Footpath vendors at the capital’s Motijheel, Gulistan and Baitul Mukarram areas are dejected over lack of sales barely a week ahead of Eid.For the drop in their fortune, they blame mushrooming of clothing outlets in different neighbourhoods.
Month: July 2015
Euro lenders to pass bailout judgment as Greece backs reforms
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won backing from lawmakers on Saturday for painful reforms but it remained unclear it would be enough to secure a bailout from German and other euro zone ministers meeting in Brussels.
Bangladesh played eight batsmen against South Africa to boost confidence: Mashrafe
sportsBangladesh played eight batsmen in the first ODI to allow those out of form some freedom, skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza has said following their crushing defeat to South Africa.The Proteas took a 1-0 lead in the three match series with…
Female bosses make male employees uneasy: Research
Men may feel threatened by female bosses and act more assertively towards them than male supervisors, new research says.The study published in the journal Society for Personality and Social Psychology said that such behaviour by male employees working with female…
Seas could rise 20ft even if governments curb warming: study
Sea levels could rise by at least 20 feet (6 metres) in the long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, even if governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming, according to a study published on Thursday.
Bill Cosby’s Walk of Fame star to stay, other honours scrutinised
Bill Cosby’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will not be removed, organisers said on Thursday, but other honours given to the beleaguered comedian came under assault in the face of mounting sexual abuse allegations against him.
Bad weather-driven green chilli prices burn a hole in Dhaka buyers’ budget
The hot green chilli is not only scalding the buyers’ tongue but also burning a hole in their budget as prices have almost doubled in a week.One kilogram of green chilli was being sold at Tk 120 to 150 at…
Srebrenica residents try to move on from massacre
By Guy Delauney For people in Srebrenica, it is tempting to feel that the town only exists for a few days a year – at least as far as the rest of the world is concerned. The first indication that…
ICT summons Zafrulah Chowdhury against for contempt
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Sunday summoned Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury again to appear before it by July 22 to explain why the charges of contempt of court should not be brought against him. A 3-member bench…
Retrofit technology turns first ever RMG building earthquake resistant
Japanese expert with the local engineers have conducted systematic retrofitting construction work in a garment factory of Ashulia for the first time in the country to turn the RMG unit into earthquake resistant.
Left Democratic Front road march in Oct for movement
Ganatantrik Bam Morcha here on Saturday announced a road march from October 16-18 with their 12-point demands, including saving the Sundarbans. Prior to the road-march programme, the alliance of the left-leaning parties will arrange a national convention in the capital.
IBBL holds discussion on Ramadan
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Gulshan Branch organised a discussion on ‘Role of Mahe Ramadan in purifying wealth and soul’ at the branch premises on Saturday. Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank addressed the program as…
Stampede spot gives a horrifying look, police SI suspended
With sandals of victims spread at the spot of Friday’s stampede in Mymensingh over the collection of zakat gift saree, visitors who came to have a glimpse looked horrified. A police sub-inspector was suspended on Saturday following the deaths of…
Subversive acts during movement: Bnp urged UN probe
BNP on Saturday demanded an international probe under the UN’s supervision into the subversive acts carried out during the blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance in the first three months of this year to identify the real…
Seas could rise 6 meters even if govts curb warming: study
OSLO – Sea levels could rise by at least 6 meters (20 feet) in the long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, even if governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming, a study published Thursday said. Tracts of…
Social business projects cross 1200
The 92nd Social Business Design Lab took place today 11 July 2015 at the Grameen Bank Auditorium. About 150 participants and observers, from national and international organizations with diverse background attended the program, including a large number of international participants.…
Russia has advanced tech for Spent Nuke Fuel treatment
Russia has developed a new technology for treatment of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF), which is much safer, environment friendly and cost effective than the existing technology. Russian company Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC), a division of Russian nuclear fuel company-…
Greece debt crisis: MPs back bailout reform plan
Greece’s parliament has backed a government package of economic reforms aimed at ending the country’s debt crisis and securing a new bailout. After winning cross-party support in a late-night vote, PM Alexis Tsipras said he had a “strong mandate” to…
BSF shoots dead B’seshi youth in Satkhira
A Bangladeshi young man was shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members on Kushkhali border in sadar upazila early Saturday.
Khaleda’s shock at 27 stampede deaths: Poverty forces endanger life
Expressing her deep shock over the deaths of 27 people in Mymensingh stampede, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday alleged that people are being forced to endanger their lives for colleting Zakat clothes as their poverty level has gone down…
UN postpones action to halt deforestation under industry pressure
New York: The Global Forest Coalition [1] reacted furiously to the final draft of the Sustainable Development Goals released this week. Despite the fact that most Sustainable Development Goals were agreed upon in July 2014, the latest draft, which will…
Cholera vaccine trialed in B’desh slum cuts cases by 40 per cent
Firdausi Qadri of the worldwide Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, said the trial results, published in The Lancet journal, show how a routine oral cholera vaccination programme “could substantially reduce the burden of disease and greatly contribute…
A lesson in photo editing
Removing people, images, from photos helps dictators solves inconvenient narratives Handling history is an uneasy thing for any dictatorship. The past contains many things which contradict the state’s ideology and official myths. So, it is quite logical that many authoritarian…
Call election as committed: B Chowdhury
Bikalpa Dhara President Badruddhoza Chowdhury on Friday said the government had made a commitment to hold a fresh and inclusive parliamentary polls after the January 5 elections and should live up to it without delay.
Tigers lose ODI as SA’s Rabada takes record 6 wickets
Pacer Kagiso Rabada’s world record of six wickets, including a hat-trick, on his ODI debut helped South Africa take 1-0 lead in the three-match National Polymer ODI Cricket Series as the Proteas beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the rain-hit…
Revealed: the role of the west in the runup to Srebrenica’s fall
By Ed Vulliamy Classified documents and research show that British, American and French governments were negotiating to cede ‘safe area’ town to Serbs The fall of Srebrenica in Bosnia 20 years ago, prompting the worst massacre inEurope since the Third…
One electrocuted in Manikganj
A gold-worker was electrocuted at his own workshop at Ghior bazzar here on Thursday.
Car driver stabbed dead in Bogra
A private car driver was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Thanthania in the district town on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Rubel, 26, driver of Dr Emdadul Haque, managing director of Samsunnahar Clinic in the area and son…
22 BNP-Jamaat men land in Jhalakati jail
A court here on Thursday sent 22 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in a case filed for torching a bus by hurling petrol bomb at a filling station in Nalchhiti upazila on January 21.
Schoolteacher electrocuted in Sherpur
A schoolteacher died from electrocution at Shapmari area of Vatshala union parishad in Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.