Numbers reading in other languages are comparatively easy. Once you know the numbers up to ten or twenty then you can read the other numbers easily. For example, Arabic language: wahid (1), ithnan (2), salasa (3), arba’a (4), khamsa (5),…
Day: September 26, 2017
Govt not sincere to solve Rohingya crisis: Fakhrul
Cox’s Bazar, Sept – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is not sincere about resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Probe report in defamation case against Tarique deferred
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday deferred the date for submission of probe report in a case filed against Tarique Rahman for defaming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to December 31.
Science festival ‘In Fact – 2017’ kicks off in capital
Dhaka – A science festival titled “In Fact 2017”, organized by Russia’s state atomic energy corporation – ROSATOM begins in the city. The festival was formally inaugurated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheatre Dhaka today ( September 26) morning and…
Concrete steps through UNSC awaited on Thursday
Dhaka, Sept – Bangladesh, at this point, is expecting a ‘concrete steps’ through UNSC resolution to resolve the crisis as “forcibly displaced people from Myanmar” continued flooding Bangladesh as the current figure of new arrivals stand at 449,000. “We’re working…
Teenager beaten to death on theft allegation in Mymensingh
The incident was reported on Monday from a village in the district’s Gouripur Upazila, police said. Quoting residents of Chorshirampur Village, police said four to five men, led by Akkas Ali and his son Kaiyum, were responsible for the death.…
BD DPH sets up 1200 tubewells and 1200 latrines for Ruhingyas
Department of Public Health and Engineering under the Local Government Division constructed 1,200 sanitary latrines and installed 1,200 tube wells in Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya, fleeing from their homes, Rakhine state in face of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar army. The…
UN Security Council to meet on Myanmar Thursday
The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the violence in Myanmar and hear a briefing from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the crisis, diplomats said. Britain, France, the United States and four other countries requested the meeting after…
Refugee number soars to 480000
The refugees are fleeing a Myanmar military offencive launched in response to about 30 coordinated attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on Aug 25. “The change in the new arrivals figure … is due, in large part, to the additional estimated…
Russia threatens to block facebook next year
In its latest attempt to wrest control of the Internet, Russia’s communications agency on Tuesday threatened to block access to Facebook if the company refuses to store its data locally. Alexander Zharov, chief of the Federal Communications Agency, told Russian…
Burmese Army committing crimes against Humanity in Rakhine
Human Rights Watch has found that serious violations committed by members of Burma’s state security forces against the Rohingya Muslim population in northern Rakhine State since August 25, 2017, amount to crimes against humanity under international law. The crimes against…
Schoolboy found dead in Benapole
Dhaka- The throat-slit body of a schoolboy was found at Mankia village in Benapole early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, 15, a class X student of a high school and son of Haider Ali of Sarbanhuda village.
Asian Indoor Chess: Bangladesh men’s team finish 6th in Rapid Chess
Dhaka – Bangladesh men’s team finished 6th in the team event of Rapid Chess in the 5th Asian Indoor And Martial Games’2017 held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Tuesday.Bangladesh men’s team earned six points from five matches with two win, two…
SAFF U-18: Bangladesh to play hosts Bhutan Wednesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-18 football team will play their last and crucial match of the five-nation SAFF U-18 Championship against hosts Bhutan on Wednesday at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu with a hope to clinch the title.
BSJA Media Football: Jagonews advance to quarterfinal
Dhaka – Online news portal Jagonews24.com reached the quarterfinal of the Kool-BSJA Media Cup Football Tournament from Group E beating Channel i by 4-3 goals at the BFF artificial turf in Motijheel on Tuesday.
3rd round of National Cricket League begins Friday
Dhaka – The 3rd round of the four-day Walton 1o1 Smart Fridge 19th National Cricket League begins on Friday (Sept 29) at different venues across the country.
National U-15 women’s footballer Sabina passes away
Dhaka- Bangladesh women football suffered a big blow, as Sabina Yasmin, the promising forward of Bangladesh national U-15 women’s football team passed away at her Mymensingh residence on Tuesday.
6000 Rohingya orphans to get smart cards
State Minister for Social Welfare Nuruzzaman Ahmed today said the ministry will issue smart cards to around 6,000 orphan Rohingya children for taking responsibilities to provide their food, shelter and other basic needs. “Orphan Rohingya children up to 18-year will…
4 get life term for murder in Comilla
Dhaka- A court here on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case filed for killing a man in Megna upazila in Comilla here in 2005.The lifers are Idullah Mia, son of Abdul Aziz, Saifullah, son of…
2 electrocuted in Gopalganj
Dhaka – A man and a woman were died from electrocution at Char Kushli village in Tungipara upazila in Gopalganj on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Sribash Khan, 45, son of late Bishnu Charan Khan and Nazma Begum, 50,…
Faridpur bus plunge kills 2
Dhaka – Two unidentified bus passengers were killed as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Bhubupdia area of Nagarkanda upazila on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Faridpur on Tuesday morning.
Govt constructing Shilpakala Academy building at 488 upazilas
The government has been constructing Shilpakala Academy building at 488 upazilas to spread the cultural activities in the country. “The cultural ministry undertaken a project styled ‘Establishment of Shilpakala Academy in division and district level’ to construct Shilpakala Academy at…
Necessary safety, security measures ensured at RNPP: Experts
Nuclear experts today discussed about the safety and security of the nuclear power plants and assured that Russia had taken all necessary safety and security measures for the under construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Pabna. They talked about…
Brazil scraps bid to mine Amazon natural reserve
The Brazilian government backed off a controversial proposal to authorize private companies to mine a sprawling Amazon reserve Monday after blistering domestic and international criticism. President Michel Temer’s office will issue a new decree Tuesday that “restores the conditions of…
Shakib, Mim to groove to an item song together
Entertainment Desk Popular silver screen actors Shakib Khan and Bidya Sinha Saha Mim are all set to groove to an item song together. Their pair in film Amar Pran er Priya was a favorite among fans and was declared a…
Muhith for friendly relations between tax collectors, taxpayers
Finance Minister AMA Muhith today called for strengthening further the friendly relations between tax collectors and taxpayers to expedite the collection process for fulfilling the revenue target of fiscal 2016-17. “We collect tax for providing services. In this way, we…
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s birth anniversary today
Culture Desk Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891), a scholar, writer, educationist, humanist pundit, social reformer and philanthropist, was born on September 26 in 1820 in a poor brahman family in a village in Medinipur. His father Thakur Das Bandhyay was a…
Soul singer Charles Bradley dies
Charles Bradley, a soul singer who found fame in his later years, has died from cancer aged 68. The former James Brown impersonator, nicknamed “the screaming eagle of soul” released his first album No Time For Dreaming in 2011, aged…
Ho Chi Minh eulogised – Six eminent persons honoured
The contributions of Ho Chi Minh, the great Vietnamese leader who had not only successfully led the war of liberation of his country but also inspired freedom struggle in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the globe were eulogised at a seminar…
Sarishabari municipal mayor missing from Dhaka
Dhaka, Sept 26 – Mohammad Rokonuzzaman Rukon, mayor of Sarishabari municipality in Jamalpur district and also Awami League leader, went missing on Monday night from the capital’s Uttara area.