The fields in ten upazilas of Netrakona are now presenting stunning vistas of farmers cropping their Boro paddy with a look of overwhelming joy for a possible excellent yield.
Month: May 2014
Harvard to adopt student honesty pledge
Harvard University is going to introduce an “honour code” in which students will promise not to cheat. It will be the first time the prestigious US university has asked students to make a public commitment not to plagiarise or cheat…
3 held while abducting school teacher in Magura
Local people caught three youths while they were attempting to abduct a female school teacher of a government primary school in Sadar uapzila on Thursday.
2 killed in Faridpur road crash
Two people were killed and two others injured when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch at Komorpur in Sadar upazila early Friday.
‘Killer robots’ to be debated at UN
Killer robots will be debated during an informal meeting of experts at the United Nations in Geneva. Two robotics experts, Prof Ronald Arkin and Prof Noel Sharkey, will debate the efficacy and necessity of killer robots. The meeting will be…
Vladimir Putin visits annexed Crimea
President Vladimir Putin is making his first visit to Crimea since Russia annexed it from Ukraine in March. He told crowds marking the 1945 Soviet victory over the Nazis that Crimea had shown loyalty to a “historical truth” in choosing…
Samsung Electronics replaces mobile design head
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s biggest handset maker, has replaced the head of its mobile design team amid criticism of the latest Galaxy S smartphone.
The father of 3D printing says it’s overhyped
In the 31 years since an engineer named Charles Hull invented 3D printing, it has gone from a way for car companies to quickly prototype plastic parts to something that’s touted as a technological cure-all.
Whom the Godfathers are turning to now!
We thank the journalists, who are continuously feeding us with the updates by putting their life in danger and sometimes even sacrificing their lives. Sagor and Runi can be cited here with many others. We are passing the most critical…
When abductions, enforced disappearances shall stop?
Masum Billah The past few weeks have been marked increased frequency of abduction, forced disappearance of people and recovery of their bodies from rivers or in jungles or beside the roads. The public life has been exposed to this extreme…
The key to atract global tourists is projection of B’desh- ‘as it is’
-By Raquib Siddiqi A recent visit by a team of Australian journalists to Bangladesh and their impression, reconfirm our belief that tourism products should be designed to present Bangladesh as it is, to the tourist generating markets. Admitting that the…
ANC wins huge victory in South Africa
The African National Congress (ANC) has won a commanding victory in South Africa’s general election, partial results show. With about 80% of the results in, the ANC has 63% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%.…
Constant arguing ‘increases premature death risk’
Having frequent arguments with partners, friends or relatives can increase the risk of death in middle-age, say Danish researchers. Writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, they said men and those not in work were most vulnerable. Dealing…
FAO warns of food market volatility for production shortfall
Weather conditions in various countries and political tensions in the Black Sea region have made food markets more volatile, FAO reports in the new Food Outlook. In its first major forecast for 2014, FAO puts cereal production at 2 458…
Youth shot dead in Gazipur
A young man was shot to death by miscreants at Kamarjuri in the city early Friday. Police said being informed by locals, they recovered the bullet-ridden body of the unidentified young man, aged 30/32, from a paddy filed in the…
Jubo Dal leader, Jamaat man held in Satkhira
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jubo Dal and an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami at Dhandia Bazar in Kolaroa upazila on Thursday. The arrested persons were identified as Siddikur Rahman, president of Joynagar union unit of Jubo Dal…
10 killed in Rajbari as two passenger buses collide early Friday
At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Rajbari-Faridpur Highway at Basantapur in sadar upazila early Friday. Four of the deceased were identified as Alamgir, driver of Eagle Paribahan…
81 N’ganj police officers transferred
The government has shaken up the Narayanganj police administration by transferring two inspectors, 40 sub-inspectors (SI) and 39 assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) of police following the abduction and killing of seven people that outraged the nation. They shifted to police stations…
RMG official found dead at Gazipur factory
Police recovered the body of a garment factory official from his workplace at Tongi in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain, 38, assistant accountant of ‘Zaber and Zobayer Garment’ situated at Pagar of Tongi.
Democratic behavior from this regime a distant cry: B Chy
Terming the present government ‘undemocratic’, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday said the incidents of forced disappearance, kidnapping and killing have marked an alarming rise due to its undemocratic behaviour. He made the remarks while addressing…
3 Rajuk officials quizzed in case against secretary
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated four Rajuk officials as part of investigation into the three cases recently filed against former secretary of Housing and Public Works Ministry Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain for allegedly taking government plots abusing power.…
Why not action against RMCH interns: HC
The High Court has asked why Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital interns who denied treatment to a journalist should not be denied their certificates. A High Court bench on Thursday also asked under what authority those interns had denied treatment…
RAB investigations have ‘found evidence of its own officers’
RAB investigations have found evidence of its own officers being involved in the Nayarayanganj murders, several sources inside the elite force say. It has found no proof that suggests involvement of anyone besides RAB and fugitive Ward-4 Councillor Nur Hossain,…
Official probe body chief vows to expose N’ganj murders
Chief of the probe body, formed to investigate law enforcers’ involvement in the Narayanganj seven-murder case, Md Shahjahan Ali Mollah on Thursday said the fact behind the murder of seven people would be unveiled. “The investigation into the murders will…
Hiron’s wife Zebunnesa Afroz AL nominee for Barisal-5 by-polls
Bangladesh Awami League on Thursday nominated Zebunnesa Afroz, wife of late Shawkat Hossain Hiron MP as its candidate to contest the by-election to Barisal-5 constituency, which is slated for June 12. The nomination was finalized at a meeting of the…
Dead UP member’s wife file case against OC in Jhenidah
A case was filed by Hasina Begum wife of Elangi UP member and Jamaat leader Abul Kalam against Officer in charge of Kotchandpur thana Fazlur Rahman and 7 others on Wednesday for abduction and murder of her hustand. Judicial Magistrate…
Ramna Batamul blast case argument afresh May 18
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 18 for arguments afresh in the Ramna Batamul blast case. Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Ruhul Amin set the date, after completion of arguments on behalf of 13 accused in the…
Govt desperate to hush up N’ganj 7 murders: BNP
BNP leader Hannan Shah on Thursday alleged the government is desperately trying to hush up the seven-murder incident here as it has a direct link with the killings. “The involvement of Rab in the gruesome killings has proved the government…
3 placed on 10-day remand in N’ganj abduction-murder case
A court here on Thursday placed three people arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of seven people on a 10-day remand. Senior Judicial Magistrate Monowara Begum passed the order when police produced them before her court. Those who…
‘Missing’ not “enforced disappearance:” Ashraf
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said the term “forced disappearance” is being wrongly used for missing persons. “There is no word like forced disappearance rather it should be missing. Many people go missing…