Romania has agreed to allow the U.S. military to use an airbase near the Black Sea as a key logistics hub for getting supplies and troops into and out of Afghanistan.
Year: 2013
UN drone reports chide US transparency gap
By Jaya Ramachandran Armed drones are the subject of two landmark reports presented to the 193-nation General Assembly – the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN – in October: one urging transparency over the killing of civilians…
Huge phensidyl seized in Satkhira
The members of the Border Guard Bangladesh last night seized 1,100 bottles of contraband Indian phensidyl syrup worth abut Taka 4.50 lakh from Padmashakhara area paddy field under sadar upazila of the district.
Business boosts for better animal hide price in N’dists
The hide traders have expressed satisfaction over the boosting business of sacrificial animal hides as a result of higher market price everywhere in the northern districts this year, market sources said.
Huge current nets, banned Hilsa fish seized in Munshiganj
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guards in separate drives, have seized 180,000 meters of contraband current nets from Meghna river of Bokchar and Gazaria area under Munshiganj district on Friday.
10 Jamaat men held in Khulna
Police arrested 10 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of planning to carry out subversive activities from Dumuria upazila in Khulna last night.
4 workers sustain burn injuries in Ctg
Four workers of a food factory sustained burn injuries due to the overheating of its oven at Kalurghat BSCIC industrial area in the port city on Saturday.
Dyke collapse: 100 fish enclosures washed away in Satkhira
Over 100 shrimp and fish enclosures in Shyamnagar upazila have been washed away as an embankment collapsed due to tidal surge.
‘Criminal’ vandalises UP chairman’s house in Faridpur
An alleged criminal barged into the house of Kanaipur Union Parishad chairman Belayet Fakir in Sadar upazila and vandalised various things.
6 shops gutted in Noakhali fire
Six business establishments were gutted and four others partially damaged by a fire at Sonapur Bazar in the district town on Friday.
Phensidyl, drug injections seized in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 455 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and 4,466 drug injections along Pirojpur frontier in Shibganj upazila on Friday.
Woman killed in Magura road crash
A woman was killed in a road accident on Magura-Jessore highway in Kechuadubi area of Sadar upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kanchan Bala Das, 50. Details about her could not be known yet.
Baby drowns in Sherpur
A baby boy drowned in a pond at Palashikura village in Nalitabari upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shahril, 1, son of Rafiqul Islam of the village. Police said Shahril crawled along the pond near their house in…
PM’s address does not evoke positive opposition response
Although some technocrats have given a mixed reaction to the address to the nation made over radio and television on Friday it has yet to evoke positive response from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the component parties of…
No minorities – all are equal Bangladeshis, Khaleda tells Hindus
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said all the citizens of Bangladesh are equal and there is no minority community in the country.
AL to return to power, Hasina hopes and promises homes for all
A day after offering to form an all-party interim government to oversee the next general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hoped that her party would be able to return to power with people’s mandate through the next election.
DMP prohibits rallies in capital, keeps BNP office under siege
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday imposed a ban on holding any kind of rally and bringing out procession in the capital from 6 am Sunday.
BNP slams govt for snatching democratic rights of meetings, rallies
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday accused the government of snatching people’s democratic rights by imposing a ban on holding rallies and meetings in the capital.
Coastal aquifers show alarming salinity level: Freshwater scarcity acute
Salinity intrusion into the aquifers of the country’s coastal districts has reached an alarming proportion due to unplanned use of groundwater in agriculture and seawater seeping into underground due to sea-level rise caused by global warming.
Tiger census in Sundarbans begins Sunday
Tiger census using camera trapping method under Bengal Tiger Census and Monitoring project begins in the Sundarbans on Sunday.
Rental power plants find new conditions ‘hard to accept’
The government move to extend contracts with some rental power plants may suffer a setback as sponsors have found the new conditions tougher than earlier.
First return Hajj flight arrives
The first return Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying over 400 pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, arrived here on Saturday.
DAE sets vegetable production target
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed the current fiscal’s target for vegetable cultivation at over 7.66 lakh hectares of land.
Earning from hobbies
Maria Mohsin The traditional way for starting the earning life is to educate yourself in a particular direction and wait to earn until you are appointed by clashing with the huge number of candidates in the job market. Everyone wants…
Cries on stage during song about Bieber?
Selena Gomez is still torn up about her ex, Justin Bieber — or she’s a really good actress … that’s the only explanation for her sappy and tear-filled performance last night in Brooklyn.
Lady looks like a dude: Female model goes male to get more jobs
By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo News If you’re looking for a career that can take you into retirement, don’t be a female model. But if you already are one and find yourself approaching the (gasp!) big three-oh, consider doing what Elliott…
Blow to multiple human species idea
By Melissa Hogenboom The idea that there were several different human species walking the Earth two million years ago has been dealt a blow.
Egypt unrest: Bomb hits Ismailiya intelligence HQ
A car bomb has exploded outside a military intelligence building in the Egyptian city of Ismailiya, north-east of Cairo.
Hollande: Deported Roma girl can return to France alone
French President Francois Hollande has said a Roma girl who was removed from her school bus and deported can return to finish her studies, but that her family cannot.
Electricity grid access preventing a community energy revolution
The Government’s plans for a revolution in community ownership of energy schemes risks stalling before it has even begun, according to new research which found many community projects are being delayed or cancelled as a result of problems obtaining a…