Washington, D.C.—Over the past decade, more college students than ever have completed environmentally oriented courses or graduated with degrees in environmental studies and science (ESS). While many hail this environmental renaissance in U.S. higher education as an important step toward…
Year: 2013
Saudi recruitment ban on Bangladeshis to go
A ministerial panel has advised the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to lift a ban on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers.
SC quashes Sayedee’s petition
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a petition from convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee urging two judges to abstain from hearing his appeal against the death penalty given to him.
Using performance skills in the classroom
Masum Billah
America’s Labor Market by the Numbers
– Mohamed A. El-Erian
Huda formally urges EC not to register BNF
Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda on Thursday formally asked the Election Commission not to register the controversial new political party Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) he founded. He, however, admitted that his name was not mentioned in the party’s application letter…
‘Erosion capping disappointing’
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Shawkat Ali, has expressed his unhappiness over the slow pace of development work and people’s suffering inflicted by river erosion in his constituency Shariatpur.
PM signs ATT, Protocol on explosive remnants
Bangladesh on Thursday signed the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Prohibitions of Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).
No factual error in voters number: Shah Nawaz
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Thursday said inconsistency in the total number of the country’s voters is not a factual error; it might be due to clerical or technical mistakes.
Why DU Senate graduate representative polls voter list not illegal: HC
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule upon the authorities of Dhaka University (DU) asking it to explain as to why DU Senate Registered Graduate Representative polls held outside Dhaka on September 14 and September 21 should not be…
IGP asks cops to tighten security during Eid, Durga Puja
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandker on Thursday directed the policemen to remain alert and perform their duties carefully to ensure peaceful celebrations of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
BB Governor denies ignoring HC
Hours after the High Court declared the contempt of court law illegal, Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman claimed he had not violated any court order.
Constitution amendment is the only solution: Farroque
Opposition chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque on Thursday said the ongoing political crisis over the polls-time government can be solved by only amending the constitution.
Over 100 hurt in RMG workers-cops collision
Over 100 people, including 15 policemen, were injured as garment workers clashed with police at Fatullah while staging demonstration for minimum wage of Tk8,000 for the 6th straight day on Thursday.
Those who will try to foil the polls to be resisted: MKA
Home Minister Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday said any attempt to thwart the upcoming elections would be resisted strongly.
Marchers vow Rampal resistance, Govt seeks to clarify position
A day after Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury announced the government’s decision to lay the foundation of the coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant on Oct 22, the National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, and Power-Port has…
PM in a shrewd move seeks BNP patriots’ support
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged BNP activists who fought in the country’s Independence War to stand by the ongoing trial of war criminals.
AL unmasks itself by threatening Govt officials: Fakhrul
Dhaka – Acting Secretary General of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim unveiled the musk of the government by threatening the public servants to send them back home…
HC scraps Contempt of Court Act 2013
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday scrapped the Contempt of Court Act 2013 declaring it ultra vires to the Constitution.
Ctrl+Alt+Del command a mistake
Bill Gates has described the decision to use Ctrl+Alt+Del as the command needed to log on to a PC as a mistake.
New island in the Indian Ocean
By Anup Kaphle When a devastating earthquake struck the remote Awaran district in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Tuesday, it killed hundreds of people and left thousands homeless, as the government struggles to rescue those who need help.
Space fence solution: International collaboration
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Rahul Prakash
The politics of India’s communal violence
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Filmmaker comes face to face with black rhino
Kim Wolhuter makes a shrewd move to defuse a tense situation in footage from Discovery Channel’s new show, ‘Man, Cheetah, Wild’
Ayre: Suarez has damaged Liverpool brand
Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre admits Luis Suarez’s behavior has damaged the club’s brand.
Ronaldo rescues Real with late penalty at Elche
By Iain Rogers
Michael Jackson “made some bad choices”
Michael Jackson “was playing Russian roulette in his bedroom every night”, a lawyer for AEG Live told the court in the singer’s wrongful death trial.
Michelle Obama’s ID details hacked from data brokers
Hackers stole millions of social security numbers by cracking open the networks of large US data brokers, reveals an investigation.