Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia would have to stand for trial as a “killer” for killing innocent people for her personal interest. The PM told Parliament Khaleda’s movement is not for any national…
Month: January 2015
Many renewable sources ‘now cheaper than fossil’
The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies, the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) has revealed. Irena’s “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014” report concludes…
Tackling poverty, climate change two sides of the same coin
This year presents significant opportunities for the global community to lay the foundation for a development agenda that puts efforts to tackle climate change and poverty on the same path. In recent years, the development community’s efforts to eradicate extreme…
Resolve crisis before it’s too late: Bangladeshis in US urge
Leading Bangladesh expatriates living in the United States and Cana in a joint press statement issued from New York urged the government to create an atmosphere conducive to dialogue to resolve the prevailing political crisis and said, there is no…
Bnp distances from arsonists, demands their punishment
Describing those who burn people by setting fire to vehicles as criminals, BNP senior leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Tuesday demanded the government bring them to justice. “Those who are burning people during our peaceful blockade programme are…
Asaduzzaman declares reaward for catching ‘miscreants’
Citizens who catch miscreants responsible for violence during strikes and blockades will be rewarded, the state minister for home has said. “There are rewards for those who hand over to police miscreants, who set fire to public property or throw…
Steven Finn & James Anderson lead England to win over India
Steven Finn and James Anderson led England to a morale-boosting nine-wicket thrashing of India in Brisbane.
BBC Democracy Day: Europe ‘faces political earthquakes’
Political earthquakes could be in store for Europe in 2015, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the BBC’s Democracy Day.
Chinese reporters photograph dead singer
A local Chinese newspaper has apologised after secretly photographing late singer Yao Beina during surgery to donate her corneas following her death.
Soviet Union collapse ‘affected region’s wildlife’
The socioeconomic shocks following the collapse of the Soviet Union also affected the region’s wildlife, researchers have suggested.
Shun violence, force; adopt peaceful means to bridge gap: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the on-going inhuman and cruel manifestation of violence and use of force in an unhealthy competition for power at the cost of basic rights of the people and prospect of…
No political crisis; blockade revenge against people: Hanif
Joint Secretary of ruling Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif, MP said on Tuesday BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has announced to continue the nationwide blockade to take revenge against the people for not supporting their destructive programs. He came up…
20-Party 2-day Dhaka, Khulna div hartal from Wednesday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will enforce a 48-hour hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions from Wednesday morning side by side its ongoing countrywide blockade programme, protesting extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance and arrest of its leaders. BNP joint secretary Ruhul Kabir…
Greenpeace fund freezing arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday unblocked the funds that were frozen by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs in June last year. The environmental NGO Greenpeace hailed the decision as a victory for democracy and free speech, and recognition…
Japan worker killed in Fukushima nuclear plant accident
A Japanese worker has died at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after falling into a water tank. He is the second person to have died at the plant that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Waves from…
IMF lowers global growth forecast to 3.5 percent
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth for this year and next. The IMF now expects growth of 3.5pc this year, compared with the previous estimate of 3.8pc which it made in October. The…
Crude bombs hurled at JSD (Inu) leader Badal’s Ctg house
Uindentified miscreants threw three crude bombs at the village house of Jasad MP Mainuddin Khan Badal at Sarwatoli village in Boalkhali upazila on early Tuesday. Witnesses said a group of unidentified miscreants hurled the crude bombs at the house of…
Bnp’s student affiliate activist killed in city ‘gunfight’
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student affiliate of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the city’s Khilgaon area…
Shipping lines, airlines can remit money from surplus FC earnings
Foreign currency deposited in foreign currency accounts of shipping lines and airlines against freight charges on FOB exports from licensed freight forwarders may be used for outward remittances on account of surplus earnings, a Bangladesh Bank circular said on Monday.…
Banks need prior approval for foreign outsourcing of work
Any outsourcing outside Bangladesh will require prior approval of Bangladesh Bank under Section 12 of the Bank Company Ain, 1991 regardless of the fact that the specified functions is conducted by or data is provided to an unrelated third party…
Human chain to secure democratic and fundamental rights held
Leaders of a number of political parties that are charting the middle road in between the AL-led 14-party alliance and the Bnp-led 20-party alliance on Monday jointly took to the street voicing the demand for ensuring democratic and fundamental rights…
Charmonai Pir places 8-point proposal to end pol crisis
The Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh and Pir Shaheb of Charmonai Mufti Syed Rezaul Karim on Monday put forward a 7-point proposal that stands for elections under a non-partisan government, proportional representation and checking of corruption with a view to…
Alleged blockade activist shot, handed over to police
An alleged blockade activist was injured as police shot him while fleeing after hurling a crude bomb at a bus in the city’s Shahbagh area on Monday evening. The victim was identified as Nur Mohammad, 35, son of Fakhar Islam.…
HC stays gazettee revokling ’71 Sp’l Guerilla Force List
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the operation of the gazette notification revoking the list of special guerilla force (SGF) recruited from NAP-Communist Party and Chhatra Union during the Liberation War in 1971. Passing the interim order,…
48-hr hartal against killing, abduction, missing from Wednesday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called a 48-hour hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions from Wednesday, protesting the killings, ‘enforced disappearances, abduction’ and arrest of its leaders by the government. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Monday…
Agri sector struggling to cope with climate change: Experts
Environment and agriculture experts yesterday said adverse impact of global climate change may severely affect crop production in the country as agriculture sector is already struggling to cope with erratic behavior of weather pattern. Climate change impacts are visible in…
President tells JS of Govt’s successes, efficient management
Terming the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) as the centre-point of all activities of the country, President Abdul Hamid today urged all to play a constructive and effective role in the JS for materialising the aspirations of the people. Addressing the inaugural…
‘Quality education for building enlightened society stressed’
Speakers at a daylong views-sharing meeting have stressed for ensuring quality education at all levels in building an ideal and enlightened society through producing knowledgeable citizens.
Bed-planting method wheat farming gains popularity in Rajshahi
By virtue of gradually rising interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple of years.
Experts ask freedom fighters to help eradicate TB
Health experts at a views-sharing meeting have asked the freedom fighters for creating awareness in indentifying tuberculosis patients and bringing them under cost free treatment facilities to eradicate the curable disease.