Under revised rules, employers seeking to hire a housemaid will have to compulsorily declare, among other things, the nature of the job, working hours and weekly day off.
Month: September 2017
Ex-UP member hacked dead in Pabna
Dhaka – Former member of a union parishad was hacked to death by miscreants at Shibpur village in Atgharia upazila in Pabna on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Abu Daud, 45, son of late Latif Munshi and former member…
EC’s dialogue with AL – BNP – JP in October
Dhaka, Sept 19 – The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday announced that it would be holding dialogues with three mainstream political parties — Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party in October.
Atrocity on Rohingyas barbaric: Amartya Sen
Dhaka, Sept 19 – Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales have offered to be signatories to the open letter written by Nobel peace laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus to the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) calling for…
Justice Amir appointed judge of War Crimes Tribunal
Dhaka – The government on Tuesday appointed Justice Amir Hossain, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, as a member of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1).
Islami Bank sponsors Asia Cup Hockey Tournament
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has sponsored the upcoming Asia Cup Hockey Tournament by donating Tk.50 lakh on Tuesday. Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar, BBP, NDC acsc, President of Bangladesh Hockey Federation and Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air…
17000 farmers to get rehabilitation facilities in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – A total of 17486 flood-hit farmers in Rajshahi will get rehabilitation facilities for recovering their losses. They will get seeds and fertilizer for the cultivation of 1 Bigha land, officers of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of Rajshahi…
Declare affected areas in Rakhina safe zones: Dhaka
Bangladesh has reiterated its position on Rohingya issue and said the affected areas in Myanmar’s Rakhine State should be declared as ‘safe zones’ so that they could go back. Bangladesh also said implementation of Kofi Annan report should be the…
Suu Kyi speech fails to woo rights watchdogs
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s address assumed to be aimed at softening the global outrage over the Rohingya issue today visibly failed to woo rights groups and observers while some of them called it an effort to “bury heads…
The night one Russian officer saved the world
He was often called “the man who saved the world,” and in some sense, he did. On the night of Sept. 26, 1983, in a period of Cold War tension, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel on duty at a missile…
SAFF U-18 Champs: Bangladesh to play Maldives Wednesday
Dhaka – With a sweet memory of beating giant India 4-3 in the opener, high-flying Bangladesh Youth team will play their 2nd match of the five-nation SAFF U-18 Championship against the Maldives at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on…
DRU Media Football: Banglavision emerge champions
Dhaka- Banglavision emerged champions in the Minister Fridge-DRU Media Cup six-a-side Football Tournament beating Gazi TV by 2-0 goals in the final at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Tuesday.State Minister for Finance MA Mannan…
Islami Bank to sponsor Asia Cup Hockey
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited will sponsor the eight-nation Hero 10th Asia Cup Men’s Hockey’2017 beginning at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on October 11.IBBL Managing Director and CEO M Abdul Hamid Miah handed over a cheque for…
Myanmar isn’t afraid of outside scrutiny
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said her government does not fear “international scrutiny” of its handling of the growing Rohingya crisis. It was her first address to the country about the violence in northern Rakhine state…
Worldwide criticism of Suu Kyi’s much-hyped address
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticised internationally for failing to address the allegations of abuse by the military on the Rohingya minority in Rakhine state. In her first address since the army crackdown on insurgents in northwestern…
Suu Kyi address aimed to preempt int’l action against genocide
Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she does not fear global scrutiny over the Rohingya crisis, pledging to hold rights violators to account and to resettle some of the 410,000 Muslims who have fled army operations in her country. But…
Football: Ronaldo back for Real, Deulofeu in for Dembele
MADRID, (BSS/AFP) – Barcelona begin a four-month stretch without injured club record signing Ousmane Dembele, but will be expected to sweep aside Eibar to continue their 100 percent start to La Liga on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo returns from a five-match ban…
Bangladesh face UAE in AFC U-16 soccer tomorrow
Dhaka- Bangladesh will start their AFC U16 Championship 2018 qualifiers when they face strong United Arab Emirates in their group E opening match scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at Grand Hamed Stadium in Doha, Qatar.The match kicks off at…
Indian couple held with arms in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Police here early Tuesday arrested an Indian couple with arms and ammunitions from Bagichpara area of Sibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj.The arrestees are identified as Kadir Sheikh, 57, son of Sher Mahmud of Kaliachawk in India’s Maldaha district and…
Woman killed in Manikganj road crash
Dhaka – A woman was killed and 30 others were injured on Tuesday as two buses collided head-on on Dhaka- Aricha Highway in Baniajuri area of Ghior upazila in Manikganj .The deceased is identified as Ambia Khatun, 40, a resident…
Man stabbed dead in Gopalganj
Dhaka – A man was killed and his younger brother injured in an attack allegedly by his rivals over previous enmity at Chandradwip in Kashiani upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Zihad Mollah, 42, son of Lokman Mollah while…
Espanyol beats Celta Vigo 2-1 to snap winless La Liga streak
Barcelona,(AP/UNB) – Espanyol scored twice in the first half then held on to defeat Celta Vigo 2-1 for its first win in the Spanish league on Monday.The Catalan club moved off the bottom of the standings after earning only one…
Mexico star Marquez back at Atlas after US drug sanctions
Mexico City, (AP/UNB) – Mexican soccer star Rafael Marquez is back with his club more than a month after the U.S. Treasury Department named him on a sanctions list for alleged drug trafficking ties.Atlas said Monday that the 38-year-old defender…
Age has not affected anything: Akshay Kumar
He is 50 but Akshay Kumar continues to defy age with his looks, physique, stunts and spirit. While he says his passion gets him going, industry experts say the fact he keeps reinventing himself with right stories has helped his…
Three award-worthy Emmy speeches
This year’s Emmy winners didn’t waste their time in the spotlight.From Reese Witherspoon’s impassioned plea for more stories about women to Sterling K. Brown’s tribute to the great actors that came before him, here are some of the night’s gold-worthy…
SRK wants to retain purity of his kids’ childhood
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, a doting father to three children, on Tuesday said he wishes to keep delaying the onset of adulthood in their lives. “19 Sept. Like my dad (RIP), my only duty to my kids is to…
Great Online Shopping Festival-2017’ begins tomorrow
Great Online Shopping Festival-2017” begins in the city tomorrow aiming to provide effective ideas regarding future Digital Bangladesh. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will open the three-day festival at Krishibid Institute, Farmgate. Arshinagar Media and Dhaka University Alumni News are jointly…
Hong Kong stocks extend gains at open
Hong Kong stocks on Tuesday morning built on the previous day’s hefty gains after another record performance on Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index added 0.14 percent, or 40.77 points, to 28,200.54. And the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged up…
7 ways to avoid heart attacks
We don’t want heart attacks to knock anyone’s door and we know how it can be done. Here are eight ways in which heart attacks can be avoided
Rohingya: A misfortune of persecution
By Farid Ahmed Cox’s Bazar, Sep 18 (IPS) – Forsaken and driven out by their home country Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingyas are struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s border districts amid scarcities of food, clean water and medical care,…