UK-born US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid.
Month: December 2014
Bangladesh Water Partnership 12th AGM held
The 12th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Water Partnership held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium on Saturday decided to highlight in detail in its secretary general’s report the activities of the local area water partnerships,…
PM’s conspiracy claim untrue, remarks on US to hurt ties: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement over the called meeting of party chairperson Khaleda Zia with serving government officials “confusing” and “untrue”. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this…
Bhutanese PM Tshering arrives in Dhaka on 3-day visit
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Dhaka on Saturday morning on a three-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. An aircraft of Royal Bhutan Airlines “Drukair” carried the Bhutanese Premier and the…
New Zealand drew the T20 series
New Zealand won the second and final T20 series by 17 runs to draw the T20 series after they drew the test series with Pakistan. Pakistan won the toss second time in a row and fielded first. New Zealand was…
Upstream superpowers: Chinese, Indian policies more alike
by Sanjib Baruah Chinese and Indian policies on river systems are more alike than different. On November 23, the first power-generating unit of the Zangmu hydropower complex on the Yarlung Tsangpo or the Brahmaputra in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region became…
Al-Qaeda chief Adnan el Shukrijuma ‘killed in Pakistan’
A senior al-Qaeda militant, accused of planning to bomb trains in New York and London, has been killed in Pakistan, the country’s military says. Adnan el Shukrijumah was killed in a raid in north-western Pakistan, near the Afghan border, the…
Climate-smart agriculture in LDCs
Michael Davidson Growing populations, greater frequency of extreme weather events, increasing temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns and increasing water scarcity will increase uncertainty and risk in agricultural production. Between 2011 and 2100 the population of high-fertility countries is projected to…
Role of mangrove forests in boosting sustainable livelihoods
Susan Rosemary Fenton The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is committed to addressing both the consequences and the root causes of climate change, as stated in its Strategy 2020, and outlined in its 2013-2016 Plan…
Why rights-based approaches to mitigate deforestation matter
Francesco Martone Deforestation and climate change are human rights issues. Indigenous peoples must be at the forefront of future mitigation and adaptation actions. Forests have been at the centre of climate change negotiations for many years now, in particular in…
Climate change negotiators must consider the role of rural women
Claudia Ringler As smallholder farmers in many parts of the world, women play a crucial role in food production. Yet they are the least equipped to adapt their farming practices to climate change. The reason? They have less access and…
COP20 reflections: ‘Poor nations to need $500 bn a year by 2050’
Developing countries may need up to $500 billion per year by 2050 to adapt to the ravages of climate change, dwarfing previous estimates, a UN report said Friday. The figure was about 20 times today’s public spending on climate adaptation,…
They see conspiracy for nightmare of downfall: BNP
Strongly criticising Awami League leaders for accusing BNP chairperson of conspiring at her Gulshan office with government officials, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said they now find conspiracy in everything as it suffers from the nightmare of…
Islami Andolan’s 3-month protest to press penalty for Latif
Islami Andolan Bangladesh tas taken up a 3-month protest programme demanding punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his anti-Hajj comments. The party’s chief Mufti Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim announced the programmes on Friday in Dhaka. The programmes include…
US tried to stop January 5 election, says PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the USA had tried its best to stop the January 5 election in Bangladesh, which was inevitable to continue democracy and constitutional rule. “They (USA) tried their best to make sure that this…
Democracy not safe yet, unite to resist evil forces: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of thousands of martyrs is not safe yet. She accused the government of shackling nation with a one-party cruel rule.…
Housewife run over by truck, dies in Satkhira
A housewife was killed when a truck ran over her at Itegachha Hater More in the town early Friday.
Expat’s house robbed of Tk30 lakh valuables in Sylhet
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk30 lakh from the house of a Saudi expatriate at Palpur village in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district early Thursday.
Bishnu statue found in Munshiganj
A touch stone statue of Lord Bishnu, weighing about four maunds, was seized by police from Dakhin Kazi Kasba village under Sadar upazila on Thursday.
Missing youth found buried in Comilla; 4 held
A young man was found buried in a mustard field at Darikandi village in Titash upazila on Thursday, 20 days after he had gone missing.
Diseases break out with early cold
Hospitals see influx of child patients in Khulna Early season cold is playing havoc with public health in Khulna amid outbreak of different types of disease when the winter has just set in.
Pirate ringleader slaughtered in Noakhali
The ringleader of a pirate gang was slaughtered at Mahespur village in Begumganj upazila here on Thursday night.
View exchange meeting on improvement of slums in Faridpur
A day-long view exchange meeting on improvement of the life style of the slum dwellers organized jointly by Practical Action, Bangladesh and Society for the Urban Poor (SUP) was held yesterday at local Ambica Memorial hall.
2 women arrested with cannabis in Munshiganj
The members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two women drug paddlers with 7 kilograms cannabis in a raid at BSCIC industrial town area of Munshiganj on Thursday.
IPM increases crop output, improves environment: experts
Experts at the inaugural ceremony of a Farmers’ Field School (FFS) have stressed for adoption of Integrated Pests’ Management (IPM) method that increases crop output at reduced costs improving environment.
Apple’s $1bn anti-competition trial might collapse
A court case against Apple, which could see the company facing damages of $1bn, might collapse.
Electric eels ‘remotely control their prey’
The high voltage discharges – seen here as a red colour – paralyse prey, making it easy to capture, the study says Continue reading the main story Related Stories Moving house with an electric eel and sharks Watch Scientists help…
ICC drops Uhuru Kenyatta charges for Kenya ethnic violence
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague have withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity against Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Maldives in water crisis after fire at treatment plant
The government of Maldives has declared a state of emergency after a fire at a water treatment plant cut off drinking water to the capital.
Real Madrid v Manchester City: Pre-season tournament at MCG
Manchester City will play Real Madrid at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a pre-season tournament next summer.