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No gas in one-third area of Chattogram city
Gas supply to almost one-third area of Chattogram city has come to a halt after a gas pipeline leak yesterday afternoon.
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Germany's SPD climbs in polls after welfare rethink
Support for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) has hit its highest level in almost six months, a poll showed yesterday, a week after the centre-left party outlined new welfare plans aimed at winning back working class voters.
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Saudi crown prince heads for Pakistan amid India tensions
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in Pakistan at the start of his tour of South Asia and China, but the visit risks being overshadowed by escalating tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.
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3 held for producing fake certificates
Rab detains three persons from the city’s Nilkhet area on charges of producing fake academic certificates.
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Trump urges Europe to do more to take back IS
US-backed fighters in Syria are poised to capture Islamic State's last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of total defeat as US President Donald Trump spoke of "100 percent victory".
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'Fire raging in my heart too'
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asserted that he was filled with grief and outrage, just like the people of the country, in the wake of the terrorist attack in Kashmir which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel.
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Killing College Girl: Cop among 2 sentenced to death
A Kishoreganj court yesterday sentenced two people, including a police constable, to death and five others to four-year jail terms for killing two college girls in 2008.
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Lebanon appoints Arab world's firstfemale interior minister
Lebanon has appointed the Arab world's first female interior minister in its new government, prising open a wider foothold for women in its overwhelmingly male political scene.
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Saudi agrees jt venture with French firm to boost navy
Saudi Arabia's state arms producer and a French government-majority firm signed an agreement yesterday on a joint venture to boost the kingdom's navy, amid calls to halt weapons sales to Riyadh over it role in Yemen.
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Indian priest gets 20 years in jail for raping minor
An Indian court has convicted a senior Catholic priest of raping a minor and sentenced him to 20 years in jail, the latest sexual assault scandal involving the Church in southern Kerala state.
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STAR Day at a Glance | Sunday, February 17, 2019
Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines on February 17, 2019
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Irish backstop can't be changed for Brexit deal
There can be no changes to the Irish "backstop", an arrangement to avoid a hard border between European Union member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland after Brexit, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid told Reuters.
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Bhutan ex-PM’s Valentine’s Day photo goes viral
Former Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay wIns the Internet with a Valentine’s Day photo posted on his official Facebook page.
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‘Govt plans to give allowance to all disabled people’
The government has a plan to give allowance to all the disabled people across the country, Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed tells parliament.
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Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road crash
A Bangladesh national dies in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.
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British era pillar recovered in Pirojpur
Police recover a border pillar dated back to the British period and arrested five people for their connection in selling it illegally in Nesarabad upzila of Pirojpur.
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1 held over Notre Dame College student murder
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detains a girl in connection with the murder of a Notre Dame College student.
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UZ polls: ‘Non-participation of few major political parties disappointing’
It is disappointing for the Election Commission that some of the major political parties are not taking part in the upcoming upazila elections, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says.
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Gas supply resumes
Gas supply resumes in Dhaka and adjoining areas over 26 hours after the supply was partially halted due to technical glitch at Ashulia gas station, says Titas official.
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Mahmudullah, Boult fined by ICC
The International Cricket Council (ICC) fines Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah and New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult 10 and 15 per cent of their match fees respectively for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in separate incidents during the second ODI in Christchurch.
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Death in road crash: Pabna medical students block highway
Some students of Pabna Medical College Hospital block Dhaka-Pabna highway for two hours protesting the death of their fellow in a road crash on February 13.
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49 elected uncontested for JS reserved seats: RO
All of the 49 aspirants who submitted their nomination papers for the reserved seats for women in the 11th parliament have been elected uncontested.
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PM reaches Abu Dhabi
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Abu Dhabi this morning from Munich of Germany on her three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX-2019).
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India's newly launched fast train resumes service
India’s fastest passenger train begins its maiden commercial run, a day after it broke down on its way to Delhi from Varanasi.
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Commuters suffer in morning rain
Dhaka city dwellers wake up to heavy showers as the capital witnesses 19 millimetre rain in three hours.
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Slovenia MP resigns for stealing sandwich
Darij Krajcic, a member of parliament for the Marjan Sarec List (LMS) party -- the senior partner in the ruling coalition -- says he walked off without paying because three supermarket employees had “treated (him) like air” and continued chatting.
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5 killed as bus collides with truck in Cumilla
Five people are killed and 10 injured as a bus collides with a truck parked beside the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla.
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102 narcos give themselves up
With one police jeep in front and another behind, four buses brought 102 yaba godfathers and dealers to Teknaf Model Primary School from Cox's Bazar Police Lines around 9:00am yesterday.
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Private Management: Hajj expenses up by Tk13,000
An aspirant pilgrim will have to spend a minimum of Tk 345,800 to perform hajj this year under private management, around Tk 13,000 more than the previous year.
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Midday Brief, Sunday, February 17, 2019
Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on February 17, 2019
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