The 77th birth anniversary of eminent journalist Syed Mahmud Hasan was celebrated on Saturday 01 May at his family circle, and Syed Mahmud was unwell.
Day: May 1, 2015
Nepal recovers two survivors 5 days after quake
The 15-year-old boy had been buried alive for five days, listening to bulldozers clearing mountains of debris, fearful the incessant aftershocks might collapse the darkened crevice he was trapped in. And then, “all of the sudden I saw light,” Pemba…
US pushes for transparent probe of polls irregularities
Voicing disappointment both at irregularities in the city polls and BNP’s boycott midway through, a top US official here on Friday said everyone needs to focus on a transparent investigation into those irregularities making sure that the next election is…
Bangladesh in a state of Chaos: Matt Salmon
Chairman of the Subcommtee of Asia and the Pacific Rep Matt Salmon has described that Bangladesh is in a state of chaos. “Though the country has long been divided along political lines, the most recent parliamentary elections in 2014 have…
Ban ki-moon phones Hasina for polls probe, assigns Taranco
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has discussed about the recently concluded city corporation elections with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The UN chief telephoned Hasina at 1:48pm on Friday and had a 14-minute long conversation with her. His call assumes significance as…
Tamim double ton, Imrul 150: World record 312 in stand
Tamim Iqbal has become the second Bangladesh batsman to score a double century as the hosts reached 451-3 by tea in its second innings against Pakistan on Saturday. Openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes hit centuries and created a world…
Supporting future farmers
Danielle Nierenberg Young people are the farmers and food system leaders of tomorrow. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), young people are increasingly abandoning agriculture and rural areas in search of better prospects, which makes creating opportunities…
Post-2015 negotiations: Are govts passing buck to businesses?
By Paul Quintos Perhaps one of the most critical discussions haunting the post-2015 agenda has to do with the question of “how”: How can such an ambitious plan be financed? Where will resources come from? At least for member states,…
Air conditioner use trend to put Dhaka on polluters’ rank
The use of air conditioning may rise dramatically by the end of the century, requiring far more electricity and sending pollutants into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates, researchers warned Monday. Refrigerators and air conditioners release hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which can be…
Pakistan all out for 628, Bangladesh 332 plus 273 without loss
Pakistan have added 91 runs to their overnight score against Bangladesh to stretch their lead to 296 on day four of the first Test. The Men in Green reached 537-9 prior to the end of play on Thursday, and they…
Egypt: Morsy trial badly flawed
Beirut – The first trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was compromised by due process violations, the appearance of bias and an absence of conclusive evidence. He was convicted on April 21, 2015, and sentenced to 20 years in…
Left behind to die – Andet’s story
Birgit Schwarz It was about two o’clock in the afternoon, on a warm December day in 2013, when the sound of gunshots and frantic shouting abruptly woke Ambroise Andet from his midday nap. Startled, the 27-year-old propped himself up where…
After the earthquake – What Nepal needs
Meenakshi Ganguly I reached Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu state a few days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami had killed nearly 300,000 people in south and southeast Asia, including more than 10,000 in India. The disaster had shocked the world,…
7-story building leans in Jatrabarhi
Residents of a seven-storey building in Dhalpur Lichubagan area of Dhaka’s Jatrabarhi have been evacuated after it tilted.
Transparent investigation to make sure next election: Sherman
The US has again expressed its disappointment over the irregularities in the city polls and said the focus must now be on a transparent investigation to ensure better polls in future.
Earthquakes: Course of nature or Human Civilization
Earthquake has become the most talkative issue now-a-days all around the world especially in South Asian region because they have experienced the vulnerable shock. Researchers are saying that Bangladesh is positioned at the juncture of several active tectonic plate boundaries.…
Effective water governance: Need of the hour
By Ermelinda Dias Water is identified as 3rd largest risk in the World Economic Forum Risk Report, 2015. Water resources are constantly under pressure due to increasing population and changing lifestyles, pollution and overuse. A growing population pressure on finite…
Maldives: An imperiled democracy
After a Newsmaker event held at the National Press Club in Washington DC on 30 April, attended by Mohamed Nasheed’s wife Laila Ali, his legal team has submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The…
Donetsk Opera offers relief to a city in grip of war
By Tommy Trenchard The cast of Verdi’s Il Trovatore bowed one last time to rapturous applause before the curtain fell in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Though the area is at the center of a separatist effort that…
Australia, Canada want polls irregularities, violence probe
Australia and Canada on Thursday called on the Election Commission and all responsible authorities to swiftly and impartially investigate the reports of irregularities and violence, and ensure that individuals found to have broken the law are held to account. In…
4 killed in Kushtia bus plunge
Four people were killed and 25 others sustained injuries when a bus fell in a roadside ditch at the Noy Mile area in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early Thursday. Identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.