Biometric SIM registration system inaugurated
The trial run of biometric SIM registration system has begun in the capital on Wednesday.
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT adviser to the prime minister, inaugurated the new SIM registration process at the Posts and Telecommunications Division at the Secretariat around 10:30am.
2 outlawed party members killed in Tangail ‘gunfight’
Two members of outlawed Sarbahara Party have been killed and three others injured in a “gunfight” with the members of Rapid Action Battalion in the district's Sadar upazila.
The deceased are Baghil union parishad member Akbar Hossain,45, and Manu Miah,35, while the injured are Chan Mia, 38, Raihan, 35, and Farid Mia, 34.
Kumari Puja today
Mohashtami, the third day of the five-day Durga Puja festival of Bangalee Hindu community, is being celebrated on Wednesday.
Hindu devotees are set to observed the day with Mohashtami Puja Proshastha and Brotobas in the morning and Sandhi Puja at night.
The main attraction of Mohashtami day Kumari Puja (worshipping of the virgin Goddess) will be held at temples and pandals across the country.
US 'clock boy' Ahmed Mohamed to move to Qatar
Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Muslim boy from Texas whose teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb, will move to Qatar with his family.
Ahmed has accepted a scholarship from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, where he will study.
4 killed in N'ganj road accident
Four people have been killed when their CNG-run autorickshaw was ran over by an unknown vehicle in the district's Siddhirganj area.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
AL leader beaten to death in Rajshahi
A ward-level Awami League leader has been beaten to death by his cousin in the city's Lashmipur area.
The deceased is Md Aslam, Awami League organising secretary of ward no 11.
The police have detained his cousin, Jahid, immediately after the incident.
