Day: April 9, 2024
UNB, Cox’s Bazar : Cox’s Bazar, the world’s longest natural sea beach which witnesses a slump of tourists during the...
Staff Reporter : A total of 49 suspected members of the Kuki-Chin National Front, also known as KNF, were arrested by the joint forces during separate drives at several places in Ruma upazila of Bandarban. Bandarban district superintendent of police Saikat Shahin said on Monday that 49 suspected members of the KNF were arrested during drives conducted by the joint forces. Meanwhile, the joint forces have launched a combing operation against the KNF after bank robberies and looting of weapons...
Chattogram Desk : Another direct container shipping service between Chattogram and two European ports is going to be introduced next month. Switzerland-based maritime logistics service provider Commodity Supplies AG has taken the new initiative to launch the service with three of its chartered vessels to operate from Barcelona in Spain to Chattogram to the largest European port of Rotterdam in Netherlands. Google News LinkFor all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. Reliance Shipping and Logistics Limited, Bangladeshi...
Agency : Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from the Monte Carlo Masters has cast doubt over the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s participation at the French Open, but Novak Djokovic said he is still hoping for a final chapter in their storied rivalry. The 37-year old Spaniard, who has said he expected to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January, after almost a year sidelined with a hip flexor injury, but has not played an Association of Tennis...
Bagerhat Correspondent : Two women drug traders were arrested along with 11 kgs ganja from 2 different places under Fakirhat Upazila in Bagerhat district at Friday night at about10-30 pm by the DB (Detective Branch) Police of Bagerhat district, according to a report received here. It is stated that at night the DB police conducted 2 separate raids at Town Noapara by the side of Dhaka-Khulna Highway under Fakirhat Upazila arrested the drug traders. They are Nurjahan Begum (30), wife...
City Desk : Bangladesh Film Archive under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and Getty Images, a visual media company of the United States, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an objective to collect and preserve the footages on the great Liberation War and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The MoU was signed on Friday at the Getty Images office in New York, said an official release of the ministry here on Monday, reports BSS. Dr...
Agency : Tottenham Hotspur boosted their Champions League (CL) qualifying hopes with a 3-1 home win over relegation-battling Nottingham Forest...
Staff Reporter : More than 51 per cent or 4,849 factories, including textile and garment factories under the jurisdiction of industrial police except in the Dhaka Metropolitan area, are yet to pay the monthly wage for the month of March. As of Monday, the non-payment percentage for festival allowance is 18.65 per cent or a total of 1,766 units out of 9,469 factories, according to Industrial Police data. Out of the total 9,469 factories, some 4,620 have paid the monthly...
TASS : At least 38 civilians were killed and over 70 were injured as a result of Israeli shelling in various areas of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Palestinian agency WAFA reported. “Over the past 24 hours, the occupying forces committed four massacres, resulting in the death of 38 citizens and the wounding of 71 others,” the agency noted, citing health sources in the Palestinian enclave. According to them, six civilians were killed and several were...
City Desk : Members of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police on Monday arrested a member of banned militant outfit ‘Ansar Al Islam’ from Korail Adarshanagar in the city’s Banani. The arrested was identified as Md Samshul Haque alias Eman, 27 of Burirchar village in Barguna, said ATU Media and Awareness Wing police super Barrister Mahfuzul Alam Russel, reports BSS. He said Eman along with other members of the organization were planning to carry out sabotage attack in the country. A...
Staff Reporter : The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the National Eidgah on the...