Three people were killed and 39 others injured in separate clashes in Sunamganj and Manikganj districts on Friday. In Sunamganj, Two people were killed and 30 others injured during a clash between two groups at Pirpur village in Chhatak upazila…
Year: 2015
Bnp asks Govt to test popularity by holding acceptable polls
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday challenged the government to test its popularity through holding an acceptable election, as a survey conducted by the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) found it has gained popularity. “Why are they…
Dhaka hosts first int’l cricket tourney for disabled people
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday inaugurated the first-ever international cricket tournament for disabled people in capital Dhaka. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with Bangladesh’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and…
Couple electricuted in Naogaon
A couple died from electrocution at Chapadal village in Badalgachchi upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Yeasin Ali, 60, and his wife Rina Begum, 52, of the village.
Every person has Tk 13,160 debt on his head, Parliament told
The per capita external debt burden in the country stood at Tk 13, 160 on June 30 last, State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan has said. MA Mannan disclosed the information in Parliament on behalf of Finance Minister…
The refugee crisis that isn’t
Kenneth Roth European leaders may differ about how to respond to the asylum-seekers and migrants surging their way, but they seem to agree they face a crisis of enormous proportions. Germany’s Angela Merkel has called it “the biggest challenge I…
Why I shared horrific photo of a drowned Syrian child
Peter Bouckaert Director, Emergencies I thought long and hard before I retweeted the photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi. It shows the lifeless toddler, lying face down on a popular Turkish beach, one of eleven Syrians who have almost certainly died…
Bd water ministry: Give up ‘Lajja’ to oppose dams, Indian ministry halts
GreenWatch Report Leading Indian water expert and activist, Himanshu Thakkar his written in a latest post in the Waterwatch@yahoogroups – ” Interesting, MoWR secretary writes a letter dated Aug 25, 2015 to CWC Chair: ““Environmental flow of rivers is a…
Another great leap forward for development
Javier Solana Madrid – Next month, the world will achieve a milestone for global development efforts. The United Nations General Assembly will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious set of global objectives expected to improve the lives of millions…
UN says Gaza could be uninhabitable in less than five years
By Samuel Oakford Gaza could become uninhabitable by 2020 due to war, its economic blockade, debilitated infrastructure, and environmental concerns, according to a new UN report on Palestine released this week. The findings of the UN’s Conference on Trade and…
Decency in jeopardy!
It seems that decency is diminishing from our society. In every sphere of life, maintaining decency is essential. Decency is decent manners, good behavior which conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.
Arctic peoples overlooked as GLACIER conference thaws climate talks
Washington, D.C.- On August 30-31, US President Obama traveled to Alaska to address the U.S. State Department’s conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER), highlighting international and domestic priorities in the region. However, as…
Free blood grouping campaign held at RU
With the intention to encourage students to donate blood, a free Blood Grouping Campaign was held at Begum Khaleda Zia Hall of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday. Swajan, a voluntary blood donating organisation of the hall unit, arranged the campaign…
Khaleda’s Trust graft case hearing again on Sept 10
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned till September 10 the hearing in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Special Judge Court-3 conducted his…
13 indicted in Tazreen factory fire killing 112
A Dhaka court has framed charges against 13 people including Tazreen Fashions Managing Director (MD) in two cases filed over the devastating fire at the factory that killed 112 workers and injured over 200 others in 2012. The factory was…
Bnp-led 20-party demo against gas power price hike Sunday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will now stage countrywide demonstrations on Sunday instead of Saturday, in protest against the price hike of power and gas. The programme was rescheduled a day after party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday…
Ex-official of NCC bank held for pocketing Taka 9 crore
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a former assistant officer of NCC bank from Kamalapur area on early Thursday on charge of misappropriating money of Tk 8.98 crore through data transfer from the bank. The arrestee was identified as Md…
Advance train ticket sale for Eid starts Sept 15
The Bangladesh Railway will start sale of advance ticket from September 15 to facilitate holidaymakers ahead Eid-ul-Azha. “The selling of advance rail ticket will being on September 15 and continue till September 19. Besides, the selling of return ticket will…
‘Fire arms for narcotics officials to face life threat’
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said firearms will be provided for the field level narcotics officials to reduce their life threat during anti-narcotics drives. “A proposal for providing firearms for Department of Narcotics Control officials has already submitted…
Two passengers killed as bus hits auto-rickshaw in Capital
Two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and its driver injured when a passenger bus hit the vehicle in the city’s Kakrail crossing on early Thursday. The victims were identified as Asif, 25, and Rubel 28. The injured driver was…
1,500 kg hilsa seized in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)seized 1,500 kilograms of hilsa while those were being smuggled to India through Alipur check post area at Bhomra border point in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
Ctg rail link with Dhaka, Sylhet restored
Train communications of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet were restored after one and half hours of suspension following derailment of a freight train in Akhaura railway junction on Thursday morning.
Students vow for freeing their school from smoking
More than 100 students of Mithapukur Model High School in Mithapukur upazila here have vowed for freeing their educational institution from smoking to save the young generations from severe consequences.They made the vow while taking oath for not smoking and…
Students commit for eradicating child marriage
Over 300 male and female students of Dhukdhukirhat High School under Badarganj upazila have committed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and sexual harassment from the upazila.They took the vow at the quiz and essay writing competitions on…
Khulna district expects to yield 2,24,417 tonnes of Aman
The southwestern Khulna has set a target of yielding 2,24,417 tonnes of Aman in the current year as plantation of two varieties of the major crop is underway in the district, agriculture officials said yesterday.“Transplantation of Aman seedling (Bree-23) or…
Call for improving physicians-patients relations
The relations between doctors and patients must be improved for ensuring proper health services to the ailing people through upholding the noble spirit of serving the suffering humanity by the physicians.Health experts, media workers and civil society members expressed the…
Call to make education as thrust sector for national interest
Speakers at a view-sharing meeting today unequivocally called for making the country’s education and the primary education in particular as the thrust sector for the sake of bringing dynamism in all the development sectors.Terming the education as power house they…
First time in history uranium graphite reactor decommissioned
The Siberian Chemical Plant (SCP), a subsidiary of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company, has decommissioned a commercial uranium-graphite reactor for the first time in global history. Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation has yet again proved that nuclear facilities can be operated and…
Yunus opens Master’s program in Rajiv Gandhi Institute, India
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is in India for a seven day visit from 31 August to 7 September. He was invited to deliver a special lecture at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institution of Youth Development (RGNIYD) in Sriperumbudur, 40…