The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for failing to deal with air pollution.
Month: February 2014
Khaleda for resisting imperialist forces with Ekushey spirit
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged people to resist imbued with the spirit of Amar Ekushey all the imperialist forces conspiring against the country. “Though the country has been liberated, the new imperialist forces in a different style want…
Bumblebees infected with honeybee diseases
The beleaguered bumblebee faces a new threat, scientists say.
Journalists don’t understand I am shackled: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad in Rangpur on Thursday termed himself as shackled political leader and expressed his helplessness in country’s politics, according to a message received in Dhaka. “I was never a freed politician and journalists do not understand…
Ireland shock World T20 champions Windies
Ed Joyce starred with the bat as Ireland earned a famous six-wicket win over West Indies in Wednesday’s Twenty20 clash at Sabina Park, Jamaica.
David Bowie wins best British male trophy
Rock legend David Bowie has been named best British male at the Brit Awards in London, although he was not there in person to collect his award.
Pussy Riot whipped at Sochi Games by Cossacks
Russian protest group Pussy Riot have been beaten with horsewhips by Cossacks who are helping patrol Sochi during the Winter Olympics.
3,520 bottles of Phensidyl, 51 kg hemp recovered in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in two separate drives recovered 3,520 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup, 51 kilograms of hemp and 40 pieces of Yaba tablet from Gheba and Putkhali border areas in the district on Wednesday night.
Boy hurt ‘by friend’ dies in Jessore hospital
A schoolboy who suffered injuries in an attack allegedly by his friend in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Monday died at Jessore 250-bed Hospital on Wednesday night.
Boy abducted from N’ganj rescued in Chandpur; 5 held
Detective Branch (DB) of police rescued a minor boy from Narayanpur area under Matlab thana (South) in Chandpur district on Wednesday, five days after his abduction from Siddhirganj upazila of the district.
10 AL ‘rebels’ expelled in Jessore
The ruling Awami League has expelled its three local leaders for contesting the upazila polls in Sharsha, Jhikargachha and Bagharpara of Jessore district going against the party decision and also seven other leaders for supporting them.
Farmers encouraged for adopting modern irrigation method
In the wake of abnormal lowering of underground water table, farmers in the vast Barind tract are being encouraged adopting water-saving irrigation method like AWD.
Dropout students get educational support in Rajshahi city
Dropout students from the distressed and underprivileged communities in the city are getting financial support for continuing their institutional learning in the city, speakers at a grants-distribution ceremony said in Rajshahi on Wednesday.
Community-based adaptation to climate change stressed
Experts at a divisional seminar have stressed for innovation and adoption of the community-based mechanisms, ways, strategies and technologies to adapt with changing climate in vulnerable areas including inland chars.
Shaheed Day pledges
Sixteen crore people of Bangladesh once again recall the supreme sacrifices of the language martyrs who symbolised the spirit of love and respect for the mother tongue and the right to democracy and self-determination in the then East Pakistan. They…
10 crore birth registrations available online
Bangladesh has touched a milestone completing online birth registration of 10 crore (100 million) people on Sunday, according to a message received from the Birth and Death Registration Project of the Local Government Division. So far more than 16 crore…
10 AL ‘rebels’ expelled in Jessore
Benapole – The ruling Awami League has expelled its three local leaders for contesting the upazila polls in Sharsha, Jhikargachha and Bagharpara of Jessore district going against the party decision and also seven other leaders for supporting them. Party sources…
India court suspends Rajiv Gandhi murder plotters’ release
India’s Supreme Court has put on hold the release of three of the seven people convicted of involvement in the murder of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, where the plotters are held, ordered the…
North and South Koreans hold rare family reunions
Hundreds of North and South Korean relatives are seeing each other for the first time in decades, at a reunion for families separated by the Korean War. More than 100 mostly elderly South Koreans arrived in the North on Thursday…
4 killed in Narsingdi bus-mini bus collision
Four persons were killed when a bus and a microbus were involved in a head-on collision at Narsingdi’s Belabo Upazila. The accident, which left 10 others injured, occurred around 1.30am past midnight on Thursday on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, said Belabo…
PM hands over Ekushey Padak to 15 eminent citizens
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday formally handed over the prestigious Ekushey Padak to fifteen eminent citizens at a ceremony at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital. These distinguished persons have been selected for the Ekushey Padak 2014…
Women’s representation in government still low
New Worldwatch Institute study examines the number of women active in national legislatures Washington DC—In late 2013, women accounted for slightly more than 21 percent of the representatives in the lower or popular chambers of national legislatures worldwide, according to…
Food security thru sustainable agri in southern region urged
Agricultural experts at a programme have called for boosting agriculture for achieving food security and reducing malnutrition through increased environmentally sustainable agriculture production in the country’s southern region. Addressing a seminar organised by BRAC at its Mohakhali head office on…
Wi-Fi on Dhaka road during T20 World Cup
Dhaka residents will enjoy Wi-Fi on busy roads during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. The wireless Internet will be available from March on a three kilometre stretch of road from Jahangir Gate to Banani. Advertising agency ‘Vinyl World’ is behind…
Singer Rumey secures conditional bail in wife’s case
A court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted conditional bail to singer Arefin Rumey in a case filed for repression allegations over dowry filed by his first wife Ananya. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 of Dhaka granted the remand on…
IBBL launches VISA Debit Card
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched its next generation VISA Debit Card. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Dasgupta Asim Kumar inaugurated the card as the chief guest at a programme at a city hotel with IBBL Managing Director and CEO…
Forex reserve hits US $19-bn mark
The country’s foreign currency reserve hit a record high US$ 19-billion mark on Wednesday. The forex reserve now stands at US$ 19048.09 million which is enough to meet import expenditures of the next six months, according to a central bank…
Jamuna Gr chairman sues Bashundhara Gr chairman
Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul sued Basundha Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and five others demanding a compensation of Tk 20 billion for publishing fake, false and defaming news items in the Daily Kalerkantha and the Bangladesh Pratidin. Judge…
Teenage girl, company employee murdered in city
Dhaka – In separate incidents, two people, including a teenage girl, have been murdered in the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas. One of the deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 44, a private company employee while the identity of the…
Cleaner held with 40 gold bars at Dhaka airport
Customs officials have detained a cleaner with 40 gold bars worth Tk 20 million at the Shahjalal International Airport. ‘Jainal’, 45, a cleaner of the airport was arrested around 12 noon on Wednesday, said Quamrul Hassan, assistant commissioner of Customs…