The moon will meet up with three different planets in the evening sky during two upcoming celestial encounters, one on Sunday (Oct. 6) and the other on Tuesday (Oct. 8).
Month: October 2013
Leonardo Da Vinci painting surfaces in Swiss bank vault?
A legendary 500-year-old portrait by Leonardo da Vinci has turned up in a Swiss bank vault ¬after decades of debate by art ¬experts over whether it existed, New York Post reported. The 24-by-18-inch painting depicts Marquesa Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance…
Thousands march in US for immigration reform
Thousands of people poured into streets across the United States on Saturday in a push to overhaul immigration and end the legal limbo of more than 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Two hydrogen and one oxygen don’t make water!
True to its name, New Society Publishers are surely into the business of spreading ‘good’. Else, it won’t have been as eager in getting ‘Small Stories, Big Changes’ across to this reviewer. Fourteen ordinary folks narrate their unique ‘inner’ journeys…
Dhaka University passes critical phase, centenary programme told
Greenwatch Desk Speakers at a roundtable in the city on Saturday underscored the need for celebrating the centenary of the University of Dhaka for seven years from the date of announcement of the decision to set up the highest seat…
Things are getting worse
We cannot buy apples, grapes and all kinds of fruits due to widely used formalin in them. Some others chemicals are also used for particular fruits. Can we be sure buy fresh fish without chemical mixed?Due to too much fees…
Of corruption in the education sector
Masum Billah Corruption prevails in every strata of the society. It has engulfed every aspect of government, non-government office and institution. But the corruption in education proves seriously sensitive as corruption in this sector directly affects all the machineries of…
Bangladesh garment expo advanced a month ahead fearing pol trouble
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The readymade garment (RMG) sector is fighting two odds to keep its production and export performances rolling and has convened the annual Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition (BATEXPO) from 10-12th of this month, one month ahead of…
Khaleda for all-party committees to face one-sided election
Sylhet – Opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia has called for formation of all-party Sangram Committees centring each polling centres across the country, to stop the ruling Awami League holding one sided elections.
You won’t be able protect war criminals, Hasina tells BNP chief
Reaffirming her firm resolve to execute the verdicts of the ongoing war crimes trial, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday warned the opposition leader that she would not able to protect the war criminals no matter what she does.
60pc urban people unhappy over civic amenities: Study
More than 60 percent residents of the country’s city corporations and municipalities are unhappy with the civic amenities they are provided with, says a study conducted by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Robbery attempt on Kolkata-bound bus foiled
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police foiled an attempted robbery and arrested eight alleged robbers from inside a Kolkata-bound Green Line Paribahan bus at the city’s Gabtoli bus stand early Saturday.
Railway employee murdered for ticket sale proceeds
Miscreants decamped with nearly Tk 1.7 million collected sale of tickets after murdering a railway employee at Dhaka’s Kamlapur railway station.
Youth electrocuted in Moulvibazar
A youth died from electrocution at Uttar Kanthalkandi village in Kamalganj upazila on Thursday night.
Nat’l Committee to announce nonstop sit-in at Rampal
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas and Power-Port on Saturday threatened to announce tough programmes like nonstop sit-in at the project site in protest against the Rampal coal-fired power plant.
Thousands throng Digital Innovation Fair in Gaibandha
Thousands of people from all walks of life thronged the Digital Innovation Fair-2013 at Independence Square of the town here on Thursday and Friday.
India to remain Bangladesh’s long-term partner: Manmohan
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday assured Bangladesh that India would remain long-term partner in its development efforts as India wants to see a strong and prosperous Bangladesh.
Krishak League leader killed in Jessore road accident
Former president of Jhenidah Krishak League, Abdullah-Al Baki, 55 , was killed in a road accident in Bejpara area on Kaliganj-Jhenidah Highway under Kaliganj upazila of the district on Friday.
SQC verdict leak: 2 detained ICT staff placed on remand
Two staff of the International Crimes Tribunals, arrested in connection with the leakage of the draft verdict on condemned convict war criminal BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, were put on eight-day police remand each on Saturday. Both the accused —…
No harm to Sundarbans, says Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is of the view that there is some other motive behind the Rampal power plant protests.
Record supply of sacrificial animals in northern markets
Supply of sacrificial animals has marked an all-time record in the northern districts now while the sale is yet to get momentum despite lower price with less than two weeks ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
The country to face catastrophe in near future: State Minister
Dhaka – State minister for Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Qamrul Islam alleged that the main opposition BNP was hatching various conspiracies to destroy the country and its democracy.
Robbers loot expat’s house in Moulvibazar
Robbers looted cash and gold ornaments worth over Tk 10 lakh from an expatriate’s house at Korotol village in Rajnagar upazila early Friday.
‘Top terror,’ 2 aides held after gunfight
Members of Detective Branch of Police in a drive arrested a top terror and his two accomplices along with arms after a gunfight at Kagajpukur village here early Saturday.
2080 kg Hilsa seized in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh seized 2080 kgs of Hilsa fish worth Tk 62.40 lakh from Sadipur border here Saturday.
2 kids drown in Pabna
Two children drowned in a pond at Baghhasla in Ishurdi upazila on Friday evening.
Ilyas Ali would return with change of power, hopes wife
Dhaka – Tahmina Rushdi Luna, wife of disappeared BNP leader Ilias Ali, on Saturday expressed her hope that her husband would return to them if there is a change of power.
‘Robber’ lynched in Munshiganj
An alleged robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Dalalpara in Sadar upazila early Saturday.
BNP protests restrictions on programme to respect martyred Hindus
Dhaka – The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday protested and condemned the police restriction to hold a mass ritual to pay respect to the souls of those Hindus who died during the war of liberation in 1971.
Kidnapped boy’s body recovered in Chandpur
Police recovered the body of a schoolboy from a dustbin at Chandra Bazar in Faridganj upazila on Friday, three days after his abduction.