Three Bangladeshi workers died of smoke inhalation on Friday after a fire broke out in their room in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Two more Bangladeshis suffered injuries in the fire incident that took place around 3:30am in a residential…
Year: 2014
Football-Spurs restore English pride after stunning fightback
London – Tottenham Hotspur restored some pride to English soccer by succeeding where Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City all failed over the last two weeks by winning a match in Europe.
Ekushey Book Fair comes to an end recording ‘big sale’
Dhaka – The curtain on the Ekushey Book Fair 2014 on Bangla Academy premises and at the adjacent Suhrawardy Udyan fell on on Friday with bookworms thronging area for the last minute purchase of new titles The publishers also heaved…
Klinsmann calls 24 players for Ukraine friendly
True to his word, USA national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann called in a roster composed mostly of players who play in Europe for a March 5 friendly against Ukraine.
2 held with 300 bottles of Phensidyl in Sylhet
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup on the Jakiganj-Sylhet Road in Jakiganj upazila on Thursday.
2 ‘robbers’ killed in M’singh lynch-mob attacks
Two alleged robbers were killed in separate lynch-mob attacks in Bhaluka and Gafargaon upazilas of the district early Friday.
Minor boy electrocuted in Sylhet
A minor boy died from electrocution at Roynagar in the city on Thursday.
3 pilgrims killed in Comilla road crash
Three people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus carrying pilgrims to a shrine plunged into a roadside ditch at Sonakanda in Muradnagar upazila early Friday.
Magura Swechchhasebak Dal leader arrested
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal, volunteer wing of BNP, from the district town on Thursday afternoon over attack on police and vandalism.
Youth found dead in Sylhet
A young man was found dead at Nandishree village in Jakiganj upazila on Thursday afternoon.
Couple commits suicide in Chandpur
A young couple in love committed suicide by hanging themselves at Kadla village in Kachua upazila on Thursday morning.
Ukrainian ex-leader vows fightback
Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych has made his first public appearance since being ousted last week, telling a news conference in Russia he would fight for his country.
Robbers make life of fishermen misertable in the Sundarbans
Bagerhat–Frequent attacks by pirates and forest robbers have put both lives and livelihood of the members of the fishermen community in grave peril in the Bay of Bengal and the Sundarbans. About two lakh fishermen have to remain always in…
Side strain sidelines Mashrafee
Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been ruled out of the Asia Cup with a side strain. He will be replaced by Shafiul Islam. The injury is a blow to Bangladesh’s campaign because they are already without Tamim Iqbal, who…
India’s Sahara Group boss surrenders in fraud case
New Delhi — A top Indian businessman surrendered to police Friday after failing to show up in court on charges that his company failed to return billions of dollars to investors. The Indian Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for…
Limitations of climate engineering
From: Jan Steffen Despite international agreements on climate protection and political declarations of intent, global greenhouse gas emissions have not decreased. On the contrary, they continue to increase. With a growing world population and significant industrialization in emerging markets such…
Calculating your water footprint
From: Robin Blackstone, ENN Water scarcity affects 2.7 billion people worldwide for at least a month each year and in the same way that each of us has a carbon footprint, Professor Arjen Hoekstra of the University of Twente in…
Ethnic cleansing in Central African Republic
By Elham Asaad Buaras International NGOs have formally classed the killings and exodus of Muslims in the majority Christian Central African Republic (CAR) as ethnic cleansing “of historic proportions”. The humanitarian situation in the CAR has deteriorated since a coup…
ICT-1 asks HRW for reply on contempt
Despite extending all out cooperation to the newly-appointed ICT-1 chairman in the exercise of his judicial functions only a day before, no member from the prosecution panel appeared before the tribunal on Thursday. Thursday was fixed for submitting a reply…
No possibility of stock market crash: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said now there is no possibility of any stock market collapse and plundering money from the capital market. “The stock market collapsed in 2010. After various measures taken by the government, the capital market…
President asks universities to work like welfare bodies
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday asked the country’s universities — both the public and private ones — to play a supportive role like social welfare organisations apart from providing quality education keeping the country’s interest above everything. “Education must not…
No plan to cut interest on agri credit: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said in Parliament that the government has no plan right now to cut interest rate of agriculture credit. “Right now, there’s no plan to reduce interest rate of agriculture credit,” he said while responding…
Rajuk chairman denies graft in plot distribution
Dhaka – Rajuk chairman Nurul Huda on Thursday denied allegations of corruption in allotment of Rajuk-managed land. His denial came during nearly three hours of questioning by Anti Corruption Commission deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy at ACC office, sources at…
ACC interrogates Mannan Khan, ex-MP Jabbar
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday interrogated former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan on charge of acquiring wealth illegally. ACC deputy director Nasir Uddin questioned the former junior minister in the Awami League-led government…
34th BCS written test schedule announced
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has published the schedule for the written tests of the compulsory subjects of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations. As in last year, this year, too, the PSC has decided to hold two tests…
Polls peaceful barring some stray incidents: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said the second phase election in 115 upazila parishads was peaceful except a few stray incidents. “Today’s polls have been completed by and large peacefully except a few incidents of violence in…
Fresh probe into Gen Manzoor murder ordered
A Dhaka court has ordered reinvestigation into the 1981 murder of Maj Gen Md Abul Manzoor following a plea by the state. Dhaka’s First Additional District and Sessions Judge Khandaker Hasan Mahmud Firoz gave the order on Thursday. The CID has…
David Warner: Australia opener fined for AB de Villiers comments
Australia opener David Warner has been fined 15% of his match fee for accusing South Africa wicketkeeper AB de Villiers of ball-tampering.
BNP demands reelection to captured polling stations
Accusing the ruling party of capturing the polling stations across the country like ‘char grabbing’ in the second phase of the upazila polls, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday demanded reelections to the grabbed voting centres.…
Phil Jagielka out of England v Denmark friendly with injury
Everton defender Phil Jagielka has been ruled out of England’s friendly against Denmark on 5 March with a hamstring injury.