Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India, with approximately 1.32 lakh new cases of cervical cancer being diagnosed and about 74,000 deaths occurring annually, accounting for nearly one-third of cervical cancer deaths across the…
Andrew A Seaman Older people who have trouble sleeping through the night are at an increased risk of unhealthy changes in the brain, a new study found. The brain changes are tied to increased risks of strokes and other problems…
Jeremy Herron Dani Burger Stocks tumbled around the world, with U.S. equities sinking to their lowest levels since August, and bonds and gold jumped as oil’s plunge below $30 sent markets reeling. Treasuries extended gains as economic data and earnings…
Burkina Faso (AP) — Al-Qaida militants struck an upscale hotel and nearby cafe late Friday that were popular with Westerners in Burkina Faso’s capital, taking an unknown number of hostages and forcing others to hide for their lives as gunfire…
Who, if anyone, is coordinating the military, diplomatic plans the regime is carrying out? Andrei Lankov The January 6 North Korean nuclear test is much in the news these days, even though so far the situation seems very much like…
Staff Reporter The initiatives for reinvestigation of the noted journalist and freedom fighter Manik Shaha’s murder case will be taken for identifying the killers and their patrons, assured the Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu. He also announced publishing a white…
BAU Correspondent A fifteen-member executive body for Bangladesh Agricultural University Journalist’ Association (BAUJA) for the year 2016 was formed with Md Hatem Ali of Daily New Age as president and Ahad Alam of Samakal as general secretary.
A two-day Business Development Conference 2016 of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was inaugurated on January 15, 2016 at a local hotel.
The hosts had already been assured of a spot in the semifinals after Sri Lanka beat Malaysia in the other Group A match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.Bangladesh and Nepal both progressed to the knockout stage with five…
Telecoms regulators have finalised the reviewed draft of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) policy.Some criteria have been set in the draft guidelines for the contractor that will get the job to give the subscribers the facility to change mobile-phone operators…
The sanction means that the clubs, currently third and first respectively in Spain’s top division, will not be able to register any new signings until July 2017 once the present transfer window closes at the end of the month.There was…
Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra went on trial Friday over a costly rice subsidy policy that could see her jailed for a decade, as the ruling junta seeks to ward off a political comeback by her family.Yingluck, Thailand’s first female…
Detectives in a drive arrested 14 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Habiganj district unit ameer Mukhlesur Rahmanon, from Bhadai village in Sadar upazila on Friday morning on charges of sabotage plan.The other arrested are: district Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer Muhammad…
Rafik Azad, one of the most prolific and versatile poets of the country, was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) today from Anwar Khan Medical College Hospital at Dhanmondi in the capital for better treatment.The poet has been…
Robbers looted 15 tonnes of pulses from a mill in Bagerhat BSCIC Industrial Area here early Friday.Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said a gang of bandits stormed into ‘Messrs Shakti Mills’ owned by Swapan Basu breaking open…
The government has taken initiatives to prepare a 10-year ICT roadmap under Bangladesh National Enterprise Architecture (BNA) to operate e-Government activities smoothly, official sources said.The World Bank financed Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of Bangladesh Computer…
Detectives arrested two newly elected BNP-backed councillors of Bogra municipality on sabotage charges on Friday, immediately after they took oath.The arrestees were identified as Tawhidul Alam Bitu, a councillor from ward No 2 and a member of district BNP, and…
Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead in the four-match T20I series beating visiting Zimbabwe by 4 wickets with 8 balls remaining in the first match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.Replying to Zimbabwe’s 163 runs, hosts Bangladesh…
Six shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Mollahhat Bazar in Borhanuddin upazila early Friday.Locals said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a shop around 4am and soon engulfed five other adjoining shops.
The triennial council of Jhalakathi District Awami League will be held at Old Stadium here tomorrow (Saturday) after nine years of its schedule.Its last council was held in June in 2006 and the committee constituted at the council has so…
Chittagong district police in separate drives arrested 83 people from different upazilas of the district last night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 83 persons from different upazilas of the district for their…
Over 1,500 leaders and workers of BNP today joined formally the ruling Awami League (AL) being imbued with the ideologies of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.They joined the Awami League by handing over flower bouquets to Industries…
A seven-day International Waterbird Census covering 25-30 char areas of Bhola, Laxmipur, Noakhali and Patuakhali districts kicked off on Friday.A nine-member team of Bangladesh Bird Club (BBC), Nature Conservation Management (NACOM), and Prakity O Jibon Foundation.will carry out the counting…
South’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Friday that China has expressed intent to participate in the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions against North Korea.China’s agreement reportedly took place in a working-level defense policy meeting with South Korea.“During the meeting…
Australia scored 309-3 to beat India by seven wickets in their second one day international at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday.
Sri Lanka shrugged off their previous match defeat as they beat Malaysia by 2-1 goals in the group A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament held on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.The victory of Sri…
The trial of a new painkiller has gone drastically wrong in France, leaving one person brain dead and five others in a serious condition.On Friday, one source apparently familiar with the situation initially said the drug was a cannabis-based drug.…
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 16 runs in the opening Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.
Helen Clark and Filippo Grandi New York – The world has entered an era in which people are being displaced at an unprecedented rate. In 2014, conflict and persecution forced 42,500 people a day to flee their homes, nearly quadruple…
Thomas Fricke Berlin – The climate agreement that world leaders reached in Paris last month has been widely celebrated for establishing the ambitious target of limiting the increase in global temperature to well below 2º Celsius above pre-industrial levels. But…