Some 500 magistrates along with the army and the regular law enforcement agencies will be kept deployed for four days from April 26 to 29 in the three cities in Dhaka and Chittagong to punish violation of election code of…
Day: April 22, 2015
Motorcade use violation of electoral code: Annisul Huq
Awami League-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq on Wednesday urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to abide by the electoral laws saying that the use of motorcade during electioneering a violation of election code of conduct.…
Tigers whitewash Pakistan in histotic ODI series
Bangladesh for the first time whitewashed former world champions Pakistan 3-0 in the three-match ODI series beating them by eight wickets in the 3rd and last match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday. The Bengal Tigers,…
Bnp for EC’s action against ‘terrorists’ attacking Khaleda party
Convenor of pro-BNP group of intellectuals, Adarsha Dhaka Andolon, Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the ruling Awami League would have been happier if Khaleda Zia decided not to contest the city polls of April 28. Addressing a…
42 Bnp central leaders, Khaleda aides charge-sheeted
An official of Mirpur Model Police Station in the capital yesterday (Wednesday) submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka in the case filed against 42 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-Party Alliance for vandalism,…
Khaleda’s car damaged, securityman hurt in 4th-day attack
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s motorcade came under attack for fourth consecutive day at Banglamotor by pro-Awami League activists leaving at least two persons including her adviser MA Quayum injured. The other was a staff member of her security force. Witnesses…
Historic May Day programme chalked out in Faridpur
The historic May Day, commemorating the first triumph of the world’s working class in their epical struggles was observed here today as elsewhere across world with a pledge to establish the rights of the workers.
Rural people get safe drinking water in Barind
In the wake of implementation of a project, many villagers including the high Barind tract are getting safe drinking water for the last couple of years.
266 houses get electricity in village Bondhgaon
A total of 266 residential houses in village Bondhgaon under Atoari upazila in Panchagarh have been switched on with electricity supply facilities fulfilling long-cherished demand of the villagers.
Storm-felled trees snap Sylhet rail link with Dhaka, Ctg
Rail communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong remained suspended for three and a half hours from early Wednesday as trees, uprooted by nor’wester, fell onto a rail line at Lawachhara in Kamalganj upazila.
3 killed as truck falls into ditch in Keraniganj
Three people were killed and two others injured as a truck fell into a ditch at Dalimpur Sonahajra in Nawabganj upazila on Wednesday morning.
Saudis end air campaign in Yemen, seek political solution
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday it was ending a month-long campaign of air strikes against the Houthi rebels who seized large areas of Yemen and said it would back a political solution to bring peace to its war-ravaged neighbor.
More than 150,000 RMG workers lose jobs in Rana Plaza fallout: TIB
Over 200 readymade garment factories have shut down in the last one year, leaving more than 150,000 workers jobless as a fallout of the Rana Plaza collapse.
Legacy of War
Robert J. Burrowes As the world continues to engage in various commemorations in relation to World War I, Australia approaches the centenary anniversary of a defining event in the nation’s history: ANZAC Day. On 25 April 1915, and for many…
Let’s do the time warp again: ‘Rocky Horror’ sequel hits London stage after 30 years
A sequel to musical comedy classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has hit the London stage some 30 years after it was first penned.
Ivory-smuggling destination Thailand makes “biggest seizure” of tusks
Thai customs officials have seized four tonnes of ivory worth $6 million, authorities said on Monday, in what the department called the largest bust of its kind in Thailand’s history.
Bibi Russell visits Rajasthan to support artisans and crafts
Bangladesh’s prominent fashion designer Bibi Russell is visiting India’s Rajasthan state as a ‘state guest’.
EU awareness seminars on Horizon 2020 program held
Two awareness seminars on Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) were held in Chittagong and Dhaka on 21-22 April respectively. The two seminars were…
Fighting on in what could become Crimea of Myanmar
By Raymond Pagnucco and Jonathan Gad This past February, Peng Jiasheng came home — but he didn’t come alone. The former leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) brought with him fighters who’d fled with him six years…
20 Earth Day superheroes
Danielle Nierenberg April 22nd is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day—an important opportunity to highlight solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. On a planet in which hunger and food waste coexist, where crops feed…
Why India is still looking for a perfect cookstove
By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar On many mornings, especially in winter, a pall of smoke hangs over the villages of Palwal district in Haryana, a landscape of tractors, brick kilns and new colleges. It’s the haze of thousands of hearth fires burning…
Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize: The journey to water sustainability
By Jessica Cheam and Jean Chua Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy in helping the country achieve water sustainability is embodied in one of the water industry’s most treasured awards, the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize. Four decades…