The new Human Development Report has identified Bangladesh as a member of the group of highlighted 18 countries in the world that have seen rapid progress in human development.
Month: March 2013
JICA support sought for eco-friendly energy efficient autos
Commerce Minister GM Quader on Friday sought the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for young Bangladeshi engineers to invent and manufacture echo-friendly energy efficient motor vehicles.
‘SCBA polls reflects people’s verdict’
BNP standing committee member barrister Moudud Ahmed said pro-opposition Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad (JAOP) panel won a landslide victory in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election for the 2013-14 term, bagging 13 posts out of 14.
Khaleda blames govt for damaging temples engaging people
Accusing pro-government elements of attacking temples of the minority communities to divert people’s attention from its misdeeds, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday urged the current regime to stop the game.
Walk the talk: For action to fight hunger
By Shenggen Fan In 2012, world food security remained vulnerable. Progress in the fight against hunger and malnutrition has been piecemeal, at best, and levels remain unacceptably high, with 870 million people hungry and 2 billion suffering from micronutrient deficiencies.
Govt press note bundle of lies: Fakhrul
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday described the government press note on the Mar 11 violence outside the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters as ‘bundle of lies’.
New pope’s views on art, gay marriage
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio surprised the world on Wednesday when he ended a run of nearly 1,300 years of European popes and greeted St. Peter’s Square for the first time as Pope Francis.
Speaker now Acting President
Parliament’s Speaker Abdul Hamid is standing in for the ailing President in line with the Constitution until Mohammad Zillur Rahman fully recovers.
Turkish progression to last eight
Galatasaray progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks to a 3-2 away win against Schalke.
Suchana wins Nacho Bangladesh Nacho crown
Suchana Banik of Chittagong won the crown of dance reality show, “Mangoli Nacho Bangladesh Nacho”. She won the crown at the grand finale of the contest held at the Winter Gander of Hotel Ruposhi Bangla in the city on Monday…
Endangered Sharks
Well-known species of sharks such as the great white shark, tiger shark, blue shark, mako shark, and the hammerhead shark are apex predators—organisms at the top of their underwater food chain.
Conservation technology boosts wheat production
Experts at separate field level learning tours have stress for expanded adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies to increase wheat production at lower cost for ensuring food security under adverse climate.
Google announces Android leadership change
Sundar Pichai is replacing Andy Rubin as the head of the Android operating system, announced Google CEO Larry Page on the group`s blog.
Jakarta wants stronger trade ties with Dhaka
Indonesia wants more comprehensive economic ties with Bangladesh and looks for fresh investment in prospective areas reducing the existing trade gap between the two Muslim countries, its visiting Foreign Minister Dr Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa said on Thursday.
US to support renewable energy programme
The United States will extend its support to Bangladesh in participating in the `United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Program’.
Israeli settlers cut Olive trees in Nablus
A number of extremist Israeli settlers cut dozens of Palestinian olive trees near Qaryout village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Massacre of Rohingyas in Myanmar
The Rohingyas in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine, formerly known as Arakan, have again been subjected to a major massacre. The Rohingyas happen to be a Muslim minority living in the Buddhist majority country. They have been victims of…
Jalebi uncoiled: Nothing makes sense
Dr Sudhirendar Sharma New year resolutions are about doing ‘something’ which is different and better compared to the previous years. Isn’t it? But my new year resolution has been to do ‘nothing’ because I have been made to believe that…
Argentine Bergoglio picked, will be Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — With a puff of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and to the cheers of thousands of rain-soaked faithful, a gathering of Catholic cardinals picked a new pope from among their midst on Wednesday…
Big B’s Hollywood debut to open Cannes
For all Milan’s excellence in the San Siro, that kind of incision had been absent as stand-in coach Jordi Roura’s team laboured towards a 2-0 defeat in which they uncharacteristically registered only one shot on target.
Barca breezes past Milan
Barcelona made Champions League history by overturning a two-goal deficit without an away strike to knock out AC Milan and reach the quarter-finals.
Victory for freshwater turtles, tortoises at CITES
Several freshwater turtle and tortoise species are to be afforded greater protection as a result of successful conservation talks at the CITES meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
Lanka’s Hambantota Port offers better facilities to B’desh
Sri Lanka offers special concessions and incentives to Bangladeshi traders interested in availing themselves of the facilities at the newly-built Hambantota Deep Seaport along the southern harbour of the Island country.
FBCCI team off to Mumbai
A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) left Mumbai on Wednesday to join the ‘Second India Engineering Sourcing Show’.
Probe into dispute over Vitamin+ capsule initiated
The government on Wednesday formed a four-member committee to probe the allegation that many children fell sick after taking Vitamin A Plus capsule and de-worming tablets during the countrywide National Vitamin-A Plus campaign on Tuesday.
Kuwait Amir cancels BD visit
The Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, cancelled his scheduled visit to Bangladesh on March 25.
Engineer accused in Padma bridge graft jailed
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered that an Executive Engineer of Roads and Highways Department be sent to jail after his surrender in connection with a ‘corruption conspiracy’ involving the Padma bridge.
9,000 new auto-rickshaws for Dhaka, Ctg soon
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said 9,000 more CNG-run auto-rickshaws will join within the next 45 days the fleets of the existing ones plying in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.
Panel to trace those undermining Islam, Prophet
The government on Wednesday formed a nine-member committee to find out those making objectionable comments against Islam and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) using facebook and blog, and take action against them.
‘Genocide’ will be tried: Khaleda
Khaleda Zia has protested the arrest of the party’s top leaders from the headquarters, saying this government will not be allowed any more time.