Recently in an encyclical, Pope Francis called upon the world leaders to act with a strong climate agreement in Paris at the U.N. Climate Summit in December. He said in his message-“This is one of the defining moral and ethical…
Month: June 2015
No RSVP from Bangladesh Universities!
According to the recent press reports, not a single university from Bangladesh had sent data for the top 100 list of the Times Higher Education Asia University Ranking 2015 despite being invited. Unfortunate indeed! But I wonder how the invitation…
Indian raid into Mynmar raises regional tensions
A cross-border raid last week by Indian soldiers into Myanmar has raised regional tensions. The unusual operation targeted insurgents after the biggest rebel attack on Indian soldiers in two decades. The BBC’s Sanjoy Majumder travelled to the north-eastern state of…
Most kangaroos are ‘left-handed’
Wild kangaroos tend to favour their left hands during common tasks like grooming and feeding, a study suggests. The researchers say this is the first demonstration of population-level “handedness” in a species other than humans, who are mostly right-handed. The…
Millions of dollars may have gone to Afghan ‘ghost schools’
By Aliya Iftikhar The United States has often touted the education sector as one of the major success stories of post-war rebuilding in Afghanistan, but it now appears that the numbers used to bolster that claim may have been inflated…
US: Drug deportations tearing families apart
Los Angeles – Thousands of families in the United States have been torn apart in recent years by detention and deportation for drug offenses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Disproportionately harsh laws and policies relating to…
DU lab asstt 3 more held for alleged help to ‘militants’
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police in separate drives arrested a Lab assistant of Dhaka University and three other people involved in chemicals business from different parts of the city on Thursday for their alleged involvement in supplying chemicals…
4 ‘fake DB men’, 4 alleged muggers held in city
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan in separate drives arrested four fake DB police and four muggers from different parts of the city on Thursday night. Police also recovered one fake pistol, one handcuff, a walkie talkie, one bomb and…
Airport police arrest man with 4 kg gold
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) arrested a man along with four gold bars, weighing four kilograms, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday morning. The arrested was identified as Mizanur Rahman, 40.
Khaleda takes iftar with orphans on Friday 1st Ramadan
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday took her iftar with orphans and ulema on the first day holy Ramadan at Eskaton Ladies Club in the city.
Lawyers to meet Jamaat leader Mojahid Saturday
Lawyers of war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed is scheduled to meet him at Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday Morning. A 5-member lawyers’ team led by Shisir Monir has given a schedule to go to the jail…
Morsi: Sentencing justice to death in Egypt
By Chandra Muzaffar It is utterly disgraceful that the first democratically elected president of Egypt has become the first Egyptian president in history to be sentenced to death by the highest judicial and religious authorities in his country. Dr. Mohamed…
One robber suspect killed 5 hurt in Kushtia, Jessore gunfights
A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Katlamari filed on the Kushtia-Meherpur road in Mirpur upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nazmul Islam Sagar, 29, son of Nazrul Islam of Khalishakundi…
Another oil spill in Chittagong, oil tankers plunge down bridge
Two tankers of an oil train plunged into a canal as a bridge broke down with the tankers on Chittagong-Dohazari rail track at Benguira in Boalkhali upazila on Friday noon. Officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station Samsul Islam said the 24…
Case backlog to go if judges work for 2nd shift – CJ
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Thursday observed that the backlog of cases in courts can be reduced if the judges and lawyers work for a second shift in the afternoon. He came up with the call noting that about 30…
Holy month of Ramadan begins
Holy Ramadan, the month of fasting from dawn to dusk for Muslims during day hours to practice self-restrant began in Bangladesh as elsewhere in Asia on Friday. Ramadan is a time of restraint and austerity, and also a time for…
Embrace stress — it’s good for you
Stressed-out, overwhelmed and doing too much? Join the club. These complaints are common among busy, go-getter professionals. And it’s that stress that’s killing us, right? But what if we’re approaching it all wrong and it’s really all about our perception…
Carolina church shooting suspect got gun as birhday gift
Dylann Roof, the suspected gunman in the South Carolina church shooting, had recently been given a weapon as a birthday present, according to a relative. The 21-year-old’s uncle told Reuters that Mr Roof’s father gave him a .45-calibre handgun. Carson…
Tigers beat India in ODI
Bangladesh proved they deserved win at World Cup. The win of the Bangladesh Cricket team in the first ODI against India in Dhaka last night proved their despair against umpairing in the last World Cup quarter final was not unfounded.
IGP’s donation for deceased crime reporter family
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) A K M Shahidul Huq donated Tk 1 lakh to the family members of late journalist of the daily Amar Desh Shamsus Salehin at his Police Headquarters’s office on Thursday. The IGP formally handed…
B’deshi experts study nuclear project designs in Russia
A group of Bangladeshi experts from Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) visited one of the latest nuclear power plants- Leningrad NPP-II in Russia. Earlier they visited Novovoronezh NPP-II and machine building plant ZIO-Podolsk. The visit was arranged under the scientific…
4 ‘hired criminals’ held with firearms in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four alleged ‘hired killers’ along with three firearms, ammunition and knives from Mirpur area in the city early Thursday. The arrestees are Sheikh Akbar Ali, 36, Rana Shiekh, 23, Khandker Sohel Rana, 33,…
Maggi noodles sale ban likely
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday hinted to ban selling of Maggi noodles in Bangladesh. “Further experiment is required to take final decision to ban selling magi noodles in Bangladesh,” he added while taking with the reporters at secretariat.
Police placed on remand in gang-rape case
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Assistant Sub-Inspector of police Kalimur Rahman on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with the ‘gang-rape’ of a female police constable in the capital on June 11. Magistrate Meher Niger Suchana…
Rony’s two more friends tell of shooting
A Dhaka court on Thursday recorded the judicial statements of Bakhtiar Alam Rony’s two more friends, who were with Rony during the shooting incident of April 13 in the city. Magistrate Nuru Mia of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court…
‘Put global citizenship at centre of post-2015 Dev agenda’
UN, Jun (IPS) – When Denmark hosted the World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) in March 1995, one of the conclusions of that international gathering in Copenhagen was to create a new social contract with “people at the centre of…
Dr Zafrullah Chowhury faces ICT 2 warrant of arrest despite SC stay
The International Crimes Tribuna (ICT-2) on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on contempt of court charges. The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the order as he failed…
Youth stabbed dead by robbers in Satkhira
A young man was stabbed to death and three others were injured by robbers during an incident of robbery at Pirojpur village in Kaliganj upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Saddam Hossain,26, son of late Yusuf of Shitalpur village…
Swechchhasebak League leader held with pine gun
Detectives arrested a local leader of Swechchhasebak League in possession of a pipe gun and two pounds of bullet from Purba Gopinathpur area in sadar upazila early Thursday.
Woman dies from snakebite in Rajshahi
A woman died after receiving snakebite at Farhadpur village in Godagari upazila on Wednesday.