhatra League’s university unit.
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16 killed as Turkey launches ground offensive in Syria
Turkey launches a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria, with intensive bombardment followed by a ground offensive made possible by the withdrawal of US troops.
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‘He’s feigning, can be beaten up for two more hours’
Five to six Chhatra League leaders and activists mainly led the torture of Abrar.
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