Seoul — A North Korean launch of a missile on the birthday of its revered founder appears to have failed, South Korean and U.S. defense officials said Friday. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency carried an unsourced report that the failed…
Month: April 2016
40 tribal women brought back from India
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) brought back 40 Bangladeshi tribal women from Indian territory of Baghmara Bazar on Wednesday night after they were detained by the police there following their entry into the country through Bijoypur border area of…
Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in Japan
Tokyo — At least nine people were killed and 761 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake Thursday night that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan, the government’s chief spokesman said. Yoshihide Suga said he would visit the area…
Green village proves high value of low carbon living
A GREEN village with minimum 7.5 star energy efficiency ratings is proving near zero carbon communities are not only achievable but can also save residents money. The Lochiel Park Green Village in South Australia’s capital Adelaide, consists of about 100…
‘Extrajudicial killings, bloggers murders major HR problems’: US
Dhaka – The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took ‘limited measures’ to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed…
Development sans peace not possible, live with tolerance: PM
Dhaka – Putting emphasis on maintaining peace in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to live with tolerance to ensure further development and prosperity of the country. “(Maintaining) peace is the biggest matter…development is not possible…
Tarana Halim receives death threat
Dhaka – State Minister for Posts and Communications Tarana Halim has received death threat from unidentified miscreants, unb news agency reported. A young man riding a motorcycle came to the gate of Tarana Halim’s Gulshan residence on Wednesday night with…
Police ‘misconduct’ with female student alleged
Dhaka – A female student of Dhaka University was harassed allegedly by a policeman on the university campus during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, the first day of Bangla calendar unb news agency reported. The incident took place around 7pm when…
RU, VU and RUET celebrate Pohela Baishakh with festivity
Pahela Baishakh of the Bengali New Year-1423, was celebrated amid huge enthusiasm at Rajshahi University (RU), Vorendra University (VU), and Rajshahi University Engineering and Technology (RUET) campuses separately. RU VC Professor Dr Muhemmed Mizanuddin inaugurated the celebration at RU Teacher,…
Pahela Baishakh celebrated amid festivities
Dhaka – Thousands of people thronged the streets and different popular places in the capital and elsewhere across the country as the nation today celebrated its most colourful and traditional festival Pahela Boishakh to welcome the Bangla New Year 1423.…
Democracy to be ‘restored’ in this Bangla New Year: Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that democracy will be ‘restored’ in the country in this Bangla New Year 1423 bringing an end to killings, enforced disappearances and repressive acts, unb news agency reported. “I hope the…
Government less attentive to education
There are one thousand and seven hundred teaching positions which are lying vacant in three hundred and thirty three government secondary schools across the country for a long time. The number of government secondary schools is insignificant but the number…
15 ICG recommendations on political conflict and criminal justice in BD
By International Crisis Group As the Awami League (AL) government’s political rivalry with the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) reaches new heights, so has its repression. At the same time, a deeply politicised, dysfunctional criminal justice system is undermining rather than…
Canadian Police obtained BlackBerry’s global decryption key
By Justin Ling and Jordan Pearson A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal’s criminal underworld shows that Canada’s federal policing agency has had a global encryption key for BlackBerry devices since 2010. The revelations are contained in a stack of court…
North Korea deploys missile for possible launch: Yonhap
S.Korean government refuses to confirm or deny details regarding possible launch JH Ahn Pyongyang has deployed one or two Musudan missile(s) (BM-25) near Wonsan, the eastern part of North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. Unnamed South Korean government…
Pahela Baishakh celebrated at Bangladesh University of Professionals
Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year’s Day was celebrated at the Bangladesh University of Professionals on Thursday amid traditional fervour.
A colossal snake dies under mysterious circumstances
A 24-foot-long reticulated python was captured just days ago in Malaysia. Members of Malaysia’s Civil Defense Force can be seen holding a big reticulated python caught at a construction site about a week ago. The snake has since died. A…
The big problem with mini Pigs
When pint-size pigs grow bigger than promised, they wind up euthanized or in overburdened shelters. Can education, regulation, and more sanctuaries solve the problem? Daisy Mae, miniature Vietnamese pot-bellied pig lounges in her West St Paul, Minnesota home with her…
China key to record global movie earnings
Movie theaters reaped record earnings around the world last year – $38.3 billion – fueled by China and young people’s spending on cinema tickets, industry data showed Tuesday. Global spending on big screen showings of films was up by 5.2…
Five traditional deshi solutions to beat the heat
Lifestyle Desk With temperatures at a record high, and expected to plateau or even climb over the next week, we’re pretty much in for a roast. Operating on the assumption that not everyone has the luxury of being holed up…
Premiere of Shankhachil held
Cultural Correspondent Indian 63rd National Award winning film Shankhachil is all set to be released in both Bengals on April 14, marking the beginning of the Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh). Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was in Dhaka for the…
Black Keys regret inducting Steve Miller in Hall of Fame
Garage rockers The Black Keys have voiced regret over inducting Steve Miller into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, calling the experimental bluesman thoroughly unpleasant. Miller, one of five acts honored by the Hall of Fame on Friday, jolted…
No hilsa this Pohela Boishakh
Culture Desk For the past decade, hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, has become an integral part of Pohela Boishakh celebrations. People from the urban regions, in particular, are accustomed to consuming a dish of panta-Ilish, a combination of leftover…
Youth stabbed dead by ‘father’ in Gazipur
Gazipur – A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his father in the city’s Khailkur area on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Rajib Hossain, 30, son of Khalilur Rahman of the area.
9 get life in prison for killing minor in Khulna
Khulna – A court here has sentenced nine people to life imprisonment for killing a minor boy in Terokhada upazila in 2003.The convicts are Abdul Sobhan, Md Karim Sheikh, Golam Rasul, Saiful Sheikh, Abdus Sattar Sheikh, Md Jabbar Sheikh, Md…
2 minor cousins drown in Satkhira
Satkhira – Two minor cousins drowned in a pond of Jugipukuria village in Patkelghata upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Shobha Khatun, 2, daughter of Shariful, and Shuvo, one-and-half-year-old son of Saiful.
Mother, son killed in B’baria road crash
Brahmanbaria – A woman and her son were killed and three people injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shahbajpur on Dhaka-Sylhet highway of Sarail upazila on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Nasrin Akhter, librarian of Sahilpur…
Pahela Baishakh being celebrated across Bangladesh
Dhaka – Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, is being celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions prompted by last year’s women assault on Dhaka University campus, unb news agency reported. The festivities began at dawn…
N.Korea preparing for next ICBM launch: U.S. intelligence
Former White House advisor says next provocation may take place within two weeks JH Ahn U.S. intelligence satellites spotted possible signs of North Korea’s next Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launch, CNN has reported. According to the report, two unnamed…
Boot-camp for “NASA space apps challenge-2016” held at RU
A day long final Boot-Camp for the competitors of Rajshahi region on “NASA Space Apps Challenge- 2016” held at dean’s complex of Rajshahi University (RU) on Wednesday. US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with Bangladesh Association of Software and…