From: ClickGreen Staff France may be the world’s most nuclear energy dependent country, but times are changing as the country looks to increase the amount of wind—sourced electricity in its power mix. When French President François Hollande took the reins…
A local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed reportedly in a lynch-mob attack at Deltar Crossing in Debhata upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Aktar Hossain Aku, 48, son of Faizul Islam of Kulia village in the upazila. Jalal…
Seven international military observers taken captive in eastern Ukraine a week ago have been released. Five Ukrainian officers captured with the observers, who are linked to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, were also freed. Pro-Russian separatists in…
Security forces in northeast India found the bodies of nine Muslims on Saturday, raising the death toll to 31 in a spate of attacks by suspected tribal militants as a weeks-long general election re-opens ethnic divisions. The election has rekindled…
Police have detained 12 persons from the house of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in a case of abduction and murder of seven men in Narayanganj, during a raid. Additional police superintendent Shahidul Islam said the three-hour raid started at…
The Pir Shahed of Charmonai, Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim on Friday called for building resistance against abduction, complaining that the government has not yet succeeded to arrest anybody on the charge of the offence. He said that no man –…
The work order for the main Padma Bridge construction will be issued in the first week of June, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday. Talking to reporters during his visit to the bridge site in Lohajong upazila in the…
Nor’wester lashed Pabna, Bhola, Kushtia and Natore districts on Thursday night, leaving an unspecified number of people injured and dwelling houses and standing crops damaged. In Pabna, the storm swept over Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas injuring 30 people and damaging…
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested a man along with 23 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Banglabandha area in Tetulia upazila on Thursday.
The two-day biennial German-Bangladesh consultation, 2014 will be held in the capital on May 7-8 to review the implementation of the existing German-funded projects in Bangladesh as well as their possible future funding. “The two-day consultation will focus on review…
Police in a drive arrested nine local leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from a meeting allegedly they were holding secretly at Shologhar in Srinagar upazila on Thursday night.
After the local Human Chains at Road 8A and Satmasjid Road in Dhanmandi, foot overbridge on Elephant Road and BCSIR Laboratory, in front of National Museum at Shahbagh, ICDDR,B gate at Mohakhali and on Aricha Road near Jatiyo Smriti Shoudho…
Unknown miscreants have abducted a businessman in Noakhali’s Begumganj Upazila, his family says. Abul Bashar, 42, of the Upazila’s Alaiyapur village, was abducted around 10am on Friday. The family notified police in the afternoon, but declined to share details on…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has asked its leaders and activists to take precautionary measures and follow a 10-point set of suggestions including not moving alone and avoiding unsafe areas considering the prevailing situation in the country. BNP acting secretary Mirza Fakhrul…
Bangladesh Navy has launched a fresh search operation for the missing Malaysian passenger aircraft, MH Flight 370, in the Bay of Bengal, following the suggestion by an Australian survey company that the wreckage of a plane might be found in…
Many of the existing rundown in the coastal dist People in highly natural disaster-prone Khulna are now passing worrying moments during the current stormy weather season as the number of shelter centers in the coastal district is less than required.
The United Kingdom (UK) has welcomed Bangladesh’s endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan have announced their endorsement of the Declaration this week, launched as part of the UK’s Preventing Sexual…
A young man was shot to death by some miscreants at Karaitala in Sadar upazila early Friday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 61,000 pieces of Yaba tablet from near the bank of Naf River at Naitongpara in Teknaf upazila early Friday.
Narayanganj District Lawyers Association will enforce a daylong hartal in the district for Sunday protesting the recent abduction and killing including Chandan Sarkar, a senior lawyer at Narayanganj District Judge’s Court. The bodies of Chandan and five others were found…
Police arrested nine abductors and rescued three people from the clutches of the abductors in separate places of the district on Wednesday and Thursday.
Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday announced a weeklong programme including hunger strike on May 8 protesting the recent abduction and killing including Chandan Sarkar. Vice chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council and president of SCBA Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain…
A businessmen was reportedly kidnapped for ransom from Sanarpar in Shiddhirganj area on Thursday night, spreading panic in the city already reeling under abduction spree.
Gono Forum chairman Dr Kamal Hossain has called for forming citizens committees in all thanas of the country to organise citizens for a nationwide movement against the ‘sick politics’ practised by the two main parties. “People want to see a…
River otters, lichen on trees and coral in oceans are not just beautiful to look at, they tell us something important about the environment around them.
In a telephone call Monday between Russia’s Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu and the U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, Shoigu described the activity of U.S. and NATO troops near Russia’s border as “unprecedented.”
Microsoft has said users of its Windows XP operating system will also get the security update it has issued to fix a flaw in the Internet Explorer browser.
Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola says he will not change his tactical approach, despite criticism after the Champions League defeat by Real Madrid. The Bundesliga champions were thrashed 4-0 at the Allianz Arena, losing 5-0 on aggregate in the semi-final tie. “I…
The BBC says it has left Jeremy Clarkson “in no doubt about how seriously” it takes allegations he used racist language while filming Top Gear.
The owner of the sunken South Korean ferry ignored an off-duty captain’s warnings about the ship’s stability, prosecutors have said.