Dhaka-Some 636 people, including BNP-Jamaat-Shibir men, have been arrested in several districts and the capital as the law enforcers launched a weeklong countrywide anti-militant combing operation on Friday.
Month: June 2016
BAU: Boro cultivation in dry field can save 50% water and electricity
Dhaka-Cultivation of Boro rice to the puddle field using the saplings from seedbed is widely introduced in our country. According to soil types, a total of 3 to 5 liter water is used to produce one kg of paddy in…
Biman to take Eagle Express aircraft on lease for hajj flights
Dhaka – Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to take a wide-bodied aircraft from Malaysian Eagle Express on wet lease for carrying pilgrims to Saudi Arabia smoothly during the upcoming hajj. “It’s a 747-400 and its seat capacity is 450. A…
Manage diabetes during Ramadan
Health Desk Diabetic patients who fast during Ramadan are likely to be at risk of major health complications. Hence they should fast only if their doctors consider them fit enough. The month-long period that is typically marked by long fasting…
Climate change triggers drought, flood in Barind tract
Rajshahi Correspondent Adverse impact of climate change has been triggering natural disasters including drought and flood posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially relating to water and sanitation in the region including the vast Barind tract. To…
African Bat biodiversity project
In October of 2008, a NGS/Waitt grant enabled Michael Curran and his team to join a Darwin Initiative expedition to two isolated mountains in northern Mozambique. They were part of a large team of researchers whose aim was to explore…
Ed Sheeran faces $20 million copyright lawsuit over ‘Photograph’
Ed Sheeran accepts the award for Song of the Year for ”Thinking Out Loud” at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 15, 2016. Reuters Two California-based musicians are suing British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran for $20 million over…
Midlife fitness cuts chances of a stroke later in life
The more fit people are when they reach middle age, the less likely they are to suffer a later-in-life stroke, according to new US research out Thursday. The findings, published in a journal of the American Heart Association, are based…
Kobori in upcoming Eid play
Entertainment Desk Legendary film actress and former Member of Parliament, Sarah Begum Kobori last made a 13-episode TV series. On the occasion of the coming Eid-ul-Fitr, she is making a special play titled “Tumi Bhalo Theko”, the shooting for which…
Woman gives birth after four months of declaring dead
A woman who had been brain dead for nearly four months has given birth to a healthy baby in Portugal. “The baby boy, weighing 2.35 kilos, was born after 32 weeks without complications and by cesarean section,” announced the Lisbon…
Use honey everyday for glowing skin
Lifestyle Desk Raw honey can be used, not just in our breakfast cereal or dessert, but also get glowing and younger looking skin. Abundant in antioxidants, honey is known to have antibacterial properties too. Here’s how you can use honey…
Turkey bans fertilizer sale after terror attack spike
Turkey has suspended sales of ammonium nitrate-based fertilizers frequently used by terrorists to produce homemade explosive devices. The measure comes in the wake of latest deadly blasts targeting police and security forces across the country.
BNP says crackdown a pretext to suppress opposition
Dhaka – BNP on Friday feared that the government may suppress the opposition on the pretext of carrying out a crackdown on extremists across the country. “This (crackdown) is their strategy with which they earlier used to suppress people’s movement.…
Outlawed party leader killed in Satkhira ‘shootout’ with police
Dhaka – Mozaffar Sana, said to be a regional leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a reported shootout with police at Chara Battala in Tala upazila of the southwestern district of Satkhiras early Friday, Unb…
Ashram attendant, Juba League man killed in Pabna
Dhaka – An attendant of Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Ashram (asylum) was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Hemayetpur upazila of Pabna district on early Friday, Unb news agency reported. Meanwhile, an activist of local unit Jubo League was…
Japan: Staging a come-back?
Japan, leading pre-second world war thespian but post-second world war impotent power, is staging a come-back in the political firmaments of Asia with all its tastes, colors, velocity and comprehensiveness. Japan, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean in East…
Medical cannabis serves as an orphan drug
An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that treats a rare medical condition, the condition itself being referred to as an orphan disease. Patients with an orphan disease have very limited choices. It is, therefore, good news that Cannabis as…
Measure of food waste aims to put more on plates
A third of all food is spoiled or thrown away worldwide as it moves from where it is produced to where it is eaten. A new global standard for measuring food loss and waste will help countries and companies step…
Norway moves towards universal electric vehicles by 2025
Norwegian politicians have reportedly agreed on a policy to ban new fuel car sales after 2025, a move that will propel the world’s leading adopter of electric vehicles towards universal EV ownership. Is the country with the world’s highest adoption…
Journo injured in BCL attack following JU women assault
A journalist of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was critically injured and hospitalised after being attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) cadre of JU Unit for protesting harassment of a woman at Wednesday night.
Robi recognises talented employees
Robi organised a ‘Talent Graduation Ceremony 2016’ at its corporate office on Thursday.
Rampal plant yet to get environmental clearance: Minister by unbnews
The 1320-megawatt thermal power plant project at Rampal, adjacent to the Sundarbans, is yet to get environmental clearance certificate from the Department of Environment (DoE).
Charge Sheet submits in court on Kaberi murder case
Dhaka-A Detective Branch (DB) Police Inspector on May 30 submitted the charge sheet in the college teacher Krishna Kaberi murder case to a court of Dhaka.
Allegation of unbefitting behavior against hall provost
Dhaka-The employees of a residential dormitory of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) asked the Registrar to transfer them to other section alleging that the provost is showing unbefitting behavior to them.
Ruling quarter masterminding the recent spate of targeted killing
Dhaka-The BNP yesterday blamed the ruling quarters for masterminding the recent spate of targeted killings in the country.
Young Bangladeshi to receive ‘Queen’s Young Leaders Award’
Her Majesty the Queen will present a Queen’s Young Leaders Award to an exceptional young person from Bangladesh at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on Thursday 23rd June.
Court to hear Khaleda’s statement on June 16
Dhaka-The Third Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Thursday decided to hear the statement of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and four others in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on June 16.
Israel revokes Ramadan permits for Palestinians after attack
Israel on Thursday suspended most special permits for Palestinians to visit Israel during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and beefed up police patrols in Tel Aviv, after two Palestinians carried out a shooting in Tel Aviv Wednesday night that…
Aslam Chy divulges names of conspirators: Police
Police on Thursday claimed that detained BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury disclosed the names of some masterminds of a conspiracy to oust the government. “Aslam Chowdhury has divulged many things, but we can’t disclose all those for the sake of investigation.…
Weeklong crackdown on militants begins Friday
In the wake of recent secret killings, the police is set to launch a weeklong countrywide anti-militant combing operation on Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the Police Headquarters with Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul…