India has asked the US to withdraw an official from its embassy in Delhi in a row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York. Devyani Khobragade is flying home after she was ordered to leave the US…
Day: January 10, 2014
CAR interim President Michel Djotodia resigns
Central Africa Republic’s interim President Michel Djotodia has resigned at a regional summit aimed at ending violence that has engulfed the country. CAR’s entire transitional assembly is attending the meeting in Chad, organised by regional leaders. PM Nicolas Tiengaye has…
Kenyan ‘corpse’ wakes up in Naivasha morgue
Kenyan authorities have launched an investigation into how a man declared dead in a hospital woke up alive in its morgue the next day. Shocked mortuary workers at Naivasha hospital ran away when the body stirred and was seen to…
St Petersburg 1914: The door to another age
By Steve Rosenberg As war approached in 1914, the Russian capital St Petersburg was the scene of imperial splendour and abject poverty, utopian hopes and portents of impending doom. I have never met anyone who is more proud of her…
Sam Smith named BBC Sound of 2014
By Mark Savage Pop singer Sam Smith has been named the winner of the BBC’s Sound of 2014, which highlights the best new artists for the year ahead. The list was compiled using tips from 170 UK-based critics, broadcasters and…
Boardwalk Empire to end this year
US Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire is to end after its upcoming fifth season, HBO has announced. The decision comes three months after the cable network renewed the show for a fifth outing. “We’ve decided to wrap up the series after…
More than three quarters of large carnivores now in decline
By Matt McGrath Three quarters of the world’s big carnivores – including lions, wolves and bears – are in decline, says a new study. majority now occupy less than half their former ranges according to data published in the journal,…
Five foods surprisingly high in sugar
We need to reduce our sugar intake, says a new campaign group. But some foods have a surprisingly high amount of sugar added to them. Action on Sugar has been launched to reduce the amount of sugar added to food…
Jessica Ennis-Hill: Pregnant star to miss 2014 C’wealth Games
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because she is pregnant. The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio…
Jermain Defoe: Tottenham striker to join MLS side Toronto
Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe has agreed to join Major League Soccer side Toronto FC for £6m. The 31-year-old will join the Canadian side on 28 February and will be eligible to play for Spurs until then. The former…
Jan. 5 elections signal danger for B’desh democracy: The China Post
By Badiul Alam Majumdar DHAKA, India — Despite considerable challenges, the 10th Parliament elections are finally over. These elections remind us of the old saying “the operation is successful, but the patient is dead.” The Jan. 5 election, although “successfully”…
Sri Lanka to tour Bangladesh as planned
Sri Lanka’s Test and limited-overs tour of Bangladesh is set to take place as scheduled despite concerns over security, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed on Thursday (January 9). Sri Lanka were scheduled to play two Tests, three One-Day Internationals…
Pak Cricket Board to send team to review situation in Bangladesh
Islamabad: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will send a security team to review situation in Bangladesh before sending team for Asia T-20 tournament there, said Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday.
HRW urges Thailand to protect Rohingya ‘boat children’
Bangkok – Thailand’s government should urgently send ethnic Rohingya children from Burma and their families to safe and open family shelters. New research documents abuses by Thai authorities, who should take action against camps in southern Thailand used for trafficking…
Australians warned against travel to Bangladesh
Australians have been urged to reconsider travel to Bangladesh in the wake of weekend elections in the South Asian country marred by violence. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade today raised its travel warning to “reconsider your need to…
4 mobile techs that will change how you do business
Small business owners, get ready. In 2014, new mobile gear will help you connect with customers, sell your product and stay productive wherever you are. In other words, these four burgeoning mobile technologies are primed to change how you do…
Great white sharks live as long as humans
Great white sharks can live almost as long as humans — 70 years or more — much longer than scientists previously thought. “White sharks in the northwest Atlantic are considerably older than previous age estimates,” some of which pegged the…
‘Ancient sea monsters were black’
Some of the largest beasts in the ancient seas had black skin or scales, new research finds. Ancient leatherback turtles, toothy predators called mosasaurs and dolphinlike reptiles called ichthyosaurs all had black pigmentation, researchers report today (Jan. 8) in the…
DSE, CSE end week with marginal gain
Share price index at the country’s twin bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – ended the week with marginal gain on Thursday and also the DSE index crossing 4400 mark. This positive end of the…
DITF’14 begins Saturday in city
The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), 2014 begins here on Saturday. The fair, an annual showcase arranged by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and the Commerce Ministry, will be inaugurated at city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on the grounds to the…
Banks distribute blankets among poor
Banks and financial institutions of the country have distributed some 22,000 blankets among the cold-stricken poor people. Responding to a call by Bangladesh Bank (BB), several banks and financial institutions have already provided about 7,000 blanks to BB officials for…
8 burn to death in Sirajganj road crash
Sirajganj – Eight people were burnt to death as two vehicles caught fire following a road accident at Konabari in Kamarkhand upazila on Thursday night. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
Army to be deployed during re-polling
The Election Commission will deploy army members in eight constituencies of six districts during re-voting in 392 polling centres there on January 16. The commission at its meeting on Wednesday took the decision over the army deployment before and after…
Woman worker killed in Korean EPZ police firing
A female worker of a shoe factory was killed and 14 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between police and workers at Korean EPZ under Karnaphuli Police Station on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Pervin Akhter,…
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day Friday
The historic Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed tomorrow (Friday). On this day in 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after over nine and half months’ captivity in a Pakistan jail.
18-party postpones blockade for Friday, Saturday
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Thursday postponed its ongoing nonstop countrywide blockade for Friday and Saturday considering public sufferings.
New cabinet takes oath Sunday
The new cabinet is set to take oath of office on Sunday, after the much-talked-about election to the 10th parliament of the country. “We’ve taken all the preparations for the oath taking of the new ministers at 3:30 pm,” sources…
B’desh responsible to ensure its own democracy: Mozena
Dhaka – Reiterating the United States’ position on January 5 elections, US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Thursday said Bangladesh is responsible for ensuring its own democracy, and ‘outsiders, no matter how well intentioned, cannot do it’.
China wants stability, Korea inclusive political process
Dhaka – The international community, with one notable exception, has roundly criticised last Sunday’s election and continued calling for political dialogue shunning violence to have a truly participatory election in the future.
Khandker Mahbub’s remand stayed
The High Court has stayed Bangladesh Bar Council Vice Chairman and BNP leader Khandker Mahbub Hossain seven-day remand in a bomb attack case. The bench of Justice Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah issued the order on Thursday. It also…