Bank of England governor Mark Carney has defended his intervention in the debate over the UK’s membership of the European Union. Mr Carney warned on Thursday that a UK vote to leave could cause a recession – sparking calls for…
Day: May 15, 2016
French female ministers decry sexual harassment
Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics. All 17 signatories to the declaration are current or former ministers. Among them is Christine Lagarde, the head of…
Mysterious mounds in South America are likely worm poop
As an earthworm biologist and soil scientist, Anne Zangerlé has spent most of her research career looking down. Trekking through the steamy tropical wetlands of Colombia and Venezuela in search of strange, six-foot-tall (two-meter-tall) towers called surales, however, forced her…
Anti Aging: The side of your face that will always look older
Health Desk Whether you realize it or not, every time you get in your car, you’re fielding ultraviolet A (UV-A) radiation through the windows and windshield. The sun’s UV-A rays are responsible for premature aging and wrinkles, as well…
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson ‘totally out of control,’ report says
Paris Jackson’s family is concerned over the 18-year-old’s wild lifestyle as she is “totally out of control,” Radar Online reported Friday, citing a source. According to the report, late Michael Jackson’s daughter got a tongue ring and several tattoos since…
Eco campaigners block lignite-fired German power plant
Around 2,000 environmental activists protesting the use of fossil fuels blockaded a power plant that burns brown coal in eastern Germany Saturday,organisers said, a day after a similar protest at a coal mine. The activists, who arrived by bike, bus…
Farzana Hridi Sheikh wins Mangolee-Channel I Shera Nachiye
Showtime Desk A total of 45,000 participants took part in season three of Channel I Shera Nachiye. Among them, Farzana Hridi Sheikh from Dhaka stood out the champion of the season. The announcement was made at the end of a…
Ice Cream’ starts today in Chittagong
Entertainment Desk Ice Cream will air in Chittagong starting today. The director Redwan Rony said, “It will continue till 19th May for a five-day exhibition. There will be four shows each day. The first show will begin at 11am, the…
Almost all snakes have the same, mindboggling superpower
When a snake strikes, it moves so fast it could hit you four times within the space of one eyeblink. If a human moved that fast they would lose consciousness Lying camouflaged amid the deserts and grasslands of southern California,…
Uzbekistan – Cash instead chicken, please!
It is learned from media report that recently a city in Uzbekistan has paid wages of school teachers in new born chicken in lieu of cash. Last year the authority had reportedly paid their salaries with potatoes, carrots and pumpkins.…
Xulhaz murder suspect held from Kushita
Dhaka – A special team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP has arrested a person on suspicion of the killing of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahub Tanoy from Kushtia district, unb news agency…
2 youths hacked to death in Gazipur
Dhaka – Two young men were hacked to death by miscreants in Tongi area of Gazipur city, north of capital Dhaka on Sunday morning, unb news agency reported. The deceased were identified as Sharif Hossain, 30, and Jumman, 32, residents…
Drug overdoses take more life than traffic accidents
Satrurday, President Obama and Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore teamed up to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction. Macklemore opened up about his own experience with addiction: “I’m here with President Obama because I take this personally.…
PM leaves Dhaka for Bulgeria to attend Global Women Leaders’ Forum
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for London on Sunday morning en route to Bulgaria on a three-day official visit to Bulgarian capital Sofia to attend the “Global Women Leaders’ Forum, unb news agency reported. Apart from joining…
Family temple torched in Pirojpur
Dhaka – A family temple in the residence of general secretary of the Ittefaq Workers Union Dipak Chandra Roy was torched by miscreants at Laxmipur area in Bhandaria upazila of the southern district of Pirojpur district Saturday night, unb news…
Transport strike in Khulna Div protesting compensation suit
Dhaka – A 48-hour transport strike, enforced by the transport owners and workers in 10 districts under Khulna division in Southwest Bangladesh demanding withdrawal of two compensation suits against two bus service owners, began Sunday morning, unb news agency reported.
Charmonai Pir for repeal of ‘atheistic’ education policy
Dhaka – The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim in a press statement has called upon the government to repeal of what he termed as atheistic education policy and law, and called for submission of memoranda to…
BD, Sahel countries share experience on population policy
Dhaka – A High-level South-South Exchange on Population Policy and Reproductive health between Bangladesh and Sahel countries in Francophone Africa kicked off on Saturday afternoon at the Lake Shore Hotel, Dhaka. The week-long international knowledge sharing conference will end on…
BNP fears constitutional crisis: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday feared that a constitutional crisis may be created following a row between the legislative and the judiciary over the 16th amendment to the Constitution.
Had a plan to return to barracks: Ershad
Disclosing that he had a plan to return to the barrack in 1984 after holding a national election, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said his party would not have been created had the major political parties joined that…
Experts survey use of bamboo instead of iron rods in govt building
A team from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has visited the site of the Department of Agriculture Extension’s (DAE) under-construction building in Darshana of Chuadanga that gained notoriety for using bamboo sticks instead of iron rods in the…
Woman killed by lighting in Dinajpur
An woman agricultural labourer was killed and another injured in a lightning strike as they were working in a paddy field in Birganj upazila of the district on Saturday noon.
Revised GPA-5 too late to save Barisal boy’s life
A boy who committed suicide on Wednesday after failing to find his name in the list of students passing the recently held SSC exams, actually secured GPA-5 in the exam.
Egypt sentences 51 to prison over islands protests
Egyptian officials say a Cairo court has sentenced 51 people to two years in prison for taking part in protests last month.
Islami Bank Board meeting held
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower with Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank in the cahir. Directors along…
2 snatchers sent to jail at BAU
BAU CORRESPONDENT Two snatchers were sent to jail yesterday Saturday as they snatched mobile phones and money Wednesday night from two of students at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on the campus.