A couple died from electrocution at Chapadal village in Badalgachchi upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Yeasin Ali, 60, and his wife Rina Begum, 52, of the village.
Day: September 4, 2015
Every person has Tk 13,160 debt on his head, Parliament told
The per capita external debt burden in the country stood at Tk 13, 160 on June 30 last, State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan has said. MA Mannan disclosed the information in Parliament on behalf of Finance Minister…
The refugee crisis that isn’t
Kenneth Roth European leaders may differ about how to respond to the asylum-seekers and migrants surging their way, but they seem to agree they face a crisis of enormous proportions. Germany’s Angela Merkel has called it “the biggest challenge I…
Why I shared horrific photo of a drowned Syrian child
Peter Bouckaert Director, Emergencies I thought long and hard before I retweeted the photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi. It shows the lifeless toddler, lying face down on a popular Turkish beach, one of eleven Syrians who have almost certainly died…
Bd water ministry: Give up ‘Lajja’ to oppose dams, Indian ministry halts
GreenWatch Report Leading Indian water expert and activist, Himanshu Thakkar his written in a latest post in the Waterwatch@yahoogroups – ” Interesting, MoWR secretary writes a letter dated Aug 25, 2015 to CWC Chair: ““Environmental flow of rivers is a…
Another great leap forward for development
Javier Solana Madrid – Next month, the world will achieve a milestone for global development efforts. The United Nations General Assembly will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious set of global objectives expected to improve the lives of millions…
UN says Gaza could be uninhabitable in less than five years
By Samuel Oakford Gaza could become uninhabitable by 2020 due to war, its economic blockade, debilitated infrastructure, and environmental concerns, according to a new UN report on Palestine released this week. The findings of the UN’s Conference on Trade and…
Decency in jeopardy!
It seems that decency is diminishing from our society. In every sphere of life, maintaining decency is essential. Decency is decent manners, good behavior which conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.
Arctic peoples overlooked as GLACIER conference thaws climate talks
Washington, D.C.- On August 30-31, US President Obama traveled to Alaska to address the U.S. State Department’s conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER), highlighting international and domestic priorities in the region. However, as…
Free blood grouping campaign held at RU
With the intention to encourage students to donate blood, a free Blood Grouping Campaign was held at Begum Khaleda Zia Hall of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday. Swajan, a voluntary blood donating organisation of the hall unit, arranged the campaign…
Khaleda’s Trust graft case hearing again on Sept 10
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned till September 10 the hearing in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Special Judge Court-3 conducted his…
13 indicted in Tazreen factory fire killing 112
A Dhaka court has framed charges against 13 people including Tazreen Fashions Managing Director (MD) in two cases filed over the devastating fire at the factory that killed 112 workers and injured over 200 others in 2012. The factory was…
Bnp-led 20-party demo against gas power price hike Sunday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will now stage countrywide demonstrations on Sunday instead of Saturday, in protest against the price hike of power and gas. The programme was rescheduled a day after party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday…
Ex-official of NCC bank held for pocketing Taka 9 crore
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a former assistant officer of NCC bank from Kamalapur area on early Thursday on charge of misappropriating money of Tk 8.98 crore through data transfer from the bank. The arrestee was identified as Md…