Danielle Nierenberg Conventional agriculture isn’t cheap. From the use of artificial fertilizer and pesticides to the obesity epidemic, our current food system has a number of hidden costs to the natural environment and human health, far outweighing the benefits of…
Dhaka – A mobile court seized unregistered 51 types of medicines worth around Tk 10 lakh from the pharmacy of Apollo hospital and fined the hospital Tk 16 lakh on the charge of selling the unapproved medicines on Tuesday.
Police arrested a fake member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) from Ullapara upazila of the district on Monday.The arrestee was identified as Dipak Chandra, son of late Anil Chandra, a resident of Amdanga village in Ullapara upazila.
At least 25 people were injured, 15 among them bullet-hit, in an attack by a rival group over establishing supremacy in Shanikdia area of Sadar upazila on Monday night.Sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station Sohel Hossain said Aslam Hossain, general secretary…
A young housewife and her minor daughter were strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over a dowry-related feud at Tarali village in Kaliganj upazila early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Sabina Khatun,24, wife of Abdur Rauf, a resident of…
An elderly man with physical disabilities drowned in a pond at Kanainagar village under Mohammadpur Police Station on Monday. The deceased was identified as Akhil Biswas, 40, son of Ananto Biswas, a resident of the village.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charges against Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed for accumulating wealth beyond his known sources of income. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special Court-3…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and its student front IslamiChhatra Shibir on a three-day remand each in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Mohammad…
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 19 alleged members of a doper gang including its three alleged ringleaders from different places of the city in three separate drives from Monday noon till evening. The law…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised an orientation program on September 7 Monday at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower on on the occasion of joining of newly recruited probationary officers. Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank was…
We have been demanding for re-determination of 8th national pay scale and also a individual pay scale, but the government has devaluated us by approving the pay-scale ultimately without considering our demand. We have been compelled to struggle on the…
Dhaka – The CSE-30 index has been revised on the basis of performance of the CSE-listed companies. The new index will be effective from September 20.. CSE 30 index is reviewed twice in a year, says a press release on…
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University have suspened five students, including a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist, for their alleged involvement in an assaulting of a teacher of the university. The decision was taken at in emmergency syndecate meeting chaird by…
Bangladesh have ended their ICRC Twenty20 Cricket Tournament for people with disabilities with a thumping victory against India in their last match. The hosts beat their neighbours by seven wickets at BKSP ground No. 3 on Tuesday. England beat Afghanistan…
A weekend screening of “Steve Jobs,” a biopic about Apple Inc’s famous co-founder, drew high praise from some reviewers and suggestions that actor Michael Fassbender could be an Oscar contender for his portrayal of Jobs. While the positive views were…
Dhaka – Robiul Islam (Robi) 17 student of class VIII. Rajdhani Pilot High School and also part time news paper Hawker. S/O Md. Dagon Mia Rickshaw Puller, House 1143, Norerchala, Vatara, in capital Dhaka.
India’s move to plug cattle smuggling will not have much impact on Chittagong market during the Eid-ul-Azha, when the demand for sacrificial animals runs high, local cattle traders and government officials say. They maintain that the local demand for animals…
Comparing Awami League with a snake, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Hindu people to rally around her party changing their traditional mentality of supporting Awami League. “You should make your family members understand that it won’t…
Why the new Sustainable Development agenda is “fundamentally compromised” by corporate interests By Nafeez Ahmed The SDG stakeholder engagement process draws selectively on the input of civil society groups to promote its public legitimacy, while systematically ignoring the voices that…
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred recording the deposition in the case filed against 147 BNP-led 18 party-men including BNP Joint Secretary Generals Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman and former Chief Whip Zainul Abedin Farroque to October 7. Magistrate Atiqur…
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed October 19 to hear on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 36 other party men in a case filed for arson attack and burning people to death on…
States and local governments will be given €3bn while federal government allocates €3bn extra to pay for benefits, says ruling coalition The German government will spend an extra €6bn (£4.4bn) to cope with this year’s record influx of refugees, the…
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Monday to take in up to 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years, responding to a growing public clamour for his government to help those fleeing civil war in the country. “We…