Dhaka, May 1 – Four people went missing as a boat capsized in the Ganga River in Dargapara area of Rajshahi city on Sunday evening during a violent localised storm. Three of the missing people are—Sarwer Hossain Rafiq, 45, Robin,…
Month: May 2017
Austria’s oldest football club, founded by Brits, faces final whistle
VIENNA, (AFP) – “Vienna til I die!” chanted the fans, in accented English, at a recent rainy match, testament to the British roots of Austria’s oldest football club: the once-mighty First Vienna FC 1894.But while the few hundred diehard supporters…
May Day being observed
Dhaka – Amid a growing demand for a new salary structure for workers and ensuring their justified rights, the historic May Day is being observed in the country on Monday.May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates the…
Indigenous myths carry warning signals of natural disasters
Carrie Arnold Shortly before 8am on 26 December 2004, the cicadas fell silent and the ground shook in dismay. The Moken, an isolated tribe on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, knew that the Laboon, the ‘wave that eats…
Don’t call people ‘Razakar’ before conviction: War tribunal
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday directed the prosecution not to call anybody ‘Razakar’ in any case filed against anybody about crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971, until the allegations are proved.
Food support to Bangladesh’s flash-flood-hit people urgent
Dhaka – Speakers at a view exchange meeting on Sunday emphasised the need for taking coordinated efforts to ensure reaching of food and assistance to all the flood affected people in haor (depression) area until the next harvest. Speaking at…