By Jonathan Amos Astronomers have detected the tell-tale signs of a shattered asteroid being eaten by a dead star, or white dwarf.
Year: 2013
Beans farming bring fortune for many Barind farmers
Beans cultivation has become an effective means of bringing fortune for many farmers in the vast Barind tract comprising Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts.
Govt allocates 12,552 tonnes VGF rice for Rangpur division
The government has allocated 12,552.88 tonnes special VGF rice to assist 12,55,288 poor and distressed families celebrating the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha festivity in Rangpur division, official sources said.
Faridpur to come under Teletalk 3G network coverage
Faridpur is set to enter into the 3G (Third Generation) mobile network coverage with the formal inauguration of the government owned mobile operator Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd next week.
National sanitation month-2013 being celebrated in Gaibandha
National sanitation month-2013 is being celebrated in the district from October 10 with a call to achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage target by 2015 through stopping the open defecation.
2 truck drivers killed in Tangail road accident
Two truck drivers were killed in a road accident at Batkura area on Dhaka -Tangail highway early Friday morning.
Five-day Durga Puja celebration begins in Rangpur division
The Hindu community people began celebrations of their greatest religious festivity of Durga Puja with due religious fervour and enthusiasm through ‘Bodhan’ in all eight districts under Rangpur division since Thursday.
3 get life term for killing cabbage farmer in Rajshahi
A trial tribunal in Rajshahi on Thursday convicted three persons and sentenced each of them to suffer life imprisonment for killing a cabbage-farmer in the city.
Yeti classic among episodes found in Nigeria
By Tim Masters Nine missing episodes of 1960s Doctor Who have been found at a TV station in Nigeria, including most of the classic story The Web of Fear.
Robbie Williams ‘gutted’ by R1 snub
By Mark Savage Pop star Robbie Williams says he is “gutted” that BBC Radio 1 no longer plays his records.
Yuvraj Singh fires India to win over Australia in Twenty20
Yuvraj Singh, playing in his first international since January, scored an unbeaten 77 as India beat Australia by six wickets in their Twenty20 meeting in Rajkot.
2014 World Cup: Fifa confirms GoalControl technology to be used
Fifa has confirmed that German-based manufacturer GoalControl will be the official provider of goal-line technology for the 2014 World Cup.
Elephants ‘understand human gesture’
By Victoria Gill African elephants have demonstrated what appears to be an instinctive understanding of human gestures, according to UK scientists.
Syria monitors win Nobel Peace Prize
The OPCW, the body overseeing destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said it was in honour of the OPCW’s “extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons”. The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of…
US Republicans and Obama in ‘useful’ debt crisis talks
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have met President Barack Obama amid renewed efforts to avert a looming debt crisis.
Giap, Wallace, and never-ending battle for freedom
By Ramzy Baroud
Mr. President, tear down this barricade!
By Alan Caruba Ronald Reagan made a lot of history as President, but when he stood before the Brandenburg Gate not far from the Berlin Wall that divided the city and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”, he rocked…
Govt shutdown leaves Antarctic research operations in the cold
From: Robin Blackstone, ENN The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the suspension of all operations “not essential to the human safety and preservation of the property”�. This means that field and research activities will be wrapped up as the…
European Union on track to reach 2020 climate goals
From: Edouard Stenger, Clean Techies
Public money and its proper use!
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid, says that 30,000 schools have got e-services and some schools have got multimedia projector, laptop and other accessories in the meantime.
BNP smells digital rigging in polls
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday alleged that the government is chalking out a plan for digital rigging through holding a unilateral election to cling to power.
Police arrested four people, including a young woman, from city’s Mohammadpur area on Wednesday night in connection with the killing of an ATM booth guard of Dutch Bangla Bank.
Shibir man killed in clash with police: Hartal in Khulna Sunday
Dhaka – Chhatra Shibir activist was killed and another five were injured in a clash with police at Damurhuda in Chuadanga on Thursday.
Defence grilling closes in Ten-truck arms case
The defence has completed the questioning of prosecution witnesses in the sensational ten-truck arms haul case.
Nayan Ali confesses to leaking SQC verdict
Nayan Ali, employee of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Thursday made confessional statement to a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the tribunal’s verdict leaking incident.
PM opens 3-day Batexpo in city
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday put emphasis on good coordination between garment owners and workers to foil any sort of evil design for destroying this sector as the country is advancing to clinch the highest exporter title in the world. “There…
Hasan Mahmud rejects TIB report on climate fund
Turning down the recent study report on climate projects prepared by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the graft watchdog came up with the report to deliberately undermine his ministry’s successes.
Canada’s Alice Munro wins Nobel literature prize
Canadian writer Alice Munro, a thorough, but forgiving documenter of the human spirit, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for being a “master of the contemporary short story,” the Swedish Academy said.
5 ICC recommendations could yield tangible outcomes
Five recommendations developed under ICC initiative, including implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access for exports from least-developed countries, could achieve tangible outcomes by the end of 2013, to harvest gains from the WTO’s Doha Development Round.
Price of crude near $101 as US supplies rise
Oil prices clawed back a little ground Thursday, a day after a big drop precipitated by an increase in U.S. crude inventories.