Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital went on an indefinite work abstention on Friday to press home their five-point demand, including the arrest of those attacked one of their fellows.
Month: April 2016
Jamuna Bank manager missing in Comilla
The manager of the local branch of Jamuna Bank Ltd went missing from the city on Thursday evening.
Cameron faces calls to resign after admitting of shares in offshore fund
By VICE News and Reuters After a week in which he has been forced into making daily public statements, British Prime Minister David Cameron finally admitted in a TV interview on Thursday that he once had a stake in his…
BASIC Ministers outline priorities for Paris Agreement
Kuala Lumpur (Hilary Chiew) – At their first meeting since the Paris climate summit, Ministers and representatives from Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) reiterated the importance of raising pre-2020 actions in building trust amongst the Parties to pave…
Genetic control is no answer to Zika
Chennai, India – The arrival of Zika, seemingly out of nowhere, on the global health scene and hitting media headlines around the world almost daily, as well as the appearance of Yellow Fever virus for the first time in China…
3-day RU Bangla alumni program begins
A two-day long programme alumni association of Bangla Department at Rajshahi University (RU) has started on Friday and will be continued till Sunday amid huge enthusiasm and fanfare on the campus. The programme includes grand rally, recitation of poem, literaterrary…
‘Previous enmity’ led to blogger Nazimuddin killing?
Dhaka – Police primarily suspect that Jagannath University (JnU) student and online activist Nazimuddin Samad was murdered due to previous enmity as no anti-religious writing was found after the scrutiny of his Facebook status, unb news agency reported. Police have…
Conjoined twins born in Bogra
Bogra – A pair of conjoined twins was born after successful surgery on a housewife at a local hospital on Friday.Medical officer of Islami Hospital Dr Ashraf Ali said a team of surgeons, headed by Associate Prof Dr Md Rafiqul…
Shift power project from Banshkhali: Nat’l Committee
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and Natural Resources on Friday urged the government to look for a new site for the Banshkhali coal-fired power project.“Since the local people are not supporting the project, the government should…
Banshkhali people say, cancel power plant project or face siege
The Committee to Protect Homestead and Graveyard here on Friday threatened to lay a siege to the Banshkhali upazila administration on Sunday if the government does not cancel the Gandamara coal-fired power plant by 6pm on Saturday.
BBC Bangla program on dying BD rivers begins Saturday
Dhaka – The threat of extinction of Bangladesh rivers is the subject of ‘Amar Nodi’ (My River), a special content that will be on BBC Bangla from April 9 and April 16 on radio, online and social media, unb news…
2 kids electrocuted in Rangpur
Rangpur – Two minor children were electrocuted in Mithapukur upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Sinthia, 6, daughter of Sherul Islam, and Nazmul, 4, son of Moynul Haque of Durgamati village.Police said Sherul has a poultry…
Rangpur interns go on work abstention
Rangpur – Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital went on an indefinite work abstention on Friday to press home their five-point demand, including the arrest of those attacked one of their fellows.RMCH Intern Association president Dr Mahmudur Rahman Rifat told…
BNP strongly opposes move for gas, power tariff hike
Dhaka – BNP on Friday threatened to take tougher action programmes if the government raises the gas and power tariffs further, unb news agency reported. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued the threat at a press briefing…
2 killed in Tangail road crash
Tangail – Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Rasulpur in Sadar upazila on Friday.The accident took place around 6:30 am when a Mymensingh-bound truck from Tangail hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw…
BFF Election: Delegates asked to send names by Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will receive until Saturday names of eligible delegates to prepare the voter list ahead of its general election slated for April 30.The BFF asked sports organisations and clubs concerned to send the names of…
2-day long alumni assoc starts at RU
RU Correspondent: A two-day long alumni association of Bangla Department at Rajshahi University (RU) has started on Friday that will be continued till Sunday with amid huge enthusiasm and fanfare mood on the campus.
Narine cleared to resume bowling in int’l cricket
Dhaka – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared to resume his bowling in both international and domestic cricket as his action was found legal after a retest in Chennai.The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday confirmed that following…
Comilla, Nilphamri move final in IGP Cup Kabaddi
DHAKA – Comilla and Nilphamari districts moved final of the BBS Cables IGP Cup National Youth Kabaddi (Under-21) eliminating their respective rivals in the semifinals held on Friday at the kabaddi stadium in the city.The final of the competition will…
5th Gemcon Cup Golf Tournament 2016 begins in Rangpur
RANGPUR – The three-day fifth “Gemcon Golf Tournament- 2016” kicked off this morning on the Golf Ground of Rangpur Cantonment in the city.The Gemcon Group has been sponsoring the tournament being organised by Rangpur Golf Club (RGC).More than 100 contestants…
Indian Premier League set to ease T20 heartache
Dhaka – The glitzy Indian Premier League (IPL) starts Saturday, helping to ease the heartache of millions of fans following India’s failure to win the World Twenty20 on home soil this month. India’s short-form extravaganza, famous for its fireworks and…
Football: Rostov target title boost at struggling Anzhi
Dhaka – Russian Premier League surprise table- toppers Rostov hope to consolidate their lead when they visit bottom-placed Anzhi Makhachkala on Friday.Rostov, who went top after a 2-0 win over Spartak Moscow last week, are just one point ahead of…
Papua New Guinea 1st to have climate plan under Paris deal
By Eliza Northrop Washington DC – On March 29, Papua New Guinea became the first country to formally submit the final version of its national climate action plan (called a “Nationally Determined Contribution,” or NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The…
Want to feel fit? eat falafel, dahl, cow pea and…!
By Osman Sharif Credit: Courtesy FAO Casablanca – This is not a minor issue. Chickpea, faba bean, lentil, common bean, field pea, mung bean, black gram, pigeon pea, cowpea, and grass pea are the major pulse crops produced globally. And…
Climate change is making your allergies even worse
Why does pollen make some people sneeze? Will eating honey help with your allergies? And what’s the heat got to do with it? Pollen-covered honeybees (Apis mellifera) hang out in a pumpkin in Germany. But the pollen that bees carry…
Spider jaws move as quickly as world’s fastest runner
To Hannah Wood’s naked eye, it looked like the tiny spider in the pile of dead leaves in Chile wasn’t doing much of anything. Wood, then a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, was in South America to…
California battles killer drug epidemic
Ten people have died in northern California and scores more have overdosed as an epidemic of street drugs laced with a powerful painkiller sweeps the region. Officials said the cases began emerging in the Sacramento area in late March with…
If you want to lose weight from running
Health Desk You started running months ago, yet every time you hop on the scale, you’re let down by the results. What gives? While running does burn mega calories, here are some reasons you may not be seeing the weight-loss…
It’s a Boy for Anne Hathaway!
Anne Hathaway officially has the job: She’s a mom! The Intern star welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with her husband, Adam Shulman, on Thursday, March 24, People confirms. The couple have named their son Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman. The…
Padatik’s week-long theatre fest
Showtime Desk Padatik Natya Sangsad, a local theatre troupe, has organised a week-long theatre fest titled Syed Badruddin Hossain Theatre Festival. The seventh edition of the festival pays tribute to the troupe’s founder Syed Badruddin Hossain. The festival, featuring a…