Oslo — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his efforts to end a civil war that killed more than 200,000 Colombians. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award should also be seen “as a…
Month: October 2016
22 Indian airports bordering Pakistan placed on high alert
Twenty-two Indian airports across northern India have been placed on high alert over a possible terror attack in the coming days as tensions with neighbouring Pakistan rage on. This comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was informed by the…
The horrors of a hurricane, doubled by statelessness
Skye Wheeler Hurricane “Matthew” is set to hit Haiti and Jamaica. Southern Haiti will likely be hit hard, including Anse-a-Pitres, one of the poorest and most remote areas of the island. My thoughts tonight are with Haitians, but also with…
Monster Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida, US
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew pelted Florida with heavy rains as the deadly storm steamed ever closer to the coast with potentially catastrophic winds of 130 mph Thursday. Two million people across the Southeast were warned to flee…
Haiti hurricane death toll jumps to 283
Dhaka — Haiti’s death toll jumped late Thursday after rescue crews began reaching remote corners cut off when Hurricane Matthew slammed into the country’s southwest peninsula, the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in more than a half century,…
Commonwealth urges policy changes to unleash blue economy
Dhaka – The Commonwealth Secretariat calls for “fundamental changes” to the way the world’s oceans, seas and coastal areas are managed, UNB news agency reported.
Suspected extremist outfit ‘JMB’ man held in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with five crude bombs, two petrol bombs and huge jihadi books from Shibpur area in Puthia upazila under Rajshahi district on Thursday, UNB news agency…
Grass roof for new Statue of Liberty Museum
New York (AP/UNB) — A new museum that seemingly rises out of the ground will replace the small exhibition space inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, its grass roof blending with the landscape and affording sweeping views of…
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe banks on sporting wickets for England series
With ‘slow wicket’ being the buzzword for the England series, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin has hinted that he prefers sporting wickets. Bangladesh take on England in the first match of the three-ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on…
Internet closure cost countries $2.4bn, BD 69mn in 2015-16
Dhaka: A study report, released on Thursday in Washington DC, quantifies the economic cost of internet shutdowns around the world over the past year, including those that occurred in Bangladesh.
Jamdani set to get registration as GI product
Dhaka – Jamdani, the country’s one of the finest muslin textiles, is going to get registration by this month as Bangladesh’s first Geographical Indication (GI) product.Senior Secretary of the Industries Ministry M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the disclosure while addressing…
PM urges India, Pakistan to exercise restraint
Dhaka – In the wake of growing tensions between two South Asian nuclear powers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Thursday urged both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint so that there is no further escalation of tension allowing peace…
Channel opens for large vessels to save Sundarbans
Dhaka – Authorities have reopened the crucial 31 kilometres long Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel on completion of required dredging for movement of bigger vessels in the route keeping waterways adjacent to the Sundarbans undisturbed.”We have reopened the this crucial channel three days…
Closing broadband divide to connect people in Asia-Pacific
By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar GreenWatch Dhaka Desk – (IPS, Bangkok) Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been instrumental in shaping and leading socioeconomic transformations across Asia and the Pacific. One key to this transformation is the technology bundled…
Joy to join AL council
DHAKA – Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the ICT adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will join the Awami League (AL) national council to be held on October 22-23, AL Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said today.”Joy will be joining the…
BNP doubts about quick trial of Khadiza’s attacker
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Thursdays aired doubt whether the government will be able to ensure punishment to the attacker of Sylhet college student Khadiza Akter.Speaking at a human chain programme, he also said all those…
Environmental crimes could warrant Int’l Criminal Court trials
GreenWatch Dhaka Desk – UN (IPS) The International Criminal Court (ICC) will pay more attention to crimes of environmental destruction and land-grabs, according to a new policy paper published by the court. This may see business executives and government officials…
AL carrying on from where Moyeen-Fakhrul left: BNP
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the Awami League-led government is trying to eliminate politics from the country in a pre-planned way and conscious manner, like the military-led caretaker government that governed for two…
Tigers host Lions as cricket fever returns
Dhaka, Oct 6 (UNB) – Bangladesh will play England in the 1st ODI of a three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur on Friday.The day-night match will start at 2:30pm. Satellite channel Gazi TV will telecast…
7-nation IHF Trophy Handball begins Sunday
Dhaka – The seven-nation International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy, 2016 for Men and Women with participation of South Central Asian Countries begins on Sunday at Shaheed (capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium.Road Transport & Bridges Minister and Chairman of…
National football team leaves for Bhutan Friday morning
Dhaka – A 33-mbmber Bangladesh National football team will leave the capital for Bhutan Friday at 9: am to play their last-chance play-off-2 of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers against hosts Bhutan at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on…
SAfrica chases down Australia’s 371 to win ODI series
Dhaka – David Miller thumped 118 not out from No. 6 to take South Africa to the second-highest successful run chase in one-day international cricket and a series win over Australia on Wednesday.On his home ground, Miller blasted his 118…
Pakistan sweeps ODI series vs West Indies in UAE
Dhaka – Pakistan swept the one-day international series against the West Indies 3-0 after winning the last match by 136 runs on Wednesday.Centuries by Babar Azam and captain Azhar Ali propelled Pakistan to 308-6, and West Indies, which has never…
3 killed as minibus overturns in Sunamganj
Dhaka – Three people, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured as a minibus overturned at Jatua on Sylhet-Sunamganj road in Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Radharani Das, 48, daughter of Jogananda…
7 held with 5 lakh yaba tablets in Chittagong
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested seven people and recovered five lakh pieces of yaba tablets from a trawler in the Bay of Bengal at Patenga in Chittagong on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Abdul Hamid,…
Man stabbed dead in Gazipur
Dhaka – A man was stabbed to death by miscreants at Ershadnagar in Tongi on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain, a resident of the area. He returned home from Malaysia a few days ago.Officer-in-charge of Tongi Police…
Mayor Annisul renews commitment to reshape city
Dhaka: Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Annisul Huq on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to clear the city from all sorts of illegal occupation and turn it into a clean, safe, soothing, business-friendly metropolitan. Addressing a business networking lunch in…
Housewife killed ‘by husband’ in Ctg
Dhaka – A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over family feud at Moulvipara in Chittagong on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sohana Akter, 24, a garment worker and wife of Rajib, a resident of Moulvipara area…
Speedy trial of Khadiza attacker promised by minister
Pabna: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government will act to fast-track the trial of the perpetrator of the deplorable knife attack on Sylhet college student Khadiza Akter last Monday, in response to growing public anger across the entire…
Missing Jubo League man found dead in Savar
Dhaka – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a Jubo League activist from Turag River at Ghasirdia in Kaundia area of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital early Thursday, three days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as…