Month: December 2015
CPB chief Selim gets death threat
President of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim received a death threat through his email early Saturday.
Good governance, accountability must for SDGs: Prof. Wahiduddin
Eminent economist Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud on Saturday said good governance and accountability in public expenditure are a must for ensuring proper implementation of ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. “To ensure the results of the development goals, accountably should…
facebook invited for talks
Dhaka – facebook authorities are set to have talks with the Bangladesh government Sunday on issues of violence against women through the misuse the popular social networking site, official news agency BSS reported quoting state minister for posts and telecommunications…
AL betrays liberation war spirit: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said the AL-led government has crushed people’s dream for which they dethroned Ershad’s autocratic regime in 1990.In a message, Khaleda also said they (ruling party men) cheated the people of the…
Uranium 500ppm found in Sylhet, Moulvibazar
Dhaka – Chief scientific officer of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) Dr AKM Fazle Kabria on Saturday said uranium of 500 ppm has been found in Sylhet and Moulvibazar areas. He, however, said this is still at the study and…
Workshop on ‘public speaking, debate’ held at JU
Holding the Slogan ‘Be a smart speaker and care for your career’ a workshop on ‘Public Speaking and Debate’ was held at Social Science faculty on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Saturday.
DU student jailed for BAU admission test forgery
A mobile court on Saturday sentenced a student to one year in prison for fraudulence in the admission test of first year honours courses under 2015-16 academic session of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. The convict was identified as Rasel…
IBBL donates Tk 10 Lakh to Handball Federation
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated Tk. 10 Lac to Bangladesh Handball Federation. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank handed over the cheque to A.K.M Nurul Fazal Bulbul, the President of Bangladesh Handball Federation at a function on December 05,…
Bangladesh govt, media team visit Russian nuke facilities
A Bangladesh delegation comprising representatives of Ministry of Science and Technology, Administration of Pabna and Ishwardi, Bangladesh Embassy in Russia, and the mass media visited Russia from December 1-4, 2015 to see for themselves various nuclear power facilities. The delegates…
US probing California attack as an ‘act of terrorism’
FBI says new evidence uncovered related to the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 and wounded 21. The FBI has said it is now investigating the San Bernardino shooting in the US state of California as a “terrorist” attack, adding…
6 hurt at Raash Mela blast
At least six people got injured in an explosion in the Jatra pandal during Raash Mela, held on Kantaji Temple premises in Dinapur’s Kaharol upazila on early Saturday.Police have held three people in this connection.The injured were rushed to Dinajpur…
Windies loses to CA XI
The West Indies lost their warm-up for next week’s opening Test against Australia with a resounding 10-wicket defeat to the Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane on Saturday.The tourists managed to avoid an innings defeat with skipper Jason Holder scoring 65…
Bnp to win 80 pc mayoral posts if voters can cast votes: Gayeswar
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said their party’s mayoral candidates will win 80 percent of the 235 posts of municipal mayor in the December-30 elections if the voters can cast their votes properly. “We’ve joined…
10 hurt in folk theate blasts at Kantaji Temple compound
Dinajpur – Ten people were injured as three crude bombs went off under the canopy of a jatra show in the premises of Kantaji Temple in Kaharole upazila early Saturday. Police and witnesses said a series of blasts happened at…
On drought and flood
According to a report recently published in the international ‘Beefsite Newsletter’ thousands of cattle is dying due to severe drought in South Africa. It has been said that the present drought is the most devastating one in the past 20…
Egg debate
Whether to eat egg or not is still an issue of debate. It is said that egg yolk contains high cholesterol which is harmful for heart and some other organs. But latest scientific research has proved that eggs don’t adversely…
Dhaka needs $400b in 15 years to face climate change
An assistance of $ 4,000 crore will be needed over the next 15 years to address the challenges of climate change faced by the people living in Bangladesh’s coastal areas. The Bangladesh delegation to the ongoing COP 21 in Paris…
Water, wars and an uncertain future
By Sundeep Waslekar In December 2009, I met Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, in his office in Damascus, along with an eminent British politician. He rolled out before us his vision of peace process with Israel in phases. He…
Adaptation fund ‘in danger’, Kyoto Protocol in bleak state
Paris, 4 December (Marjorie Williams) – While attention at the ongoing climate talks is focused on a “new Paris agreement”, the state of the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is bleak. Parties at…
‘Developed and developing countries differentiation still relevant’
Paris, 4 December (T Ajit) — The world has not changed since 1992 and differentiation between developed and developing countries continues to be relevant through common but differentiated responsibilities, the bedrock of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
G77 frustrated at refusal to negotiate key issues
Paris, 4 December (Chee Yoke Ling and Meena Raman) – The Group of 77 and China are deeply frustrated over the refusal of some developed countries to engage in negotiations of the Paris agreement on the issues of importance for…
CIA torture is unfinished business
It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold…
UNGA adopts Bangladesh resolution on “Culture of Peace”
Dhaka – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution titled “Culture of Peace” proposed by Bangladesh. According to a message received here today, the resolution was adopted at a UNGA meeting on Thursday (Yesterday). As many…
‘Deadliest terror in the world’: West’s latest gift to Africa
By Dan Glazebrook Nigeria’s Boko Haram are now officially the deadliest terror group in the world. That they have reached this position is a direct consequence of Cameron and co’s war on Libya’ and one that was perhaps not entirely…
Day of solidarity with Palestine- Looking back, looking ahead
On November 29, 1947, after Great Britain–the mandatory power in Palestine–had asked the United Nations to meet in a special session to discuss the “problem of Palestine,” the General Assembly passed Resolution 181 (II) to end the British mandate by…
Firebomb kills 16 at Cairo nightclub
Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo nightclub kills 16 people, Egyptian interior ministry says. At least 16 people were killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub near Cairo after an argument broke out between employees and revellers seeking to…
DB arrest 1 suspect on 6 murder case
Dhaka–Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested a suspected leader of banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB), reportedly involved in Gupibagh six murder, from the city’s Shahid Faruq Road of Jatrabari on Thursday noon.
Nomination submission deadline ends for municipal election
STAFF REPORTER A total of 1,223 aspirants have filed their nomination papers for mayoral posts while 9,798 for councillor posts and 2, 668 in reserved councillor posts to contest in 235 municipalities.
“Role of Youth on Development of UN” held at RU
RU Correspondent A day-long seminar on “Role of youth on development of United Nation” with the initiative of United Nations Youth and Student Association of Bangladesh (UNYSAB) Rajshahi University unit held in two session at the dean’s complex of the…