US put North Korea on notice it won’t tolerate any provocation, while Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike in response.
Month: April 2017
Incendiary weapons burn again in Syria
Recent attacks on Saraqeb caught on video Mary Wareham Videos and photographs taken last weekend in the city of Saraqeb, in northwestern Syria, show the unmistakably bright trails produced by incendiary weapons. The ZAB incendiary submunitions used in the attacks…
US hit IS with largest ever used bomb killing 36 fighters
Washington, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) — U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials…
Chelsea, not Arsenal, in Pochettino’s sights
LONDON, (BSS/AFP) – Tottenham Hotspur have “bigger things” in their sights than finishing above Arsenal this season as they step up their pursuit of Premier League leaders Chelsea, according to manager Mauricio Pochettino. Tottenham last finished above Arsenal in 1995,…
Did you know that the oceans have it all?
By Baher Kamal Rome, Apr 13 (IPS) – Perhaps you are not aware enough of the fact the oceans have it all! What is “all”? Well, oceans have from microscopic life to the largest animal that has ever lived on…
শুভ নববর্ষ
নববর্ষ বয়ে আনুক নব জীবন— প্রসফুটিত হোক সত্য সুন্দর ও শুদ্ধ চিন্তাধারা ………… প্রফেসর এম জাহিদুল হক শেরেবাংলা কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh Friday
Dhaka, Apr 13 – Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar year, will be celebrated in Basnghladesh on Friday amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm under tight security cover. Different socio-cultural organisations and institutions have taken up various programmes to…
HC stays trial proceedings of 4 cases against Khaleda
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday) stayed the trial proceedings of four sabotage cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The court also issued four separate rulings asking the government to explain as…
HC stays mayor Mannan’s suspension for 2nd time
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a government order suspending Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan for the second time.
EU calls for moratorium on executions
Dhaka – The European Union in a statement on Thursday reitrerated its opposition to capital punishment which, it said, is not a deterrent against crime and renders miscarriages of justice irreversible.
AL’s meet with Quami Madrasa people polls campaign: BNP
Dhaka – A senior BNP leader on Thursday alleged that the government is building relations with qaumi madrasha people to sail through the next elections.
Road accident kills minor girl in Nawabganj
Dhaka – A five-year-old baby girl was killed in a road accident in Rishipara area on Dhaka-Bandhura road under Nawabganj upazila of the district today. The deceased was identified as Srabonti Moni hailed from Rishipara of the upazila.
Premier Cricket: Gazi Group beat Mohammedan SC by 7 wkts
Dhaka – A brilliant century by national coloured all rounder Nasir Hossain enabled Gazi Group Cricketers to make a good start in the Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League upsetting Dhaka Mohammedan SC by seven wickets at BKSP ground-3 on…
1st Div Football: 2 matches end in goalless draw
Dhaka – Both the matches of the Saif Power Tec Dhaka Metropolis First Division Football League ended in goalless draw at the Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur on Thursday.
Two U-12 booters to represent BD in “Football For Friendship”
Dhaka – Two under-12 booters — one boy and one girl — will represent Bangladesh for the first time in the Gazprom’s 5th Season of the Football for Friendship Programme on the occasion of the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017…
BGB men gun down ‘female drug peddler’ at Naf River
Cox’ Bazar – A woman, said to be a Myanmar national, was killed and four people injured in a reported gunfight between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and a group of ‘drug peddlers’ at Badarmokam in Teknaf upazila early…
Shakib Khan hospitalised
Dhaka – Prominent Bangla film actor Shakib Khan was hospitalised on Thursday noon with chest pain.Director Shamim Ahmed Rony said Shakib was admitted to Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi in the city around 12:30 pm after complained of chest pain.
Dhaka a reliable partner, says Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday termed Bangladesh a ‘reliable partner’ and highly appreciated the upward trajectory of bilateral relations since the official visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Moscow in 2013. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali had…
Wrong time Tillerson freezes out Russia’s independent groups
Rex Tillerson’s first visit to Russia as secretary of state was understandably dominated by the fallout from the April 7 US air strike on a Syrian air base. While he met with President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and…
NASA may announce the discovery of new habitat
Today, NASA will announce a new finding which the space agency says will ‘inform the broader search for life beyond Earth’. A report from a former NASA employee suggests that the finding relates to hydrothermal vents in an icy ocean…
First B2B meeting on cotton trade in Bangladesh
The International Islamic Trade Financing Corporation has organised its first B2B meeting between African cotton suppliers and Bangladesh cotton importers, as part of its Cotton Development and Partnership Programme… ITFC is recognised as the leading trade financier for cotton in…
Economic recovery crucial to sustainable development
More than eight years after the global financial crisis exploded in late 2008, economic growth remains generally tepid, while ostensible recovery measures appear to have exacerbated income and other inequalities. Yet, despite the G-20 group of the world’s largest economies…
First Abu Dhabi Bank cuts jobs
Abu Dhabi: First Abu Dhabi Bank has made up to 20 job cuts in its global markets division following the merger of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank, sources told an international news agency. The merger of…
Trump says Nato ‘no longer obsolete’
US President Donald Trump has said Nato is “no longer obsolete”, reversing a stance that had alarmed allies. Hosting Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, Mr Trump said the threat of terrorism had underlined the alliance’s importance.
Combined admission test for Universities!
There is no admission test for classes from I to class XI across the country. General people and their wards thus get a great relief from the rubbish burden. They had to attend coaching centres and memorise many things from…
Suspected ‘female drug peddler’ killed at Naf River
Dhaka, Apr 13 – A woman, said to be a Myanmar national, was killed and four people others injured in a reported gunfight between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and a group of ‘drug peddlers’ at Badarmokam in Teknaf…
Son kills elderly mother in Sylhet
Dhaka, Apr 13 – A septuagenarian woman was hacked to death allegedly by her ‘mentally retarded’ son at Dakkhin Barkot village in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Wednesday.
US-Russia relations may be at ‘all-time low’- Trump
Washington, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) – Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that U.S. relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low.” His top diplomat offered a similarly grim assessment…
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria chemical attack
United Nations, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) – Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned the reported use of chemical weapons in a town in northern Syria and demanded a speedy investigation, triggering clashes between Moscow and the measure’s…
Raid on suspected ‘militant den’ in Rajshahi; 1 held
Dhaka, Apr 13 – Police arrested a suspected militant during a raid on a ‘militant den’ at Darikharbona in Rajshahi divisional city on Northwest Bangladesh early Thursday.