Dhaka – The visiting delegation of the European Parliament (EP) favours some ‘agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election due in 2019 so that ‘many parties’ can participate in it in a free, fair and open manner with…
Month: February 2016
UNESCO to assess impacts of Rampal plant on Sundarbans
A high-profile Unesco delegation will visit the Sundarbans soon to assess the possible impacts of the proposed coal-based Rampal power plant on the world’s largest mangrove forest.
EP for ‘agreed mechanisms’ for 2019 election
The visiting delegation of the European Parliament (EP) favours some ‘agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election due in 2019 so that ‘many parties’ can participate in it in a free, fair and open manner with ‘maximum choices’.
First-ever Rohingya census begins
The first-ever census of unregistered Rohingya population in Bangladesh began in six districts on Friday to determine their exact number and stop their further influx into Bangladesh. Resolving the long-pending issue in a systematic and transparent way is also the…
A code of conduct need for sitting & retired judges:Law minister
STAFF REPORTER A code of conduct both for the sitting and retired judges of the Supreme Court is needed, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said yesterday.
University girl victim of cyber crime
RU Correspondent A female student of Var endra University (VU) has fallen in victim of Cyber Crime.
2 killed in a microbus accident
A microbus was set to afire as it hit two pedestrians killing one and injured another one in the city’s Jatrabari area on Friday.
2 died falling from buildings in Madhya Badda and Pallabi
Two people, including a construction worker, died falling from two multistoreyed buildings in separate incidents in city’s Madhya Badda and Pallabi areas on Friday.
UN to provide aid in Syria
The UN says it hopes to start delivering aid to some besieged areas in Syria within the next 24 hours.The move comes shortly after world powers agreed to push for a cessation of hostilities in a week’s time.Some Syrian cities…
Banglalink CTO freed.. assurance of ‘solution to problem’
Employees of Banglalink have freed an official after nine hours’ of confinement with the management and police promising to look into the dismissal of a senior engineer.Ujjal Paul, the president of the proposed employees’ union of mobile-phone operator Banglalink, said…
Banglalink staff confine chief tech officer to protest removal of engineer
Employees of mobile-phone operator Banglalink have confined an official demanding withdrawal of an order sacking a senior engineer.They were yet to let Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Perihane Elhamy leave her office in the operator’s headquarters at Gulshan at 10:45pm on…
Development will not last without democracy…Khaleda
Bangladesh’s development will not sustain in the absence of democracy, Khaleda Zia has told a visiting delegation of the European Parliament.The representatives of the European Union’s parliament met the BNP chief at her Gulshan office on Thursday.“It was clearly stated…
Shakib in Caribbean league for $1.1 lakh
Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been sold for $1,10,000 or Tk 87 lakh to a Caribbean Super League (CPL) team. The star all-rounder is going to join Jamaica Talawas, following his successes in Indian Premier League (IPL) previously…
BSMMU professor accuses Square Hospital of administering fake medicine
The High Court has ordered an inquiry into allegations of patients being administered spurious drugs at Dhaka’s Square Hospital.The court issued the order in response to a writ petition filed by Prof Dr AMM Zakaria Swapan, who alleged that he…
Einstein was right 100 years ago
The researchers said they detected gravitational waves coming from two black holes – extraordinarily dense objects whose existence also was foreseen by Einstein – that orbited one another, spiralled inward and smashed together. They said the waves were the product…
RU BCL demands trial of Khaleda over her remark on martyrs
RU Correspondent Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit demanded trial of Begum Khaleda Zia, the BNP chairperson, for her controversial remark on the martyrs of Liberation War.
US spy chief warns of space wars, N Korean nukes, ‘Cyber Armageddon’
By Tess Owen Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presented what he described as a “litany of doom” at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, detailing the various national security threats currently faced by the United States. “Unpredictable…
6 Jammat-Shibir men arrested in Panchagarh
Six Jammat-Shibir activists were arrested from one Jammat leader Hassan Ali’s house in Fulbari area under Panchagarh sadar upazila of the district this morning.The arrested were Md. Juel, 22, Abdul Quader, 20, Al-Mamun, 22, Ashik, 19, Hasan Ali, 50, and…
Former JP MP Bachchu dies
Former Jatiya Party MP and valiant freedom fighter Major (retd) Shamsul Huda Bachchu, who was locally known as Major Bachchu, died of cardiac arrest at his Index Plaza residence in the town this morning. He was 70.He left behind his…
Month before tournament, WT20 problems mount
Storm clouds were gathering Thursday over cricket’s World Twenty20, with organisers still to release tickets or confirm the venues, less than a month before the tournament begins in India.Hundreds of thousands of supporters are expected to attend the 16-team contest…
NATO to fight against human smuggling
Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says.The announcement followed a request from Turkey, Germany and Greece at a defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels.Mr Stoltenberg…
Exercise and meditation helps to fight depression
If you feel down and out most of the time, try meditation coupled with aerobic exercises twice a week for just two months to beat the blues forever, finds a study, adding that this mind and body combination reduced the…
Anushka to learn wrestling for ‘Sultan’
Actress Anushka Sharma, who is sharing screen space with superstar Salman Khan in “Sultan”, is learning how to wrestle for the film.Taking to her Twitter account, Anushka posted images wherein she can be seen in the wrestling ring, leaning forth,…
Heart breaking loss for young tigers
Bangladesh bowed out of the ICC U19 World Cup on Thursday, but with their heads high. The young Tigers suffered an agonising three-wicket loss at the hands of West Indies who will now play India in the final.It was a…
Once again gold price is up
Gold prices have risen again for the second time in a week.The prices of the precious metal were raised by Tk 1,225 per bhori (11.66gm) after its increase by the same amount on Feb 4.The new prices will take effect…
Wild elephant tramples motorbikes in Indian town
It’s been one of those weeks in India when it comes to wild animals rampaging through populated areas and inflicting damage. On Sunday, it was a 6-year-old leopard that mauled three people. On Wednesday, a large elephant rumbled through a…
Ranking North Korean army officer executed?
Seoul -A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for “factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption,” a South Korean government official with knowledge of North Korean affairs told CNN Thursday. The official, who spoke to CNN on condition of…
Sedition charge against Newspaper editor
Dhaka–A sedition complaint has been filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of English daily The Daily Star, for publishing corruption reports against Awami League president Sheikh Hasina,supplied by DGFI, without any verification.
10 questions for US presidential candidates
Danielle Nierenberg In a recent poll by the Union of Concerned Scientists, 94 percent of American voters expressed concern about the state of the food system – and also said that food was a very important issue to them. More…
Book launched at BAU
A book was launched at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) vice-chancellor’s office. on last monday. Titled ‘Shopnoloker sagorkanna’ the book was written by young poet & journalist Ariful Islam yesterday.