Speakers at the concluding ceremony of a two-day workshop on Thursday called for ensuring normal growth, education and flourishing talents of the children through establishing their rights and improving social practice.
Month: April 2015
35 hurt in road accident in Munshiganj
At least 35 persons were injured in a road accident in Boroigaon area on Bejgaon-Naopara road under Srinagar upazila of the district this afternoon.
Animal husbandry changing fortune of char people
The expanding animal husbandry sector has been changing fortune of thousands of extremely poor people living in remote char areas in ten riverine northern districts on the Brahmaputra basin in recent years.
Robert Downey Jr walks out of TV interview as questions turn personal
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr walked out of a British television interview about his latest film after he was pressed on his past problems with drugs and alcohol.
Bangladesh invites Thailand’s PTTEP to explore oil, gas in the Bay
Bangladesh has invited Thailand’s biggest energy firm to bid for exploration in the Bay of Bengal, to which the Forbes Global 500 firm has responded positively, an official statement in Dhaka said.
US strike inadvertently killed US, Italian hostages; Obama apologizes
A US drone strike in January targeting an al Qaeda compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border inadvertently killed an American and an Italian who had been held hostage for years by the group, US officials said on Thursday.
Flawless 100-carat diamond sells for $22.1 million at NY auction
An eye-popping, 100-carat diamond, the highlight of a magnificent jewels sale in New York on Tuesday, sold for $22.1 million, Sotheby’s auction house said.
Ocean output rivals big nations’ GDP, but resources eroding: Study
Economic output by the world’s oceans is worth $2.5 trillion a year, rivalling nations such as Britain or Brazil, but marine wealth is sinking fast because of over-fishing, pollution and climate change, a study saidon Thursday.
High level’ of radiation detected in Tokyo park
Japanese authorities have detected an unusually high level of radiation around playground equipment in a Tokyo park, report local media. The park, in the Toshima ward in central Tokyo, has been fenced off.
17 leaders, activists arrested from candidate’s home: Bnp
BNP on Thursday night alleged that police detained its 17 leaders and activists from the residence of a party -backed counciillor candidate in the Dhaka North City Corporation’s Farmgate area.
McDonald’s says it will stop cutting down trees
McDonald’s french fries might not be the best things for your health, but they could soon be a little less destructive for the planet. On Tuesday, the fast food giant announced that it planned to eliminate any links to deforestation…
Warehouse strike threatens Yemen aid delivery
Beirut – An airstrike by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition that destroyed a humanitarian aid warehouse in northern Yemen on April 18, 2015, was an apparent violation of the laws of war. The attack in Saada killed at least one unidentified…
Will Europe make migrant crisis worse?
Bill Frelick “Tragic developments” was the apt descriptionby the European Commission of what may prove to be the largest maritime disaster the Mediterranean has seen. But while European officials have been quick with sympathetic words following the capsizing on Saturday…
Rana Plaza factory collapse still plagues survivors
Emma Daly Roksana and Beauty lingered outside that fateful morning two years ago – neither wanted to go inside to start turning out jeans and shirts in the factories housed in Rana Plaza the day after they had been evacuated…
Car repair forces Khaleda not to campaign on Thursday
Khaleda Zia refrained from coming out of her home to campaign for her party-backed Dhaka mayor candidates, as her car damaged in attacks since Monday was was still under repair at workshop. Bnp sources said most cars of her motorcade,…
Cantt best location for army as reserve force for polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said the army can best fulfill its role as a reserve force during the three city corporation elections from inside the cantonments. “The cantonment is centrally located in Dhaka. It is ideal to…
Lawyer to be quizzed at jail gate for questioned marriage
A Dhaka court on Thursday directed the prosecution to quiz a lawyer at the jail gate in a case filed in connection with his questioned marriage with a female lawyer and identification of the father of her baby. Dhaka’s Senior…
Charge hearing against 23 Bnp celtral leaders deferred
A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing on framing charge against 23 leaders and activists including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to May 14 in a case filed for vandalism and arson. Magistrate Tarek Moinul Islam…
Charge framing against Kh Mosharraf June 14
A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing to June 14 against BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a case filed for money laundering. Judge-in-Charge of the Special Judge Court-1 of Dhaka, Hosne Ara…
3 get 2 yrs’ jail for smuggling Phensidyl in Jessore
A court here on Wednesday convicted three people and sentenced them to two years’ imprisonment each for smuggling Phensidyl in 2003.
Youth jailed for selling venison in Bagerhat
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced a young man to two months’ jail for selling venison in Mongla upazila.
Man electrocuted in Satkhira
A man died from electrocution at Mela Bazar in Tala upazila on Wednesday.
Teachers urged for eradicating curable tuberculosis
Speakers at a views-sharing meeting have asked the teachers’ community for motivating the students and common people in creating social awareness to eradicate the curable disease of tuberculosis.
7,000 families get solar power in Panchagarh
About 7,000 families, especially rural areas, in five upazilas of the district have been brought under solar power supply network by Grameen Shakti, a non-government organization.
Schoolboy shot dead in Jhenidah
A schoolboy was shot to death by miscreants at Baghadanga in Khoshalpur border area of Maheshpur upazila on Wednesday night.
Youth convicted for teasing schoolgirl in Sunamganj
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced a young man to six months’ jail for teasing a schoolgirl in Tahirpur upazila. The convict was identified as Rafiqul alias Rabibul,27, son of late Oli Mamud of Mahtabpur village of the same upazila.