Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef’s television show has been suspended just minutes before it was due to go on air. The private CBC channel said Mr Youssef had not followed editorial policies and wanted more money.
Day: November 2, 2013
Ewan McGregor to make Broadway debut
Ewan McGregor is to make his Broadway debut next year in a revival of Sir Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play The Real Thing. The Trainspotting star will play Henry, a playwright whose marriage comes under strain after he embarks on an…
Hakimullah Mehsud drone strike: ‘Death of peace efforts’
Pakistan’s interior minister has said the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has destroyed the country’s nascent peace process.
Chilean exile wins compensation over Pinochet-era torture
A Chilean exile tortured during the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet has won a landmark legal battle for compensation from the Chilean state.
Bin Laden: US businessman seeks $25m reward
A businessman who claims he tipped-off the FBI about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden’s secret compound is seeking a reward of $25m (£15.6m). Gem dealer Tom Lee, 63, claims that in 2003 a Pakistani intelligence agent, from a family…
Is NSA spying really about blackmail?
By Dave Lindorff A revealing page-one article in today’s New York Times (“Tap on Merkel Provides Peek a Vast Spy Net”) reports on how the NSA’s global spying program, dating back at least to early in the Bush/Cheney administration, was…
Burmese army abuses in Kachin ‘ongoing’ despite ceasefire
By Democratic Voice of Burma The Burmese army continues to step up abuses in northern Kachin state, including raping, killing and torturing villagers, despite signing a tentative ceasefire with ethnic rebels, activists say.
Trees ‘shield vulnerable species from climate change’
Forests with dense canopies create a microclimate that protects a variety of cold-adapted plant species from warming air temperatures, a study has shown.
Renewable energy revolution will require better management of metals
If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change, scientists say global society will need a rapid and aggressive replacement of fossil fuel energy for renewable, such as solar, wind, geo-thermal, and tidal. While experts say a renewable revolution would not…
Climate change to disrupt soil nutrients in drylands
The increased aridity expected this century as a result of change may disrupt the balance of key soil nutrients with a knock-on effect on soil fertility threatening livelihoods of more than two billion people, a study finds.
Experts for safer and optimum use of pesticides
Experts at a daylong training workshop have stressed ensuring safer and optimum use of chemical pesticides in crop fields to save the public health for greater national interests.
Turning unemployed youths into working ones stressed
Speakers at a function in Gaibandha Friday stressed the need for turning the hands of the unemployed youths into working ones to build a poverty, hunger and unemployment free enriched nation.
Chicken rearing helps 7,500 poor households
Morjina Begum, 40, wife of a van-puller, Abdul Matin, is now at the threshold of eradicating her long-lasting poverty through household-based chicken rearing through modern method.
BNP leader hurt in Jessore gun attack
A local BNP leader was shot and injured in an attack by some unidentified criminals at Bangdah under Ichhali union in the district town on Friday night.
Youth commits suicide in Sirajganj
A young man allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Bahuli village in Sadar upazila on Friday.
Jamaat leader held in Bagerhat
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami at Katakhali in Fakirhat upazila on Friday.The arrested was identified as Nur Mohammad, 50, general secretary of Piljong union Jammat unit of the upazila.
Stern actions if kids engaged in dry fish processing
The Forest Department has imposed a ban on engaging children in all kinds of works related to dry fish processing at Dublarchar in Shoronkhola upazila.
Elderly woman found dead in Jhenidah
Police recovered the body of an elderly woman from Solemanpur village in Moheshpur upazila on Friday.
One killed in bridge collapse in Patuakhali
A man was killed and nine others injured when a girder of an under-construction bridge collapsed on the Kalapara-Kuakata road at Hazipur in Kalapara upazila on Saturday.
Visually impaired man stabbed dead in Laxmipur
A visually impaired man was stabbed to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Ramganj College Road in Ramganj municipality area on Saturday.
Train derailment halts Dhaka-Ctg-Sylhet rail services
Train movement on the Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes has remained suspended as a compartment of a train veered off the tracks at Harimangal in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
A student can open bank account for Tk 100 only
Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular on Tuesday that the students aged six to eighteen years can open bank accounts. These accounts will be transferred to general saving accounts after their age of 18. They also can use ATM booths.…
25 officials off to Korea for nursing edu training
Twenty-five senior officials left here on Friday to participate in a 14-day healthcare management training in Korea.
China opposes release of WTO report on rare earths export
China said Friday it opposes the release of a WTO report about its export curbs on rare earths — exotic minerals used in mobile phones and other high-tech products — following news accounts that the document rejects Beijing’s policy as a trade…
Facebook 3Q results fly past expectations
Concerns about Facebook’s ability to keep young teens coming back every day spooked some investors, even though the company’s latest quarterly results showed continued strength in mobile advertising and beat Wall Street’s expectations on all counts.
‘BNP welcomes dialogue’
BNP will welcome any dialogue or discussion for ensuring peace, and establishing people’s right to vote, one of the party’s Joint Secretaries General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said.
Ershad off to Singapore on 5-day visit
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad left here on Friday for Singapore on a five-day visit for ‘medical checkup’.
Chhatra Dal activist killed
A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist has been shot dead at Sonaimuri Upazila in Noakhali.
‘Caretaker sole talks agenda’: Fakhrul
BNP has said that it will sit for talks only if the government agrees to concede its demand for a non-party, poll-time government.
‘All-party Cabinet will be formed’
An all-party Cabinet will be formed with other parties if the BNP refuses to join, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir has said.