Dhaka – Coast Guards Members in a drive arrested 24 alleged pirates from Tengarchar area in Sandwip upazila in Chittagong on Thursday night.The identities of the arrestees could not be ascertained yet,UNB News Agency Reported.
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‘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 on Thursday.The arrestee was identified as Habibur Rahman…
One electrocuted in Joypurhat
Dhaka – A man died from electrocution while his wife was injured at Jamalpur village in Sadar upazila on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Mahfuz Rahman, son of Majibar Rahman,a resident of the village.Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Farid Hossain…
Stokes takes English to 309/8 against Tigers
Dhaka – Ben Stokes’ maiden ODI century helped the English set a challenging target of 310 for Bangladesh in the first match of the three-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.The visitors posted the figure playing…
5 hurt in Sylhet biscuit factory fire
Sylhet: At least five workers sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a biscuit factory in Haidarpur village of Sadar upazila on Friday morning. Factory owner Shafiul Islam said the fire erupted from an electrical short circuit…
UP member sued over irregularity in ‘Food-Friendly Prog’
Joypurhat: A case has been filed against a union parishad member in Panchbibi upazila for his involvement in irregularities in selling rice at Tk 10 per kg to ultra poor under the ‘Food-Friendly Programme’. UNB News Agency Reported.
‘Robber’ beaten dead by mob in Jhalakati
Dhaka – A suspected robber was beaten to death by mob at Bil Shonautha village in Kathalia upazila early Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sub-inspector of Kathalia Police Station, Jashim, said a gang of robbers, numbering…
Why acne may help keep your skin young
A recent study conducted at King’s College London has found that people with acneinfection on their faces tend to have younger-looking skin as they grow older. Comparing genetic information from women with and without acne, the study found that acne-prone…
Dolly Parton to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Music legend Dolly Parton will be presented with a special honor during this year’s CMA Awards. The 70-year-old artist has earned the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor is given to artists who have “positively impacted and contributed to…
Singer Kanak Chapa working on new album
Culture Desk Eminent singer Romana Morshed Kanak Chapa will be returning with a new album after nearly two years. Recording works have already started. The album will contain eight songs. Her husband Mainul Islam Khan will be composing the songs.…
Now school children working as disaster preparedness ambassadors
Dhaka: The dream of 10-year-old Tasfia Sultana to sit for the primary school examination from a non-formal school in Cox’s Bazar was about to be shattered after a nor’wester blew over her area in March last. Mohseniapara Shikhon School was…
Popularization of science-based education stressed
Popularisation of science and information and communication technology (ICT) based modern education among the young students has become imperative to further accelerate pace of national development. The opinion came at concluding ceremony of a daylong Science Fair- 2016 organised by…
Wheat,rice harvests headed for record high: FAO
The world’s wheat and rice producers are headed for a record harvest this year, drastically reducing the global food bill as prices fall, the FAO said on Thursday.Overall cereal production is projected to rise by 1.5 percent this year from…
Data improves hurricane forecasts, but uncertainties remain
With modern technology, people can watch hurricanes churn in real time and forecasts are on-target up to seven days in advance — but experts say some puzzling storm traits are harder to solve. Using hurricane hunter aircraft, converted military drones,…
Polluters get fined around Dhaka city
The Department of Environment (DoE) today fined seven industries for violation of environmental guidelines and polluting environment with untreated industrial wastes in Savar, Keraniganj, Manikganj and Gazipur, said a press release. According to the release, a total of Taka 33…
2016 campaign can’t shake Bill Clinton’s scandals
Monica Lewinsky tends to avoid politics these days, after becoming instantly famous nearly 20 years ago as the White House intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton.Unfortunately for Lewinsky, the 2016 presidential race keeps getting stuck in the…
Wheat, rice harvests headed for record high: FAO
The world’s wheat and rice producers are headed for a record harvest this year, drastically reducing the global food bill as prices fall, the FAO said on Thursday. Overall cereal production is projected to rise by 1.5 percent this year…
Remittance inflow declines in September
Dhaka: The remittance inflow to the country has declined by $141 million as it received $1.043 billion in September while it was $1.183billion in August.World Bank’s chief economist Zahid Hossain attributed this decline to the fall of oil price in…
President Santos of Colombia wins Nobel Peace Prize
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…
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…