Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a truck ploughed through their house in Dwariarpur municipality area of Shahjadpur upazila early Tuesday.
Month: January 2016
Law & order situation to be under control for socioeconomic dev: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the members of Bangladesh Police to be the servants of people facing all the challenges and stand beside the helpless and endangered ones as their trusted friends.
4 die in a road accident in Daudkandi, 60 km east of Dhaka
Four people — three members of a family and their domestic help — were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car at Tamta in Daudkandi upazila early Tuesday.
6 missing on trawler capsizing in Meghna
At least six people went missing as a trawler packed with over 60 passengers capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila after being hit by a goods-laden vessel amid dense fog on Tuesday morning.
Tarique’s mother-in-law challenges ACC case at HC –
Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in-law of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the graft case filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Sedition summon pasted in front of Khaleda Zia’s residence
A court official on Tuesday pasted a copy of the summon issued against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sedition case on the main gate of her Gulshan residence as non one in her favour received it.
Yunus Proposes Social Orientation to Olympic Games
News Desk Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach for a discussion with him and visit the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at Lausanne, Switzerland when Professor Yunus met…
Work abstention begins in Colleges of Rajshahi
Rajshahi Correspondent The BCS general education cadre association observed work abstention in government Colleges of Rajshahi protesting cancelation of time scale and selection grade in the 8th pay scale.
Radwanska blasts into Australian Open semis
Fired-up fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska blasted into her fifth career Grand Slam semi-final Tuesday with a dominant straight-sets mauling of Carla Suarez at the Australian Open.The Spanish 10th seed was no match for the popular and composed Pole whose never-say-die…
Shari`ah Supervisory Committee meeting of IBBL held
A meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on January 26, 2016, Tuesday at Islami Bank Tower.
Red-hot Rabada sinks England in fourth Test
The hosts needed a little more than an hour on the final day to reduce England, who won the series 2-1, from 52 for three to 101 all out with Rabada returning match figures of 13-159 to drive home his…
Free Medical Camp for disabled people concluded
A two-day Free Medical Camp for the disabled people concluded today at a simple function at Ghior of the district under the auspices of Protibandhi Unnayan Foundation.During the period, the medical camp provided free medical services to the poor and…
BSTI sues seven bakeries in Ctg
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) today filed a case against the owners of seven business institutions for not renewing certificates and for selling and distributing goods without assess standards.Mohammad Safayet Hossain, an officer of BSTI, Chittagong Zone, filed…
Information fair begins in Jamalpur
A two-day information fair began at Boishakhi Mela field in Jamalpur town this afternoon.District Administration and Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) jointly organised the fair.Additional Deputy Commissioner Md. Rassel Sabrin formally inaugurated the fair. A total of 31 stalls were…
Three day digital fair begins in Chuadanga
Chuadanga District Administration has organized a three day digital innovation fair which was began at local football ground today. Deputy Commissioner of Chuadanga, Saima Yunus inaugurated the fair as the chief guest while Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT), Chuadanga…
Bangladesh face South Africa in ICC U-19 WC tomorrow
Motivated Bangladesh under-19 team will start their ICC U-19 World Cup (WC) campaign when they face their South African counterpart in their opening group A encounter scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.In…
FIFA confirms final five for presidential vote
FIFA on Tuesday confirmed the final five candidates for the presidency of the world body one month from the vote.FIFA’s electoral committee said that Prince Ali bin al Hussein, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale and…
Child obesity increasing in developing world
Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an “exploding nightmare” in the developing world, including Africa where the number of obese and overweight children under five has nearly doubled since 1990, a WHO commission said Monday.The authors of…
Teenagers affected by chronic fatigue syndrome
Teenagers as young as 16 are experiencing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), say researchers, adding that it shows that the condition is much more common in them than previously thought.The team from the University of Bristol in Britain found that almost…
India wins the 1st T20
India drew first blood in the three-match Twenty20 series when they beat Australia by 37 runs at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.After Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and sent the visitors in to bat on both countries’ national…
Nepal fixes minimum wage for migrant workers in Oman
Muscat: Nepalese government has fixed minimum basic salary and food allowances for unskilled and domestic workers at OMR120 ($311) in Oman, according to a statement issued by the Nepalese Embassy in Muscat. “Those sponsors willing to recruit Nepalese workers through…
BUP VC Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled off to England
Dhaka – The Honourable Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Major General Sheikh Mamun Khaled, SUP, psc, PhD, has left Bangladesh for England on 23 January 2016.
Global FDI flows rebound to reach $1.7 trillion
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) — Global flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) jumped by 36% in 2015, reaching an estimated US$1.7 trillion, with the principal factor behind the global rebound being a surge in FDI targeting the developed economies, the United…
African farmers lead way in climate-resilient agroecology
In 2015, the Oakland Institute released 33 case studies providing irrefutable evidence of the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture across the African continent in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty. Agroecological projects have restored degraded land and saved…
Boat carrying 60 passengers capsize 200km off Dhaka
A ferry boat carrying about 60 passengers on board capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila, about 200 kilometres southeast of Capital Dhaka, on Tuesday morning.
BNP will be thrown into dustbin of history, says Syed Ashraf
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday said BNP will be thrown into the dustbin of history if it fails to accept the truth. “The formation of a party doesn’t mean it’ll survive forever. A party…
Present Parliament like a Bazaar, deliberates no problem : Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night alleged that no public issue and the country’s problems are now discussed in the ‘so-called’ 10th parliament for lack of democracy. “There’s no one to speak for people as there’s no…
Canadian ‘Second Cup Coffee’ opens in BD
Canadian top coffee maker Second Cup has begun its journey in Bangladesh’s “growing” coffee market.The global brand opened an outlet at Banani in the capital Dhaka on Monday, announcing they will open more such outlets in Uttara, Gulshan, and Dhanmondi.Canadian…
‘The Revenant’ tops US box office
With a blizzard hammering the East Coast, Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Revenant” topped a subdued US box office with $16 million at 3,711 locations this weekend, according to Sunday estimates.Winter Storm Jonas shut down theatres Saturday in New York City, Washington…
Suicide attack kills 32 in Cameron
Suicide bombers targeting a town in northern Cameroon killed 32 people and wounded 66 on Monday, one of the worst attacks yet in the Central African nation as it struggles to contain violence blamed on Nigeria’s Boko Haram.State-owned radio and…