The 44th Victory Day commemorating its glorious victory in the nine-month bloody war against the occupation forces in 1971 was celebrated on Tuesday with a pledge to uphold the spirit of the Liberation War. Thousands of people paid rich tributes…
Day: December 16, 2014
Settlers torch 13 houses of hill people after orchard damage
Bangalee settlers on Tuesday torched at least 13 houses and some shops of hill people over damaging a pineapple orchard at Chouddamile in Naniarchar under Rangamati district on Tuesday. Locals said the Bangalee settlers went berserk in the morning after…
Mymensingh Sramik Dal leader, wife, 2 daughters killed
A local Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader, his wife and their two daughters have been murdered at Lobonkota village in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district. Police recovered their bodies on Tuesday morning. Sramik Dal is the labour associate of the main…
Now Zayed Khan same Paralal of Shakib and Ananta
At the present time the best Dallywoood actor’s name could be heard Ananta Jalil and Shakib Khan. Now is going to be added to the list a new name. He is Zayed Khan.
AR Rahman back in Oscar
After a gap of four years since he won the golden statue for Slumdog Millionaire, ace music composer AR Rahman is again back in the Oscar race.
Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead
Militants from the Pakistani Taliban have attacked a school in Peshawar, killing 141 people, 132 of them children, the military say.
Why are most of us right-handed?
We humans don’t typically agree on all that much, but there is at least one thing that an impressive amount of us accept: which hand is easiest to control.
The world’s most unique words?
Mangata In the introduction to her book Lost in Translation, Ella Frances Sanders writes: “There may be some small essential gaps in your mother tongue, but never fear: you can look to other languages to define what you’re feeling”. The…
Dutch data watchdog threatens Google with £12m fine
Google has been threatened with a fine of up to 15m euros (£12m) if it does not do a better job of protecting the privacy of Dutch citizens.
Tech rivals join Microsoft in fight over US data demand
Apple and eBay are among those supporting Microsoft’s stand against handing over data stored in Ireland to the US government.
Three drug peddlers arrested in Tangail
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-12 in a drive arrested three drug peddlers at Birpusia village under Tangail sadar upazila of the district on Monday late night.
Khulna Free Day tomorrow
December 17 is a red letter day for Khulna people as the Pakistani occupation forces surrendered to the allied forces comprising freedom fighters and Indian armed forces on this day in 1971, a day after liberation of the rest of…
Elderly woman killed in road accident in Gopalganj
An elderly woman Shefali Begum, 60, was killed and two others injured when a speedy truck crashed them at Majra village area under Kashiani upazila of the district this evening.
Victory day observed in C’nawabganj
The 44th Victory Day is being observed in a befitting manner in the district today.
Road crash kills six in Habiganj
Six persons were killed and 11 others injured this morning in a road accident at Sutang here on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway.
Couple with two kids killed in Mymensingh
Miscreants murdered a couple along with their two minor daughters at Labonkata village under Bhaluka Upazila of the district last night.
Russian rouble in free-fall despite shock 17pc rate rise
Russia’s rouble went into free-fall in Tuesday trading, falling repeatedly to record lows, despite the central bank’s dramatic decision to raise interest rates from 10.5% to 17%. The rate rise was meant to strengthen the currency. It helped the rouble…
Rating agency trafficking financial information?
Greenwatch News The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has started inspection into the alleged ‘trafficking’ of coutnry’s thousands of financial information to a neighbouring country by the Bangladesh Rating Agency Limited (BDRAL), informed sources said. The securities regulator’s inspection…
Bangladeshi awarded Rotary Peace Fellowship
Kyasingmong Marma of Bangladesh was awarded a Rotary Peace Fellowship. Mong was previously an unarmed civilian peacekeepers working in Mindanao Philippines with Nonviolent Peaceforce. Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international organisation that provides unarmed civilian peacekeepers, on invitation from deeply rooted…
Taliban kill 141, including 132 children, in Peshawar school massacre
The Pakistan Taliban launch their deadliest attack ever, leaving 132 children and nine adults dead at a school in Peshawar. All six of the militants who entered the building are said to have been killed, at least one of them…
Jatiya Press Club polls deferred to secure contest by all
An extraorfinary general meeting (EGM) of the National Press Club on Monday decided to hold the bianniel general meeting and election of its managing committee by 31 March next, as against the schedule to get it done by 30 December,…
Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge
LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the rainy season comes and floods the fields, poor families in northwest Bangladesh once cut trees to survive or went hungry. Now, however, they are raising fish in the floodplains – a change that…
Javan migrant workers’ advocate wins rights award
Migrant workers’ rights activist Anis Hidayah received the 2014 Yap Thiam Hien human rights award for being “the voice for millions of Indonesian migrant workers”, as described by the award committee. One of the judges, lawyer and human rights activist…
Bangladesh’s 44th Victory Day Tuesday
Bangladesh will celebrate the 44th Victory Day on Tuesday with elaborate programmes to pay homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country. On this day in 1971, occupation had forces surrendered after a nine-month war resulting…
Cricketer Rubel gets bail for 4 weeks in actress Happy case
The High Court on Monday allowed an anticipatory bail for four weeks to national cricketer Rubel Hossain in a rape case. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Haque and Justice M Akram Hossain Chowdhury passed the order following…
Environmental disaster set in motion in the Sunderbans
The furnace oil that spilled in the Sundarbans’s Chandpai range from an oil tanker is gradually being absorbed in the ground leading to a reduction in the volume of the oil in the water, locals have said. The oil spread…