Cricket Australia says it has delayed the departure of its test team for a two-match tour of Bangladesh due to concerns about the safety and security of the team. Chief executive James Sutherland said in a statement late Saturday that…
Year: 2015
In North Korea, sometimes the dead come back
By Leo Byrne No, not zombies – absence of medical care, standard funeral homes means some are declared dead prematurely I know there are many funeral halls in South Korea. But there were none in my hometown in North Korea.…
Six of a family killed in Gopalganj, 12 elsewhere in accidents
Eighteen people, including six members of a single family, were killed and 29 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Gopalganj, Chuadanga, Magura, Comilla and Munshigannj districts on Saturday. In Gopalganj, six members of a family and another person…
Saudi mufti says, Hajj stampede deaths ‘beyond human control’
Saudi Arabia’s most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said Thursday’s stampede that killed more than 700 people at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkaah was beyond human control. He told the interior minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, that…
Building climate trust
Rachel Kyte Washington DC – In less than 80 days, world leaders will have the opportunity to strike a once-in-a-generation agreement in the fight against climate change. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December could mark a…
Bnp condemns sedition charges against Tarique as uncivilised
BNP on Wednesday condemned the pressing of sedition charges against its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman saying it was an unjustified and undemocratic move. “It can’t be a logical step in any way to bring sedition charges against our senior vice-chairman…
Hasina exchanges Eid greetings with expatriated in NY
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged Eid greetings with expatriate Bangladeshis in New York. The premier who is there to attend the session of the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) which is scheduled to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, replacing the…
Emission tricking: Volkswagen models sale halted in Switzerland
Switzerland has temporarily banned the sale of Volkswagen (VW) diesel-engine models which could have devices capable of tricking emission tests. It said the move could affect 180,000 cars – not yet sold or registered – in the Euro5 emission category.…
Iran says Saudi govt was responsible for the accident
Saudi Arabia on Friday suggested pilgrims ignoring crowd control rules bore some blame for a crush that killed over 700 people at the Hajj pilgrimage in the annual event’s worst disaster for 25 years.
Slaughtering spots get little response in city
The government for the first time this year designated 538 spots across Dhaka for slaughtering of animals during Eid-ul-Azha, but the initiative has failed to get much response from the people.
UN adopts global goals to combat poverty, inequality and climate change
World leaders on Friday adopted the most sweeping agenda ever of global goals to combat poverty, inequality and climate change, described by the United Nations secretary-general as “a to-do list for people and planet”.
Assam loses an honest and courageous journalist
By Nava Thakuria He was an honest, brave and impartial journalist, who used to raise voices relentlessly against the separatist militants of the troubled northeast India. Moreover, he was also vocal in favor of basic minimum facility & rights for the working…
Eid being celebrated across Bangladesh on Friday
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated on Friday across the Bangladesh, as elsewhere in neighbouring countries, with due solemnity and religious fervor. The festival began in the morning with offering of Eid…
People are united behind Bnp: Khaleda tells London rally
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia told a meeting in London on Thirsday that the people were united behind her party. Misrule, repression and opperssion of the present unelected government has made people extremely desperate, she said.
Hajj stampede: Saudis face growing criticism over deaths
Iran has led growing criticism of Saudi Arabia after at least 717 people died and 863 were injured in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council accused the Saudis of “incompetence” and…
Hajj stampede: Saudi king orders safety review
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered a safety review for the Hajj pilgrimage after at least 717 people died in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca. Another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred…
Road accidents kill at least 11 and injure 20 across country
Road traffic accidents in Bangladesh amid the Eid holiday rush on the highways have left 11 people dead. The accidents in Bogra, Narayanganj, Faridpur, Feni, Netrokona and Jhenaidah on Thursday also saw at least 20 others injured, police said. Muslims…
717 Hajj pilgrims killed & 800 injured in Mina
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, the Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 863 others were injured…
Hasina meets Modi
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met Narendra Modi in New York where both leaders are currently staying to attend the 70th UN General Assembly.
Quader apologises for failure in keeping highways free
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader, who had promised Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers traffic snarl-free commute, has begged their forgiveness for failing to keep his word. He inspected the Dhaka-Tangail and Nabinagar-Chandra highways on Thursday.
35 KM long tailback at Dhaka-Tangail highway
Traffic is almost at a standstill on a 35-km stretch from Gazipur’s Chandna intersection to Tangail’s Gorhai. Meanwhile, movement of vehicles is also very slow on the 21-km stretch between Gazipur’s Chandra to Nabinagar.
BNP chief Khaleda to exchange Eid greetings with people in London
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange Eid greetings with the leaders of the Bangladeshi community, supporters and journalists in the UK at a central London hotel. The Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the UK on Thursday.
Celta hand masters Barca a footballing lesson
Celta Vigo achieved something few, if any, clubs have managed in recent times when they thumped Barcelona 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday, giving the Spanish and European champions a lesson in how to play football. Barca went into the…
US Asstt Scy Delaney, envoy Bernicat say Bd has not met all GSP conditions
The government may claim it has fulfilled the 16-point action plan Washington rolled out two years back, but Bangladesh appears a long way off getting back preferential trade benefits in the US market under GSP facility. Visiting Assistant US Trade…
How brain encodes memory of time, place
Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory. This circuit, which connects the hippocampus and a region of the brain known as entorhinal cortex, separates location…
Death toll in Mina Hajj stampede rising
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 805 others were injured in…
Trafic jam on highways cause make home-bound people suffer
Thousands of home-goers were stuck on three highways and connecting roads on Thursday due to serious traffic jam as a large number of vehicles left the capital with homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Serious traffic jam was reported on Dhaka-Chittagong,…
Stop the killing fields
by Sunita Narain This is our season of despair. This year, it would seem, the gods have been most unkind to Indian farmers. Early in the year came the weird weather events, like hailstorms and freak and untimely rains that…
In Metro, life in a metro
Sudhirendar Sharma No sooner had I blessed myself for being first in the queue, and had dug myself into reading a noted historian’s much-talked about interview on ‘past is present’, my ‘present’ was shattered by a middle-age intruder who had…
Disaster capitalism: Outsourcing violence and exploitation
Robert J. Burrowes In his just-released book, ‘Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe’, http://www.versobooks.com/books/1985-disaster-capitalism Antony Loewenstein offers us a superb description of the diminishing power of national governments and international organisations to exercise power in the modern world…