Health Desk The many joys of being alone are not very healthy, according to a recent research, which claims that loneliness and isolation can put your heart at risk. The study links loneliness and social isolation to around a 30%…
Month: April 2016
BNP conspired to kill Joy, alleges Obaidul
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday alleged that BNP hatched a conspiracy to kill Awami League’s future leader Sajeeb Wazed Joy out of its frustration as it remained out of power for a long time. “But, Awami…
Create more scope for education of poor students: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday stressed taking more initiatives so that the country’s poor and meritorious students have a greater access to education. “More initiatives should be there so that the poor and meritorious students get greater scope of…
Death toll reaches 48 from Japan earthquakes
Searchers found a man’s body Wednesday in a landslide-hit area in southern Japan, bringing the death toll to 48 from two powerful earthquakes last week. Three people remain missing. Kumamoto prefecture said that another 11 have died from illnesses believed…
Drone flights banned during Obamas’ visit to London
Drone flights above central London and Windsor have been banned while president Barack Obama is visiting the city. Restrictions imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) say that as part of the “overarching security plan” flights by drones and other…
Stuck the whole night on a plane
Dhaka – Travellers who seethe when their plane is delayed on the tarmac for a few minutes should spare a thought for the 190 people on an Indian budget flight who had to spend the night in the plane parked…
13 killed as two buses, one with driver falling asleep, collide in Rangpur
Dhaka – At least 13 people, including two women, were killed and 42 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Teromile on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila on Wednesday morning, unb news agency reported. Ten of…
Christoph Mueller quits Malaysia Airlines
Dhaka -Malaysian Airlines chief executive Christoph Mueller has resigned after less than one year of leading the carrier’s reorganising efforts. The airline had suffered years of financial losses even before it was hit by two major disasters in 2014. Flight…
Two killed in rice mill boiler blast in Sirajganj
Dhaka – Two labourers were killed and five others injured as a boiler blasted at a rice mill at Rameshwargati village in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj district on Wednesday morning, unb news agency reported. The deceased were identified as Nasiruddin,…
Kashiani Police OC closed ahead of UP polls
Dhaka – The officer-in-charge (OC) of Kashiani police station in Gopalganj was withdrawn from duty following a directive of the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday night, four days ahead of the union parishad elections in the district, unb news agency…
Old Dhaka muezzin murder: 4 suspects held
Dhaka (UNB)– Police in a drive arrested four people for their suspected link to the killing of a muezzin in Islampur area of Old Dhaka from different parts of the city on Tuesday. Identities of the arrestees could not be…
Death toll rises to 507 from Ecuador earthquake
Manta, Apr 20 – Ecuadorean authorities say the death toll from the weekend earthquake has risen to 507. The Attorney General’s Office says 499 of the dead have been identified so far and returned to loved ones. It says 11…
UP member candidate hacked to death in Gazipur
Gazipur – An Awami League-backed union parishad member candidate was hacked to death by miscreants at Bankoramona village in Proholapur union of Sreepur upazila on Tuesday, three days ahead of the UP elections. The deceased was identified as Akter Hossain,…
Front-runners Trump and Clinton win NY primary
New York, Apr 20 (AP) – Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday’s New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking…
Access to genetic data is “the big issue of our time”
By Edward Hammond Regulating access to genetic data is “the big issue of our time” in crop development, says Cornell University’s Edward Buckler. The maize geneticist contends that, at least for industrial agriculture, “Germplasm is becoming the information technology that…
Bnp to fight case against Shafiq Rehman legally, Politically
The BNP has decided to face the case of elderly journalist Shafik Rehman who has been arrested in connection with a “conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy” both politically and legally. The decision has been…
Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar rail track project cleared
Dhaka – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved Dohazari-Ramu-Cox’s Bazar and Ramu to Gundum single line dual gauge track construction project(revised) with Tk 18,034.48 crore in a bid to introduce railway communication in the…
Asia’s first-ever wheat blast fungal disease spotted in Bangladesh
Dhaka – Wheat blast, a fearsome fungal disease of wheat, has been spotted in Bangladesh, the first case in Asia, unb news agency reported. The blast disease has so far caused up to 90 percent yield losses in more than…
Fair polls not possible under current EC: Sujan
Dhaka – Observing that the current Election Commission (EC) has outshined the MA Aziz-led one, Sujan general secretary Badiul Alam Mazumder on Tuesday said the Commission is the main obstacle towards holding a free and fair election, unb news agency…
Over 160 countries confirm to sign Paris deal Friday: UN
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB) – More than 160 countries have so far confirmed that they will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on April 22, the first day that the agreement will be open for signature. “Next Friday will…
Tonu murder pre-planned: CID
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday claimed that the murder of Victoria College girl Sohagi Jahan Tonu was a planned one.
Iran’s parliament approves $97 billion budget
Iran’s parliament approved a $97 billion budget for the current year, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Obama faces ‘curveball’ in ties with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
When President Barack Obama arrives in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, he’ll face an increasingly assertive leadership still heavily dependent on U.S. weapons and military might that nonetheless has little trust in him and essentially believes it’s been thrown a…
Aftershocks rattle Japan as deaths from quakes rise to 45
Japan’s southern quake-hit area was rattled by a strong aftershock Tuesday and searchers found a woman’s body buried under landslide rubble, raising the death toll from the twin earthquakes to 45.
River vessel workers to go on strike Wednesday night
River vessel workers will go on a countrywide work abstention from Wednesday midnight to press home their 15-point demand.
Mother, son found dead in Khagrachhari
A woman and her one-year-old son were found hanged from a single rope at their house in Matiranga municipality area on Tuesday.
4-srotey building tilts in city
A four-storey residential building titled and leaned against an adjacent six-storey building at 1202 College road at Mohammadbagh in the city’s Kadamtali area on Tuesday noon.
DMP to launch awareness campaign on traffic rules
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Tuesday said they will launch a massive campaign among city dwellers from May for making them aware and obey the traffic rules.
Research animal farm inaugurated at BAU
BAU Correspondent A new Research animal farm was inaugurated with UGC financing under Surgery and Obstetrics department of Veterinary faculty at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) yesterday.
RU dean to syndicate member election on April 27
RU Correspondent: The election of a syndicate member from the elected dean’s member at the Rajshahi University (RU) will be held on April 27.