Dhaka – Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee Chairman High Court Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim yesterday said that a specific law is needed to rehabilitate those people who were released from jail after long terms incarceration without any trial.
Day: April 18, 2017
Stay on MP Rana’s bail extended
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended stay till May 8 on a High Court order that granted bail to Tangail-3 lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Failure to submit of report on BB heist for 13th time
Dhaka – The investigator of Bangladesh Bank responsible for submission of the central bank’s reserves heist failed to submit charges for the 13th time yesterday.
Obaidur Quader asks BRTA to review decision on stopping
In the wake of public transport crisis in the capital following a BRTA drive, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday asked the BRTA authorities to review its decision of stopping ‘sitting service’ of buses in a bid…
Scientists take to street in global march for truth
Scientists and science supporters will take to the streets in a global March for Science on 22 April . What began as a small Facebook group in the US capital, Washington DC has spiralled into a global phenomenon that will…
US attack on Syria mosque likely unlawful
United States forces appear to have failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties in a March 16, 2017 strike that killed at least 38 people in western Aleppo in Syria, Human Rights Watch said in a report released…
Cuban sweet symbol of post hurricane challenge to agriculture
Early in the day, when a gentle dew moistens the ground and vegetation in the mountains of eastern Cuba, street vendor Raulises Ramírez sets up his rustic stand next to the La Farola highway and displays his cone-shaped coconut sweets.…
Disease burden growing as vector insects adapt to climate change
There were surprised gasps when University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor John Agard told journalists at an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in late November 2016 that mosquitoes were not only living longer, but were “breeding in…
Unseen portrayals of bird species at National Museum
Culture Desk An exhibition on birds started on April 15 at the Nalinikanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum in Shahbagh in the capital. The exhibition has been arranged to mark the Bengali New Year 1424. A seminar with global…
Sonu Nigam criticises religion after being woken up by Azaan
Singer Sonu Nigam in a series of tweets has expressed his outrage on how following a religion in India is not by choice but by force. He wrote, “God bless everyone. I’m not a Muslim and I have to be…
Mallya arrested in London, stage set for extradition to India
Liquor baron and former Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya was on Tuesday arrested in London by local police, a little over a year since he left India after defaulting on loans worth more than Rs 9,000 crore. “Officers from the Metropolitan…
More silk exports stressed for making economy vibrant
Emphasis should be given on promoting more silk export from the region for making its economy vibrant coupled with elevating its socio-economic condition through earning more foreign currencies, said speakers at a participatory discussion here on Tuesday. They mentioned that…
Climate change poses threat to urban livelihood
Climate change is becoming a threat to the urban environment and development and livelihood as well the uncertainty that arises due to climate change needs to be considered in the overall urban risk management framework. All the vulnerability issues need…
“World class” medical research facility opens in Australia
A “world class” healthcare and medical research facility officially opened here on Tuesday at Sydney’s Randwick Hospitals Campus in Australia. The 10-storey Bright Building will bring together Prince of Wales Hospital’s Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre, the University of New South…
Orbital to launch cargo to space station today
A rocket packed with food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station is scheduled to blast off Tuesday from a NASA launch pad. The unmanned Cygnus cargo ship, nestled atop an Atlas V rocket, is poised…
Hollywood honors actor and veteran activist Gary Sinise
Oscar-nominated actor and longtime armed forces champion Gary Sinise was honored on Monday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a markedly military ceremony. The 62-year-old, who has advocated for service personnel and veterans for almost 40…
3 cops among 4 injured in Keraniganj fight
Dhaka, Apr 18 – Four people, including three policemen and a suspected robber, were injured during a fight between ‘robbers’ and cops at Chandipur of Keraniganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka early Tuesday.
US court sides with reptile keepers against giant snake ban
Miami, Apr 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. wildlife officials can’t legally stop interstate trade of giant exotic snakes such as Burmese pythons, which threaten to eat all the native mammals in the Florida Everglades, an appeals court has ruled.
PM Sheikh Hasina off to Bhutan on 3-day state visit
Dhaka, Apr 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Thimphu on Tuesday on a three-day state visit to Bhutan. A Druk Air VVIP flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Stopping deforestation: ‘Indigenous people are the best park rangers’
Trees soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection? Our experts offer seven ideas for the conservation and restoration of forests s1 | Stop subsidising agriculture that harms forests Countries need to stop using outdated fiscal policies…
US opposed to investment facilitation talks at G20
Geneva, 13 Apr (D. Ravi Kanth) – Attempts to finalize a non-binding outcome on investment facilitation at the meeting of G20 officials of the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) in Berlin suffered a major setback after the United States…
SOPA 2017 Journalism Awards attract record over 750 entries
Hong Kong, China – Media OutReach – April 18, 2017 – The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization, today announced that it has received more than 750 entries in English and Chinese for the SOPA…
North Korea: ‘We will react with nuclear strike’- BBC
Face-to-face with North Korea’s top diplomat By John Sudworth BBC News, Pyongyang North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol warns the US against taking military action, in an interview with the BBC’s John Sudworth. Two days ago, I stood on the…
Qawmi degree recognition BD govt’s timely decision
Masum Billah The government of a country means the guardian of all sections of people of that country. Hence, it is to take some decisions to satisfy the needs of all sections which may not please some sections. Still government…
500 bullet rounds found in Aftabnagar
Dhaka – Police recovered some 500 rounds of bullets in an abandoned condition from the city’s Aftabnagar on Monday.Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station Abdul Jalil said some workers, who were filling up earth at Trimohoni in the area, found the…
5 shops gutted in Sylhet fire
Dhaka- At least five shops were burnt as a fire broke out at a market in Bandar Bazar of the city in Sylhet on Monday night.
UP member jailed for 14 yrs in arms case
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Monday sentenced a union parishad member to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal arms.The convict is Angur, 35, son of Hena of Sundarpur village in Nayladanga union of Shibganj upazila and UP member…
Cop killed in Bogra road crash
Dhaka- A police constable was killed when a truck knocked him down on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Mokamtola in Shibganj upazila in Bogra early Tuesday.
Sanchez and Ozil end Arsenal’s 3-month wait for EPL away win
Middlesbrough (AP/UNB) – Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil secured Arsenal’s first English Premier League win on the road in three months on Monday, with the 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough reviving the London club’s tough pursuit of Champions League qualification.Sanchez curled…