Austrian authorities said they were expecting another wave of migrants and refugees coming over the border from Hungary on Sunday, after a brief lull in arrivals gave them a chance to re-stock reception centres. Austria struggled last week to cope…
Month: September 2015
CNG refuelling stations to operate round the clock for 7 days during Eid
CNG-refuelling stations will remain open round the clock for seven days during Eid, the government has said. Roads Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday the extended facility would be available for three days before and after Eid. The mandatory…
Kazakhstan greets record-setting Russian cosmonaut, two crewmen
Kazakhstan welcomed the world’s most experienced space flier and two rookie crewmates on Saturday, including Denmark’s first-ever astronaut, who returned from the International Space Station with a bull’s-eye parachute landing. The descent capsule departed the space station at 2139 GMT…
No admission test for kids
Masum Billah ‘When a child reaches the age appropriate for enrolling in class-I, he or she should have to be admitted, and there’s no need to sit for test with printed papers because this is his or her right, not…
Crane collapse on Haram Sharif sends shock wave to Dhaka
The death of 107 pilgrims and injury of about 300 others in a crane collapse on Haram Sharif in Makkah on Friday has come as a great shock to the leaders in Bangladesh, and anxiety to the people who have…
India restaurant blast in Madhya Pradesh kills 89
At least 89 people have been killed in a powerful explosion that tore through a restaurant in Petlawad in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials say. It was packed with workers and schoolchildren eating breakfast.
Jeremy Corbyn wins UK Labour leadership, vows “fightback”
Jeremy Corbyn has promised to lead a Labour “fightback” after being elected the party’s new leader by a landslide. The veteran left-winger got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz…
Tk 31,903 billion 7th 5-Year Plan draft awaits adoption
The draft of the 7th Five Year Plan (FY2016-FY2020), aiming to accelerate employment generation and reduce poverty, is now ready and awaits the Prime Minister’s suggestions. “The final draft of the 7th Five-Year Plan is ready and we’re awaiting Prime…
4 killed in three train accidents in Tangail, Comilla
Four people, including a woman, were killed in three train accidents in Tangail and Comilla districts on Saturday. In Tangail, two people were killed and another injured as ‘Moitri Express’ rammed an auto-rickshaw at Kalimajani level crossing in Mirzapur upazila…
Nagorik Juba Oikya human chain protests Vat on education
SM Akram, chief adviser of Nagorik Oikya on Saturday reiterated the demand for release of the convener of Nagorik Oikya, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, and protested the imposition of vat on education. Addressing a human chain organised by the Nagorik Juba…
RU Applied Math deptt celebrates12th anniversary
The Department of Applied Mathematics of Rajshahi University (RU) observed its 12th founding anniversary on the campus on 12 September 2015 with festivity and fanfare. RU vice chancellor Professor Muhammed Mizanuddin inaugurated the day’s program releasing balloons and pigeons in…
Atheist bloggers flee Bangladesh?
At least 12 bloggers have packed their bags and fled abroad in recent weeks. Others are preparing to follow suit and leave the Muslim-majority country. They are all ardent advocates of atheist standpoints in their blogs. Despite the fact that…
Saudis blame high wind for crane collapse on Baitul Haram Mosque
Saudi Arabia has begun an investigation into why a crane collapsed in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, killing at least 107 people. The huge red crane crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque as it was filled with…
Protests against Vat on tuition fees contginue
Students of various private universities brought out processions and staged demonstrations in different parts of the country, including Dhaka, Savar, Sylhet and Chittagong, on Saturday as part of their ongoing movement against the imposition of 7.5 percent VAT on tuition…
BAU Badhan observes 15th anniversary
Badhan, a voluntary blood donation organisation at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh had a day long programme including free blood grouping, colorful rally and discussion on the campus to mark the 15th anniversary of the organisation.
Vat on education is an immoral act: Prof. Emajuddin
Former vice chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed on Saturday termed the government decision to impose VAT (value added tax) on private educational institutions an “immoral” act. “There is no precedence of creating obstruction for education anywhere in…
Finance minister will have to pickpocket to implement budget: Goyeshwar
BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has said that VAT has been imposed on the tuition fees of private universities to implement the ‘jumbo’ budget presented by the finance minister. AMA Muhith presented around Tk 3 trillion budget for 2015-16 fiscal…
Williams upset has Djokovic, Federer on high alert
On high alert after a day of upsets during which Serena Williams was sent packing from the US Open, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer made sure their names were not added to the list of shocks on Friday as they…
Two dead, one injured in plane crash on location of Tom Cruise movie
A small plane that was being used in the production of Tom Cruise’s new movie “Mena” crashed in Colombia on Friday, killing two crew members and sending a third to the hospital, according to reports in US and Colombian media. Reuters,…
Bangladesh Roadshow in UK begins to woo foreign investment
Bangladesh Roadshow UK 2015 has got underway at London’s Winter Garden Canary Wharf in a bid to attract foreign investment. The two-day event started on Thursday with the welcome address from Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to the UK Md Abdul Hannan. India and…
83 killed in twin blasts in India’s Madhya Pradesh
Eighty-three people have been killed and over 100 injured, 20 seriously, when an explosion at a tea stall packed with customers was followed by a massive blast that ripped through an adjoining building in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district. An investigation…
Mantra for 9/11 : Fourteen years later, improbable world
By Tom Engelhardt Fourteen years later and do you even believe it? Did we actually live it? Are we still living it? And how improbable is that? Fourteen years of wars, interventions, assassinations, torture, kidnappings, black sites, the growth of…
French honorary consul ‘sold boats to migrants’ in Turkey
France has suspended the country’s honorary consul in the Turkish port of Bodrum after a television report showed dinghies being sold to migrants from a shop that she owned. Footage secretly filmed by France 2 TV shows Francoise Olcay selling…
107 dead in Makkah Masjidul Haram crane collapse
At least 107 people have died after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, the Saudi Arabian government has said. More than 230 people were injured in the accident, the country’s civil defence authority…
3-day strike called over Vat in Private Varsities from Saturday
Students of different private universities have announced a three-day strike on their respective campuses from Saturday, demanding that the government cancel 7.5 percent VAT from their tuition fees. Jotirmoy Chakrabarty, coordinator of ‘No VAT on Education’, a platform of the…
Tamimul wins archery gold for Bd in C’Wealth Youth Games
Tamimul Islam has become the first Bangladeshi to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games when the 16-year-old archer won the event in the fifth edition of the youth jamboree in Samoa on Friday.
David Warner to miss Bangladesh tour with broken thumb
Newly appointed Australian Test vice-captain David Warner has been ruled out of next month’s tour of Bangladesh due to a fractured thumb, Cricket Australia said Friday. Warner suffered the injury when he got in a tangle trying to play a…
Coast Guard arrest 2 drug dealers, recover 16,000 Yaba pills
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested two alleged drug dealers and recovered 16,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Naf river of Teknaf in Cox;sbazar district on Friday. The arrested drug traders are Md Saber Hossain and Monwar Hossain.