Jan 8: January 8 data shows that the youth unemployment rate for November was 23.7% in the European Union, up from 23.4% in October 2012. The youth unemployment rate in the eurozone is now 24.4%, up from 23.9% the previous…
Day: January 8, 2013
Meghna, Meghna-Gomati Bridges: Open to traffic after day-4
Jan 8: After a four-day suspension, traffic through Meghna and Meghna-Gomati bridges on Dhaka-Chittagong highway resumed Tuesday morning as first phase renovation of the bridges are complete. But all heavy vehicles will remain closed till 12:00am on January 13 on…
14cr-year old living species: Limbless amphibians found in Bangladesh
Jan 8: Two members of ‘Chikila Fulleri’, the 14 crore years living limbless amphibians, have been discovered hiding in the soils of Lawachara under the district Wednesday last. Wild life specialist Reza Khan and wild life researcher Tania Khan found…
Schwarzenegger says film violence not linked to school shooting
Jan 8: Arnold Schwarzenegger may be one of the world’s biggest action stars but the former governor of California says violence in films is entertainment and should not be linked to tragic events like the Connecticut school shooting in which…
Police bar MPO-seeking teachers’ demo
Jan8: Police frustrated an attempt to besiege Shikkha Bhaban on Tuesday by the teachers of educational institutions not included under the government’s Monthly Payment Order (MPO). The law enforcers intercepted a procession of those teachers around noon when they were…
Govt to nationalise primary schools
Jan8: The government has decided to nationalise 26,193 non-government primary schools across Bangladesh. Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen says Sheikh Hasina will make an announcement to this effect on Wednesday from a rally of the non-government primary school…
ACC Chairman says: Decision on 3 foreigners after WB report
Jan 8: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Ghulam Rahman said the commission would take decision on the three foreign accused after getting World Bank (WB) report over the Padma Bridge graft allegation. The three foreign accused are Ramesh Saha, Ismail…
Fuel prices hike: Left parties’ hartal on Jan 16
Jan 8: The left-leaning parties of the country called a countrywide half-day hartal on January 16 in protest against the latest fuel price hike.
PM says: Gas connection in Noakhali soon
Jan 8: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday categorically said the people of the district would be provided with gas connection and others privileges soon. “The gas of Sundalpur and Shahajadpur will not only be added to national grid, but…
Country lacks rule of law: BNP
Jan 8: Opposition BNP Standing Committee Member MK Anwar said rule of law has been halted in the country due to the verdict of former Justice ABM Khairul Haque over the issue of caretaker government. The senior leader of the…
Galaxy phones drive Samsung to record profit
Jan 8: Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, said it likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion, as it sold close to 500 handsets a minute and as demand picked up for the flat screens…
Goldstein ‘optimistic of WB financing’
Jan 8: The World Bank’s Bangladesh Country Director said on Tuesday she remains ‘optimistic’ about the global lender financing the Padma bridge project.
Hire more from Bangladesh: Khaleda to Saudi Speaker
Jan 8: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia urged Saudi Arabian Assembly Speaker on Tuesday to recruit more workers from Bangladesh.
No Saudi pressure to stop war trial: Dipu
Jan 8: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Tuesday denied any pressure created by Saudi Arabia on Bangladesh government to stop trial of crimes against humanity committed during liberation war in 1971.
Nirmal Sen dead
His family said he died at around 6.30 pm on Tuesday at a hospital in Dhaka of septicemia, a lung infection that spread into his blood stream. Within minutes, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled in a message her long association…
The end game: Tackling retirement
Retirement terrifies sports stars. The end of a glittering career can feel like falling off a cliff to an athlete who thrives on fame and fortune. And the longer the career, the harder the end game seems to be. For…
HBO will continue screening Universal movies
HBO said Sunday that it is renewing its deal with Universal Pictures to be the exclusive pay-TV provider of the studio’s movies for another decade, the companies said. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. HBO, part of Time…
Hurricane Sandy relief bill – good coastal policy?
Rob Young, from YALE Environment360 Next week, the U.S. Congress is expected to vote on the bulk of $60 billion in emergency spending to provide for recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Clearly, significant aid is needed to repair the damage left…
Rafiq murder, double shock to people
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The recovery of the handcuffed body of a Dhaka city unit BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder from a field in Jhenidah on Saturday night came as a double shock to common people not only for the cold…
Messi wins record fourth Ballon d’Or
Lionel Messi won a record-breaking fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or at an awards ceremony in Zurich.The 25-year-old Argentinian took the honour ahead of Barcelona team-mate Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Oscars are to pay tribute to Bond films
“We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday,” said the producers of this February’s Oscars show, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
New doubts on link between global warming, drought
There have been devastating droughts in the past few years in places like Africa, Australia, and the United States. Last summer, the drought in the central US caused the loss of massive crops, causing a major economic hit for the…