Dhaka-Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said a neutral election time is more essential than a neutral Election Commission to hold free, fair and acceptable elections.
Month: November 2016
Dhaka seeks int’l interventions to end Rohingya crisis
Dhaka – Bangladesh today sought international supports to end the Rohingya crisis amid continued influx of the minority Muslims in its territory and offered its assistance for social reconciliation and economic uplift of people in bordering Rakhine State of Myanmar.In…
Elimination of violence against women – enough is enough: EU
Women and girls inside and outside the EU continue to experience widespread violence. Throughout the world, women and girls are still being beaten at home, sexually and economically exploited, assaulted on our streets or at work, harassed online or while…
Forge an opposition front, Zafrullah to Khaleda
Dhaka – Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Thursday suggested BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to form a ‘combined opposition front’ together with major and small political parties to ‘restore’ democracy and people’s voting rights’. UNB news agency reported
Islami Bank receives the highest tax payer award
Dhaka-Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was awarded as the highest tax payer among the Bangadeshi Banks under the large lax paying unit in 2016. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, MP, Finance Minister handed over the crest and tax card to Mohammad Abdul…
Govt gets 7 days to finalise judges’ discipline rules
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the government a week to publish gazette notification on the lower court judges’ discipline rules. An eight-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, came up with order following a…
Transport owners and workers block Dhaka-Ctg highway
Chittagong – Transport owners and workers blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Colonelhat area of city on Thursday protesting the assault of a bus driver by a police constable. Several hundred workers blocked the highway and staged demonstration around 12pm. UNB news…
Court asks Khaleda to appear in Zia Trust Graft case
Dhaka-The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday asked BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear in his court on December 1 for her self-defence in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case, and if she fails to do that her…
Options lacking to help developing countries avoid debt crises
Despite many developing countries facing a very real risk of falling into debt crisis – the current options available to assist countries to manage their debts are surprisingly lacking.This scenario formed the basis of discussions on Monday 31 October at…
Myanmar wants ethnic cleansing of Rohingya – UN official
Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC.Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, says John McKissick…
Obama makes final Thanksgiving turkey pardon
President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing in for daughters Malia and Sasha.The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose…
Girls’ marriage age remains at 18
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the draft of the ‘Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2016’ keeping girls’ minimum age for marriage at 18 alongside a provision of tougher punishment for violation of the law.The approval came at the regular weekly meeting…
Paddy harvest from Santals’ disputed land begins in Gaibandha
Rangpur Sugar Mill authorities have started harvesting paddy from the lands of Santals in Baghda farm area of Gobindaganj upazila following a High Court order.The paddy harvesting started in the morning amid police protection in presence of district administration and…
5 BD dists advised not to do wheat farming for blast disease:
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has advised the farmers of five southwestern districts not to cultivate wheat as these districts saw the breakout of ‘wheat blast’ disease last year.According to DAE officials, wheat blast was spotted in Kushtia, Meherpur,…
New Zealand lose Boult for second Test
Dhaka- New Zealand suffered a blow on the eve of the second Test against Pakistan Thursday when bowling spearhead Trent Boult was ruled out with a knee injury.Matt Henry was expected to be elevated to share the new ball in…
BPL cricket back in city on Friday
Dhaka- The third phase of AKS Bangladesh Premier League T20 will back in the city on Friday (November 25) with two match billed for the day at home of cricket Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.On the day’s first match…
First Div Chess begins
Dhaka- The Marcel First Division Chess League began from today (Wednesday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.In the first round games, Access Chess Club beat Debadas Biswas Smirity Sangha by 4-0 points, Mir Chess Club lead by 2-0 points against Agrani…
Silva strike enough for City to advance in Champions League
Dhaka – David Silva’s sole strike before the break was enough for Manchester City to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday.Both sides finished with 10 men as ‘Gladbach captain…
Messi double guides Barcelona to 2-0 win at Celtic
Dhaka – Lionel Messi steered Barcelona to a 13th straight appearance in the Champions League knockout stage, scoring both goals in a 2-0 win at Celtic as the Spanish team secured top spot in Group C on Wednesday.Messi drove in…
Barca advances as Bayern, City settle for runner-up spots
Dhaka – Failing to top a Champions League group often comes back to bite teams when the competition really gets going in the round of 16.Maybe not this season.Bayern Munich and Manchester City are two high-profile teams who are guaranteed…
2 killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a bus and a human hauler at Sutighata on Jessore-Manirampur road in sadar upazila in Jessore on Thursday morning.The identities of the deceased are yet to…
5 held with Yaba pills, chemicals in city
Dhaka -Detectives in a drive arrested five people along with huge Yaba tablets, equipment used for manufacturing the drug and huge chemicals from Mirpur area in the city on Wednesday night,UNB News Agency Reported.
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ in Barguna
Dhaka – A ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Kalagachhia village in Amtoli upazila in Barguna early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Jabbar, 50, of the village.Tipped off…
Muslims in Rajasthan village donate abandoned graveyard land for temple
Muslims in Rajasthan’s Sikar district have set a heart-warming example of religious camaraderie by donating land to help build a Hindu temple. Muslims in Kolida donated 2 bighas or 34,848 square feet of land from their abandoned graveyard to the…
Asghar Farhadi on war, peace and writing from the heart
Asghar Farhadi stepped out into the biting winter Tehran air clutching his Oscar, taken aback by the huge crowd waiting at the airport to crown him Iran’s next national hero. Cinema in the Islamic republic had been winning critical plaudits…
Computer glitch blamed for European Mars lander crash
A tiny lander that crashed on Mars last month flew into the Red Planet at 540 kilometres (335 miles) per hour instead of gently gliding to a stop, after a computer misjudged its altitude, scientists said. Schiaparelli was on a…
Peruvian farmer sues German energy giant over climate change
A German court will on Thursday hear a complaint by a Peruvian farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of contributing to the climate change that has caused glacial melting in the Andes, threatening his home and livelihood. Saul Luciano Lliuya…
Bank Asia to pay RMG staff wages online
Bank Asia will pay online the wages and other benefits of the employees and workers of two major apparel factories situated in Gazipur. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Bank Asia and CARE Bangladesh, an international voluntary…
Another Ashulia match factory fire victim dies at DMCH
Dhaka – Another woman who sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a match factory in Ashulia of Savar upazila on Tuesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as…
Khaleda’s trial in Niko graft case to continue
Dhaka – The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday rejected the leave-to-appeal petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking a stay on the trial proceedings in the Niko corruption case against her. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led…