Dhaka-Bangladesh has been elected President of the Assembly of the 168-member International Seabed Authority (ISA).
Day: July 13, 2016
France with BD in its march forward: Envoy
Dhaka-France has reaffirmed its commitment to accompany Bangladesh in its march towards the future by sharing their experiences, technologies and cooperating for a better understanding of the environment.
US Open singles champs to earn record $3.5 million
Dhaka – This year’s U.S. Open men’s and women’s singles champions will each earn a record $3.5 million, up from $3.3 million in 2015.The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday the total tournament purse will be $46.3 million, a $4 million…
Cabinet body okays 10 proposals involving Tk 1,494 cr
Dhaka-The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Wednesday approved a total of 10 proposals involving Tk 1,494 crore.
FMC principal among 2 suspended over corruption
Dhaka-The authorities of Faridpur Medical College (FMC) suspended its Principal Prof Dr ASM Jahangir Hossain Chowdhury and Asstt Prof Gonpoti Biswas Subho on charges of corruption.
Most Olympics use one poster; Rio goes with collection of 13
Dhaka – Most Olympics have only one official poster. The Rio de Janeiro Games will have 13, a collection meant to showcase the diversity of Latin America’s largest country.The collection, composed by 12 Brazilian artists and a Colombian, went on…
20-party slams 14-party, AL leaders for rejecting Khaleda’s unity call
Dhaka-Coming down hard on some top 14-party alliance and Awami League leaders for turning down Khaleda Zia’s call for a national unity, 20-party alliance on Wednesday said they actually exposed their irresponsibility through the denial.
After jail and ban, cricketer Amir returns to scene of crime
Dhaka – Mohammad Amir returns to the scene of his crime on Thursday, given a second chance at international cricket after he was sent to jail and banned for fixing parts of a test match for money.Six years ago at…
Search on for girl ‘drowned’ in city water body
Divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) has been searching for a minor girl who reportedly drowned in a water body near Mohakhali inter-district bus stand on Wednesday afternoon. The missing girl was identified as Sanjida, 6, daughter of…
Mustafiz’s appearance for Sussex delayed over visa issues
Dhaka – Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman’s tour in the UK to play for Sussex in the NatWest T20 Blast has been delayed due to visa issues.As Mustafizur could not leave on July 13 as planned, the cutter-master will miss…
Khaleda’s meeting with 20-party leaders begins
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat in a meeting with top leaders of the 20-party alliance tonight (Wednesday night) to discuss the country’s latest situation and work out its next course of action. The meeting began around 8:30 pm at BNP…
Forbes reports on IBBL, as the best performing bank in BD
Dhaka-Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited is the largest and most profitable bank, and by all accounts one of the best-performing companies in Bangladesh, according to the prestigious Forbes magazine.
Govt plot allotment to war criminals cancelled: Minister
The government has cancelled the plots allotted by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to war crimes accused.Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain came up with the disclosure while talking to reporters after a meeting with the executives of Standard…
Security at SBNS beefed up
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) increased its security at home of cricket Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) area from Wednesday to avoid any unexpected incident.The BCB security team is allowing the vehicles in only through the main gate of…
Jamaat-Shibir behind militant acts, says Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Wednesday alleged that it is actually Jamaat-Shibir who is carrying out militant activities in the name of international outfits like Islamic State, al-Qaeda and Taliban. “There’s no militant organisation named IS, al-Qaeda…
Bus-truck collision kills 3 in Comilla
Comilla – Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Comilla-Noakhali road at East Batabaria in Monoharganj upazila on Wednesday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Land office brokers Jailed in Jhenidah
Jhenidah-A mobile court here on Wednesday noon sentenced one brokers to seven days imprisonment for harassing service seekers at the office Shailkupa land.
Three bombs recovered in Jhenidah
Jhenidah-Police recovered three crude bombs as abandoned from Purapara Bazar under Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah on Wednesday morning.
BNP accuses govt of resorting to ‘terrorism’
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government having failed to maintain the law and order has resorted to terrorism, violence and extremism as their means to perpetuate its power. In a statement, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also…
1 killed in Magura road crash
Magura – One person was killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a bus at Chhoyghoria on the Magura-Jessore Highway in Shalikha upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Minhazul Islam, 35,…
PM fears more terror attacks, alerts people
Apprehending more terror attacks like ones at Gulshan and Sholakia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all to be more alert and careful. “We’ve had intelligence reports that the terrorists have planned to launch more attacks,” she said. The…
Housewife commits suicide in Jessore
Benapole – A housewife, who was traumatised by the death of her newborn baby over two months back, allegedly committed suicide at Navaran village in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Anjana Rani, 20, wife of Palash…
2 Satkhira arms traders injured in ‘gunfight’ with cops
Satkhira – Two suspected arms traders sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police at Jalalabad in Kalaroa upazila early Wednesday.The injured arms traders were identified as Ramzan Mollah, a resident of Gharchhala village in Satkhira Sadar Upazila, and Mafizul…
360 bottles of Phensidyl recovered in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj – Members of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 360 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a jungle in Shibrampur area of Gomostapur upazila on Tuesday afternoon.Lt Colonel Jahid Hasan, director of BGB 43 Battalion of…
3 held with unrefined fuel in Barisal
Barisal -Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested three alleged smugglers along with 2,000 liters of unrefined fuel from Natun Haat on the Barisal-Dhaka Highway in Babuganj upazila on Tuesday night.Sub-inspector of APBn Asaduzzaman said three people were going to…
Solar-powered plane arrives in Egypt on globe-circling trip
An experimental solar-powered airplane has arrived in Egypt as part of its globe-circling voyage.The aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, flew out of the Seville airport in Spain on Monday and landed in Cairo on Wednesday.
Hundreds forcibly disappeared in Egypt crackdown: Amnesty
Egypt’s security services have forcibly made hundreds of people disappear and tortured them in the past year to try to tackle dissent, a rights group says.Students, political activists and protesters – some as young as 14 – have vanished without…
The Aral Sea springs back to life
Successful recovery efforts have brought back the sea and new hope for devastated Aral Sea communities in Kazakhstan.Tastubek, Kazakhstan – The little village of Tastubek is situated in the North Aral Sea, 90km from Aralsk, a former port on the…
BD national report on SDGs: Hard to handle hurdles
GW Desk: Despite enormous geopolitical, political and socio-economic problems Bangladesh has been able to make some extraordinary achievements during the last couple of decades. Since the 1990s, when democracy was reinstated and some major economic reforms were made, the economy of…