At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, the Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 863 others were injured…
Month: September 2015
Hasina meets Modi
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met Narendra Modi in New York where both leaders are currently staying to attend the 70th UN General Assembly.
Quader apologises for failure in keeping highways free
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader, who had promised Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers traffic snarl-free commute, has begged their forgiveness for failing to keep his word. He inspected the Dhaka-Tangail and Nabinagar-Chandra highways on Thursday.
35 KM long tailback at Dhaka-Tangail highway
Traffic is almost at a standstill on a 35-km stretch from Gazipur’s Chandna intersection to Tangail’s Gorhai. Meanwhile, movement of vehicles is also very slow on the 21-km stretch between Gazipur’s Chandra to Nabinagar.
BNP chief Khaleda to exchange Eid greetings with people in London
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange Eid greetings with the leaders of the Bangladeshi community, supporters and journalists in the UK at a central London hotel. The Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the UK on Thursday.
Celta hand masters Barca a footballing lesson
Celta Vigo achieved something few, if any, clubs have managed in recent times when they thumped Barcelona 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday, giving the Spanish and European champions a lesson in how to play football. Barca went into the…
US Asstt Scy Delaney, envoy Bernicat say Bd has not met all GSP conditions
The government may claim it has fulfilled the 16-point action plan Washington rolled out two years back, but Bangladesh appears a long way off getting back preferential trade benefits in the US market under GSP facility. Visiting Assistant US Trade…
How brain encodes memory of time, place
Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory. This circuit, which connects the hippocampus and a region of the brain known as entorhinal cortex, separates location…
Death toll in Mina Hajj stampede rising
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 805 others were injured in…
Trafic jam on highways cause make home-bound people suffer
Thousands of home-goers were stuck on three highways and connecting roads on Thursday due to serious traffic jam as a large number of vehicles left the capital with homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Serious traffic jam was reported on Dhaka-Chittagong,…
Stop the killing fields
by Sunita Narain This is our season of despair. This year, it would seem, the gods have been most unkind to Indian farmers. Early in the year came the weird weather events, like hailstorms and freak and untimely rains that…
In Metro, life in a metro
Sudhirendar Sharma No sooner had I blessed myself for being first in the queue, and had dug myself into reading a noted historian’s much-talked about interview on ‘past is present’, my ‘present’ was shattered by a middle-age intruder who had…
Disaster capitalism: Outsourcing violence and exploitation
Robert J. Burrowes In his just-released book, ‘Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe’, http://www.versobooks.com/books/1985-disaster-capitalism Antony Loewenstein offers us a superb description of the diminishing power of national governments and international organisations to exercise power in the modern world…
Is UN fit for ambitious new Sustainable Dev Agenda?
As you know, over one hundred Heads of State and Government will gather this week to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda is intended to make the United Nations (UN) ‘fit for purpose’, but it is important…
North Korean satellite scientists tell CNN a launch is ‘imminent’
But CNN told that observers are “very wrong” to consider key October 10 anniversary as launch date Researchers from North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) told a U.S. journalist visiting Pyongyang that a satellite launch is “imminent,” CNN said…
Al Jazeera journalists released, Egypt’s president pardons 100 prisoners
By Reuters and VICE News Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday pardoned 100 prisoners, including three Al Jazeera television journalists, according to security sources. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed, and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to three years…
How drug companies jack up their prices, hurt patients
By Sydney Lupkin This story is part of a partnership between MedPage Today and VICE News. Worldwide outrage has followed the recent dizzying increase in the price of Daraprim, a drug that treats potentially fatal parasitic infections, by its new…
BB received 495 complains against banking system in August
Bangladesh Bank disposed of some 495 complaints, out of a total of 496 received from bank customers in August this year.
3 promoted as secretaries
Three senior officials have been promoted to the rank of secretary. The Public Administration Ministry issued separate gazette notifications in this regard on Wednesday. As per the first notification, acting secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division Begum Kaniz Fatema…
Cattle market is still running high
The cattle markets in the capital ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha are still in favour of the traders as there has been lower inflow of sacrificial animals so far due to inclement weather and late supply from the neighbouring India.
Khaleda celebrates her first Eid in abroad
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is expected to exchange her Eid greetings with people in a London hotel on Thursday, according to a source in the UK.
Court deferred hearing against MP son Rony
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing in the case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan to November 11, as the prosecution did not produce the accused to the court on…
Electrician killed by lightning strike
An electrician was killed by a lightning strike at Deula Madhyapara village in Baghmara upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Birendranath Sarker, 48.
BGB seizes phensidyl bottles in Chuadanga
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 504 bottles of Indian phensidyl syrup from a sugarcane field at Khoyerhuda village under Jibannagar upazila of the district on Monday night.
VGF rice distributed in Chandpur
Chandpur District administration recently distributed more than 948.720 tonnes of rice among 70,226 VGF card holders of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF).
Youth stabbed to death by friends in Bogra
A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friends at Talore Bazar in Dupchanchia upazila of the district onTuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Muktar Hossain, 35, son of late Sona Miah, a resident of Talore Bazar.
Robber’ injured in ‘gunfight’ with cops
An alleged robber was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Chalkidanga village in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.The injured was identified as Akbar Ali, son of Abdus Sattar, a resident of Pardia area of…
Ctg road to be named after FF Danu
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor AJM Nasir Uddin today declared that the CCC authority would name a city road after the name of late Awami League (AL) leader Kazi Enamul Hoque Danu and would erect a memorial at Chawkbazar intersection…
Mobile court fines 6 pharmacies in Ctg
A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration today fined six pharmacies Tk 60 thousand for selling doctors’ sample medicines and unapproved Indian medicines.Deputy Revenue Collector and Executive Magistrate of Chittagong District Administration Mohammad Ruhul Amin led the mobile court at…
Sports science dept, gymnasium inaugurated at CU
The authority of Chittagong University (CU) today opened the newly-constructed Gymnasium and the newly-launched “Physical Education and Sports Science” department here.CU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury formally inaugurated the gymnasium as well as the new department at a…