Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted two people and sentenced them to death for killing the wife of a RAB officer in 2014. The court also fined the two convicts—Abul Bashar Hawladar, son of Nasir Hawladar, and Harun…
Day: March 8, 2017
One held in city with snake venom
Dhaka – Detectives arrested a man along with snake venom from Dhanmondi area in the city on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Md Solaiman Azad, 61, a resident of Dhanmondi area.Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of…
Siddikur to play in Hero Indian Open on Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s star golfer Siddikur Rahman will take part in the US$1.75 million Hero Indian Open starting at DLF Golf and Country Club, New Delhi on Thursday. The only Bangladesh’s golfer in the tournament got an entry as the…
Huge grenades, explosives recovered from Ctg ‘militant den’
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive recovered huge grenades, bombs and bomb-making materials from a ‘militant den’ at Gobhania in Mirsarai upazila early Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements…
5 to walk gallows for killing tax official in city
A speedy tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced five people to death and four others, including two women, to different jail terms for killing former tax commissioner Abu Taher in 2015. The condemned convicts are — Mohammad Nasir, son of Rustom…
Hockey World League: Bangladesh to battle Egypt in quarterfinal
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh will have to battle hard with upper ranking Egypt in the 4th quarter final of the eight-nation round-2 matches of the Hockey World League at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium here on Thursday.The 4th quarterfinal match…
HC orders transfer of Khaleda’s graft case to another court
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered the transfer of the case of Zia Orphanage Trust graft to Dhaka Senior Special Judge’s Court (Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court) from Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim…
Release those jailed for no crime: PM
Underscoring the need for releasing those now in jail for no crime, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the victims can also ask for compensation from the authorities concerned. Replying to a tabled question from Jatiya Party MP Nurul…
Premier Division Basketball League begins Thursday
Dhaka – The Metropolis Premier Division Basketball League, organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation, will begin at Dhanmondi wooden floor gymnasium here on Thursday.UNB agency
Tigers trail by 361 runs against Sri Lanka
Dhaka – Bangladesh were trailing by 361 runs with eight wickets in hand in the 1st innings after the 2nd day’s play replying to Sri Lanka’s 494/10 in the first Test of the Joy Bangla Cup series at Galle International…
Lalmatia, Matuail CA secure win in 2nd Div-Cricket
Dhaka – Lalmatia Club and Matuail Cricket Academy secured victories against their rivals in the 24-team Dhaka Second Division ODM Cricket League at two separate venues in the outskirts of Dhaka on Wednesday.Lalmatia (246/5 in 47.4 overs) defeated Narayanganj Cricket…
North Zone new BCL champions
Dhaka – The BCB North Zone clinched the title of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) for the first time after making a draw with Islami Bank East Zone in the last match on the 4th and final day of the country’s…
Valuing Women’s Unpaid Work
Women’s work remains unaccounted for even though the issue of unpaid work carried out by women is being discussed globally at the policy, academic as well as practitioners’ levels. Defined as “unpaid care work,” this includes taking care of children,…
Let Women Speak and Give Them a Hearing
Basic rights always need champions, and that’s truer today than it ought to be as around the world we see an unwelcome pattern of reaction to modern complexities ranging from globalization and automation to austerity and dwindling wages. One alarming…
Aishwarya wins best actress award at international film festival
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s film Sarbjit has given her yet another reason to celebrate. The actor who played the character of Sarabjit Singh’s sister Dalbir Kaur, has won the Best Actress award at the International Film Festival and Awards of Australia…
Drama staged in honour of March 7
Culture Desk Drama “Rajaboli” was staged on March 7 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to honour the historic speech given by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in March, 1971. The drama inspired by Rabindranath Tagore-Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay was staged for the fourth…
IBM Global Entrepreneur Program launched for startups
The government and IBM today announced a collaboration to launch the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program (GEP) for startups. The program will help startups and entrepreneurs harness the power of IBM Cloud, and Watson APIs on Blumix, said a press release.…
Jackie Chan: foreign ‘pressure’ good for Chinese films
Action star Jackie Chan said opening up China’s heavily-restricted film market to more foreign works would put positive pressure on local filmmakers, as rumours swirl Beijing will expand its quota on imported movies. Since 2012, China has permitted 34 films…
Norway oil fund bans 10 more coal-related companies
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has banned 10 more coal-related companies from its portfolio, most of them American or Asian, Norway’s central bank said on Tuesday. The fund, which is valued at around 7.63 trillion kroner (854 billion…
Philippines aims for ‘golden age of infrastructure’
Desperately needed airports and trains are part of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s envisioned “golden age of infrastructure”, but graft, red tape and other perennial problems threaten the $170-billion plan. Unprecedented influxes of money from China and Japan are key planks…
How CIA hacks TVs and phones across world: Wikileaks
The CIA has become the preeminent hacking operation, sneaking into high-tech phones and televisions to spy on people worldwide, according to an explosive WikiLeaks publication of purported internal CIA documents on Tuesday.
China calls on N Korea to suspend missile and nuclear tests
China has proposed that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to “defuse a looming crisis”. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that in exchange, the US and South Korea could halt annual joint military drills, which consistently…
Checks and balances before roads and bridges
Paolo Mauro Washington, DC – In the 2016 American presidential election, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agreed that the US economy is suffering from dilapidated infrastructure, and both called for greater investment in renovating and upgrading the country’s public capital…
The biggest price changes of 2016
Changes in commodity prices attract the attention of many different people from all over the world from trades, researchers, and analysts to policymakers, and just interested citizens. Commodity prices depend on changes in demand and supply forces and there are…
Pesticides detrimental to the rights to food and health: UN
A report by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to food being presented to the Human Rights Council this week states that “Pesticides, which have been aggressively promoted, are a global human rights concern, and their use can have…
Much to be proud of—a lot more remains to be done
As we mark International Women’s Day, we celebrate the progress made in improving women’s inclusion and empowerment, while seeking to better address continuing challenges, which are estimated to cost South Asian economies $888 billion, through devising and implementing solutions that…
Serena withdraws from Indian Wells with knee injury
Indian Wells, Mar 8 (AP/UNB) — Serena Williams withdrew from the BNP Paribas Open that begins Wednesday because of a left knee injury, leaving the desert tournament without the world’s top-ranked women’s player. The withdrawal also cost Williams a chance…
3 dead as car crashes on motorbike in Brahmanbaria
Dhaka, Mar 8 – Three motorcyclists were killed as a vehicle crashed on a motorbike carrying them at Rampura on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Tuesday night.
End gender-based violence: 16 envoys on Women’s Day
Dhaka, Mar 8 – Sisteen heads of foreign missions, stationed in Dhaka, have called upon all to stand with them and their Bangladeshi sisters and male allies to end gender-based violence (GBV) once and for all. “We call upon each…
Suspected robber killed, 2 cops hurt in Comilla ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 8 – A suspected robber was killed and two detective policemen suffered bullet wounds in a ‘gunfight’ with with detective police at Loribagh in Burichang upazila of Comilla early Wednesday.