Dhaka – The opposition BNP on Friday alleged that the present government has been failed to bring neighbouring leading nations and the United Nations together in resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Day: September 29, 2017
Are Myanmar people human-beings?
The world people perhaps had never witnessed such brutality and barbarism the Myanmar army men and Buddha citizens are doing against the innocent helpless Rohingya Muslims. According to international and social media reports, it is now crystal clear that Myanmar…
17 organizations fighting global hunger
Danielle Nierenberg The United Nations released a report in September titled “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017,” identifying a five-percent increase in global hunger from 2015 to 2016. According to the report, the number of chronically…
2 bikers killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka- Two motorcyclists were killed as a microbus rammed their motorcycle in Bannaipara area of Sujanagar upazila on Friday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Raja, 35, son of Monu Harijan, a resident of Harijan colony of the district town and…
3 held with firearms in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three young men along with firearms from Boholtoli village in Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Friday morning.
Son electrocuted in Joypurhat, father injured
Dhaka – A man died and his father was injured from electrocution at Khalisabari village of Khetlal Upazila in Joypurhat on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Sohag Hossain, 26, son of Mottaleb Hossain, resident of the village.
2 missing in Sherpur boat capsize
Dhaka – Two day labourers went missing as a boat capsized in the Old Brahmaputra river in Dakpara area of Sadar upazila in Sherpur on Thursday evening.The missing are Farid Hossain, 26, son of Yusuf Ali, and Shahidul Islam, 25,…
Australia end India ODI win streak at 9 in Bengaluru
Bengaluru,(AP/UNB) – Australia ended India’s one-day international winning streak at nine after taking the fourth match of their series by 21 runs on Thursday.India had never won 10 successive ODIs – by comparison Australia has done it six times –…
Siddikur makes cut in Taiwan Masters
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s prominent golfer Siddikur Rahman stayed in the race of the $800,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters despite played a one-over-par in the 2nd round at the weather-disrupted Taiwan Golf and Country Club on Friday.Siddikur aggregated even-par 144, taking seven…
BD vs SA 1st Test: Tigers get a bit relief amid disasters
Dhaka – The Tigers bowling efforts got lights of relief capturing South Africans two centurions Dean Elgar and Hashim Amla in the 2nd session on day 2 in the 1st innings of the first Test at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom…
BSJA Football: Dhaka Tribune emerge champions
Dhaka- Dhaka Tribune clinched the Kool-BSJA Media Cup Football title beating Channel 24 by 2-1 goals in the final at the BFF artificial turf in Motijheel on Friday.Champions Dhaka Tribute received prize money of Tk 30,000 while runners-up Channel 24…
NCL Round 3: Rain allows opening 1st innings for Dhaka Div, Rajshahi
Dhaka – Dhaka Division scored 132/4 in 39 overs, at stumps, after day one in the 1st innings against defending champions Khulna Division in a Tier1 3rd round match of the country’s first cricket Walton 19th National Cricket League (NCL)…
Tigers to trail 369 in 1st innings after top order collapse on day 2
Dhaka – The 2nd day’s 3rd session of 34-over cost Bangladesh’s three wickets to collect 127 runs, at stumps, after opening the 1st innings replying to South Africans 496/3-d in the first Test at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Friday.Mominul…
UN to launch inter-agency appeal to fund Rohingyas
Fate of other 68 Rohingyas on boat remains unknown, says IOM Dhaka, Sept 29 – The UN will launch an updated inter-agency appeal in the coming week as lack of funding to address the needs of Rohingyas in Bangladesh remains…
Diarrhoeal diseases rise alarmingly among Rohingyas
IFRC appealing for 12.7mn Swiss francs to support 100,000 Rohingyas Dhaka, Sept 29 – Red Crescent mobile clinics in Cox’s Bazar are treating an increasing number of people with acute watery diarrhoea, raising concerns about a possible outbreak of disease…
IS reclusive leader rallies followers in purported new audio
Cairo, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) — The leader of the Islamic State group urged followers to burn their enemies everywhere and target “media centres of the infidels,” according to an audio recording that the extremists said was by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Hugh Hefner bought crypt next to Marilyn Monroe
In life, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner cavorted with a harem of young women in the infamous Playboy Mansion – a byword for hedonism and sexual excess.
‘Mona Lisa nude sketch’ found in France
A charcoal drawing housed in another art collection for more than 150 years may have been a sketch for the Mona Lisa, a French art expert says. The charcoal portrait of a nude woman, known as the Monna Vanna, was…
Beatle Harrison’s sitar auctioned for $62,500
A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has been sold for $62,500 (£46,581) in the United States. The instrument, purchased from a shop on London’s Oxford Street in 1965, was used by Harrison during the recording of the Beatles…
Mumbai railway station stampede kills 22
A stampede at a Mumbai railway station during the morning rush hour has left 22 people dead and injured about 30, Indian officials report. The incident at Elphinstone station, which connects two of the city’s major local lines, was triggered…
Burma must stop operation, take back refugees: UN chief
UN, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar’s authorities on Thursday to immediately end military operations that have sent over 500,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, calling the crisis “the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency and a humanitarian…
End violence – execute Annan report : UK asks Burma
Dhaka, Sept 28 – Assuring that it will always be there with Bangladesh over Rohingya issue, the United Kingdom on Thursday proposed three ‘options’, including the full implementation of the recommendations of the Kofi Anan Commission to resolve the crisis.
Dhaka asks UN for Rohingyas’ sustainable return
It’s ready to engage with Myanmar, int’l community to resolve crisis Dhaka, Sept 29 – Bangladesh has called for measures to ensure the safe, voluntary and sustainable return of all those displaced from Myanmar into Bangladesh territory over the years,…
Man sentenced to death for 2012 muder of wife
Dhaka- A court here on Thursday sentenced a man called Saju Miah to death for killing his wife in the city’s Sekhertek area in 2012. The convicted man, Saju Miah, has also been fined Tk 5,000.According to prosecution, Saju Miah…
Bali volcano triggers memories of deadly 1963 eruption
Kagangasem, Indonesia, Sept 28 (BSS/AFP) – The last time Bali’s Mount Agung volcano erupted, a stream of molten lava flattened teenage Gusti Nyoman Dauh’s home, while cascading ash, rocks and hot gas killed 1,600 of his neighbours.
‘Extremism could arise in BD for absemce of democracy’
New York – South Asia specialists in the United States worried about democracy in Bangladesh. Concerns about democracy in Bangladesh, experts from the concerned South Asian think-tank They said that extremism could arise in the absence of democracy. Besides, the…
Air Force- Air Defence Exercise held
Dhaka, Sep 28- Air Defence Exercise named “MINIEX 2017-2” of Bangladesh Air Force was held at all BAF Bases in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Shun loan-based mega projects for nature-friendly uplift
Dhaka – Speakers at a seminar on Thursday called upon the policymakers to think about the development philosophy anew taking the vulnerable situation of the environment into consideration. They put emphasis on the need to taking natural friendly projects shunning…
AL observes Sheikh Hasina’s 71st birth anniversary
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League and its affiliated organisations on Thursday observed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 71st birthday by organising various humanitarian events and activities and discussions on her life and achievements. Sheikh Hasina is the president of AL.
Zia Charitable Trust case: Warrant against Munna
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Ziaul Islam Munna, the then assistant private secretary (APS) of BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.