Bangladesh have given their 2016 Bangabandhu Gold Cup campaign a flying start with a resounding win over Sri Lanka in the opening match.The hosts thrashed the islanders 4-2 at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore on Friday.Mamunul Islam and his…
Month: January 2016
El Chapo recaptured
Mexico has recaptured the world’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, President Enrique Pena Nieto said via Twitter on Friday, six months after he brazenly broke out of a high security prison through a tunnel.Guzman, the head of…
Better safety helps Bangladesh shipbuilding industry
Amy Yee At Western Marine’s shipyard on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, machines shriek and sparks fly as workers turn hulking pieces of metal into gigantic ships. The clanging of hammers echoes as a stray dog trots across…
How Kenya confirmed the deathbed of WTO
When the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle, Washington in 1999, the Africa paper[1] carefully prepared by the Kenya representatives to the WTO in Geneva had set the stage for the rejection of the strict intellectual property rights which…
Mobile loudspeakers to be installed at border, S. Korea says
JH Ahn Residents of area have expressed fear of North Korean bombardment as consequence of broadcasts Late on Friday afternoon, Yonhap reported North Korea is broadcasting its own propaganda in the hopes of drowning out the ongoing South Korean broadcasts.…
You give me ‘H-Bomb,’ I raise you K-pop: S Korea resumes propaganda
By VICE News and Reuters Let the propaganda wars (re)begin. South Korea’s birthday gift to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, who is believed to have turned 33 today, was to turn its loudspeakers back on and denigrate his wife. In…
BCB reluctant to aend Mustafizur Rahim for Pak Super League
Pakistan Super League franchise Lahore Qalandars had picked Mustafizur Rahman from the gold category, where he was supposed to be paid a fee of USD 50,000. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is considering holding back Mustafizur Rahman from playing in…
Take care of ailing family member!
Blessed are those who are well and have no serious disease or physical disorder. But to fall sick or to get attacked by some critical disease is a part of natural phenomena over which we have no control. I have…
Ruling party establishes fascism in name of democracy: Fakhrul
Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the Awami League-led government has established fascism in the country undercover of democracy. “We’re now going through an absolute fascist rule undercover of democracy. There’s a…
India’s captain faces non-bailable warrant
Dhaka – A local court in Andhra Pradesh’s district of Anantapur has issued a non-bailable warrant against India’s limited-overs captain MS Dhoni, reports ESPNcricinfo. The case relates to a morphed picture of Dhoni that appeared on the cover of a…
Giant Mao statue ‘removed’ from Henan village
A 37m-high (120ft) gold-painted statue of Chairman Mao in China’s countryside has been removed, just days after it was erected, state media report. A village official told the People’s Daily that construction of the Mao Zedong statue had not been…
Bnp getting replies to arson attacks: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said Khaleda Zia committed the same crime as war criminals did in 1971 through her destructive politics in early 2015, and there will be no mercy for such offences. “She (Khaleda) is trying her…
Tablig Biswa Iztema first phase begins Friday
Tens of thousands of devotees flocked to the Turag River bank at Tongi as the first phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the biggest congregations of Muslims in the world, began on Friday.
Anti-state criminals must be punished
Apparently referring to BNP, Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif on Friday said those who committed anti-state crimes must be punished.
BD will take initiative to resolve Rohingya issue internationally
Bangladesh, as an active member of OIC contact group on Rohingya issue, has emphasised a collective role of international community to address the issue.
Coast Guard seized 4000 kgs of banned polythene
Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 4,000 kgs of banned polythene from Pangaon area of River Burigonga in Naryangonj on early Friday.
BB Gold Cup: Bangladesh off to flying start
Bangladesh got off to a flying start in the 4th Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament crushing Sri Lanka by 4-2 goals in the opener at the Shams-Ul-Huda Stadium in Jessore on Friday. Shakhawat Hossain Rony scored two goals for…
Let’s united for democracy & national interests: Fakhrul
STAFF REPORTER BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday that the party had made many mistakes during it past movements.
3 pharmacies fined in Habiganj
Three pharmacies of Shaistaganj in the district were fined Tk 6,000 on Thursday, officials concerned here said today.A mobile court led by Nirbahi Magistrate Sejuti conducted a raid in the area at noon and found that the pharmacies were doing…
Mural of Bangabandhu inaugurated in Rangpur
A newly-built mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was inaugurated at the Zila School Crossing in the city on Thursday.Zila Parishad Administrator and Acting President of district unit of Awami League (AL) Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed at…
4 killed in accident in Dhaka
Dhaka – Four people were killed in separate accidents in the city’s Toragh, Ramna and Kadamtoli areas on Friday.
Blankets distributed at Kotalipara
Six thousand cold hit poor people of Kotalipara of the district got blankets on Thursday.Standard Bank distributed the blankets among the poor people of the upazila, the bank sources said.
Increasing people’s awareness about disaster underscored
Speakers in a function here underscored the need for increasing people’s awareness about natural disasters including earthquake to reduce the losses of lives and damage of properties.They also expressed their view that Bangladesh is also in the risk of newly…
Vatican paper blasts Charlie Hebdo cover as ‘Insulting’ to all faiths
By Elise Harris One year after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris that left 12 dead, the Vatican daily newspaper has condemned the French satirical paper’s anniversary cover which depicts God as an armed terrorist. The illustration on the paper’s…
Saudi mass execution largest since 1980
Beirut – Saudi authorities carried out the largest mass execution in the country since 1980, putting 47 men to death on January 2, 2016. According to the Saudi state news agency, all of the men were convicted on terrorism charges,…
Two refugees arrested in US on terrorism charges
Two men from the Middle East who came to the United States as refugees were arrested on federal terrorism charges in California and Texas for supporting Islamic militant groups, US officials said on Thursday.They are the latest in a series…
15 Bangladeshis rescued in Nicaragua
Police in Nicaragua have rescued 15 Bangladeshi migrants, who were wandering lost on a highway after their smugglers, according to local media reports, abandoned them.The men, aged between 18 and 33, were found on the highway El Crucero at San…
US Congress should act on gun violence
Antonio Ginatta The steps announced today by United States President Barack Obama to reduce gun violence are a welcome and necessary departure from years of inaction –a recognition that the US can and should act to protect citizens from gun-related…
S Korea reactivates propaganda speakers as tensions with North rise
Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have once again ratcheted up as South Korea responds to its northern neighbor’s latest antagonism. The South reactivated its propaganda speakers near its heavily fortified border with North Korea on Friday following…
Tablig Biswa Iztema 1st phase begins
The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the biggest congregations of Muslims in the globe, began on Friday on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the edge of the capital. The congregation, also called the World…