Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated ten thousand pieces blankets to Bangladesh Bank for distributing among the cold affected destitute people.
Month: December 2015
2 walk to gallows for killing blogger Rajib
Court Correspondent The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Sunday handed death sentence to two, life term imprisonment to another convict and five-year imprisonment to Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, and various terms of imprisonment were pronounced for…
Zia Charitable Trust graft case hearing on Jan 7
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed January 7, 2016 for hearing in Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed against four people including Begum Khaleda Zia.
Body recovered in Pirganj
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Masaner Darga area under Borodorgha union of the upazila this morning.Being informed, a team of police from Pirganj Thana rushed to the spot and recovered the slaughtered body from an onion…
One arrested for murder in Joypurhat
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an accused person in a murder case from Bindhara village under Panchbibi upazila here yesterday morning.The arrested person was identified as Obaidul, 25, son of Abdul Wahab of the village.
Textbooks to be distributed in Joypurhat Friday
The district primary level students will get new books like other parts of the country on January 1, the first day of the New Year 2016.The sources said book distribution ceremony will be arranged at each of 548 schools in…
Pre-historic animal shell found in Argentina
A passer-by on Christmas Day found a meter-long shell on a riverbank in Argentina which may be from a glyptodont, a prehistoric kind of giant armadillo, experts said Tuesday.A local man thought the black scaly shell was a dinosaur egg…
Haneke to make movies on migrant issues
Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, two-time winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, will soon begin shooting a film touching on the migrants issue around the northern French port of Calais, local officials said Wednesday.Haneke and his team scouted the area…
Bangladeshis found in Costa Rica cattle truck
Officials in Costa Rica discovered 51 migrants from Bangladesh, Nepal, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq and Pakistan in a cattle truck driven by suspected people-smugglers Wednesday, authorities said.Nine migrants were from Bangladesh, twenty-six of the from Nepal, nine from Somalia, four from…
2 get death, 1 life Rajib murder
The verdict on the murder case of blogger and Ganajagaran Mancha activist Ahmed Rajib Haider will be delivered on Thursday, three years after the killing.Judge Sayeed Ahmed of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 fixed the date on Monday after the arguments…
16 Most Exciting Food Stories for 2016
As we wrap up 2015 at Food Tank, we are already looking forward to next year. From food safety law to a heightened focus on food waste, there are so many exciting food and agriculture stories that continue to unfold…
Promote disabled peoples’ accessibility, people urged
A “National Dialogue onPromotion of Disabled Peoples’ Accessibility 2015” was held at VIP Lounge (1st Floor) of Bangladesh National Press Club, Dhaka on 30 December 2015, organized by Bangladesh Protbandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS) in cooperation with Bread for the World,…
‘Glee’ actor arrested in US for child porn possession
Los Angeles – US actor Mark Salling, best known for his role on the musical comedy series “Glee,” was arrested in Los Angeles on Tuesday for alleged possession of child pornography, police said.
El Nino weather ‘could be as bad as 1998’, says Nasa
The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record. That El Nino played havoc with world weather systems and was…
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign new deal on Nile dam
French firms to study environmental impact of Grand Renaissance Dam as Ethiopia pledges to respect Egypt’s interests. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have agreed on which firms will carry out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on…
2015 was a huge year for weed, 2016 will be even bigger
By Keegan Hamilton December 29, 2015 | There’s an old adage in American politics: “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation.” While it might hold true for presidential campaigns — the last candidate to reach the White House without winning…
State funeral committee for Kim Yang Gon, Kim Jong Un’s close aide
The name of senior North Korean official Choe Ryong Hae was listed among the state funeral committee for Kim Yang Gon, the Korean Central News Agency revealed Wednesday, marking the end of a more-than-two-month absence. Kim Yang Gon, director of…
Top 10 New Year resolutions
By Junaid Tahir A New Year’s resolution is a self commitment that a person makes to achieve personal goals, projects, or reforming of a bad habit. This commitment is the driving force to perform the corrective and preventive actions throughout…
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development alternates MDGs
Jatinder Kaur New Delhi (ABC Live): 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : Avoid Temptation to Fall into ‘Declarationist Nominalism’ Pope Francis, Joined Other World Leaders in Hailing Post-2015 Framework. Climate change, environmental issues, the migrant and refugee crisis, and the…
Merkel takes centre stage in EU’s Year of Crises
By EurActiv In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx, Germany’s Angela Merkel emerged as the continent’s de facto leader, drawing more praise and fire than ever. Whether…
Bnp to protest ‘massive vote rigging’ across country
BNP has decided to stage demonstration across the country protesting massive “vote rigging” in the municipal polls and demanding resignation of the present Election Commission. The agitational programme first of its kind after the three months long blockade enforced early…
Municipal polls give AL 172 mayors, Bnp 21
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League swept the country’s first-ever partisan municipal elections, bagging 172 mayoral posts against BNP’s 21. The Bnp late in the evening rejected the results and demanded resignation of the Eelection Commission for what its leaders…
BNP calls municipal polls farcical, staged-managed
Dhaka – Accusing the ruling party men of resorting to widespread violence and capturing over a thousand polling stations, BNP on Wednesday called the municipal elections as farcical and staged-managed ones. At a post-polls press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan…
European capitals tighten security ahead of New Year celebrations
Security is being stepped up in major European cities ahead of New Year celebrations, with officials wary of possible terror plots. New Year fireworks and festivities have been cancelled in the Belgian capital Brussels because of an alert. Extra measures…
AL candidates leads municipal polls,EC says fair election
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday claimed that the countrywide municipal elections were held fairly barring some stray incidents.
Manikganj power plant obtained 227.41 crore fund
Dhaka Northern Power Generations Limited (DNPGL) obtained a fund of $ 28.97 million (equivalent to Tk 227.41 crore) from Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF) for its 55 MW power plant at Singair of Manikganj.
IMF launches youth video contest in Asia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched the 2016 Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future Youth Video Contest.
“Muspana” the env friendly cooking stove launched
Filament Engineering Ltd (FEL), a local engineering firm, has launched environmentally friendly clean cooking stoves for rural people to replace their conventional stoves that use biomass which mainly comes from fuelwood.
Election of 13 Municipals of Rajshahi held through chaos and indisipline
RU Correspondent The election of 13 Municipals of Rajshahi held through clash, chaos and life-threathening. During the occurring polls BNP candid was battered by his rival of Awami league in Taherpur municipal while local Awami league leaders burnt the election…
Tourism develop and Archaeology seminar held at JU
JU Correspondent A day-long seminar on Development of tourism industry of Archaeological side and role of the miniature ethnic culture of Bangladesh held Wednesday at Jahir Raihan auditorium of Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus.