If you source your recipes from TV, you are likely to weigh about 11 pounds more than if you watch cooking shows for entertainment and do not often cook, finds a study.
Month: March 2015
Hold the rich accountable in new UN dev goals: Say NGOs
By Thalif Deen UN, Mar, 2015 (IPS) – When the World Economic Forum (WEF) met last January in Switzerland, attended mostly by the rich and the super-rich, the London-based charity Oxfam unveiled a report with an alarming statistic: if current…
Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth, scientists say.
Businessmen expect sharp rise in bicycle exports
Bangladesh is currently the fifth top bicycle exporter to Europe, though it was itself an importer a decade back.
Zayn Malik quits ‘One Direction’, says wants normal life
Singer Zayn Malik said on Wednesday he was quitting the best-selling pop band One Direction because he wanted to live a normal life and apologised to fans of the hugely popular British-Irish group for doing so.
Saudi Arabia, allies launch air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters
Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on Thursday, officials said, to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the US-backed Yemeni president had taken refuge.
Australia trounce India by 95 runs to reach MCG final
Steve Smith’s sublime century laid the groundwork and Australia’s pace bowlers finished the job to send the co-hosts storming into a seventh World Cup final with a 95-run victory over champions India on Thursday.
Pollution an underrated factor in new dev goals
By Stephen Leahy Uxbridge, Canada, Mar (IPS) – Pollution is likely to be the most pressing global health issue in the coming years without effective prevention and clean-up efforts, experts say. Air, water and soil pollution already kills nearly nine…
Saudi airstrikes start in Yemen to halt rebel advance
By John Beck Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US said on Wednesday that his country has started bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen, adding that it was necessary to stop the “legitimate government” of the country from falling. On Thursday, however,…
Indian SC strikes down law that restricts Internet postings
The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law that gave authorities powers to jail people for offensive online posts, a verdict hailed as a victory for free speech in the world’s largest growth market for the Internet. Section…
Germanwings pilot ‘locked out of cockpit before crash’?
By Sally Hayden A search and rescue operation is continuing in the French Alps, as officials attempt to understand exactly what caused Tuesday’s plane crash tragedy that is thought to have killed 150 people. An Airbus A320 aircraft crashed in…
Biggest polluters set to miss deadline for climate change action
Less than a week before the United Nations deadline for countries to file greenhouse-gas pledges necessary to keep a global climate change deal on track, it looks like most of the world is missing in action. Ahead of the March…
Japan’s climate cash for coal plants in India, Bangladesh
By KARL RITTER and AIJAZ RAHI Associated Press MUTTAGI, India: Despite mounting protests, Japan continues to finance the building of coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting climate change, with two new projects underway in India and Bangladesh, The…
Vykom: Strategic nonviolent action against untouchability
Robert J. Burrowes Why does nonviolent action work? And how good was Mohandas K. Gandhi as a nonviolent strategist? If you want high quality evidence in your search for answers to these two questions then I encourage you to read…
BSF detains 4 Comilla detective Branch police at border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has detained four Bangladeshi detectives from Ashabarhi border in Comilla. The personnel of police’s Detective Branch crossed into the Indian side inadvertently on Wednesday evening while searching for smugglers, Assistant Superintendent Jahangir Alam said.
Protect country from militants: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all, including the country’s conscious citizens, to come up to protect the country and its people from militants. “We don’t want destruction, but development, we don’t want militant acts, but peace…we want Bangladesh…
Citizens’ platform wants ex-Mayor Manzurul contest in Ctg
Chattagram Unnayan Andolon, a citizens’ platform, on Wednesday decided to endorse current Chittagong City Corporation mayor Monjurul Alam as a mayoral candidate for the upcoming CCC mayor election. Andolon convener and Chittagong University teacher Prof Abul Kalam Azad announced this…
Shoto Nagorik plea to extend nomination time rejected
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday turned down a request for extension of deadline for submission of nomination paper of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections by two or three days. Rejecting the Shoto Nagorik Committee proposal for…
City elections drama to divert attention from movement: 20-Party
Though BNP leaders collected nomination papers to contest the polls, the party-led 20-party alliance on Wednesday termed a ‘serious conspiracy, blueprint and farce’ the announcement of schedule for Dhaka and Chittagong city polls at a time when its movement is…
Drug peddler held with Phensidyl in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 40 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Begunbari in Gomostapur upazila on Tuesday.
6 BNP men held over sabotage plan in Magura
Police arrested six leaders and activists of BNP for ‘sabotage plan’ from different places of the district on Tuesday night.
500 kg jatka seized in Chandpur
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 500 kilograms of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 centimetres in length) from two launches in the Meghna River here early Wednesday.
2 held foiling bid to snatch motorbike in Natore
Two alleged criminals were arrested while trying to snatch a motorcycle from a man in Gojar Beel area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
Doctor’s body recovered in Moulvibazar
Police recovered the body of a retired public hospital doctor in sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
Digital Innovation Fair begins in Fulchhari
A-two day long Digital Innovation Fair-2015 has begun at in Fulchhari upazila headquarters in the district on Tuesday with a call to reach services to the doorsteps of the people.
Gaibandha population 23.79 lakh: BBS report
In accordance with national population census, the total population of Gaibandha district is 23,79,255 — 11, 69, 127 males and 12, 10, 128 females-, BBS sources said here on Tuesday.
TLCC meeting of Faridpur pourashava held
The 27th meeting of Town Level Coordination Committee (TLCC) of Faridpur pourashava was held yesterday at Ambica Memorial Hall.
250 kg jatka seized in Lakshmipur
Sadar upazila fisheries administration with the help of locals seized 250 kilograms of hilsa fry from a pickup van at Dalalbazar area and arrested one person in this connection on Tuesday.
45 distressed char women receive skill development training
Some 45 poor and distressed women were imparted skill development training for improving their living and livelihood training through income-generating activities.
Are free apps compromising our privacy?
Be careful before you push the ‘accept’ button next time while downloading a free app that asks for permission to share your personal information with a third party.