Millions of Muslims from around the world have started arriving in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a central pillar of the Islamic faith that re-enacts the actions of the Prophet Muhammad from more…
Day: September 9, 2016
Around 6m holidaymakers leaving Dhaka
City dwellers in thousands started leaving the capital city for their village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones enduring the difficulties of transportation.As Thursday was the last office day for the government and semi-government officials and…
Khulna, Rajshahi rejoin BPL T20 4th edition
Dhaka – The 4th edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 cricket is likely to get new look with the inclusion of two old franchise teams — Rajshahi and Khulna.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) approved Renaissance Group to own Rajshahi while…
Chess Olympiad: Bangladesh women’s beat Morocco by 4-0 points
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s team beat Morocco by 4-0 points in their 6th round games in the 42nd World Chess Olympiad at Baku in Azerbaijan on Thursday.Bangladesh girl’s earned six match points and 13 game points.WIM Shamima Akter Liza beat…
Spotlight on Tanguar Haor: 2-day festival on Sept 16-17
Aiming to focus public attention on the exquisite natural beauty of the country’s second largest wetland and the immense tourism potential it holds, the local administration is going to organise a two-day ‘Haor Festival’ at Tanguar Haor in Tahirpur upazila…
Serena Williams loses US Open SF for 2nd year in row
Dhaka – For the second year in a row, Serena Williams’ bid to make history ended with a shocking loss in the U.S. Open semifinals. A seventh title at Flushing Meadows, which would have been an Open-era record, will have…
Homebred cattle dominate city markets ahead of Eid
Homebred cattle appear to be dominating the makeshift livestock markets in the capital with only four days left of the Eid-ul-Azha, traders and buyers said today.”Home-reared sacrificial animals this year visibly dominate the market as a massive campaign was underway…
Home-goers suffer in gridlock on highways
Homebound people faced immense sufferings on different highways for hours on Friday due to severe tailbacks.People travelling Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Tangail highways underwent worst ordeal following the heavy rush of home-goers while those taking several other routes also went through sufferings…
One held with 7 arms in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged terrorist along with seven arms from Keruntoli village of Maheshkhali upazila in Cosx’s Bazar on Friday morning.The arrestee was identified as Shahjahan, 42, son of late…
3 held with 650 kg VGF rice in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police detained three people along with 650 kg rice of the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) scheme under social safety-net from different areas of Nowapara union parishad of Debhata upazila in Satkhira on Friday morning.The detained were identified as…
Bus-pickup collision kills 2 in Comilla
Dhaka -Two people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Baguchi in Chauddagram upazila in Comilla on Friday.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB…
Six shops fined in Jhenidah
Dhaka -A mobile court in separate drives realised Tk16,500 in fine from six shops on various charges in different parts of Sadar upazila in Jhenidah on Thursday.The drives were conducted in Dakbangla, Amerchara, Nagarbathan and Chaklapara Bazar areas of the…
2 killed in Tangail road crash
Dhaka -Two people were killed and four others injured when a truck rammed into a pickup on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Jamurki in Mirzapur upazila on Thursday midnight.Highway police camp sources said the accident took place around 12 am when…
Spices get dearer on Eid demand
The retail price of most of the spices increased on rising demand before Eid-ul-Azha – the second largest festival of the Muslim world.Wholesaler and retailers at different markets in capital city said the price rise would only sustain during the…
Human hauler kills minor girl in Chuadanga
Dhaka -A minor girl died as a rashly driven human huller knocked down her at Kuralgachi village in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Thursday evening.The deceased was identified as Smriti Akhtar,6, daughter of Liakat Hossain of the area.Locals said a Karpasdanga-bound…
University student drowns in Faridpur river
Dhaka -A student of a private university drowned in the Kumar River at Paschim Alipur in the district town on Thursday.Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Faridpur Kotwali Police Station,said Nazmus Sakib,25, a 3rd year student of Stamford University and son of…
Ronaldo ready for Real comeback against Osasuna
Dhaka – Real Madrid will welcome back the added firepower of talisman Cristiano Ronaldo and striker Karim Benzema when they entertain promoted Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday.Real’s all-time top scorer Ronaldo missed their first two league games of the…
China’s record-breaking glass bridge closes
Visitors hoping to walk on the world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge will have to hold their breath. The record-breaking structure hanging over China’s Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon has closed Friday, just 13 days after it opened to the public on…
India pledges to join climate deal this year
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pledged to formally join the Paris climate change agreement this year, a potentially major step toward the pact entering into force.After a meeting with President Barack Obama, a champion of the deal, in…
Remembering ‘Jajabor’ Bhupen Hazarika
Entertainment Desk Hazarika’s music encompasses the entire world, reflecting the mood and passion of the oppressed and downtrodden Bhupen Hazarika was a singer who sang for all of mankind. “Ami Ek Jajabor,” “Aj Jibon Khuje Pabi,” “Dola Hey Dola”- each…
Poet Sharon Olds wins $100,000 Academy of American Poets prize
Pulitzer Prize-winning US poet Sharon Olds has been given a $100,000 (£75,000) lifetime achievement award. – See more at: http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=32737#sthash.kCLWfF9m.dpuf Olds, 73, was given the Academy of American Poets’ prestigious Wallace Stevens Award for “proven mastery in the art of…
Make students aware against corruption
Rajshahi Correspondent Speakers at an anti-corruption quiz competition have stressed educating and inspiring young students with honesty, good moral character and patriotism in building a corruption-free society. They stressed on creating anti-corruption sentiment among the school students for changing their…
NASA launches spacecraft to collect asteroid dust
The first US spacecraft designed to collect dust from an asteroid and return the sample to Earth blasted off Thursday on a seven-year mission to unveil the origins of the solar system, NASA said. The unmanned spaceship, called OSIRIS-REx, launched…
Amitabh Bachchan still the big boss of Bollywood at 74
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan turns 74 next month but he says he’s still hungry for new challenges after his latest movie about sexual violence against women left him deeply moved. In an interview at his sumptuous Mumbai office, the Hindi…
Oil prices fall in Asia following sharp gains
Oil prices retreated Friday, taking a chunk out of the previous day’s rally as investors digested data suggesting last week’s plunge in US stockpiles was likely a one-off. Both main contracts soared more than two dollars Thursday after the energy…
11 fishermen kidnapped in the Sundarbans
Dhaka -Robbers kidnapped eleven fishermen and looted valuables from their trawlers at Dhanshiddhir Char in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat in the Sundarbans early Friday, UNB news agency reported.
Cops name 6 militants in a Jessore family?
Dhaka-Police claimed to have detected involvement of six members of a family in Jessore district in militant activities, UNB news agency reported. Those whose link with militancy was found are Tanjib alias Ashraful, son of Abdul Aziz of Kosba- Kadamtola…
Dhaka tanners announce rawhide prices
Dhaka – Tanners on Friday announced the prices for purchasing different types of rawhides during Eid-ul-Azha in an effort to maintain discipline in the purchasing process and prevent excessive prices, UNB news agency reported. As per the decision, the tanners…
North Korea confirms 5th nuke test, South calls “fanatic recklessness”
Seoul (AP/UNB) North Korea said Friday it conducted a “higher level” nuclear warhead test explosion, which it trumpeted as finally allowing it to build “at will” an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons. It is Pyongyang’s fifth atomic…
World values: Family, work, friends, leisure, religion & politics
Researchers from the Vienna-based Institute for Comparative Survey Research surveyed 86,000 people from 60 countries worldwide during the period from 2010 to 2014 to gain insight into the relative importance of a select set of values. These values were: family,…