Islamic State militants have taken near complete control of the Syrian city of Palmyra, home to some of the world’s most magnificent ancient ruins. There are fears that the militants will destroy the ruins, which Unesco has designated a World…
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Missing migrant boat found as countries offer shelter
Migrants found by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been rescued by Indonesian fishermen. A BBC reporter who reached their boat says it is filthy and insect-infested. In a significant change, Malaysia and Indonesia agreed…
Demise of Hasan Bhai, end of an era in journalism
Mostafa Kamal Majumder An ever smiling, unassuming, guardian figure and lovable elderly image of a vetern journalist that used to fill our minds with the utterance of the name – Hasanuzzaman Khan – is in the other world today. Admitted…
Aruna, the India nurse whose rape changed euthanasia laws
Aruna Shanbaug lay in a near vegetative state for 42 years in a cubicle in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, where she had worked as a nurse and where she was sexually assaulted in 1973. Columnist Bachi Karkaria pieces…
ISIS tightens its grip on Iraqi twon of Ramadi
Islamic State militants are cementing their hold on Ramadi – the Iraqi city they captured on Sunday, reports say. Militants were going door-to-door looking for government sympathisers and throwing bodies in the nearby Euphrates river, residents were quoted as saying.
City election was not fair – TIB. Report of TIB biased – Tofail
A ‘weak’ Election Commission has failed to organise free and fair polls to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations, the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) says. “The election was not fair and there was widespread rigging. Even the security forces’ role is…
The issue of people affected by conflicts, disasters
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury Why there are the urgency and importance of the issues of “People Affected to Conflict and Disaster”, i)Asia Pacific (AP) is the most effected region in respect of natural disasters, where world 80 % of natural disaster…
‘Clinton emails won’t be released until January 2016
By Jason Leopold Roughly 55,000 pages worth of emails that belong to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won’t be released any time soon, according to court papers filed Monday night, which say the State Department doesn’t intend to make the…
Will post-2015 agenda integrate economic, environ, social pillars?
Bobby Ramakant (CNS): Key consultative processes have been going on globally to gather the broadest voices with the intent to effectively shape the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. In the Asia Pacific region there is a considerable effort put in to…
End politics of abduction, murder: Charmonai Pir
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim has called for an end to the politics of abduction, enforced disappearance and murder. Addressing a rally of teachers and students at the Charmonai Madrsah on Monday the Pir Shaheb…
Hasanuzzaman Khan, JPC’s last remaining founder, is no more
Hasanuzzaman Khan, life member of Jatiya Press Club, Dhaka, is dead. The last surviving founder member of the club, the centre of democratic movements in Bangladesh, Khan breathed his last at the Heart Institute Hospital at about 4 pm on…
Stocks surge in bullish transactions at both bourses
Key share price index at the country’s twin bourses — Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) –experienced another bullish session on Monday, with the DSE registering its highest turnover of 2015. The DSE benchmark index, DSEX gained…
Killer father of 3 minor girls arrested in Chakaria
Police arrested the father of three girls, who were hacked to death allegedly by their father in Chakaria upazila, from Oxygen area in the port city early Monday. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Gani, 38. Tipped off, a team of…
Report against Khaleda for hurting religious sentiment deferred
A court of Dhaka on Monday again deferred submission of the probe report in a case filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiment of the people to June 18. The probe report was scheduled to be…
Bnp slams Govt for advocating ‘limited democracy’
BNP on Monday voiced deep concern over Awami League-led 14-party spokesman Mohammad Nasim’s assertion that they do not believe in ‘too much of democracy’, BNP on Monday alleged that the government is plotting to annihilate democracy in the name of…
Ministers, lawmakers among human traffickers: Saki
Protesters on Monday demanded immediate action to rescue Bangladeshi would-be migrants who are left ‘floating’ off the coasts of Thailand and Malaysia, as well as stern punishment against human traffickers for their heinous crimes. The demand came from a rally…
Munbai nurse dies after 42 years in coma follwoing rape
A Mumbai nurse who was in a coma for 42 years after being sexually assaulted while working in a hospital has died, hospital authorities said Monday. Aruna Shanbaug suffered severe brain damage and was in a vegetative state after she…
Cabinet nods water transit protocol to renew every 5 years
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft amendment to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh, enabling it to be automatically renewed after every five years. The approval was given at the regular meeting…
2 killed, 40 hurt in road accident in Magura
Two persons were killed and 40 others injured when two buses collided head on at Vellakandi area on Magura-Faridpur highway this afternoon.
4 held with 4,000 pieces Yaba in Chittagong
Police arrested four people in possession of 4000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Amirabad area in Lohagora upazila early Monday.The arrested were identified as Ibrahim Khalil, 28, son of Jahirul Islam of Hatiya Char in Kishoreganj; Alamgir, 42, son of…
2 pistols seized in Benapole
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized two pistols from Gatipara border in Benapole area early Monday.
3 held with fake currency notes in Sunamganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive held three people with counterfeit currency notes worth Tk 4 lakh from Jamalganj upazila on Sunday.
Youth held for posing cartoon of PM on Facebook
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a young man from Kheyaghat area in Sadar upazila on Sunday evening on charge of posting cartoon of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook.The arrested was identified as Roman Palowan, 28,…
Man slain in Sylhet
Police recovered the slaughtered body of a man in Chardighipar area of the city on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Abu Khalil, 55, son of Sad Uddin Al Habib, a resident of the area.
One arrested with heroin in Benapole
Benapole Port Thana police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered one kilogram of heroin worth about Taka one crore from Sadipiur village of Benapole frontier last night.The arrested person was Kalu, 45, son of late Amir…
13 fortune seekers return from the jaws of death
Members of the Coast Guard and the Border Guard Bangladesh in their separate drives in the district on Sunday rescued 13 people who were reportedly thrown into the sea from Malaysia-bound ships and salvaged by Myanmar fishermen earlier.In-charge of the…
Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming day observed in Ctg
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its front organizations today celebrated the homecoming day of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through the day-long programmes.Chittagong city, north and south district units of AL celebrated the day through elaborate programmes including placing of…
Foreign cigarettes worth Tk 70 thousand destroyed
A mobile court here today destroyed foreign brand cigarettes worth around Taka 70 thousand on charge of violating the tobacco control law.Executive Magistrate Shimul Akhtar told local journalists that the mobile court conducted the drives against smoking in public places—at…
Farmers urged to farm zinc rice
Agri experts at a function urged the farmers to farm zinc enriched rice BRRI Dhan 64 in large scale to meet the necessary requirement of micronutrient for a human body and increase disease resistant capacity of children and mothers.“Zinc is…
Grameenphone to pump in more funds to widen its internet subscriber base
Grameenphone says it will go for more investment to raise the number of its internet subscribers to 50 million.Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Sethi revealed the plan while talking to reporters of bdnews24.com and several other media outlets on Sunday at…