By Ashfaq Yusufzai Peshawar, Mar (IPS) – A doctor shakes his head in despair as he examines a 10-year-old child at the Jalozai refugee camp, about 35 km by road from Peshawar, capital of Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.…
Month: March 2015
Prescribed living invites doctors’ prescription
Sudhirendar Sharma Mass production, mass consumption and resultant mass monotony has resulted in mass depression. Realizing that the French people would judge him for how happy and satisfied they felt with life during his presidency, Nicholas Sarkozy had hired some…
HC rule on Govt: Why not to ask find Salahuddin
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government to explain why directions should not be given to find out BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and bring him before it. Responding to a petition under section 491…
Witness deposition in case against 89 Bnp leaders Thursday
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed April 2 to record the depositions of the witnesses in the case lodged with Savar Police Station against 89 BNP leaders and activists including Joint-Secretary General Amanullah Aman and former JCD President Sultan Salahuddin…
Bomb explodes in Dhaka judicial magistrate court
Unidentified miscreants exploded a remote controlled bomb on the veranda of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court building of Dhaka on Thursday afternoon. Assistant Commissioner Aminul Islam of the Prosecution Department of the court has told newsmen after the incident,…
Six killed, ‘many trapped’ in Mongla factory building collapse
Death toll in Mongla factory building collapse has climbed to six after rescuers found two more bodies. Many others are feared trapped under the debris of the under construction milling house of army-managed Mongla Cement Factory in Bagerhat. The roof…
Abul Manzoor murder case report deferred again
A Dhaka court on Thursday once again granted two more months to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to complete their investigation in the General Manzoor murder case. Judge SM Saiful Islam of the First Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court…
Women used as instrument of corruption: TIB
Apart from being the worst victims of corruption in availing of services from different public institutions, a new TIB study reveals that women are frequently used as an instrument of corruption in these institutions. The research shows that women have…
Return Salahuddin unharmed, urges wife
Renewing her claim that law enforcers picked up BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, his wife Hasina Ahmed on Thursday demanded that the BNP leader be returned unharmed. She came up with the demand at a press briefing at Law…
Govt can’t avoid liability for Salahuddin disappearance: Khaleda
Voicing grave concern over ‘the ’tracelessness’ of her party joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said the government cannot avoid its responsibility for this. In a statement she said, “An extremely unusual situation has been created…
PM wants Khaleda to surrender to court
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed the hope that Begum Khaleda Zia would surrender to the court gentlemanly as warrant has been issued, otherwise the people won’t spare her. The Prime Minister said this after handing over financial assistance…
Cricket World Cup 2015: South Africa ease into quarter-finals
South Africa moved into the World Cup quarter-finals with a routine 146-run victory over United Arab Emirates.
Middle income countries key to eliminating hunger
March 11, Washington, DC – Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico may be rising economic powerhouses, but these five fast-growing, middle income countries are still home to nearly half of the world’s hungry, or 363 million people. That is why…
Strategies to revitalise agricultural education mapped
Hyderabad, India – ‘One Agriculture-One Science,’ a global consortium of agricultural education and research institutes across Asia, Africa and the USA, has mapped out plans and strategies to expand its initiatives to revitalize and bring systematic changes in agricultural education,…
Anthropocene: New dates proposed for the ‘Age of Man’
The Anthropocene – a new geological time period that marks the “Age of man” – began in 1610, a study suggests.
Jeremy Clarkson jokes about suspension as petition tops 500,000
Jeremy Clarkson made light of his suspension by the BBC, as an online petition for him to be reinstated topped 500,000 signatures.
Key stock index hit over 6-month low
The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit six and half months low at 4585.72 on Wednesday, losing 63.57 points or over 1.36 percent to close the session in solid red.
Tennessee Waitress Receives Tip That Brought Tears to Her Eyes
Sunday started out as a normal day waiting tables for Claire Hudson.
Sri Lanka president Sirisena pledges war crimes inquiry
The Sri Lankan president says he hopes to set up a domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during the country’s civil war within a month.
Cricket World Cup: Sangakkara scores fourth successive century
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara became the first player to score four successive one-day international centuries as his side beat Scotland at the World Cup.
Top Gear: 300,000 sign petition supporting Jeremy Clarkson
An online petition calling for the BBC to “reinstate” Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been signed by more than 300,000 people.
Chinese Xinjiang Muslims ‘fighting with IS’
Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang have fought alongside Islamic State militants, a top Chinese official says.
Chameleon colours ‘switched by crystals’
Swiss researchers have discovered how chameleons accomplish their vivid colour changes: they rearrange the crystals inside specialised skin cells.
Chinese Xinjiang Muslims ‘fighting with IS’
Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang have fought alongside Islamic State militants, a top Chinese official says.
Chinese Xinjiang Muslims ‘fighting with IS’
Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang have fought alongside Islamic State militants, a top Chinese official says.
Nemtsov daughter: Putin ‘politically’ to blame for murder
A daughter of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says Vladimir Putin must bear responsibility for his murder. Zhanna Nemtsova told the BBC she believed the Russian president was “politically” to blame. Mr Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and veteran…
Sweden believes solution to political impasse would be found
Swedish Ambassador in Dhaka Johan Frisell on Wednesday said Bangladesh as a country resilient against any odds and political disturbances would find a solution to current situation. “I’m very confident that there’ll be a solution to this (political situation),” he…
10 AL MPs at Khaleda’s office asked: ‘Memo to PM too?’
10 Ruling party lawmakers, who are physician by profession, along with some other doctors on Wednesday handed over a memorandum to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia;s office with a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw hartal blockade programme and refrain from activities including…
5 sentenced to death for killing colleague’s son
A court of Dhaka Wednesday awarded death sentence to five employees of Mitford Hospital and life imprisonment to three others for killing their colleague’s son in 1999. Judge Md ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of…
Railway Engr on remand in Zihad ‘killing’ case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed engineer Abdus Salam, a contractor of Bangladesh Railway on a two-day remand in case filed in connection with the death of child Zihad falling in a pipe of a pump, set at Shahjahanpur Railway…