https://bdnews24.com/ The RSS feed of bdnews24.com en Bangladesh News 24 Hours Ltd. Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:22:35 +0600 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:22:35 +0600 Home https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/18/cautious-government-orders-test-of-ineffective-mosquito-killer-as-dengue-spreads The government has ordered Dhaka city authorities to test their insecticide purportedly ineffective to kill mosquitoes, according to LGRD Minister Tajul Islam. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:18:08 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/lgrd-minister-dc-conf.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/LGRD-Minister-DC-Conf.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/18/cautious-government-orders-test-of-ineffective-mosquito-killer-as-dengue-spreads https://bdnews24.com/politics/2019/07/17/parliamentary-committee-discusses-arrest-of-refats-wife-minny The arrest of Aysha Siddika Minny over her alleged links to the daylight murder of her husband Refat Shorif in Barguna has come up in a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the home ministry. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:51:25 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/minni-17072019.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Minni-17072019.jpg https://bdnews24.com/politics/2019/07/17/parliamentary-committee-discusses-arrest-of-refats-wife-minny https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/us-judge-blasts-drug-lord-el-chapo-s-overwhelming-evil-imposes-life-sentence Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who twice escaped maximum-security prisons in that country, will spend the rest of his life in a US penitentiary, a federal judge said on Wednesday after accusing him of “overwhelming evil.” Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:01:04 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/guzman.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Guzman.jpg https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/us-judge-blasts-drug-lord-el-chapo-s-overwhelming-evil-imposes-life-sentence https://bdnews24.com/education/2019/07/17/bangladesh-ranks-ninth-in-graduate-level-students-in-us Bangladesh is now ranked ninth in the world for the number of students studying at the graduate level in the United States. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:37:55 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/us-ambassador-students-01.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/us-ambassador-students-01.jpg https://bdnews24.com/education/2019/07/17/bangladesh-ranks-ninth-in-graduate-level-students-in-us https://bdnews24.com/cricket/2019/07/17/inzamam-to-step-down-as-pakistan-s-chief-selector Inzamam-ul-Haq on Wednesday announced his decision to step down as Pakistan's chief selector when his contract expires on July 31. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:42:41 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/inzamam-exit.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/inzamam-exit.jpg https://bdnews24.com/cricket/2019/07/17/inzamam-to-step-down-as-pakistan-s-chief-selector https://bdnews24.com/world/south-asia/2019/07/17/india-aims-to-expel-all-illegal-migrants-home-minister-amit-shah-says India will identify and deport illegal immigrants from across the country, the interior minister said on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign that critics say could stoke religious tension and further alienate minority Muslims. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:03:49 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/04/12/amit-shah.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/amit-shah.JPG https://bdnews24.com/world/south-asia/2019/07/17/india-aims-to-expel-all-illegal-migrants-home-minister-amit-shah-says https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/fire-breaks-out-at-tropicana-tower-in-dhakas-paltan A high-rise building in Dhaka’s Paltan has caught fire. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:43:17 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/tropikana-tower.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Tropikana-Tower.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/fire-breaks-out-at-tropicana-tower-in-dhakas-paltan https://bdnews24.com/business/2019/07/17/btrc-rolls-back-bandwidth-cuts-for-gp-robi-over-user-trouble-but-row-lingers The regulator has rolled back the internet bandwidth cuts for mobile telecom operators Grameenphone and Robi 13 days after the reductions in an escalating row over its claim of unpaid dues. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:43:13 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/btrc-chairman.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/BTRC-Chairman.jpg https://bdnews24.com/business/2019/07/17/btrc-rolls-back-bandwidth-cuts-for-gp-robi-over-user-trouble-but-row-lingers https://bdnews24.com/education/2019/07/17/girls-ahead-in-hsc-pass-rate-but-behind-boys-in-gpa-5 Girls have maintained their lead over boys in the pass rate for HSC and equivalent exams this year. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:53:01 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/mohosin-college-chittagong-170719-7.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Mohosin-College-Chittagong-170719-7.jpg https://bdnews24.com/education/2019/07/17/girls-ahead-in-hsc-pass-rate-but-behind-boys-in-gpa-5 https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/dengue-hc-orders-dhaka-city-corporations-to-act-against-ineffective-insecticide The High Court has ordered the bifurcated city corporations of Dhaka to take legal action against those importing, supplying and purchasing insecticide that is failing to control or destroy dengue-bearing Aedes mosquitos. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:43:09 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2014/03/09/hc.jpg3/ALTERNATES/w140/HC.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/dengue-hc-orders-dhaka-city-corporations-to-act-against-ineffective-insecticide https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/at-least-two-trapped-as-building-collapses-in-old-dhaka Rescuers have found the body of a 60-year-old man and his teenaged son in the debris of a building that collapsed at Patuatuli in Old Dhaka. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:38:08 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/building-collapse-saderdhat-17072019-0007.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/building-collapse-saderdhat-17072019-0007.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/at-least-two-trapped-as-building-collapses-in-old-dhaka https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/vietnam-china-embroiled-in-s-china-sea-standoff Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been embroiled in a weeks-long standoff near an offshore oil block in disputed waters of the South China Sea, which fall within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, two Washington-based think-tanks said on Wednesday. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:27:15 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/china-embroiled.gif/ALTERNATES/w140/China-embroiled.gif https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/vietnam-china-embroiled-in-s-china-sea-standoff https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/bills-targeting-china-s-huawei-introduced-in-congress Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives introduced bills on Tuesday to keep tight restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, amid concern about President Donald Trump’s easing of curbs on the Chinese firm. