A local leader of Krishak League was killed and 14 leaders and activists of Awami League were injured when a bus hit them at Bekutia ferry ghat in Bhandaria upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Habib Munshi, 70, president…
Month: December 2015
150 entrepreneurs ready for business
Some 150 new entrepreneurs will get down to business after receiving entrepreneurship training by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in collaboration with the Bangladesh Employers Federation (BEF).The group received certificates at a ceremony held at the BEF in the city…
Michelle Obama makes rap video
Striding out of the White House in slow motion, sporting oversized sunglasses, Michelle Obama lays down a rap track aimed at raising the star power of math majors and engineering students.”If you wanna fly jets, you should go to college.…
TB control faces fund problem in BD
Bangladesh’s tuberculosis control programme is facing new challenges with the shrinking of global funds to fight this infectious disease and rapid urbanisation, experts say.International reviewers have advised Bangladesh to reduce donor dependency for the tuberculosis control programme as global funding…
Inferno kills 9 in Manila
An inferno in one of Manila’s huge shanty towns has killed nine people, authorities said Friday, the third blaze to have struck the city’s slums in as many weeks.Residents grabbed clothes, furniture and appliances as they fled the burning Damayang…
100 mph delivery caused by a bird!
A low-flying seagull was blamed for interfering with the speed gun on Friday when New Zealand’s Neil Wagner bowled a ball clocked at 160 kilometres (99.4 miles) per hour — one of the quickest on record.The surprise missile from Wagner,…
RUET BCL leader went missing
A leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has gone missing.Family members of Saifuzzaman Sohag, a fourth year mechanical engineering students at RUET, was picked up from his house at Terokhadia Paschimparha…
AIUB student killed in accident
A student of a private university was killed after being hit by a train near Banani rail crossing in Dhaka on Thursday night.The deceased is Ahmed Faisal, student of American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB) and resident of Mirpur area.Officer…
‘They used to beat me with sticks’: Maid agaist cricketer Shahadat
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN Dhaka (CNN) She’s known as “Happy” but when Mahfuza Akhter was found bruised and crying in the streets of Dhaka she was anything but. The 11-year-old former live-in maid of one of Bangladesh’s cricketing heroes is…
COP21: Climate summit inches towards deal
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News, Paris Negotiators at the Paris climate summit have been working through the night to try to reach a global agreement, with talks in their final day. There is a widespread expectation that the…
Bnp decides to field monitoring cells to oversee polls
BNP on Tursday decided to form election monitoring cells at central and divisional levels to oversee the forthcoming municipalitiy polls scheduled for December 30. The decision was taken at a party standing committee meeting at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office with…
Kim Jong-un says he has H-bomb, but no one believes him
By Reuters and VICE News North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un made a rare appearance on Thursday to claim his country has successfully developed a hydrogen bomb — but outside experts were skeptical. Kim made the comments as he toured the…
“Our global strength is our local strength”
Montreux (Switzerland) – “As a grassroots organization, we have extremely important role to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as we can deliver them on the ground,” said Ben Gunneberg, CEO of PEFC International, as he opened the…
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact on Human Rights Day
December 10– This Human Rights Day, AIPP joins the global yearlong campaign “Our Rights. Our Freedom. Always.” for the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants on Human Rights: the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and…
Paris deal – Illegitimate and immoral even before it is sealed?
Paris – The Paris Climate Summit, happening from 30 November to 11 December, is due to conclude a new international agreement to limit global average temperature rise and avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change. After almost two weeks…
PM urges army to be vigilant for country’s independence and sovereignty
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the newly commissioned members of the Bangladesh Army to always stay vigilant to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty.
Mother milk project starts
icddr,b, in collaboration with Interfab Shirt Manufacturing Limited (ISML), on Thursday launched ‘Mother’s Milk project’ which will enable women to take home pasteurized breast milk that stays safe for eight hours.
100 fishermen abducted by 2 pirate gangs in Sundarbans
At least 100 fishermen were abducted by two pirate gangs from different areas between Swarankhola and Chandpai ranges of the Sundarbans East Zone in the district on Wednesday.
Russian online media nuclear.ru’s photo exhibition at Ishwardi
To create public awareness leading Russian online media agency-nuclear.ru recently (December 7, 2015) organised a photo exhibition on sideline of the workshop on “Nuclear Energy Reporting”, designed for the journalists working at Ishwardi. Held at Sugar Crop Institute, Ishwardi the…
British singer Leona Lewis Exposes cruelty of Child Labor in Bangladesh
PETA Exposé Offers Unprecedented Look at $1.2 Billion USD Industry. Dhaka, Bangladesh – For two years, PETA Germany, with journalist Manfred Karremann, investigated the billion-dollar leather industry in Bangladesh. Now, a new PETA video narrated by British singer Leona Lewis…
Declaration by High Rep Federica Mogherini of EU on HR Day
This year, Human Rights Day launches a one-year celebration by the United Nations of the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), signed…
IBBL donates 2 crore for winter clothes to the PM’s relief fund
Press Release Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated Tk. 2 crore for winter clothes to the Prime Minister’s relief fund. The cheque was handed over to Sheikh Hasina, honorable Prime Minister by Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank on December…
Rejoinder from Yunus Centre on PM’ remarks about Prof. Yunus
Recently, several daily newspapers have reported Honorable Prime Minister’s alleged remarks about Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at a weekly cabinet meeting. .
Shibir leader arrested in Pirganj
A leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was arrested from Monikrishna Sen Degree College area of the upazila yesterday morning.The arrested was identified as Mijanur Rahman Raju, 25, general secretary of Kabilpur union Shibir unit and son…
RU law dept. took out a rally on World Human Right Day
RU Correspondent To mark the ‘World Human Rights Day’ with the slogan of “Our Rights, Our Freedom, Always” the department of Rajshahi University took out a procession
45 rare turtles seized in Putkhali
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 45 turtles of rare species from Putkhali border area on Wednesday night.Camp Commander Subedar Krishnapada said being tipped off, a team of BGB-21 battalion conducted drive in border area at…
Indian citizen held with Phensidyl in Rajshahi
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested an Indian citizen along with 530 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Moktarpur Padmar Char area of Charghat upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The arrestee was identified as General Sheikh, son of Mujibul Sheikh, hailing from…
12 Jamaat-Shibir men among 42 held in Satkhira
Joint forces in separate drives from Wednesday night to early Thursday arrested 42 people, including 12 Jamaat-Shibir activists, in different places of the district on various charges. Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said a team comprising members of…
Biker killed in Satkhira road crash
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured as an unknown vehicle crashed into their vehicle at Chaighoria Labsa on the Satkhira-Jessore highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Yusuf Hossain, son of Abdus…