Asia is losing some of its appetite for rice in favour of wheat, a trend that is nowhere more pronounced than South Korea where bread and pastries have become a new staple.From working mothers, who find toast more convenient to…
Month: October 2015
Deven Guilford 17 family filed a wrongful death lawsuit
By Daniel Marans and Matt Ferner The family of an unarmed teenager shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy during a Michigan traffic stop in February has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging that the officer’s “entire course of action…
UK Ebola case puzzles scientists
The case of Pauline Cafferkey, the first person known to have recovered from Ebola and then suffer an apparently life-threatening relapse, is taking scientists into uncharted territory.The Scottish nurse’s critically ill situation, described as “staggering” by one British virologist, signals…
Five killed in attack on Ashura event of Saudi Arabia’s Shia minority
Five people have been killed and nine wounded in an attack on a Shia gathering hall in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry says. The killings, in Saihat in Eastern Province on Friday, come two days after the start of…
Bangladesh participates in Uzbekistan fair
Bangladesh, which is one of the largest importers of cotton from Uzbekistan, has taken part in the 11th cotton and textile fair in Tashkent to improve the trade ties.Dhaka’s mission in the Uzbek capital on Friday said Ambassador Mosud Mannan…
Australia promised ‘extra’ matches: Papon
Australia have promised to make up for the suspended Test tour of Bangladesh by playing ‘extra’ matches.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan told the media about the matter on Friday after returning from International Cricket Council (ICC) Board meeting.Australia…
Ronaldo gifts signed jersey to John Abraham
Bollywood actor-producer John Abraham has thanked Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo for sending him a signed Real Madrid jersey.Ronaldo presented a football jersey to the “Welcome Back” star that also had a good luck message for him and his Indian…
Pigeonpea ‘a life changer for Malawi’s drought-stricken farmers
Malawi-Hyderabad , India – ‘• Be it in India or Africa, there is the same problem of youth wanting to leave the farms and have other careers. Attracting youth to agriculture has become an issue on the government agenda in…
Indian writers have double standards: Taslima
Taslima Nasreen attacked Indian writers, many of whom are not returning their awards, of ‘double standards’ and said nobody defended her when she was hounded of Kolkata by Islamist radicals.In an interview to the ‘Times of India’, Taslima said many…
N.Korea’s 70th anniversary display
Massive WPK 70th anniversary parade shows KN-06 SAM, KN-08 IRBM and 300mm MRL in apparent working condition As only six of the massive WS51200 trucks were imported from China, the most logical conclusion is that the missiles seen during the…
Well done AC Land Shahadat!
The news “Matir maya of AC land” published in the daily newspaper Prothom Alo has drawn my attention. We are really grateful to journalists for doing their excellent works and making Sonar Bangladesh. These types of news items rarely reveal…
Sir Fazle Abed dedicates World Food Prize to women fighting poverty
BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has dedicated the World Food Prize to women fighting against poverty. World Food Prize Foundation Chairman John Ruan III handed him the prize on Friday in Iowa, USA, a BRAC media statement said.
Preparation is going on to welcome Durga
The famous Shikdarbari Puja Mondop of Hakimpur is all set to welcome goddess Durga with an installation of 451 idols of gods and goddesses of the Hindu community.
Firearms with bullets and hand grenades recovered by army
Members of Bangladesh Army recovered firearms, bullets and hand grenades from a terrorist den adjacent to Sepru Para and Pranjong Para in Belaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Thursday following a gunfight with criminals.
Indian court ordered extradition of Nur Hossain to BD
Dhaka- A Indian court ordered for the extradition of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, to Bangladesh by December 15 this year.
RAB mobile court fined 4 hospitals & diagnostic centre
Dhaka- A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court on Friday fined three hospitals and one diagnostic centre in the city’s Mohammadpur area Tk 6.19 lakh for providing treatment in dirty and unhygienic environment as well as operating without specialized doctors,…
RUCCA gets new committee
RU Correspondent The new executive committee for 2015-16 session of Rajshahi University Central Cultural Alliance (RUCCA) has been formed making Sohel Rana as president and Abu Bakr Siddiqi as general secretary.
CPB, BSD ‘Save Sundarbans March’ ends at Bagerhat
The ‘Save Sundarbans March’ which was launched by Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on October 13 aiming to raise awareness against all environmentally destructive activities in the world’s largest mangrove forest, will be ended in…
Yunus Social Business Centre at Hong Kong University
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Hong Kong on October 14. He gave the “I CARE-University Lecture on Civility” in the packed Sir Run Run Shaw Hall of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The university has 20,000 students.…
EU approves Turkey action plan
EU states have approve an action plan for Turkey that it is hoped will ease the flow of migrants to Europe.Nearly 600,000 migrants have reached the EU by sea so far this year, many of them travelling from Turkey to…
PM Hasina adamant to stop militancy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she would eradicate militancy at ‘any cost’.She reiterated her government’s firm stand against terrorism and militancy at a rally in Kurhigram on Thursday.She said the recent murders of two foreigners were part of a…
Kanye West: US president and ‘American Idol’?
Kanye West apparently isn’t limiting his ambitions to a planned White House run. The rapper may also be hoping to be the next “American Idol.”West turned up to audition for the final, upcoming season of the television talent show at…
China economic growth seen slowing
China’s economic growth is expected to slow to 6.5 percent in 2016 from an expected 6.8 percent in 2015, even as the central bank eases policy further to ward off a sharper slowdown, a Reuters poll showed.A 25-basis-point reduction in…
Yahoo to tighten security
Yahoo’s next step in password security is to eliminate them altogether.Starting on Thursday, the company announced, users of the Yahoo Mail app on both iOS and Android will have access to a new service called Yahoo Account Key, which uses…
Teeth from Chinese cave rewrites human migration
A trove of 47 fossil human teeth from a cave in southern China is rewriting the history of the early migration of our species out of Africa, indicating Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously known and much…
