Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of bombing its embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, state media say.
Month: January 2016
Why real King Kong became extinct
The largest ape to roam Earth died out 100,000 years ago because it failed to tuck into savannah grass after climate change hit its preferred diet of forest fruit, scientists suggest.Gigantopithecus — the closest Nature ever came to producing a…
Priyanka wins People’s Choice Awards
Bollywood actress and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra has won the Favourite Actress in a New TV series award at the People’s Choice Awards 2016 here for her leading role in American TV thriller series “Quantico”.The 33-year-old, who plays the…
Oil price tumbles to below $33
Oil prices tumbled to $32.62 a barrel on Thursday as a result of rising US energy stockpiles and China’s weakening currency. Brent crude fell 4.7% while US West Texas Intermediate was down 3.9%. For US oil, that was its lowest…
White House disputes North Korea’s claim of Hydrogen Bomb test
By Somini Sengupta, David E Sanger and Choe Sang-Hun United Nations — The United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea for its nuclear test on Wednesday, but there was no evidence yet that the North’s most powerful backer, China, was…
Delhi plan leapfrog to Euro VI emissions standards in 2020 welcomed
New Delhi – The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark decision of the Union government to skip Euro V emissions standards and leapfrog to Euro VI standards in 2020. With this, India will take the first…
41 organizations to export raw jute
The government has given permission to 41 organisations to export 277,000 bales of raw jute as a “special measure”.Saikat Chandra Halder, PRO of the textile and jute ministry, informed the media of the decision on Wednesday.He said these organisations would…
3 to hang for Kazi Aref’s murder
Death sentences of three convicted for the 1999 killings of five JaSad leaders, including its founding president Kazi Aref, will be executed on Thursday.Executions of Safayet Hossain Habib, Anwar Hossain and Rashedul Islam Jhantu will take place at midnight at…
Pakistan supplying Sri Lanka with fighter aircraft
By Richard Tomkins Colombo — Sri Lanka is to buy eight JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft from Pakistan under an agreement signed during a state visit to the country by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Sri Lanka Sunday Times newspaper…
Alabama chief justice orders halt to same-sex marriage licences
By Colleen Jenkins The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court ordered the state’s probate judges on Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last year legalizing gay marriage. Gay marriage…
Saudi executions: Some possible consequences
By Chandra Muzaffar The execution of 47 people by the Saudi authorities on the 2nd of January 2016 reinforces my deeply held conviction that the death penalty should be abolished. No State should have the power to impose the death…
Bnp slams govt for snubbing dialogue offer
Dhaka – Criticising the government for turning down its dialogue offer, BNP on Wednesday said the ruling party is out to implement its ill-motive to hang onto power. “If they (govt) restore democratic and human rights of people, then there’ll…
Pak request to withdraw diplomat not supportive of teis: Shahriar
Dhaka – State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Wednesday said Pakistan’s ‘request’ to withdraw Bangladesh’s diplomat without showing any reason will not be ‘supportive’ for relations between the two countries. “There’s been no explanation (from Pakistan). They…
North Korea says it tested hydrogen bomb
NK News North Korea claimed it carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test on Wednesday, in a broadcast at midday Pyongyang time on Korean Central Television (KCTV). The announcement followed the detection of an artificial earthquake which took place two…
North Korean test unlikely to be hydrogen bomb – Bennett
Leo Byrne North Korean media’s claims they they tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday have caused widespread speculation about the current status on the DPRK’s nuclear weapons technologies. Thermonuclear explosions – such as the pictured Ivy Mike nuclear test.– are…
North Korea claims successful explosion of a Hydrogen Bomb
By Keegan Hamilton North Korea has announced that it successfully detonated a small hydrogen bomb, a declaration that followed a suspicious earthquake Wednesday near a site where the country previously conducted three nuclear weapons tests. A hydrogen bomb, also known…
Celebrate the International Year of Pulses
Danielle Nirenberg 2016 is the United Nations International Year of Pulses (IYP). Pulses, or grain legumes, include 12 crops such as dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas, and lentils, which are high in protein, fiber, and micronutrients. In celebration of the…
Bnp leader Mirza Abbas sent to jail
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday sent BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas to the jail rejecting his bail petitions in three cases. Of the cases two have been filed with Paltan and Motijheel Police Stations…
Police arrests Biman employee in gold smuggling case
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested an employee of Bangladesh Biman Airlines from Uttara in the city on Tuesday night in connection with recovery of 14.5 kg gold from the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal…
SC upholds Jamaat chief Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Motiur Rahman Nizami, for his involvement in wartime offences. In its short order, the apex court said, “This appeal is allowed in part. Appellant…
Jamaat calls countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal Thursday
Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country for today as the apex court upheld the war tribunal’s death sentence awarded to its ameer Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in…
EU grants 118m Euro to improve democratic governance
The European Union grants EUR 118 million (11 Crore 80 Lac Taka) for Civil Society Participation in Decision Making, Food and Nutrition Security, and Skills Development in Bangladesh The EU Development Cooperation Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) 2014-2020 aims at assisting…
Home Minister says ignore Jamaat’s ‘paper hartal’
Dhaka – Terming the hartal as ‘Paper hartal’ the Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday called upon the transports workers to ply their vehicle. Ply your vehicles despite hartal hours without any fear as members of the law enforcement agencies…
Sylhet stadium ready to host U19 Cricket World Cup matches
The Sylhet International Cricket Stadium is ready to host the ICC for its U19 Cricket World Cup matches.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hand over the responsibility of the venue to International Cricket Council on Thursday, BCB grounds committee chairman Hanif…
BCB invite SLC for ODI series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) recently sent an invitation letter to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to play of a number of bilateral ODIs in Bangladesh after the World Twenty20, 2016.In that invitation letter BCB also invited Sri Lankan Cricket for one…
One gets jail for taking drugs in Narail
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced one youth to three months imprisonment for taking drugs in Lohagara upazila.The convict was identified as Yusuf Musli, 30, son of Abdur Rouf of Mangalhata village of the upazila.
2 sweet factories fined Tk 30 lakh in Ctg
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night fined two sweet factories at city’s Panchliah and Bitazid area Taka 30 lakh for different reasons.RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar led the mobile court at Shershah Colony area under Biyazid…
Man kills daughter, self in Khulna
A man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after killing his physically challenged daughter at Ali Ahsan Road in the city early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Mostafa Kamal, 55, a resident of Ali Ahsan Road area in the city,…
9 held with 10 lakh Yaba pills in Ctg
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine people and recovered 10 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet in the Bay of Bengal early Wednesday.Identities of the arrestee could not be known immediately.
Youth beaten dead by ‘cousin, nephew’ in Sylhet
A youth was beaten to death allegedly by his cousin and nephew over a family feud at Rashidpur village in Balaganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Suruj Mia, 30, son of Tahid Ullah hailing from…