By Min-Jeong Lee
Year: 2013
Nokia Unveils 515 Smartphone
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 515, a premium mobile phone made with style-conscious people in mind. Wrapped in lightweight aluminium, the device combines the best of Nokia – contemporary design, high quality materials and top performance. The Nokia 515 is…
By PanArmenian
Burma blacklists foreign reporters for covering Rohingya crisis
By Hanna Hindstrom
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Tillmann Dietrich
Nepal’s election dilemmas
By S. Binodkumar Singh
Barcelona win record 11th Super Cup
Barcelona won a record 11th Spanish Super Cup on away goals as they drew 0-0 with Atletico Madrid after Lionel Messi’s late penalty miss.
By Piers Newbery
Bangladeshi Goalie Sohil ruled out from SAFF
Bangladesh goalkeeper Sohil, Shahidul Alam will be heading back towards home tomorrow after failing to get fit and their’s no sign of getting fit ahead of the tournament.
Facebook declines Dhaka’s request for 12 users’ info
Bangladesh requested the authorities of Facebook, a popular social network platform globally, to provide information about 12 Bangladeshi users within six months that ended in June last. This was revealed in a global government’s request report of Facebook released on…
Coco cheque handover a Govt. drama: BNP
Getting back the money siphoned off by Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Coco is nothing but a ‘government drama’, the BNP has alleged.
Friendship with India cannot be one-sided: Obaidul Quader
India’s failure to implement the Teesta river water-sharing deal and ratify Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh in the past four years has irked Communications Minister Obaidul Quader.
Movement of volcanic proportion if govt doesn’t reinstate CG: Tariqul
BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam on Wednesday alleged that the government is conspiring to arrest their party chairperson Khaleda Zia and senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman ahead of the national election.
US, allies prepare for possible Syria strike, UNSC discusses resolution
The Obama administration is still defining the central objectives of a potential military strike on Syria and considering possible Syrian government responses, even as U.S. intelligence agencies prepare additional evidence to show the Bashar Assad government’s responsibility for last week’s…
11 Rohingyas pushed back to Myanmar
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard pushed back 11 Rohingyas to Myanmar early Wednesday when they were trying to intrude into Bangladesh through the sea in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.
BSF men intrude into BD, explode bombs
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) intruded into Bangladesh territory and exploded sound bombs at Malkadanga Paharipara in Boda upazila on Wednesday.
RMG workers demand minimum wage of Taka 8000
Terming the new Labour Law a ‘weapon’ to persecute the workers, speakers at a roundtable discussion on Wednesday said the government formulated the law only to serve interests of the owners.
Australia sends 5 B’desh asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea
Five Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Australia have been transferred to Papua New Guinea (PNG) from Australia as per Australia’s new regional settlement arrangement with the PNG, said an official at the Foreign Ministry here on Wednesday.
Pry teachers threaten indefinite strike from Sept 15
Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association (BPTA) on Wednesday threatened to enforce an indefinite strike from September 15 if their three-point demand is not met by September 14.
2 held with 2 stolen CNG-run auto-rickshaws
Two suspected members of an organised gang of CNG-run auto-rickshaw lifters were arrested along with two vehicles from the city’s Rayerbagh bus stand early Wednesday.
Oil surges past $112 a barrel on Syrian crisis
The price of oil rose surged past $112 a barrel Wednesday, as the U.S. edged closer to intervening in Syria’s civil war.
FBBCI urges China to set up industrial parks in B’desh
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Tuesday called on the Chinese government to set up industrial parks in Bangladesh.
China, Bangladesh shore up military ties
BEIJING – The Chinese government said Tuesday it secured a stronger working relationship with the Bangladeshi military during bilateral talks in Beijing.
Biman plans IPO to become profitable by 2015
Dubai: Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the country’s flag carrier, is set to become profitable by 2015, after breaking even in the current fiscal year ending June 2014, a top official said.
‘Donors meet Election Commission, stress fair inclusive polls’
Representatives from the United Nations, other donor countries and organisations on Tuesday expressed hope that the next parliamentary elections in Bangladesh would be free, fair and credible with all political parties participating in it. They said this after one-and-half-hour long…
Vessels resume plying in Kaptai Lake
Normalcy has been restored to shipping in Kaptai Lake as water level in the lagoon increased due to torrential rain and on rush of hilly water. General secretary of Launch Owner Association of Rangamati Moin Uddin Selim said various kind…
Jamaat man held in Sylhet from ‘secret meeting’
Police arrested a local Rokan (qualified member) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Shamimabad area in the city on Tuesday.
Five arrested on murder charge in Comilla
Police in separate drives early Tuesday arrested five people from different places of Muradnagar upazila in connection with the Bashir killing case.
Couple killed over land dispute in Narsingdi
A couple was strangulated to death by miscreants, allegedly over a dispute involving land ownership, at Baliadi village in Palash upazila early Wednesday.
Housewife, girl drown in Sirajganj
A housewife and a girl were killed in two separate incidents of drowning at two villages in Shahjadpur upazila on Tuesday.