Dhaka: Tannery owners in the capital’s Hazaribagh have deposited Tk 55.9 lakh with the national exchequer as compensation for polluting the environment. Owners of 98 out of 154 tanneries deposited the money as per a direction of the Supreme Court,…
Month: August 2016
10 shops gutted by fire in Gaibandha
Dhaka – At least 10 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Railgate Market in the district town on Monday morning.Azizur Rahman, station officer of Gaibandha Fire Station, said the fire broke out at the market around 7.30am,UNB…
SCBA wants CJ to withdraw his ‘unguarded’ remarks
Protesting what it said the Chief Justice’s unguarded comments about Bangladesh Bar Council vice-chairman Abdul Baset Majumder, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged him to withdraw the remarks.The demand was made at a meeting of the council held at…
2 Jamaat-Shibir men among 28 held in Jhenidah
Dhaka – Police arrested 28 people, including 2 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, in a special drive from different parts of the district in Jhenidah on Monday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Life-term for defaming Bangabandhu, 71’ war
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of ‘The Digital Security Bill, 2016’ with a provision for maximum life term jail and Tk 1 crore fine for carrying out propaganda against the Liberation War and Bangabandhu or patronising…
2 minor cousins drown in Pabna
Dhaka – Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Chatmohar upazila in Pabna on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Bina Khatun, daughter of Abul Kalam, 6, of Katakhali village in the upazila, and her cousin Hafsa Khatun, 6, daughter…
Ban on forest tree logging extended up to 2022
The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal of the Ministry of Environment and Forests to continue the ban on cutting trees in the country’s reserved and natural forests until 2022.The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet…
Monalisa returns to US while Mila returns
Cultural Desk After a long time, model and actress Monalisa came back to Bangladesh for a visit. Local groups have become curious to know whether she would stay or not. The promising model was once on the top of the…
Sharad Malhotra tells fans to stop trolling Divyanka
Entertainment Desk TV star Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya reached out to her former boyfriend Sharad Malhotra after being targeted by his fans on social media following her wedding to actor Vivek Dahiya. Sharad, with whom Divyanka has shared screen space in…
Belgian jazz legend ‘Toots’ Thielemans dies at 94: manager
Belgian legend ‘Toots’ Thielemans has died after a 70-year career as the world’s top harmonica player during which he made music with some of the biggest names in jazz. Jean-Baptiste Frederic Isidore Thielemans, known affectionately as ‘Toots’, died in his…
German official wants facial identification technology in public transit
German interior minister wants to introduce facial identification technology to the surveillance cameras in public transit, local newspaper Bild reported on Sunday. The interior minister Thomas de Maiziere told the Sunday edition of Bild that the bio-metric software implanted in…
BRAC Bank, SME Foundation team up to support Agar farmers
BRAC Bank Limited and SME Foundation signed an agreement to provide SME loan to the farmers and traders of Agar, a non-traditional export-oriented item for making scent. Under the agreement, BRAC Bank and the SME Foundation will partner to offer…
Vietnam to increase shrimp production, adapt to climate change
Vietnam is set to increase shrimp production and exports in a bid to adapt to climate change which causes rising sea levels and increasing salinity in the country’s southern Mekong Delta. Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan…
Kurds defuse teenage bomber’s belt
Chilling footage has emerged purporting to show Kurdish security forces defusing an explosive belt attached to a teenage suicide bomber in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The tense moment, captured on camera, showed Kurdish law enforcers arresting a young suicide…
Hungarian MEP’s proposal sparks anger
While makeshift scarecrows placed on border fences might keep refugees from entering Hungary, severed pigs’ heads would be an even better deterrent, a Hungarian MEP has said sparking a barrage of criticism and drawing bitter comments online. On Friday, Human…
Islamophobic group stages fake IS attack in Prague
An anti-immigrant group staged a fake IS attack in Prague’s center that, unsurprisingly, ignited a chaotic panic among the crowd, resulting in “several tourists” being injured. The group entered the Old Town Square equipped with an Islamic State flag, a…
CPJ to release special report on press freedom in India
New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists will release a special report on press freedom in India on August 29, 2016, entitled “Dangerous pursuit: In India, journalists who cover corruption may pay with their lives.”
Fire at multi-storey building in Mirpur
Dhaka – One person sustained burns as a fire broke out at a multi-storey building at Rokeya Soroni in the city’s Mirpur area on Monday morning. The injured was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Police foil JnU student’s procession, 10 injured
Dhaka – At least ten students of Jagannath University (JnU) were injured as police fired teargas shells to foil a procession in Baghshal thana intersection area of the city on Monday morning, UNB news agency reported. A group of JnU…
Samba, reflections and pride in final Rio Olympics party
Rio (AP/UNB) — Shaking to samba and sharing reflections in uniquely Brazilian ways, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory and a sigh of relief. The Rio Games, the…
Area-based bus services must to reduce jam on Dhaka’s roads
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Some people are learnt to be critical of the circular bus service launched by the Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Annisul Huq because of the fixed Taka 15 fare charged for a single trip to any…
‘Farakka Dam’ responsible for spate in river Ganga: Bihar CM
Patna – Amid apprehensions of flood waters entering into Patna town, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said silt deposited in Ganga after the construction of Farraka Dam was responsible for spate in the river and asked the Centre to…
SC fines 10 private medical colleges Tk one crore each
Dhaka – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has imposed Tk one crore fine for each ofd 10 private medical colleges for admitting students who did not fulfil terms set by the government.
Brother of Syrian boy wounded in Aleppo dies
Beirut (AP/UNB) — Opposition activists say the brother of a wounded Syrian boy who gained international attention has died. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that Ali Daqneesh, 10, died the day before from wounds sustained in…
Walton-DRU Media Cup Football kicks off on Aug 28
Dhaka – The Walton-DRU Media Cup Football Tournament,organized by Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and sponsored by Walton Group, will begin on Sunday (Aug 28) at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here.Thirty four teams of different prints,…
Avik finishes 76th in World Junior Chess Championship
Dhaka – Avik Sarker of Bangladesh finished 76th in the World Junior Chess Championship that concluded in Bhubaneswar city of Odisha state, India on Sunday.The National Junior Chess Champion of Bangladesh, Avik earned 4 points from 13 round games.In last…
Cricketer Arafat Sunny’s father dies
Dhaka – Bangladesh national cricket team spinner Arafat Sunny’s father Abdur Rahim died in the city in the wee hours on Sunday. Abdur Rahim, 60, fell sick on Saturday night and died on way to a hospital in the city.Abdur…
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal no 3
Dhaka: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three as trough of well marked low lies over the northeast bay. Under its influence deep convection is taking place…
Serbia wins its 1st men’s water polo gold
Dhaka – When it was all over, when they had the title they had coveted for years, Serbia’s jubilant players hungthe country’s flag over one of the floating cages in the pool.The soaked flag said it all. Serbia had finally…
Eid advance train ticket sale begins Aug 29
Dhaka: Bangladesh Railway will start selling the advance train tickets on August 29 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Railways Minister M Mazibul Hoque came up with the announcement at a press briefing at his ministry on Sunday. Tickets for September…