Khaleda Zia has discussed the next general elections with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry.The chief of the BNP that boycotted the 10th parliamentary elections held in 2014 met Kerry at the US chancery complex in Dhaka on Monday.After…
Month: August 2016
BD, US to fight against terrorism together: Kerry
Offering US help in Bangladesh’s fight against terrorism, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday expressed his country’s eagerness to closely work with the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh.He came up with his country’s desire during a meeting with Prime…
Trump surges in latest polling as Clinton’s lead shrinks
Donald Trump has started to turn things around in the polls over the past week, narrowing his rival Hillary Clinton’s lead both nationally and in a few battleground states.According to the Real Clear Politics average, Trump has gained 2.3 points…
Some 9,000 refugee children reported to have disappeared in Germany
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) has confirmed that by July 1, 8,991 unaccompanied refugee children and young people had been reported missing.The figures, which were requested by the German daily “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung,” showed the number of migrants no…
RUET admission test on October 26
RUET Correspondent Admission test for first year graduate courses in Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) will be held on October 26 (Wednesday), a RUET press release said here today. All sorts of necessary preparatory works are progressing fast…
Batman cosplay worthy of a Guinness record
Entertainment Desk The line between cosplay and actual superheroes is blurring thanks to uber-Batman fan Julian Checkley, who managed to fit a world-record 23 working items into a custom batsuit. Checkley’s feat will be recognized in the 2017 Guinness World…
Music can help you turn in super performance in office
Health Desk Music can have an important effect on cooperation at the workplace, a new study suggests. Researchers Kevin Kniffin, Jubo Yan, Brian Wansink and William Schulze describe two studies they conducted to test the effect of different types of…
Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends
The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help NASA plan for a mission to Mars emerged Sunday, happy to breathe fresh air and meet new people. The team was based on a barren, northern…
Mexican music legend Juan Gabriel dead at 66
Entertainment Desk Legendary Mexican singer and producer Juan Gabriel died on Sunday after a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, the Televisa network reported in his home country. He was 66. Alberto Aguilera Valadez, who used the stage name Juan…
Court dismisses challenge to Adani’s Australia mine
An India-backed company planning to build a massive coal mine in Australia welcomed a court’s decision Monday to dismiss a legal challenge raising environmental concerns over the project’s impact on the Great Barrier Reef. The Federal Court dismissed the Australian…
Wheels up for China’s new aero-engine group
China officially launched a new multi-billion dollar jet engine conglomerate with almost 100,000 employees at the weekend, as Beijing seeks to become an aerospace power and compete with the likes of Rolls Royce and General Electric. The Aero Engine Corporation…
‘Sausage Party’ maestro bids for elusive Emmy
With eight Oscars, 11 Grammys and a Tony vying for space on his mantelpiece, Alan Menken’s bill for dry-cleaning tuxedos might well match the box office of most Off-Broadway openings. The legendary US composer has picked up more than 100…
Seven cops injured in Sylhet ‘gunfight’ with ‘Indian terrorists’
Dhaka – Seven policemen including an officer-in-charge, were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with Indian terrorists along Songrampunji border area of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet early Monday, UNB news agency reported.
SAU starts afresh with new leadership!
M Zahidul Haque Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) is situated in the heart of the capital city-Dhaka. It was established as the Bengal Agricultural Institute in 1938 by the then Chief Minister of Bengal, Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Haq. Since its…
US first family goes hiking in national park in Virginia
Triangle (AP/UNB) — President Barack Obama and the first family are hiking at Prince William Forest Park in Virginia. Their visit Sunday comes as the National Park Service’s celebrates its centennial.
Two suspected JMB members killed in Bogra ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – Two suspected members of the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were killed in a gunfight with police at Nikhilpara village in Sherpur upazila of Bogra district early Monday, UNB news agency reported. One of the…
Can data help airlines turn industry disruption to their advantage?
Jakarta, Indonesia – The airline industry globally is facing up to the threat and opportunity of disruptions. According to PwC’s Global CEO Survey, airline CEOs’ assessment of the level of disruption is higher than those of CEOs from other sectors…
Dhaka, Delhi sign deal for Friendship Building at Sardah
Dhaka: Bangladesh and India on Sunday signed a financing agreement for the construction of India-Bangladesh Friendship building at the Bangladesh Police Academy, Sardah in Rajshahi. The building will accommodate laboratories, mock crime scenes and a mock crime station. UNB News…
KMC bans student politics, expels 4 students after BCL infighting
Khulna: Khulna Medical College (KMC) authorities have banned student politics and expelled its four students for their alleged involvement in Saturday’s clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus. The suspended students are college unit former…
BNP to hit streets over Rampal power plant issue together with people
Dhaka-BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Sunday warned that their party together with people will be there in the field to stop the implementation of Rampal power plant project.
Petrol pump, tank lorry strike ends with threat of non-stop one
Dhaka: Country’s petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers observed a nine-hour strike on Sunday and threatened to enforce a non-stop strike after Eid-ul-Azha to press home their 12-point demand. The threat came from the leaders of Bangladesh Petrol Pump…
Jagannath Uni students came under attack
Dhaka-Jagannath University (JnU) students who are now on a movement demanding dormitories on the empty land of Dhaka’s old central jail came under attack allegedly by some activists of JnU unit of BCL on Sunday.
John Kerry in city on 9-hour visit: Lots of “offers,” says Bernicat
Dhaka – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Monday morning on a nine-hour visit packed with a series of meetings to discuss bilateral and global issues that both sides expect to take the relations to ‘new heights,’…
Police identifies Rabbi, Tausif killed in Narayanganj drive
Dhaka-One of the two militants killed in Narayanganj operation has been identified as Fazle Rabbi while another might be Tausif, said Additional Commissioner and head of DMP’s Counter Terrorism and Trans-national Crime (CTTC) Monirul Islam.
Verdict on Mir Quasem’s review plea Aug 30
Dhaka: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on August 30 on the petition of condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali seeking a review of its earlier judgement that upheld his death penalty for crimes against humanity during the Liberation…
BNP to resist Rampal project: Hannan Shah
Dhaka: BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Sunday warned that their party together with people will be there in the field to stop the implementation of Rampal power plant project. “The country’s people have got united against Rampal power…
Tahmid denied bail again
Dhaka: A court here on Sunday once again denied bail to Toronto University student Tahmid Hasib Khan in connection with the Gulshan terror attack. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmudul Hasan passed the order after Tahmid’s counsel M Masud Arif Bhuiyan Hanif…
IBBL helds training program of RDS
Dhaka-Once I had a broken house. Rain penetrates my house roof. In the rainy night I had to pass sleepless night with my children.
RU female student killed in train accident
Rajshahi-A female student of Rajshahi University (RU) was killed after being run over by a train at the university’s Fine Art faculty railway crossing on Sunday.
Stabbed Risha died after struggling 4 days at DMCH
Dhaka-After struggling with stab injuries for four days, Suraya Akhter Risha, an eight grader student of Willes Little Flower School and College died yesterday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).