The government will launch tower business in telecom sector considering customers’ interests as well as environmental concerns, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim has said.
Year: 2016
Madrasah teacher held for quizzing over Nikhil murder
Police detained a madrasah teacher for quizzing in connection with the killing of Hindu tailor Nikhil Joarder.
Khaleda to address workers’ rally today
BNP’s workers’ front Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal is all set to hold its workers’ rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Sunday, marking ay Day.
Child labor involvement grips RU campus
RU Correspondent “Severe stomach appetite, I do not get to eat at home. So doing work in this tea stall. I work here from 7am to until eight o’clock at night. Tea stall owner give me food twice with TK-30…
US for steps to curb killings in Bangladesh
Washington — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday amid fears that the traditionally moderate South Asian nation is…
Environment Min fails to deal with environment issues: Experts
Dhaka – Though the environmental pollution has emerged as a major issue, the Ministry of Environment and Forests appears unable to take the lead role in dealing with the alarming incidents of pollution and enforcing the existing laws of the…
18 sued over Laxmipur double murder
Dhaka – A case has been filed against 18 people in connection with the killing of two people at Rajibpur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur district on Friday, unb news agency reported. Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Sadar…
14 held in Benapole en route to India
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 14 Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, while crossing into to India illegally through Boro Achra border of Benapole in Jessore on Friday night unb news agency reported.
US stresses steps to curb killings in Bangladesh
Washington (AP/UNB) – Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday amid fears that the traditionally moderate South Asian nation…
China, Japan foreign ministers meet to smooth tense ties
Beijing (AP/UNB) – The foreign ministers of China and Japan are meeting in Beijing in an effort to improve tense relations bedeviled by disputes over territory, history and competition for influence in East Asia.
Living free and equal
Rebeca Grynspan Madrid – In the quarter-century since the publication in 1990 of the first Human Development Report, the world has made astounding strides in reducing poverty and improving the health, education, and living conditions of hundreds of millions of…
WHO: Member States to finalise FENSA during May Assembly
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – World Health Organization Member States decided to continue negotiations on the Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) during the 69th World Health Assembly (WHA). The 69th WHA with its annual gathering of health ministers…
Nisha Desai Biswal likely to be in Dhaka May 4
Dhaka – Nisha Desai Biswal, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, is likely to arrive here on May 4 to discuss ways how the counterterrorism cooperation between Bangladesh and the United States can be taken…
Facebook provides 31 BD users’ info as per govt request
Popular social networking site, Facebook, has for the first time responded to requests of Bangladesh government providing users’ information.
Norway calls off helicopter rescue, says 13 dead
Norwegian rescue officials say the search operation after the helicopter crash near Bergen is over and all 13 people who were on board are presumed dead.
3 burned in city hot water attack
Three people, including a trader, suffered burn injuries when a local criminal reportedly threw hot water on them in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka on Friday for the refusal to pay him toll.
BBC’s weekly global audience rises to record 348m
The BBC reaches a record weekly audience of 348 million people worldwide, a 13% increase on last year, according to new figures released today, says a message received from the BBC international service. The figures – the BBC Global Audience…
IFAD-supported project tackles malnutrition, stunting in Laos
Vientiane – The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic signed an agreement yesterday to finance and implement a project that will reduce extreme poverty and malnutrition for 34,000 poor rural…
Rally, human chain photo exhibitions mark 25th year of April 29
Rights activists on Friday held a rally in front of the Jatiyo Press Club(JPC) and arranged a Photography Exhibition at the Dhaka University (DU) remembering the April 29,1991 Cyclone that killed about half a million people when winds swept across…
Police permits BNP’s May Dah rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan
The BNP has finally got permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) authorities to hold its workers rally at Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the International Labour Day tomorrow. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the rally to be organised by BNP’s…
Home Minister says, Xulhaz killing progressing the right way
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said that the investigation in the killing of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tanoy is being carrying out in right way. Xulhaz Mannan, who is an editor of lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender…
Summer in colour solo painting show begins at Dhaka Alliane Francaise
A solo painting exhibition titled *’Summer in Colour’* by artist Nobo Kumar Bhadra has begun at Zoom Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Friday, 29 April 2016. Dr Pierre-Alain Baud, writer and…
Smoke still billowing at Chandpai of Sundarbans
Bagerhat – Three days into the forest fire that broke out in Tultala area of Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Sarankhola upazila, smoke was still billowing around the burnt out area on Friday.
Sizzling heat wave claims over 300 lives in India
Patna — A sizzling heat wave has claimed more than 300 lives in India this month, and officials have forbidden daytime cooking in some areas to prevent fires that have killed nearly 80 others.
Harvest of Boro paddy, main staple crop begins across Bangladesh
Dhaka – Harvest of Boro paddy, the min staple crop, has began and is progressing fastacross Bangladesh. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers have cultivated Boro paddy on vast tracts of land and are expecting a good…
Truck, pickup collide hurting 28 cops in Barisal
Dhaka – Twenty-eight members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) were injured when a pickup van carrying them slammed into a roadside tree after a head-on collision with a truck on the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Chhoymile area of Babuganj upazila on…
UN ‘preparing response’ to North Korea missile tests
Dhaka – The UN Security Council is preparing a response to North Korea after it test-launched two mid-range missiles, China’s UN ambassador Liu Jieyi has said, according to reports. The two launches on Thursday came after a similar test on…
Two shot dead in Laxmipur
Dhaka – Two people were shot to death by miscreants at Rajibpur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipurf, about 200 kilometres southeast of Dhaka early Friday, unb news agency reported.
Bangladesh Supreme Court to rehear 168 cases mostly of one retired justice
Dhaka – The Supreme Court will rehear 168 cases the verdicts of which former Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain and former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury could not write while in service, unb news agency reported. Of the cases, 161 cases…
Celebrate Plant Something Day
Danielle Nierenberg Since 1950, the number of people residing in urban areas has increased from 746 million to 3.9 billion. By 2050, according to the United Nations, 66 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities. There are…