A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media say.
Day: April 5, 2014
Regional parties cannot be ignored in Indian Polls
Political speculations and analyzes about the Indian electoral battle are mainly revolving around the prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) possible victory.
Falklands: Residents mock Argentina’s ‘Nato base’ claim
Residents of the Falkland Islands have ridiculed claims from the Argentinian president that nuclear weapons were deployed in the area, joking that they were in fact penguins, not missiles.
Bouchard outs Venus Williams at family circle
Charleston — Venus Williams couldn’t dig herself out of a hole this time and lost to Eugenie Bouchard 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4 at the Family Circle Cup on Thursday.
Malaysia bans’Noah’ film as un-Islamic
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has joined other Islamic countries in banning the Hollywood biblical epic “Noah” starring Russell Crowe, decrying it as irreligious and saying it violates Islamic law against depicting prophets.
Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels
Berlin — After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it.
Forging social movement to resist human rights violation stressed
Speakers have unequivocally called for forging social resistance against all sorts of human rights violation.
CDI changes fortune of 822 extremely poor families
The community-based development initiative (CDI) programme of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has changed fortune of 822 extremely poor families living in two backward communities in the district.
Provide Vitamin A Capsule to every baby: RCC mayor
Mayor of Rangpur city and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today asked the parents, public representatives and citizens to provide Vitamin A Plus Capsule to every under-five baby.
Tree collapse kills housewife in Satkhira
A housewife was killed when a tree collapsed on her during a storm that swept Pratapnagar village in Ashashuni upazila on Friday.
Moulvibazar house robbed of Tk 12 lakh valuables
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk12 lakh from a house at Bhujbal village in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district early Saturday.
Google’s new privacy change affects 85% of iPhone users — most of them won’t have noticed
Around the same time, the official Gmail blog put up a 205-word post explaining the latest update to the Gmail app for Apple devices that run on iOS 7.
FireChat ignites new way to communicate on phones
In just two weeks since its release on the iPhone, FireChat already has provided a flicker of hope for people pining for more effective, secure and affordable ways to communicate.
BJP, BSP angry as Imam Bukhari backs Congress
Hours after shahi imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari announced his support to Congress on Friday, the BJP and BSP came down heavily on him and urged the Muslims not to fall into his trap. Addressing a news…
Sylhet under indefinite transport strike
Transport workers enforced an indefinite strike in the district on Saturday demanding the arrest of the killers of a driver and attackers of another one. No long-distance bus or truck was seen plying the roads after the strike started in…
Shootout again: Two ‘pirates’ killed
Two suspected pirates were killed in a ‘shootout’ between their cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Char Balua in Companiganj upazila early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sumon, 25, and Javed, 22, both members of notorious…
Threshold of new era, as well as grave danger for Biman
-By Raquib Siddiqi Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited has gained significantly higher Available Seat Kilometre (ASK). This is expected to usher in a new era with prospect of profitable operation with efficient utilisation of the capacity. Poor utilisation instead will put…