A Ukrainian officer has been killed in a gun battle with pro-Russian armed men in the eastern city of Sloviansk, the interior minister says. Both sides suffered a number of casualties, Arsen Avakov said. Pro-Russian forces took over Sloviansk on Saturday…
Farming must feed more people more sustainably. Zareen Bharucha looks at scientific approaches past and present. Advances in agricultural science and technology (S&T) have contributed to remarkable increases in food production since the mid-twentieth century. Global agriculture has grown 2.5–3…
From S. Gopikrishna Warrier There is a kind of e-mail that does its rounds of mailboxes frequently. It is a rather long one, extolling the virtues of ancient Indian science and technology, and talking about the glory of Aryabhata, Charaka…
Coal import from India through Tamabil and Sheola land stations will resume on Tuesday after its suspension for two weeks. Sylhet Coal Importers’ Group general secretary Chandan Saha said the coal import will resume from Tuesday as the crisis created…
Three people were killed and two ohers injured when a tractor hit an auto-rickshaw at Noakhali’s Companyganj. The accident occurred around 1am on Sunday in Rastar Matha area under Charkakra union, said Companyganj Police Station OC Sajedur Rahman. All those killed…
Two passenger trains rammed into each other early Sunday at Ullaparha in Sirajganj, leaving at least two passengers dead and injuring at least 12 others, when the ‘Ekta Express’ and ‘Lalmoni Express’ going in opposite directions ended up on the…
A UN report on climate change is expected to call for a trebling of the planet’s use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. The report is also expected to argue that the trend of increased carbon…
Gunmen have killed 135 civilians in north east Nigeria since Wednesday, a senior official from the region has told the BBC. Borno state senator Ahmed Zannah said the killings took place in at least three separate attacks in the state.…
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said armed action by Ukrainian authorities in the east of Ukraine could undermine forthcoming talks. Kiev earlier warned pro-Russian militants who stormed police stations in eastern towns on Saturday that they would be harshly…
Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) lifted the Independence Cup 2014, edging out Feni Soccer Club 5-4 in tie-breaker after a goalless draw in regulation time on Saturday. This is MSC’s first title this season. Feni Soccer Club fought gallantly to hold MSC…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will introduce special road dividers at the end of this month to deter the prevalent tendency of driving in wrong directions on the city roads. Whenever a vehicle will be driven in the wrong direction on…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday observed that the country has turned into a ‘jail’ under the current regime. “They (govt) are arbitrarily filing cases against people… attacking and harassing the common people,” he told a…
President Abdul Hamid on Saturday called upon the country’s student community to grow their reading habit instead of confining their knowledge to mere class notes. “Reading habit has to be developed instead of confining your knowledge to class notes and…
The Energy Ministry has worked out a plan to implement six more gas projects involving Tk 1,237 crore under the Gas Development Fund (GDF), a special fund created by the government through consumers’ money derived from increased gas price. While…
Speakers at a seminar on “Fatigue Properties of Steel” in Bangladesh underscored on Saturday the need for ensuring fatigue test before use of steel rod and other steel products in construction works. They said that most people involved in civil…
The government wants to ‘silence’ the Ganajagaran Manch movement since it no longer serves the interests of the ruling party, Imran H Sarker has alleged. Sarker was removed as the Ganajagaran spokesperson on Saturday afternoon by others in the group.
Bangladesh’s leading ladies just seem to wish each other well by cards on occasions such as the Bangla New Year. That provides some relief to the otherwise tense confrontation that divides the country sharply and often leads to much madness…
A group of Dhaka University (DU) students fought pitched battles with shop owners at the nearby Nilkhet market on Saturday evening. Several shops in Nilkhet, which is the biggest book market in Dhaka, have been torched. The 30-minute-long clash also…
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, will debate on South-South Cooperation at the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) to be held in Mexico on Tuesday. The Southern Voice on…
The ICDDR,B has decided to stop production of the saline until it gets registration from Directorate of Drug Administration in accordance with the drug act of 1982 and it will not be used in any hospital, said a press release…
Lauren Schiff I’m managing an incredible project to help bring emerging photographers’ dreams to fruition. Emerging Focus Barcelona will be exhibiting all of our finalists both in Barcelona & Los Angeles. If you or anyone you know is interested in…
International workers rights groups are praising a decision by Rutgers University that could help eliminate sweatshops in Bangladesh. Rutgers, New Jersey’s state university, is the latest of 17 schools requiring manufacturers of its collegiate apparel to sign the Accord on…
The cost of remittances in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in the world mainly because of strategic use of mobile financial services (MFS) and strategic partnership developed amongst banks, telephone companies and MFIs — said Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor,…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday warned the government of giving a befitting reply in time against its all the acts of injustice and repression. “Now, it is not time to shed tears over the incidents of forced disappearance, killing…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed Bangladesh Nationalist Party as an illegal organisation founded by a military ruler who seized power illegally. “It’s unfortunate for the people of Bangladesh to hear theories from those who have been illegal,” she told…
A senior BNP leader has said the commerce minister’s name-calling of Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman was simply an attempt to please the Awami League chief. Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Saturday said minister Tofail Ahmed was not in Awami…
The government will submit a progress report on ‘Bangladesh Action Plan 2013’ to the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) by Tuesday though the review for reinstating Bangladesh’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits still looks uncertain.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benazir Ahmed on Saturday asked the organizers to wrap up open air Pahela Baishakh functions by 6pm. Hundreds of open air rallies, music concert and fairs have bene planned in the capital city to celebrate…
Over two years after the gruesome murder of Sagar and Runi, investigators are now claiming that two people killed the journalist couple but unable to say who they exactly were, intensifying the mystery further. “Now we’re sure there had been…
The government has to examine if it would be reasonable to bring sedition charges against Tarique Rahman, says the junior home minister. State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Saturday his government would have to closely examine whether…