By Matt McGrath
Year: 2013
What does a stem cell burger taste like?
By Melissa Hogenboom
How to: make a microscope from a webcam
Mark Miodownik, presenter from Dara O Briain’s Science Club on BBC Two, reveals how you can perform simple science experiments at home. Try some DIY science and see the microscopic world up close by turning a webcam inside out…
car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph
By Andy Green
Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to reach Rogers Cup final
Rafael Nadal moved into the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal after beating world number one and top seed Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-2).
Ashes 2013: Chris Rogers the unlikely superhero in fourth Test
Chris Rogers does not look much like the classical sporting hero. Almost 36 years old, a short-sighted spectacle wearer who is also colour-blind, he is less Superman than Clark Kent, Peter Parker rather than Spider-Man.
Brendan Rodgers tells striker Suarez to apologise
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has told striker Luis Suarez he must apologise for his recent conduct.
3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
DHAKA: Three United States soldiers were killed in Afghanistan’s eastern borderlands on Sunday, US and Nato officials said, the first Nato combat deaths this month.
Gunmen kill 5 Yemeni soldiers at checkpoint
SANAA – A Yemeni military official says gunmen believed to be from al-Qaida have killed five soldiers at a checkpoint in a southern province.
Amnesty for restoring ethnic minorities’ land rights
Dhaka – Amnesty International (AI) has recommended the government of Bangladesh taking ‘concrete steps’ to restore the land rights of ethnic minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). In a recent article published in its official blog, the AI also…
ICT defers Nizami’s trial hearing till Aug 19
DHAKA – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today deferred the hearing in the trial of Matiur Rahman Nizami, charged with committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, till August 19.
Mojahid files appeal
Dhaka – Convicted Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid on Sunday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division against his capital punishment in the case of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
People coming back after Eid; offices, banks reopen
Dhaka – Government and non-governmental offices, banks and newspaper offices reopened on Sunday amidst festival fever after a three-day holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
91 killed in Iraq bombings
DHAKA: At least 91 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a series of car bombs that rocked Baghdad and other Iraqi cities amid Eid al-Fitr celebrations, an interior ministry official said.
Be alert against undemocratic force coming to power: PM
DHAKA – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the people to stay alert so that the undemocratic force does not come to power and play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people by taking advantage of differences…
B Chy flays billboard politics, seeks Adilur’s release
Dhaka – Comparing the government’s ‘billboard politics’ with the culture of char capture, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday asked the government to seek apology to people for this and urged it to compensate the affected billboard…
Khaleda weighs options, condemns Adilur arrest
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will meet her party’s policymakers and leaders of the 18-Party alliance to formulate fresh programmes to press ahead with the opposition movement demanding a nonpartisan administration to oversee the next general election.
Human Rrights Forum condemns Adilur’s arrest
DHAKA: The Human Rights Forum (HRFB) has condemned the arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar, former Deputy Attorney General and an advocate of the Supreme Court. He was arrested on 10 August by the Detective Branch of Dhaka…
Odhikar secretary Adilur placed on 5-day remand
DHAKA – A court today put Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman on a five-day remand in connection with his “controversial report’ saying 61 people were killed in Dhaka siege programme of Hefajat-e-Islam.
9 Bangladeshis arrested in India
Four Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Shillong on Friday when they were reportedly smuggling a huge quantity of explosives to Bangladesh, the Press Trust of India (PTI) wrote on Saturday quoting official sources.
Khaleda demands release of Adilur
DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demanded unconditional release of Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of Human Rights organisation Odhikar.
18 shops gutted in Noakhali
NOAKHALI: At least 18 shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Bhuyan Hat bazaar under Kabirhat Upazila of the district early Sunday.
AL man murdered in Khulna
KHULNA: An activist of ruling Awami League was killed by miscreants in Gabtali area of the district on Saturday night.
Assange hails Obama spy scheme reform
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called President Barack Obama`s announcement of plans to limit sweeping US government surveillance programmes a “victory of sorts” for fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
2 cops among 25 injured in Habiganj clash
HABIGANJ: At least 25 people including two police officers were injured in a clash between two groups at Tegharia village under Lakhai upazila of the district on Saturday.
2 sisters among 4 drown in Kishoreganj, Comilla
Dhaka – Four people, including two sisters, drowned in Kishoreganj and Comilla districts on Saturday.
Man kills wife in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj – A young housewife was killed allegedly by her husband at Gohabari village in Sadar upazila early Saturday.
Youth found dead in city
DHAKA: A youth was found dead and law enforcers recovered the body from Mohanagar Project of Hatirjheel of the city on Saturday.
Odhikar secretary arrested
Secretary of human rights watchdog Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan Subhro has been arrested for allegedly distorting facts about the May 5 drive against Hifazat-e Islam activists at Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
14 killed in road crashes in 5 dists
Dhaka – At least 14 people were killed and 91 others injured in separate road accidents in seven districts on Saturday. The districts are Gaibandha, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Magura, Manikganj, Faridpur and Joypurhat. Of them, deaths in the accidents were reported…