Historic March 7, a Red- letter day in the history of Bangladesh, is being observed Saturday. On this day in 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his epoch- making speech at the Race Course Maidan, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka.…
Day: March 6, 2015
US FBI team visit spot spot of blogger Avijit Killing
A team of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which arrived in the capital on Wednesday, started its activities on Friday for giving support to Bangladeshi investigators to find out the killers of writer Avijit Roy, who was murdered…
Islamic State bulldozers ‘erasing history’ in Nimrud, Iraq
Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq. On Thursday IS – which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria – began demolishing the site, which was…
‘First human’ discovered in Ethiopia
Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans. The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged. The discovery in Ethiopia suggests climate change spurred…
Actor Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
US actor Harrison Ford has been injured in a small plane crash in Los Angeles. The 72-year-old star of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars films reported engine failure and crash-landed his vintage plane on a Venice golf course. He…
India advance with narrow win over West Indies
India sealed their progress to the Cricket World Cup quarter-finals as they recorded a nervy four-wicket win over West Indies. The defending champions looked set for a comfortable victory in Pool B when they reduced West Indies to 85-7. But…
US to help Bangladesh achieve $50b export: Bernicat
US Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat today said the United States would continue its support to boost the export of Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) envisaged by the government by 2021. “We will continue to work with BGMEA to help it…
Expatriate Bangladeshi stopped from giving Khaleda dry food
Police yesterday stopped a Bangladeshi residing in Italy Aminur Rahman from entering the Gulshan officeof BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s to deliver a packet of dry food for her, says Shamsuddin Didar, a member of media wing of the former premier.
Govt must take responsibility of any consequence: BNP
BNP has warned that the government would have to bear the responsibility of any consequence arising out of the current situation unless it accepts their demand to hold a free and fair poll under a non-partisan administration. “The people hope…
Families of IS-bound schoolgirls say UK Police ‘let them walk out’
By Ben Ferguson & Ben Bryant The families of the missing east London schoolgirls who traveled to Syria to join Islamic State (IS) said today that UK police “let them walk out,” as it emerged that officers spoke to the…
Integrated watershed management helping empower women in India
Hyderabad, India – Amid current uproar on inequality and prejudice faced by many women in India, what’s heartening is that positive changes are happening for some women in the rural sector – one of the toughest groups to reach due…
UN HR High Commissioner asks for finding a solution
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has stressed the need to find a solution to the ongoing political impasse in Bangladesh. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein made the appeal on Wednesday when foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali met him…
Politics in Bangladesh on the boil: The Economist
THE endgame may have started, but this week it became clear that it will take its time to play out. On February 25th a warrant was issued for the arrest of Khaleda Zia, the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist…
Act responsibly: Violence risks spiraling out of control
Bangladesh authorities should investigate and bring to justice in fair trials all those responsible for heinous petrol bomb attacks, Amnesty International said after another 20 people were wounded overnight, the Amnesty International has said in a statement on Thursday. There…