Dhaka – The High Court yesterday asked authorities concerned of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka not to collect extra tuition fees from its students for the next one year.
Day: March 13, 2017
Economists want ’employment budget’ in National budget
Dhaka – The BIDS experts demanded an “employment budget” to be included in the budget for the coming 2017-2018 fiscal to increase the employment growth in the formal sector. The new national budget for 2017-18 is expected to be placed…
IS link to Holey Artisan attack propaganda: Bd Police chief
Dhaka – Terming the statement of a Singapore-based security ‘expert’, Professor Rohan Gunaratna regarding the Islamic State’s(IS) link in the Holey Artisan attack, baseless propaganda, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque again claimed that there is no presence…
Emirates chief dismisses reports of merger talks with Etihad
Emirates president Tim Clark has dismissed reports that the rulers of the UAE are discussing a potential merger of Emirates and Etihad due to tough market conditions. German business paper Handelsblatt Global cited several sources as confirming the talks and…
AFC Cup: Dhaka Abahani to play Maziya Tuesday
Dhaka– Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani Limited will play Maldives champions Maziya Sports and Recreation Club in their first Group E match of the AFC Cup 2017 on Tuesday with both the teams expressing their optimism to win the…
Son ‘kills’ mother, neighbour in Tangail
Dhaka – A youth allegedly stabbed his mother and neighbour to death at Holudia village in Madhupur upazila in Tangail on Monday morning over family feud.The deceased were identified as Minara Begum, 55, wife of Mohammad Ali and their neighbour…
Youth hacked dead in Ctg
Dhaka – A young man was hacked to death allegedly by his roommate in a mess in Halisahar area of city in Chittagong early Monday.Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Halisahar Police Station, said Masud, 30, hailing from Sandwip upazila of the…
Premier Basketball: The Gregs earn 2nd consecutive victory
Dhaka – The Gregs Club earned the 2nd consecutive victory outplaying Old DOHS SC 67-31 points in Uni Med Uni Health Premier Division Basketball League outplaying Old DOHS SC 67-31 points at Dhanmondi Basketball gymnasium on Monday.The winners led the…
Worker killed in Ctg oil tanker blast
Dhaka – A worker was killed and another injured as an empty oil tanker exploded at Dakkhin Chhalimpur in Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on Monday.Witness Nasir Uddin said the deceased, Shahin, 21, son of Shahjalal of Comilla district and his…
BCB announces ODI squad against Sri Lanka
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday announced a 16-man ODI squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh will play the 1st and 2nd ODIs at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on March 25 and 28 while the…
The ocean is swallowing these two American towns
To stay or to go. It’s a wrenching question low-lying coastal communities around the world are beginning to reckon with as climate change starts to push up global sea levels. But it’s not just happening in far-away places like Bangladesh…
Burma victims deserve justice
Burma’s ethnic Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for their lives. Thousands of their homes were burned and many were killed and raped by Burmese soldiers. Burma’s military and civilian officials dismissed reports of these horrors as “fabricated news and rumors” and…
Breaking France’s addiction to its state of emergency
Like an addict, France does not know how to quit its state of emergency even though it has become clear that maintaining it erodes the rule of law and fosters human rights abuses while not keeping the country safer. The…
Press Release
Alliance Française de Dhaka is going to celebrate Journée internationale de la francophonie’ or ‘The International Day of the Francophonie’ from Tuesday, 14 March 2017 to Saturday, 25 March 2017. Like every year, Alliance Française de Dhaka is organising a…
Why do people develop high blood pressure?
\ Early life changes in brain activity and blood flow may be the reason why people tend to develop abnormally high blood pressure, or hypertension, researchers said. High blood pressure is a condition in which the force of the blood…
Two killed at outdoor rock concert in Argentina
Two people were killed and at least a dozen injured when more than 300,000 fans thronged a rock concert in Argentina early Sunday, officials said. Witnesses said crowds at the open air concert — featuring popular singer Indio Solari —…
Simran Khanna celebrates Holi on the set of Zee TV show Sanyukt
Holi is finally here! But even as many across the nation celebrate the festival of colours with full zeal, there are a few people who have to continue working. Oh well, we aren’t talking about us! Our TV celebrities maybe busy…
Light rail fails to fix Ethiopia’s traffic troubles
Electric light railway tracks soar over Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, a rare example of mass transit infrastructure on a continent ruled by ramshackle, diesel-spewing buses. But despite government promises, the roads below are still clogged with traffic 14 months after…
Bus runs into crowd in Haiti, killing at least 34 people
Port-Au-Prince, Mar 13 (AP/UNB) — A bus plowed into people taking part in an early morning street festival in Haiti on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and injuring 17, rescue officials said.
Malaysia and the question of North Korea
By Chandra Muzaffar The Malaysian government has done the right thing in keeping the channels of ommunication with the North Korean Government open. It wants an amicable resolution of the friction arising from the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the elder…
Nadal opens bid for 4th Indian Wells title with 2-set win
Dhaka – The No. 5-seeded Nadal is in a tough section of the draw at the hard-court tournament, facing possible matchups against Roger Federer in the fourth round and Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. All three had first-round draws and…
Bangladesh migrant visa process highly corrupt: TIB
Dhaka – The TIB official claimed the whole process had been ‘ controlled by a number of syndicates’ with links to the ministry, visa offices, migration authorities and officials of the destination countries.
After win vs PSG, Barcelona loses Spanish league lead
Dhaka — Real Madrid saw Barcelona falter and then survived an awful mistake by goalkeeper Keylor Navas to regain the Spanish league lead on Sunday.Barcelona lost 2-1 at relegation-threatened Deportivo La Coruna in its first match after its amazing win…
IS fighters left in Mosul will die, says US envoy McGurk
Any so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters left in Mosul will die in the Iraqi city, a US envoy co-ordinating the offensive has said. Brett McGurk, the senior US official in the counter-IS coalition, issued the warning after Iraqi forces cut…
‘Criminal’ killed in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected criminal was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jahajghat in the city in Rajshahi early Monday.UNB agency
Schoolboy drowns in Brahmanbaria
Dhaka – A schoolboy drowned in a canal of Ashuganj power station on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Bijoy, 15, son of Alam Miah, a resident of Char Choratola village of Ashuganj upazila, and student of Haji Abdul Jalil…
Jamaat man among 51 held in Jhenidah
Dhaka – Police arrested 51 people, including an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami, during their overnight drives at different upazilas here in Jhenidah on Sunday night.UNB agency
4 forest ‘robbers’ held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected forest robbers of ‘Zia Bahini’ after a gunfight at Katheshwar Khal in the Sundarbans under Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira early Monday.A team of the elite force conducted a drive…
Girder collapse kills 1, injures 2 at Malibagh
Dhaka- An unidentified man was killed and two others, including a construction engineer, were injured as a girder of Malibagh-Mouchak-Mogbazar flyover collapsed near Malibagh rail gate in city early Monday.Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station, said the girder suddenly…
‘Terrorist’ held with bombs, arms in Jessore
Benapole – Police arrested an alleged terrorist along with 25 hand bombs, arms and bullets from a student mess house adjacent to MM College here on Sunday night.