China formally committed to halting the rise in its greenhouse gas emissions within the next 15 years on Tuesday, in a much anticipated strategy to help build a UN climate deal in 2015. The world’s top greenhouse gas emitter said…
Month: July 2015
Court tells Dutch government it must cut back emissions
In a landmark ruling, the law has stepped in to demand that the Netherlands does more to tackle the “imminent danger” of climate change. A Dutch court has made history by ordering the Netherlands government to make deeper cuts than…
Russia lends R&D cooperation for generation IV nuke energy system
Russia will continue its participation for next 10 years in international collaboration on research and development for Generation IV nuclear energy systems. A Framework Agreement to this effect was signed between Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy…
Police has sufficient evidence Rony’s bullets killed 2
The detectives have sufficient evidences that rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and Janakantha’s auto-rickshaw driver Yakub were killed due to hit by bullets, triggered from the pistol of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan. Briefing reporters at DMP…
20 Organisations raising awareness of antibiotic resistance
Danielle Nierenberg The routine use of antibiotics on livestock leads to the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria that can impact humans. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in 2010, almost 52 percent of chicken breasts tested were contaminated…
OECD improves Bangladesh’s country risk classification
Bangladesh is an untold story”- Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman said to the delegation of Swiss Export Credit Agency (SERV) in a meeting in Zurich on 29th June. A high level delegation from SERV, General Manager of Foreign Exchange…
3,000 pages of Hillary Clinton emails just released
By Jason Leopold At 9pm ET Tuesday evening, the State Department released about 3,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails, which cover much of 2009, her first year as Secretary of State. The emails refer to a wide-range of topics and…
2 held with 366 bottles of Phensidyl in Pabna
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers in possession of 366 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a train in Ishwardi Railway Station on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Khairul Islam, son of late Abdul Gani…
Rickshaw van puller killed in Khulna
A rickshaw van puller was beaten to death over a trifling matter at Banargati in the city on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Lalu Hawladar, 65, a resident of Borochaka in the city.
Youth held with two hand bombs
Detectives arrested a young man in possession of two hand bombs from Nalda Bazar in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Wazed,35, son of Abu Taher, a resident of Kodali village of the same upazila.
Two crushed under train in Gazipur
Two people, including a girl, were crushed to death under the wheels of a running train near Joydebpur railway station in the city early Wednesday.
2 held with 501 Yaba pills in Pirojpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 501 pieces of Yaba tablets from Shikarpur village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Pradip Saha, a resident of Shikarpur village in Sadar upazila…
Revenue collection up at Benapole port
Revenue income at Benapole land port has exceeded the target for the first time in the outgoing fiscal 2014-15, said sources.Customs authorities of the port collected Tk2,558.29 crore revenue during the period, which is Tk85.61 crore more than the target…
Jamaat activist held over murder, sabotage
Police arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of murder and subversive activities from Kurikaunia village in Ashashuni upazila on Wednesday morning.
3 ‘human traffickers’ held, woman rescued
Police in a drive arrested three people suspecting them as human traffickers and rescued a woman at Kashipur under Khalishpur Police Station in the city on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Adbus Sattar, 45, a resident of Kalia upazila…
26 points threatened by river erosion
The Water Development Board (WDB) has identified 26 points on seven rivers as vulnerable to river erosion during the current monsoon.The cost for stabilizing the river banks is estimated to be Taka 460 crore.
One held, 2 pistols and bullets seized
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested an alleged arms trader and recovered two pistols, four magazines and six rounds of bullet from Raninagar Hatatpara area under Shibganj upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.
Farmer killed in Meherpur road crash
A farmer was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident at Akubpur on the Meherpur-Kushtia highway under Gangni upazila of the district this morning.
Greece offers conditional okay to bailout, Germany skeptical
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told international creditors Athens could accept their bailout offer if some conditions were changed, but Germany said it could not negotiate while Greece was headed for a referendum on the aid-for-reforms deal.
Struggling for goals but Messi happy to make assists instead
As Lionel Messi has developed during his career he has become an ever-more prolific provider of assists as well as a lethal goalscorer and he gave another wonderful display of creativity at the Copa America on Tuesday.
An older, wiser Schwarzenegger returns in ‘Terminator: Genisys’
Arnold Schwarzenegger may be older but that does not stop him from destroying his younger self, as the former governor of California returns to one of his most recognisable roles in “Terminator: Genisys”.
No accountability for rights violations in Jammu, Kashmir – A.I.
Twenty-five years after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir, the law continues to feed a cycle of impunity for human rights violations, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report,…
How globalisation affects senior citizens
K. M. Atikur Rahman Senior citizens are an important part of our society who ar at the ending stage of life. They are experienced and skilled guardians to their own families as well as the neighboring community. Those who are…
Severe water crisis within next two decades, say experts
Bangladesh will face severe water crisis within next couple of decades due to random contamination of surface and ground water, absence of comprehensive water sharing with neighbouring countries and mismanagement in preserving rain water. According to water experts, although the…
New evidence for scope and treatment of typhoid fever in Bangladesh
An icddr,b study, which is one of the first analyses of the range of immune responses following typhoid fever in children under-five, has found that young children display the same clinical illness as adults—such as duration of fever and temperature—as…
How Bangladesh achieved its “amazing” health statistics
An IRIN News Article In health terms, Bangladesh is a “positive deviant”, performing far better, given its widespread poverty, than anyone could have expected. The London-based medical journal, The Lancet, recently published a series exploring Bangladesh’s surprising success, calling it…
Water management in transboundary rivers
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 Political boundaries are drawn without any consideration to river basin boundaries. There are 263 rivers crossing international boundaries, but only 143 of them have developed any mechanism for co-operative water management, while 158 lack any such…
Youths harbour negative impression about politics: TIB study
As the trust of youths in public service is fairly low, the country’s youths show highly negative impression about the level of integrity in politics, according to a new TIB study. It reveals that about 86 percent of youth have…
Indonesia transport plane crash death toll rises to 141
Indonesian officials say 141 bodies have been recovered after a military transport plane crashed in a residential area of Medan on Tuesday. The military says none of the 122 people on board the Hercules C-130 survived when it hit houses…
Khaleda doubts if BGB has strong position along border”
Khaleda alleged that the government has also no initiative to make the border force stronger and intensify border vigilance. Referring to the abduction of BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP), Khaleda said, “You (people) all know…