Bagerhat – Five female chairman candidates won elections in five union parishads of Bagerhat district.Among the five, Taslima Begum won the chairman race in Raripara union parishad of Kachua upazila battling against her son.
Year: 2016
Robber ringleader held in Gaibandha
Gaibandha – Detective Branch of police arrested the ringleader of a robber gang along with a pistol and eight rounds of bullet from Mollar Char in Gaibandha Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Saidur Rahman.
Five female UP chairmen elected in Bagerhat
Bagerhat–Five female chairman candidates won elections in five union parishads of Bagerhat district.
Brussels attacks key suspect arrested
Brussels – A key suspect in the attacks in Brussels has been arrested, Belgian media say, quoting judicial sources.
Bandwidth, power exports between Bangladesh, India opened
The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh today jointly inaugurated, through video conferencing, supply of 100 mega watts of power from India (Tripura) to Bangladesh (Comilla) and 100 GBPS broadband internet from Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar) to India (Agartala). Remarks were…
Boeing builds drone sub
Boeing has built unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) for patrolling the sea. The Echo Voyager is 51-feet long. It the largest in the fleet of autonomous submarines built by the defense contractor. It’s also designed to allow up to six months…
US issues Europe travel advisory
The State Department of US has warned its citizens about potential risks to travel in Europe after March 22’s airport and subway bombings in Brussels.
Climate changing at ‘unprecedented’ rate
January and February 2016 smashed temperature records, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday as it warned climate change was advancing at an “unprecedented” rate.Temperatures in the first two months of 2016 soared to new highs, following a year…
How babies deal with angry adults!
Just as we often form fast opinions about each other’s personalities, especially when it comes to negative traits, 15-month-old infants also form similar generalisations about others and make attempts to appease adults they consider prone to anger, a study says.“Our…
Dhaka seeks duty free US access
Bangladesh has solicited support of a congressman to get duty-free and quota-free access of its goods to the US market.Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin met Congressman Adrian Smith in Washington on Monday and discussed trade-related issues and other development achievements of Bangladesh,…
No red carpet for ‘Batman vs Superman’
Movie studio Warner Bros went ahead with Tuesday’s London premiere of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, its new superhero movie, but skipped the traditional red carpet press interviews following the attacks in Brussels.”Our hearts go out to the victims…
Belgians hunt IS suspect
Belgian police are hunting an Islamic State suspect seen with two supposed suicide bombers shortly before they struck Brussels Airport in the first of two attacks that also hit the city’s metro, killing at least 30 and wounding over 200.The…
World’s highest abundance of sharks
An abundance of marine wildlife receives protection from fishing by the government of Ecuador.
We stand in solidarity with Belgium people: Obama
US President Barack Obama has expressed his solidarity with the people of Belgium in the wake of Tuesday;s terrorist attacks killing about 40 and injuring hundreds and condemned the attacks.
Coral bleaching at Barrier Reef ‘severe’: Australia
Australian authorities said Sunday coral bleaching occurring in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef had become “severe”, the highest alert level, as sea temperatures warm. Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt said while the bleaching at this stage was not as…
Eating disorders harm women’s fertility
Women with the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia may take a bit longer to get pregnant than other women. Researchers asked 11,088 pregnant women in UK to complete questionnaires at 12 and 18 weeks of their pregnancy. Of those women,…
Internet tycoon Elon Musk and actress Talulah Riley divorce
Entrepreneur Elon Musk and his British actress wife Talulah Riley are to end their marriage for a second time, official sources told AFP on Monday. The couple wed in 2010 and remarried in 2013 after a their first divorce, but…
People’s movements in India, Bangladesh join to save Sunderbans
In yet another major initiative strengthening people-to-people cooperation between South Asian nations, people’s movements in India joined hands with their Bangladesh counterparts to save the Sunderbans. This was declared in Delhi by a delegation of 11 senior activists who took…
NY Federal Reserve Bank had major lapse in robbery, Dhaka says
A document, dated 13 March, sheds new light on Bangladesh Bank’s interpretation of a cyber heist in which hackers tried to steal nearly $1 billion Dhaka: Bangladesh’s central bank has suggested the Federal Reserve Bank of New York had a…
Dozens killed by multiple explosions in Brussels Airport, Subway
Explosions tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing at least 14 people and injuring another 81. Shortly afterwards, a second blast struck a metro station in the Belgian capital, close to European Union (EU) institutions,…
We’re changing climate at an unprecedented’ rate
By Elaisha Stokes Hardly a week goes by anymore without some scientific agency reporting that Earth has surpassed some sort of alarming threshold: biggest monthly temperature anomaly, lowest amount of sea ice in the Arctic, highest wind speeds of any…
Tigers to take on India in cricket World T20 Wednesday
Dhaka – The Bengal Tigers will meet top ranked India in a high-voltage Group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 Super-10 stage at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday. The match will kick off at 8pm Bangladesh time.…
UP poll voting ends, EC claims fair election
Voting in 712 Union Parishads (UPs) in 37 districts of the country ended at 4pm on Tuesday amid various irregularities and sporadic violence that left a person dead and around 70 people injured.
Islamic Foundation distributes 4,146 copies of Holy Qur’an in Mymensingh
MYMENSINGH – Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (IFB), Mymensingh today observed its 41st founding anniversary here through different programmes.In observance of the founding anniversary, Mymensingh district office distributed copies of Holy Qur’an among the 4,146 students of Mosque- based mass-education centers in…
UP election held in Phulpur union peacefully
MYMENSINGH – Union Parishad election held in Phulpur upazila today peacefully except few stray incidents.The counting is going on, upazila election office sources said.Upazila Nirbhay Officer (UNO) of Phulpur upazila Rashed Ahamed Chowdhury told BSS that due to missing of…
UN official: Don’t target refugees over Brussels attacks
The U.N. official in charge of aiding Mideast refugees said on Tuesday that anger over the attacks in Brussels shouldn’t be directed at those fleeing Syria’s bloody civil war or violence elsewhere in the region.
One gets life term for killing wife in Tangail
TANGAIL – A court here today sentenced a man to suffer life imprisonment for killing his wife at Atpara village under Nagarpur upazila of the district in 2013.The court also fined him Taka 10,000 each, in default to suffer more…
Nine die in rural govt UP post-election violence in Bangladesh
Dhaka – Clashes in four union councils in as many districts during the counting of votes after daylong election have left at least nine people dead, according to reports coming from the districts. All the incidents took place on Tuesday…
Lightning kills one in Moulvibazar
MOULVIBAZAR – A woman was killed by lightning at East Islampur village in Kamarchak Union under Rajnagar upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased Neharun Begum, 28, was wife of Arjok Ali of the village.
India have ‘no room for error’ against Bangladesh
Dhaka – Veteran fast bowler Ashish Nehra said India can’t afford any slip-ups against Bangladesh on Wednesday if they are to avoid a humiliating early exit from the World Twenty20 on home soil.The hosts are precariously placed in fourth spot…