By Paul Quintos Perhaps one of the most critical discussions haunting the post-2015 agenda has to do with the question of “how”: How can such an ambitious plan be financed? Where will resources come from? At least for member states,…
Year: 2015
Air conditioner use trend to put Dhaka on polluters’ rank
The use of air conditioning may rise dramatically by the end of the century, requiring far more electricity and sending pollutants into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates, researchers warned Monday. Refrigerators and air conditioners release hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which can be…
Pakistan all out for 628, Bangladesh 332 plus 273 without loss
Pakistan have added 91 runs to their overnight score against Bangladesh to stretch their lead to 296 on day four of the first Test. The Men in Green reached 537-9 prior to the end of play on Thursday, and they…
Egypt: Morsy trial badly flawed
Beirut – The first trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was compromised by due process violations, the appearance of bias and an absence of conclusive evidence. He was convicted on April 21, 2015, and sentenced to 20 years in…
Left behind to die – Andet’s story
Birgit Schwarz It was about two o’clock in the afternoon, on a warm December day in 2013, when the sound of gunshots and frantic shouting abruptly woke Ambroise Andet from his midday nap. Startled, the 27-year-old propped himself up where…
After the earthquake – What Nepal needs
Meenakshi Ganguly I reached Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu state a few days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami had killed nearly 300,000 people in south and southeast Asia, including more than 10,000 in India. The disaster had shocked the world,…
7-story building leans in Jatrabarhi
Residents of a seven-storey building in Dhalpur Lichubagan area of Dhaka’s Jatrabarhi have been evacuated after it tilted.
Transparent investigation to make sure next election: Sherman
The US has again expressed its disappointment over the irregularities in the city polls and said the focus must now be on a transparent investigation to ensure better polls in future.
Earthquakes: Course of nature or Human Civilization
Earthquake has become the most talkative issue now-a-days all around the world especially in South Asian region because they have experienced the vulnerable shock. Researchers are saying that Bangladesh is positioned at the juncture of several active tectonic plate boundaries.…
Effective water governance: Need of the hour
By Ermelinda Dias Water is identified as 3rd largest risk in the World Economic Forum Risk Report, 2015. Water resources are constantly under pressure due to increasing population and changing lifestyles, pollution and overuse. A growing population pressure on finite…
Maldives: An imperiled democracy
After a Newsmaker event held at the National Press Club in Washington DC on 30 April, attended by Mohamed Nasheed’s wife Laila Ali, his legal team has submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The…
Donetsk Opera offers relief to a city in grip of war
By Tommy Trenchard The cast of Verdi’s Il Trovatore bowed one last time to rapturous applause before the curtain fell in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Though the area is at the center of a separatist effort that…
Australia, Canada want polls irregularities, violence probe
Australia and Canada on Thursday called on the Election Commission and all responsible authorities to swiftly and impartially investigate the reports of irregularities and violence, and ensure that individuals found to have broken the law are held to account. In…
4 killed in Kushtia bus plunge
Four people were killed and 25 others sustained injuries when a bus fell in a roadside ditch at the Noy Mile area in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early Thursday. Identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.
10 injured in police firing at Banani Super Market in capital
At least 10 have been injured after police opened fire during an eviction drive at Banani Super Market. Businessmen alleged that a Dhaka North City Corporation executive magistrate started the drive around 11am on Thursday without any prior notice. DMP…
Political situation likely to figure in US-Bangla dialogue
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R Sherman, who arrived on Thursday, will raise issues related to Bangladesh’s political situation with the government and other interlocutors during her stay. Sherman, accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State for…
Charge hearing against Fakhrul, 28 others July 30
A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing in a case filed against 29 leaders and activists of BNP including its Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to July 30.
Warrant against Tarique – Aug 30 set for report
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday set August 30 for submission of the compliance report on the arrest of BNP Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed against him for making derogatory remarks against…
Sramik Dal refused Suhrawardy Udyan, given IDE
Police authorities has given permission to Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, workers front of BNP, to hold its discussion meeting at Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) at Kakrail to mark the May Day on Friday afternoon. Sramik Dal had sought permission…
‘Cancel farcical city elections’ – Pro-Bnp professionals
Terming the Tuesday’s city polls as “mockery and farce”, Bangladesh Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad on Thursday demanded cancellation of the polls and hold fresh elections in the three city corporation in Dhaka and Chittagong. Ruhul Amin Gazi, acting president of the…
Attack on Zia’s mazar a conspiracy: Gen Mahbub
BNP standing committee member Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Thursday said that the attack on late President Ziaur Rahman’s mazar at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar was outcome of a conspiracy. He made the comments while talking to reporters after visiting the…
Classroom crisis halts classes in JU
Classes and examinations of the environmental sciences department of Jahangirnagar University has been halted for about a month while the dept. of computer science and engineering is going to boycott all academic activities on Friday as the authorities have failed…
Rosatom plans Chinese expansion with new office
Russia’s State Nuclear Power Corporation- ROSATOM plans to open a regional centre in China by the middle of the current year. The China office will be set with an objective to strengthen Rosatom’s position in the Chinese market and will…
Woman strangulated to death over dowry in Sirajganj
A pregnant housewife was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband and his family members for dowry at Amdanga village in Salanga upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Two men commit ‘suicide’ in Jessore
Two young men allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Sadar and Jhikargachha upazilas of Jessore district early Thursday and Wednesday night.
Jamaat leader held in Chapainawabganj
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Makrampur area in Gomastapur upazila on Wednesday.
Indian citizen held for illegal trespassing in Pabna
Police arrested an Indian national from Gohamabona village in Poba upazila on charge of illegal trespassing in Bangladesh territory on Wednesday.
Housewife commits ‘suicide’ in Sylhet
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Malikandi village in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday.
61 held for ‘subversive activities’ in Satkhira
Police arrested 61 people, including five activists of Jamaat-Shibir, from different parts of the district during a drive continuing for 24 hours till Thursday morning on charges of ‘subversive activities’.
Drug peddler gets six months’ imprisonment
A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for drug peddling.