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Month: April 2017
27 held in Satkhira drives
Dhaka- Police arrested 27 people, including an alleged Jamaat-e-Islami activist, during separate drives conducted at different parts in Satkhira from Friday evening to Saturday morning.The alleged Jamaat activist was identified as Nazrul Islam, son of Md Ripon, of Betla village in…
Asia markets retreat after strong week, eye on US data
Asian investors on Friday wound down after a strong week, with profit-taking weighing on most markets and attention turning to the release of US growth data later in the day. Regional equities have seen a boon this week after France’s…
Vinegar offers hope in Barrier Reef starfish battle
Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday in a discovery that offers hope for Australia’s struggling Great Barrier Reef. The predatory starfish is naturally-occurring but has proliferated due to pollution and run-off at…
Soul-searching scientists struggle to get message across
“We mortals do not understand you.” That’s the heartfelt cry from former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, pleading with scientists to use everyday language to help counter growing public mistrust. Figueres was giving one explanation of why scientists are struggling…
Huji leader held in Jhenidah
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested the regional military wing chief of banned Islamic outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) from Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district early Saturday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Alim, 50, military wing chief of Jhenidah district…
John Abraham’s next won’t be
John Abraham has been quietly working on his next, which is produced by his own JA Entertainment and will be based on events revolving around the 1998 Pokhran nuclear test. He has luckily booked for the December 8 slot this…
Hrithik ,Madhuri and Sonakshi’s South African tour postponed
The Night With Stars Reloaded tour to Durban, South Africa, which would have Hrithik Roshan, Madhuri Dixit and Sonakshi Sinha performing together has been postponed to May 12 now. According to reports in a leading daily, around thirty crew members…
Siddikur advances to 28th place in Yeangder Heritage Golf
Dhaka – Bangladesh celebrated golfer Siddikur Rahman made a brilliant came back in the US$300,000 Yeangder Heritage Golf after carding three-under-par 69 in the 3rd round at National Golf Country Club in Thailand on Saturday.With the day’s brilliant performance, two…
Dhallywood sci-fi film Porobashinee ready for released
Entertainment Desk Pioneering Dhallywood science fiction film Porobashinee is all set to be released on May 5. The anticipated film, which has been in the works for the last five years, will have a global release, including a few screens…
BD wants to boost ties with Indian northeast
Dhaka – Bangladesh wants to enhance connectivity, people-to-people contacts and trade with the northeast of India through its new diplomatic Mission in Guwahati, says a Bangladesh diplomat. UNB news agency reported
12 teenagers return from Indian after serving jail term
Jessore – Twelve teenage Bangladeshi girls and a child returned home from India through Benapole Check post here on Friday evening after languishing in jail there for different terms. UNB news agency reported
Hacker threatens to release stolen copies of Netflix series
San Francisco – A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black,” and is demanding that the video streaming service pay an unspecified ransom to prevent all the new episodes from…
Duterte opens ASEAN summit with oblique swipe at US, EU
Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has opened an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders with an oblique swipe at Western governments that have raised alarm over his brutal anti-drug crackdown, asking them not to meddle in the affairs of…
NKorea official calls US efforts to rid nukes a ‘wild dream’
United Nations – North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador said Friday that U.S. efforts to get rid of his country’s nuclear weapons through military threats and sanctions are “a wild dream.” AP/UNB news agency reported
Trump to spend Day 100 in office talking tough on trade
Washington – President Donald Trump is marking his 100th day in office by talking tough on trade. The White House says the president will sign an executive order Saturday that will direct his Commerce Department and the U.S. trade representative…
Bhutan urges 3 other BBIN members to go ahead
Dhaka – Having failed to address domestic concerns timely, Bhutan has urged three other South Asian countries to move ahead with the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) signed among the four countries considering the importance of connectivity in the region.UNB news…
Another Dinajpur boiler blast victim dies
Dhaka – Another worker, who suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Sadar upazila in Dinajur district on April 19 last, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital in Rangpur on Saturday morning.Dhiren Chandra, 35, who…
Wives wanted in the Faroe Islands
By Tim Ecott Torshavn There’s a shortage of women in the Faroe Islands. So local men are increasingly seeking wives from further afield – Thailand and the Philippines in particular. But what’s it like for the brides who swap the…
Defiant North Korea test-fires ballistic missile
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, the South Korean military was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. The US military said the missile did not…
Bangladesh-India to promote Sundarbans tourism together
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – Bangladesh wants to promote the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove and a Unesco world heritage site, working together with India and promote cross-border tourism keeping the environment unhurt. An official at…
‘Carbon tax’ in Bangladesh from next Fiscal Year
Fahad Ferdous, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – The government has planned to impose ‘carbon tax’ from the next fiscal year on the sectors that are polluting the environment, aiming to deal with the environmental concerns and improve the…
Mild quake jolts Sylhet
Dhaka – A light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sylhet region in Sylhet on Friday night.The earthquake was felt at 10:50pm, according to Met Office.The epicentre of the quake was along Indo-Bangla border, about 204km northeast from…
Serie A leader Juventus held by Atalanta to 2-2
Bergamo,(AP/UNB)- Serie A leader Juventus was held by host Atalanta to 2-2 on Friday.Juventus thought it won when Dani Alves headed in seven minutes from time but Remo Freuler leveled six minutes later.”We just needed to stay with the game…
Sharapova wins again, reaches semifinals at Porsche GP
Stuttgart, (AP/UNB)- Maria Sharapova won again to move into the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals after beating Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.In her third match following a 15-month doping ban, Sharapova converted five of her six break points.”I’m…
A river in Canada vanished in 4 days for climate change
Gopal Krishna A vast river flowing from one Canada’s largest glaciers vanished in just four days last year, due to the glacier’s meltdown propelled by climate change.
Marching for a green and just future
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Apr 28 (IPS) – People around the world will be banding together to fight one of the world’s most pressing problems: climate change. Thousands are set to gather at the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C.…
Climate-smart agriculture – from Tanzania to Vietnam
By IPS World Desk Rome, Apr 28 (IPS) – As part of efforts to move towards “climate-smart” agriculture, several countries have shared In a meeting in Rome new experiences on how to produce food in ways that help farmers cope…
20 million people could ‘starve to death’ in 6 months
By Baher Kamal Rome, Apr 28 (IPS) – Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine in North Eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN leading food and agriculture agency’s chief on April 28…
Worlds greenest terminal launches at Oslo Airport
Dhaka – Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for…