Pierre Mayaudon, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, condemns the attack on the Italian doctor and priest Piero Parolari in Dinajpur.
Day: November 19, 2015
Yunus addresses 1,300 Youth leaders at One Young World Summit
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus last night opened the One Young World Summit 2015 in Bangkok, addressing an audience of 1300 young leaders from around the world.
IBBL Board of Directors meeting held
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on November 19, 2015 Thursday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower.
RU BCL stages anti-hartal demonstration
RU Correspondent Bangladesh Chaatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit, a student wing of the ruling party, demonstrated on the campus protesting the nationwide Hartal called by Jaamat against the verdict of the Appelete division of Bangladesh Supreme Court…
Khaleda Zia returning home on Saturday: Ripon
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is finally returning home on Saturday after over two months stay in the British capital London for treatment of her eyes and knees.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury deprived of justice: BNP
STAFF REPORTER BNP considers that party’s standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was deprived of justice.
Mojaheed, Salauddin family members see then in jail
The family members of death-row war criminals BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed met them at Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday afternoon. Nine members of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s family, out of 15, entered the…
Danger of chemical attack – French PM
French PM Manuel Valls has warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as MPs debate extending the state of emergency after the Paris attacks.
N. Korea declares no-sail zone on its east coast: Yonhap
Analysts suspect SLBM launch or “new type of ballistic missile” Chad O’Carroll North Korea has declared a no-sail zone along its east coast in advance of a possible missile test, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency claimed on Sunday. The no-sail…
Eagles of Death Metal break silence
Eagles of Death Metal, the band whose concert was stormed during last week’s Paris attacks, have made their first statement since returning to the US.”While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to…
Martin Sheen salutes son’s courage
Martin Sheen has praised his actor son Charlie following the Platoon star’s confirmation he is living with HIV.”I couldn’t believe the level of courage I was witnessing,” the West Wing star said at an event in Florida.”I hope that this…
French seek to identify raid bodies
French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid on a flat on Wednesday.Police said Abdelhamid Abaaoud was the target when officers stormed the flat in the…
Prime Minister cancels Malta visit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her visit to Malta.She was slated to attend the commonwealth head of governments meeting from Nov 25 to Nov 29 there.The foreign ministry also called off Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali’s scheduled press briefing…
Almost 6,000 jihadists on Interpol radar
Interpol has identified only 5,800 foreign fighters of the roughly 25,000 believed to have joined jihadist groups in conflict zones like Syria and Iraq, the head of the global police body said Wednesday.He was speaking at an anti-terrorism conference in…
BD U-19 team to take part in tri-nation tournament
Bangladesh Under 19 team will leave Dhaka for Kolkata, India this afternoon to play in a Youth Tri-Nation competition.India and Afghanistan are the two other countries participating in the Tri-Nation competition alongside Bangladesh.The competition will begin on Friday (November 20)…
Teens suffer for too many Facebook friends
Having more than 300 Facebook friends may increase a teenager’s levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, says a new study.”While other important external factors are also responsible, we estimated that the isolated effect of Facebook on cortisol was around eight…
Astronomers see planet still growing
Astronomers have taken the first images of a planet still in formation, a discovery expected to shed light on how giant planets manage to beef up early in their lives, research published on Wednesday showed.Astronomers used a telescope in Arizona…
Social networking platforms FB, Messenger, Viber and WhatsApp blocked
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (BTRC) has suspended the operation of social networking platform Facebook, Messenger, Viber and WhatsApp in Bangladesh for security reason.
Jamat’s countrywide daylong hartal today
Jamaat-e-Islami called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting the Supreme Court (SC) verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed.
95 hajj-umrah agencies punished for human trafficking
STAFF REPORTER The government has finally taken punitive measures against 95 hajj and umrah agencies out total 104 accused agencies including the agencies of HAAB and ATAB leaders for their involvement in human trafficking in the guise of sending people…
Govt. to build ship building at Barguna: Shahjahan
STAFF REPORTER The government has decided for building a ship building and re-cycling zone in Barguna, shipping minister Shajahan Khan said yesterday.