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:23:32 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/huewei.gif/ALTERNATES/w140/huewei.gif https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/bills-targeting-china-s-huawei-introduced-in-congress https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/flood-snaps-rail-links-between-dhaka-and-four-northern-districts Torrential rains and the onrush of upstream water continue to disrupt rail communications between Dhaka and four northern districts. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 18:15:58 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/gaibandha-train-stopped-17072019.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/gaibandha-train-stopped-17072019.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/flood-snaps-rail-links-between-dhaka-and-four-northern-districts https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/sudan-s-military-council-opposition-coalition-sign-political-accord Sudan’s ruling military council and an opposition alliance signed a political accord on Wednesday as part of a power-sharing deal aimed at leading the country to democracy following three decades of autocratic rule. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:12:42 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/sudan.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/sudan.jpg https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/sudan-s-military-council-opposition-coalition-sign-political-accord https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/uk-s-johnson-planning-summer-2020-election-times Boris Johnson’s team wants to hold a national election in the summer of 2020 and has started raising funds to hire more staff and prepare the Conservative Party for the contest, the Times newspaper reported on Wednesday. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:09:40 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/trump.gif/ALTERNATES/w140/trump.gif https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/uk-s-johnson-planning-summer-2020-election-times https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/slain-youth-refats-wife-minny-remanded-for-five-days Police have been given five days to grill Ayesha Siddika Minny over her involvement in the daylight murder of her husband Refat Shorif in Barguna. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:50:20 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/minni-17072019.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Minni-17072019.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/slain-youth-refats-wife-minny-remanded-for-five-days https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/pakistan-arrests-accused-mastermind-of-mumbai-attacks Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges, a spokesman for the chief minister of Punjab province said. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:41:17 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/hafiz-muhammad-saeed.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Hafiz-Muhammad-Saeed.jpg https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/pakistan-arrests-accused-mastermind-of-mumbai-attacks https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/suu-kyi-s-bid-to-reform-charter-sparks-rival-protests-in-myanmar Hundreds of people demonstrated in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, on Wednesday in support of proposed constitutional amendments that would reduce the power of the military. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:35:55 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/rally-in-yangon.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/rally-in-Yangon.jpg https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/suu-kyi-s-bid-to-reform-charter-sparks-rival-protests-in-myanmar https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/nusrat-murder-ex-sonagazi-oc-moazzem-to-stand-trial-under-digital-security-act A court has ordered the initiation of a trial of former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain under the Digital Security Act for releasing on social media a video of a statement by slain madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:22:17 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/oc-moazzem-indictment.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/OC-Moazzem-Indictment.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/nusrat-murder-ex-sonagazi-oc-moazzem-to-stand-trial-under-digital-security-act https://bdnews24.com/environment/2019/07/17/hathazari-power-plant-fined-tk-2-million-for-polluting-halda-river The Department of Environment has imposed a fine of Tk 2 million on the Hathazari 100MW Peaking Power Plant for polluting the Halda River by dumping industrial waste. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:54:56 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/05/26/halda-chittagong-260519-9.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Halda-Chittagong-260519-9.jpg https://bdnews24.com/environment/2019/07/17/hathazari-power-plant-fined-tk-2-million-for-polluting-halda-river https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/traffic-chaos-hits-dhaka-as-du-students-block-shahbag The students of Dhaka University have blocked the capital's Shahbag intersection on Wednesday demanding the authorities reverse the decision of affiliating seven colleges with the institution. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:34:10 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/shagbagh-block-1.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Shagbagh-Block-1.jpg https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/07/17/traffic-chaos-hits-dhaka-as-du-students-block-shahbag https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/2019/07/17/pakistan-arrests-accused-militant-leader-hafiz-saeed Authorities in Pakistan have arrested Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a four-day attack on Mumbai in 2008, Geo Television said on Wednesday. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:21:10 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/pakistan.jpg1/ALTERNATES/w140/pakistan.jpg https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/2019/07/17/pakistan-arrests-accused-militant-leader-hafiz-saeed https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/years-after-fiery-crash-deadly-cargo-still-rides-the-rails The runaway train hurtled into the centre of town shortly after midnight, with no one aboard to apply the brakes or sound a whistle to warn residents about the deadly cargo bearing down on them. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:10:19 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/canada-rail-safety-1.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Canada-Rail-Safety-1.jpg https://bdnews24.com/world/2019/07/17/years-after-fiery-crash-deadly-cargo-still-rides-the-rails https://bdnews24.com/world/europe/2019/07/17/ursula-von-der-leyen-dark-horse-candidate-wins-top-eu-job Ursula von der Leyen of Germany, who emerged only recently as an unexpected compromise candidate to be the European Union’s top bureaucrat, on Tuesday clinched her selection, winning approval by the European Parliament after steering left from her usual centre-right position. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:44:56 +0600 https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2019/07/17/ursula.jpg/ALTERNATES/w140/Ursula.JPG https://bdnews24.com/world/europe/2019/07/17/ursula-von-der-leyen-dark-horse-candidate-wins-top-eu-job