William Lacy Swing People have always been on the move. Migration is not a catastrophe, nor is it an invasion. Often, it is not even an emergency. Throughout human history it has mostly been, simply, one thing: inevitable. Migration is…
Day: September 27, 2016
Seven icon players in 4th BPL
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Cricket Committee has finalised seven icon players for the ensuing 4th version of franchise-based heavyweight T20 league beginning on November 4.The seven icon cricketers are Mashrafe Bin Mortza, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim,…
100th ODI victory beckons Tigers
Dhaka – With an advantage of 1-0 lead in their first-ever bilateral series, Bangladesh will face Afghanistan in the 2nd ODI of the three-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led Bangladesh team also have an opportunity…
Bangladesh enter semis as group champion
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh reached the semifinals of the Beximco 4th Boys’ Under-18 Asia Cup Hockey-2016 as Pool A champion with all-win record crushing all-loser Oman by 10-0 goals at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.Bangladesh will play the…
Surprising Alaves beats Granada 2-1 in Spanish league
Dhaka – Promoted Alaves continued its surprising campaign back in the first division, beating Granada 3-1 on Monday to stay in the top half of the Spanish league standings.Edgar Mendez scored in the 52nd minute, Victor Camarasa added another in…
Housewife hacked dead in Faridpur
Dhaka – A Housewife was hacked to death by miscreants in her house at Ulurhat village in Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Maloti Bishwas, 50, wife of Shymal Kumar Bishwas of the village.Quoting locals, officer-in-charge…
JMB militant Faruq among 6 militants held in India: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said one of the six militants who were arrested by Kolkata police in India might be Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative Anwar Hossain Faruq.Faruq is wanted in Bangladesh as he was the…
10 held with firearms, Yaba in Sylhet
Sylhet – Police arrested 10 people along with some firearms and 79 pieces of Yaba tablets from Pirojpur village in South Surma upazila early Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Koyes Ahmad,46, and his brother Layes Ahmad,38, Hossain Ahmed,20, Tarek,19, Alim…
3 die from electrocution in Savar
Dhaka – Three workers died from electrocution in Amin Bazar area of Savar on Tuesday morning.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Babul Hossain,UNB News Agency Reported.
Over 90pc of world breathing polluted air: WHO
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year.New data in a report from the…
1.1 millioin Bangladeshi overseas workers legalized: minister
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam, BSc today said the governments of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Iraq have legalized some 10,77,000 undocumented Bangladeshi overseas workers as a result of successful diplomatic efforts of the present government.“Bangladeshi undocumented workers…
Sheikh Hasina’s 70th birthday Wednesday
The 70th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is also the president of Bangladesh Awami League, will be celebrated on Wednesday.On September 28, 1947, Sheikh Hasina was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj district. She is the eldest of the…
Reaction around the world to first Trump-Clinton debate
Views from around the world on Monday’s first U.S. presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump: CHINA: WANG PEI, a graduate student in communications studies, was watching the debate from a cafe in Beijing and said he…
Afroza Abbas made Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal president
The new committee of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, BNP’s women wing, was announced on Tuesday with Afroza Abbas, wife BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas, its president and Sultana Ahmed general secretary.Nurjahan Yasmin has been made its senior vice president, while…
Mohiuddin, 5 other Hizb ut-Tahrir men indicted in terrorism case:
A court here on Tuesday framed charges against six members of banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir, including its chief coordinator Mohiuddin Ahmed, in an anti-terrorism case.The court also fixed October 24 for next hearing in the case.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge…
BD-origin German man held with 9 ‘look-alike’ pistols at airport
A Bangladesh-born German citizen was arrested along with nine pistol-like objects at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Tuesday, customs officials said.Earlier at noon, Dhaka Customs House Assistant Commissioner HM Ahsanul Kabir, however, said Bangladesh-origin German citizen Monir Ben Ali…
Syed Shamsul Haq dies at 81
Versatile writer Syed Shamsul Haq passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday evening. He was 81.Haq, who had long been fighting with deadly lung cancer, breathed his last at United Hospital around 5:26, hospital sources said.He left behind his…
UN declaration on antimicrobial resistance signals recognition
On 21 September 2016 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the political declaration on antimicrobial resistance.This is the 4th time in the history of the United Nations that a health topic has come to the attention of the UNGA.The…
Short duration Aman paddy harvest begins in Rangpur region
The farmers have already started harvesting the short duration Aman paddy varieties at this peak hour of the ‘seasonal lean period’ now creating huge jobs for the farm-labourers in Rangpur agriculture region. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)…
The difference between bodybuilding and staying fit
Often the difference between the effort put and the results received show huge disparity because of a lack of understanding… Often the difference between the effort put and the results received show huge disparity because of a lack of understanding…
Ranbir’s new girlfriend
Entertainment Desk Life seems to be making a turn for the better for Ranbir Kapoor. With Ae Dil Hai Mushkil creating a positive buzz and his role already being liked in the trailer, things look good for the Kapoor star.…
DU Energy Institute’s publication unveiled
‘ENERZINE,’ a research publication of Institute of Energy of Dhaka University (DU) was unveiled today at a function on the campus here Monday. Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique unveiled the publication as the chief guest at his latter’s…
Empowering women through building career in banking sector
– It was difficult for Mahmuda Begum, Senior Assistant Vice President of South East Bank, to take banking as a profession in 1995 as profession of teaching or medicine is generally deemed “suitable” for the educated women in Bangladesh. “When…
Girl killed as building collapses on tin-shed house in city
Dhaka – A teenage girl was killed and her nephew injured after an abandoned building of an adjacent government-run vagabond shelter collapsed on their tin-shed house at Rainkhola in the city’s Mirpur area early Tuesday, UNB news agency reported. The…
Journalist Ataus Samad, recalled, eulogised
Noted journalist and former leader of the journalist community Kamal Lohani said on Monday that the works of Ataus Samad should be preserved as an asset for the development of the journalists’ skills and practical knowledge.
Rootworm resistance to Bt corn reflects failure of industrial farming
by Doug Gurian-Sherman A recent article in The Progressive Farmer sounded an alarm about the re-emergence of the corn rootworm, a beetle was once called the “billion dollar pest” due to the big impact it has had on valuable corn…
Monsurul’s painting show ‘Epoch’ at Gallery 21 from Friday
Dhaka – Gallery Twenty One and ARTcon request the pleasure of your company at the inaugural ceremony of a fifteen day-long 26th solo painting exhibition titled ‘EPOCH / কাল’ by eminent artist MONSUR UL KARIM on 30 September 2016, Friday…
Three workers die from electrocution near Dhaka
Dhaka – Three workers died from electrocution in Amin Bazar area of Savar on Tuesday morning. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
IMEI database to stop fake cellphone handset import
Dhaka – The government is going to create a database with international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) numbers to stop the illegal imports of fake cellphone handsets which have flooded the country’s markets, UNB news agency reported. A process is underway…
What is a knowledge economy?
Jan Piotrowski The growing access to digital technologies could fundamentally transform developing economies. The move from hunter-gathering to the age of farming and the dawn of the Industrial Revolution 12,000 years later mark seminal transitions in human history, lifestyle and…