The triennial council of Jhalakathi District Awami League will be held at Old Stadium here tomorrow (Saturday) after nine years of its schedule.Its last council was held in June in 2006 and the committee constituted at the council has so…
Month: January 2016
83 held with yaba, liquor in Ctg
Chittagong district police in separate drives arrested 83 people from different upazilas of the district last night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 83 persons from different upazilas of the district for their…
1,500 leaders, workers of BNP join AL
Over 1,500 leaders and workers of BNP today joined formally the ruling Awami League (AL) being imbued with the ideologies of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.They joined the Awami League by handing over flower bouquets to Industries…
International waterfowl census begins
A seven-day International Waterbird Census covering 25-30 char areas of Bhola, Laxmipur, Noakhali and Patuakhali districts kicked off on Friday.A nine-member team of Bangladesh Bird Club (BBC), Nature Conservation Management (NACOM), and Prakity O Jibon Foundation.will carry out the counting…
China too putting sanctions against N.Korea: Seoul
South’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Friday that China has expressed intent to participate in the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions against North Korea.China’s agreement reportedly took place in a working-level defense policy meeting with South Korea.“During the meeting…
Australia beat India by seven wickets in second ODI
Australia scored 309-3 to beat India by seven wickets in their second one day international at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday.
Sri Lanka beat Malaysia 2-1 in Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Sri Lanka shrugged off their previous match defeat as they beat Malaysia by 2-1 goals in the group A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament held on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.The victory of Sri…
Trial of a new Painkiller Left a Person Brain Dead
The trial of a new painkiller has gone drastically wrong in France, leaving one person brain dead and five others in a serious condition.On Friday, one source apparently familiar with the situation initially said the drug was a cannabis-based drug.…
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 16 runs in Twenty20
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 16 runs in the opening Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.
Leave no refugee behind
Helen Clark and Filippo Grandi New York – The world has entered an era in which people are being displaced at an unprecedented rate. In 2014, conflict and persecution forced 42,500 people a day to flee their homes, nearly quadruple…
The right incentives for a low-crrbon future
Thomas Fricke Berlin – The climate agreement that world leaders reached in Paris last month has been widely celebrated for establishing the ambitious target of limiting the increase in global temperature to well below 2º Celsius above pre-industrial levels. But…
Has Leonardo DiCaprio lost the most Oscars
Olivia Truffaut-Wong Leonardo DiCaprio has, over the years, become the “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” of the Oscars. Constantly delivering great performances, DiCaprio has been up for an Oscar four times — first for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape in…
Is the cure for cancer real or rhetoric?
by Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address announced a new national “moon shot” effort to cure cancer. “For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the family we can still save, let’s make America the…
Record global investment in clean energy in 2015 amid fossil fuel price crash
London and New York PRNewswire — Clean energy investment surged in China, Africa, the US, Latin America and India in 2015, driving the world total to its highest ever figure, of $329.3bn, up 4% from 2014’s revised $315.9bn and beating…
Spacecraft Jupiter breaks distance record
NASA’s first solar-powered spacecraft Juno to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity’s most distant solar-powered emissary.The probe, launched from the Earth in 2011 to study the giant planet from an elliptical, polar orbit, achieved the milestone on Wednesday…
Killer whales at risk of extinction
Killer whales are at risk of extinction off industrialized regions of Europe from poisonous chemicals banned decades ago that are still leaching into the seas, scientists said on Thursday.The study, which took samples from 1,000 killer whales, dolphins and porpoises,…
Alan Rickman dies at 69
British actor Alan Rickman, whose roles ranged from Hollywood villains to Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films, has died after a battle with cancer aged 69.With his aquiline features and cultured – if often menacing – English accent, he…
A cup of coffee can keep you fit
Struggling to stick to fitness regime? Have a cup of coffee! According to an interesting study, the use of caffeine could help people stick to their fitness plans.Researchers said that reducing perception of effort during exercise using caffeine (or other…
The beginning of a goodbye to Obama
By Vinson Cunningham Almost nine years ago, shortly after Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President, near the steps of the Illinois statehouse, I joined the staff of the then-Senator’s unlikely campaign, as a lowest-level fund-raiser in New York. My…
BD starts their world T20 preparation
Bangladesh are gearing up for the World Twenty20 in a four-match series against Zimbabwe in Khulna.On Nov 28, 2006, the teams made their debut in the shortest format against each other at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, where they will play…
IS link to deadly attack on Indonesian capital Jakarta
By Reuters News Agency Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, police said, in an attack that followed a threat by Islamic State fighters to put the country in their “spotlight.”…
Striking university teachers seek PM’s intervention to end pay dispute
Dhaka – Voicing their utmost desire to return to classrooms, leaders of Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA) on Thursday said the ongoing crisis over ‘salary discrimination’ in the 8th pay scale’ could be resolved quickly with the Prime…
Tablig Ijtema second phase of begins Friday
Dhaka – The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema will begin on Friday at the bank of river Turag at Tongi in Gazipur. It will end on Sunday with akhery munajat. The devotees from 15 districts will participate in the second…
TIB finds graft, irregularities in RMG export supply chain
Dhaka – A number of foreign buyers of ready made garments (RMG) are exploiting the Bangladeshi suppliers through buying products from them and then later terming them as ‘non-compliant’, a research report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) saidon Thursday. TIB,…
Malaysian CM,Dr Zambry & Dr. Yunus have signed MOU on Social Business
Chief Minister of Malaysian State of Perak, Dr Zambry bin Abdul Kadir visited Yunus Centre today to meet and have discussions with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus together with a 46-member delegation.
DU students demand change of Metrorail route
DU Correspondent The general students of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday demanded change of the proposed metro rail route a part of which has been planned to be built through DU campus.
Separate pay scale for university teachers: Strike continues
DU correspondent As per their prescheduled programme, teachers of all 37 public universities continued the indefinite work stoppage yesterday for the 4th consecutive day, protesting the “government inaction” on addressing their demand for removing the “pay disparity” with bureaucrats.
ACC submits charge sheet against Tarique’s mother-in-law
STAFF REPORTER Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday submitted charge sheet before a Dhaka Court against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman’s mother –in-law Syeda Iqbalmand Banu for not submitting her wealth statement.