Mashed, boiled, baked or fried? You probably have a preference for your potatoes. Haim Rabinowitch, however, likes his spuds “hacked”.
Year: 2013
Khoka implicated in bomb attack
Police have accused BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka of instigating bomb attacks that left seven people grievously injured.
Twarikat Foundation to contest polls
Bangladesh Twarikat Foundation will contest the 10th parliamentary polls. The party’s chairman, Syed Nazibul Boshor Maijbhandari, announced this after a meeting on Tuesday with the 14-Party Grand Alliance led by the Awami-League.
Fire at Dilkusha highrise under control
Firefighters have doused the fire at a multi-storied building in the Dilkusha commercial area in Dhaka.
Bus carrying passengers torched in Dhaka
Strikers have torched a bus carrying passengers in Dhaka on the third day of the Opposition-sponsored strike, police say.
ICT gives Nizami counsels ‘last chance’
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today adjourned the hearing of the trial of incumbent Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami till tomorrow, giving a last chance to his counsels to appear before the tribunal and submit their part of…
Islamic Party GS arrested
Detective police picked up Islamic Party general secretary Abdur Rashid Pradhan from Dhaka’s Naya Paltan on Tuesday.
MP Kamal Majumder acquitted of corruption charges
A Dhaka court on Tuesday acquitted Awami leader and lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumder in a corruption case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2007.
Hijra now an official gender option
On Monday, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina chaired a cabinet meeting which decided to grant official government recognition of people who gender identify as Hijras, people who identify as neither male nor female.
Strikes push food prices up: BBS
Food prices rose sharply in October compared to previous months and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) blamed it on recent opposition strikes.
NSA chief should be fired for Snowden access: McCain
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) says Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the United States National Security Agency, should be fired or forced to resign for letting contractor Edward Snowden have access to the information he ultimately leaked.
Ashulia RMG factories closed for Wednesday over wage row
RMG factory owners have decided to keep factories at Ashulia industrial belt shut on Wednesday amid a fresh wave of labour unrest.
Time to ignore Netanyahu the rejectionist
By Ludwig Watzal Benyamin Netanyahu’s hyperventilated fury didn’t surprise anybody.
PM vows to hold trial for hartal killings
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia would be tried ‘someday’ for the deaths during the recent shutdowns.
PM should resign to resolve crisis: Fakhrul
The BNP has demanded the Prime Minister’s resignation to ‘solve the current political impasse’.
UN launches $301m Philippines aid appeal
The UN has launched an appeal for $301m (£190m) to help relief efforts in typhoon-hit areas of the Philippines.
‘Khaleda should resign from JS,’ says Nasim
Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim has asked Khaleda Zia, the Leader of the Opposition, to resign from her post.
Fight for life of typhoon victims in Tacloban intensifies
By Jon Donnison In Tacloban, the survivors are living among the dead.
Iran blames Western powers for nuclear talks failure
Iran’s foreign minister has blamed divisions between Western powers for the failure to agree a deal on its nuclear programme on Saturday.
‘Not resignations, just a formality’: Law minister
Law minister Shafique Ahmed has said that the ministers’ resignations were ‘merely a formality’.
Isa Genzken and women artists: Defying the boys’ club
Jason Farago When the Museum of Modern Art in New York opens its retrospective of the pioneering German sculptor Isa Genzken later this month, it will be a momentous event for more reasons than one.
ICT indicts Azhar for crimes against humanity
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Monday indicted ATM Azharul Islam, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, for committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation.
German police check new art haul near Stuttgart
Police and art experts are checking 22 artworks found in southwest Germany which may be linked to the huge hoard of art treasures seized in Munich.
One killed on opposition’s 3rd day hartal
The third day of the 84-hour countrywide shutdown, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, passed off on Tuesday amid stray incidents of blasts, vandalism, arrest and clashes at different parts of the country, leaving one dead in Pabna.
‘Film gun violence has tripled since 1985’
Levels of gun violence have more than tripled since 1985 in films rated as suitable for teenagers, according to a US study.
Biodiversity offsetting plans too simplistic, MPs warn
Biodiversity offsetting plans outlined by the government must be strengthened if they are to “properly protect Britain’s wildlife”, MPs have warned.
Train derails in Lalmonirhat
Two compartments of a passenger has gone off the rails at Teesta railway station, snapping Lalmonirhat’s train links with the rest of Bangladesh.
Typhoon wreaks havoc on agriculture with over a million farmers affected
By Matt McGrath Over one million farmers in the Philippines have been impacted by Typhoon Haiyan according to the UN.
Novak Djokovic targets Grand Slams after beating Rafael Nadal
By Piers Newbery Novak Djokovic says he will focus on adding to his six Grand Slam titles, rather than regaining top spot in the world rankings, in 2014.
Teachers’ test revoked in 8 districts
Written tests to recruit assistant teachers for government primary schools held on Nov 8 have been cancelled in eight districts following allegations of a question-paper leak.