Mexico City – Today (2 December 2016) Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo leads women mayors from around the world in launching the Women4Climate initiative to help support and celebrate women leaders who are driving forward climate action. As the first woman…
Month: December 2016
New wave of destruction in Rohingya villages: Where is Suu Kyi
New York – New satellite imagery of Burma’s Rakhine State shows 820 newly identified structures destroyed in five different ethnic Rohingya villages between November 10-18, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should without further delay invite the…
19th year of CHT Peace Treaty observed
Dhaka – The 19th anniversary of the signing of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord was observed on Friday with renewed call for full implementation of the landmark deal.
6m solar home system plan faces setback
Dhaka – The country’s solar home system (SHS), which is acclaimed as the world’s most successful single largest programme, is now in limbo due to a sharp fall in its installation rate. According to the industry insiders, the monthly installation…
4 hurt in sugar mill boiler blast in BD’s Joypurhat
Dhaka – Four staff, including an engineer, of Joypurhat Sugar Mills Limited received burn injuries in a boiler explosion at the mill here on Friday afternoon. The injured are Shahjahan Kibria, 38, deputy assistant engineer, two firemen Nazmul Hossain, 34,…
Border Guard Bangladesh seize Tk 919-cr contraband items
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various contraband items, including Yaba tablets, heroin and foreign wine, worth over Tk 919.45 crore in the last 11 months. UNB news agency reported
27 tourists rescued as launch catches fire in the Sundarbans
The authorities have rescued 27 tourists after a fire broke out on a ferry they were travelling by at Chandpai Range in the Sundarbans.The vessel, Pelican-1, caught fire in Harbaria around 6:30pm on Friday, Divisional Forest Officer (East) Md Saidul…
UN seeks 850 more BD troops for peacekeeping
The United Nations sought an infantry battalion composed of 850 personnel from Bangladesh for its peacekeeping mission.The battalion will be deployed to meet the immediate requirement in Wau area of South Sudan.In this regard a recent request has been sent…
Purbachal to be first smart city in Bangladesh
Purbachal New Town Project will be developed as the first smart city in Bangladesh by 2018, official said.”The government has a plan to build Purbachal new town project a smart city where quality infrastructure and all modern amenities will be…
Not time to comment on glitch in PM’s flight: Quader
Dhaka – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said it will be known after investigation whether the incident of technical glitch in the flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was an accident or negligence or conspiracy. UNB news…
Tamim’s fifty guides Vikings to post 134/6 against Dynamites
Dhaka -Chittagong Vikings opener-cum-skipper Tamim Iqbal’s knock of 74 propelled to post a target of 135 against Dhaka Dynamites in their 11th tussle of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.Chittagong played stipulated 20…
Comilla Victorians beat Khulna Titans by 5 wkts
Dhaka – West Indies top-order batsman Marlon Samuels’s unbeaten half century of 69 helped Comilla Victorians to achieve a five-wicket victory against Khulna Titans in their 11th tussle of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium…
One held with arms in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man along with arms and ammunition from Dihi in Sharsha upazila in One held with arms in Jessore on Thursday night.The arrestee was identified as Shahidul Islam, 24, son of Ibrahim Khalim of Bahadurpur…
People not to accept relocation of Zia’s grave: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned the government that the country’s people will never accept its ‘imprudent’ move to remove Ziaur Rahman’s grave from parliament area.”Bringing Louis I Kahn’s main design (of parliament) abruptly is a…
Israeli minister calls Abbas ‘No 1 foe’
Israeli Energy minister Yuval Steinitz said Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas represents the top ideological threat to the Jewish state after Abbas vowed to withdraw recognition of Israel if it keeps refusing to reciprocate. Speaking at a Fatah party…
Two US warships, 4000 troops arrive in Mediterranean
Four-thousand US sailors and marines from the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) have arrived in the Mediterranean Sea after transiting the Suez Canal, according to a release from the US navy. The group, which is comprised of an amphibious assault…
Mass prayer rally in Jakarta against governor
At least 200,000 conservative Muslims have gathered for Friday prayers and to protest against Jakarta’s governor, at a rally in the Indonesian capital. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as “Ahok”, is accused of insulting Islam during election campaigning. On Wednesday,…
Show world my mum is alive, says son
The son of Gulnara Karimova, the once powerful daughter of the late Uzbek president Islam Karimov, has called for her whereabouts to be made public. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Islam Karimov Junior denied recent reports suggesting his…
Stand against bill on child marriage, HRW urges BD MPs
Dhaka – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the members of Bangladesh’s parliament to stand against a new bill which’ puts girls at high risk of child marriage.’ Senior researcher of HRW’s Women Rights Division Heather Barr in…
15 feared dead in explosives factory fire in India
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — Police say a fire has engulfed a factory manufacturing explosives in southern India and 15 workers are feared dead and another three injured.
18 killed after bus plunges into lake in central China
Beijing (AP/UNB) — Chinese authorities say 18 people have died and two more are in hospital after a passenger bus plunged into a lake in the central province of Hubei.
NZ Cricket introduces concussion substitutions
Dhaka – New Zealand Cricket will follow Australia in allowing concussed players to be substituted in its domestic limited-overs competitions this season.In October, New South Wales batsman Daniel Hughes became the first player to be replaced under the Australian rule…
Van-puller killed in Sirajganj train crash
Dhaka – A van-puller was killed when a train hit his van at Jhaoil level-crossing in Kamarkhand upaizla in Sirajganj on Thursday.
3 Jamaat men among 55 held in BD’s Satkhira
Dhaka – Police arrested 55 people, including three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of Satkhira district on various charges.
Trump names Gen James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis as defence secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump has named General James Mattis as his defence secretary. “He’s our best,” Mr Trump said, as he announced the nomination to a rally of supporters in Ohio. Gen Mattis, who is known as “Mad Dog”, was…
Bus strike on Dhaka-Rajshahi route hits commuters hard
Rajshahi – Movement of buses on Dhaka-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Thursday night as Rajshahi District Motor Workers’ Union enforced a strike on the route, protesting an attack on the workers of a bus by truckers.
Bangladesh Bank signs Green TF agreements with 6 banks
Dhaka – Bangladesh Bank on Thursday signed participatory agreements (PA) with six banks for the use of’ ‘Green Transformation Fund (GTF) for export-oriented textile and textile products and leather manufacturing industries’. The banks which signed the GFT-PA separately are Eastern…
Obaidul for reasonable solution with Uber cabservice
Dhaka – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government will be able to reach a reasonable consensus with the app-based taxicab service Uber, in a bid to give digital transport service to the country’s people. “I’ve…
Cyclonic storm Nada weakening in Northwest Bay of Bengal
Dhaka – The cyclonic storm Nada moving towards the north west Bay from south east Bay of Bengal is getting weak and may shrink into a depression to deep depression that may eventually weaken further into a land depression over…