Dhaka- Bangladesh Under-18 Football team will start their campaign in the five-nation SAFF U-18 Championship taking on arch-rival India at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Monday.The match will kick-off 4 pm local time.
Month: September 2017
Ryanair cancels flights after ‘messing up’ pilot holidays
Ryanair cancelled 82 flights on Sunday after admitting it had “messed up” the planning of its pilots’ holidays. The budget airline said on Saturday that it will cancel 40-50 flights every day for the next six weeks. Marketing officer Kenny…
BA plane evacuated on Paris airport runway
London-bound passengers were evacuated from a British Airways plane after a “direct security threat,” airport officials said. Travellers were escorted by armed officers and searched by sniffer dogs from flight BA0303 at Charles De Gaulle Airport, in Paris, this morning.…
UK police makes second arrest over Tube bombing
A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicion of a terror offence and is in custody…
Digitisation creates social renaissance, accelerates uplift
The digitisation programme has created a social renaissance accelerating development in every sector and making civic life easier and dependent on online digital services. Launching of the union digital centres (UDCs) has turned digitisation into a part and parcel of…
One lakh palm tree saplings planted in Rajshahi
More than one lakh palm tree saplings were planted everywhere in Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday to free the area from thunderbolt risk. People of around 232 institutions, organizations and others concerned including school and college students joined the…
Russian minister sees great potential in industrial cooperation with China
Russia and China can cooperate more closely in industrial and high-tech fields, and the future of such a partnership will be rosy, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov has said. “We are always ready to develop cooperation in all…
Rohingya crisis: ‘Last chance’ for Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has “the last chance” to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad, the UN head has said.
University admission test or doing business!
One day I talked to a banana retailer on the roadside. He told me that his son passed HSC with GPA5 this year from a reputed college of Dhaka. He did get GPA5 in SSC as well. The banana seller…
When primary education receive due attention?
Masum Billah Dhaka – Out of about sixty-four thousand government primary schools, twenty-one thousand have been running without their head teachers. A Bengali daily has highlighted this news making it much enriched with many relevant data and information. Though the…
Magura schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
Magura, Sept 17 – A third-grade student was reportedly raped by a youth at Sajiara village in Sadar Upazila on Saturday afternoon.
First agricultural debate competition at BAU
The first agricultural debate competition was started at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh participating 12 teams from 10 different public & private agricultural subject base universities on Friday. BAU organized the debate competition on agricultural base topics such as agriculture, farmer, agricultural…
Sea is rough Maritime ports to hoist signal 3
Dhaka, Sept 17 – Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three.
Inter Milan leaves it late to beat Crotone and stay perfect
Dhaka,(AP/UNB)- Inter Milan stayed perfect in Serie A with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Crotone, which remained on Saturday the only team yet to score a goal in the league.Inter won its previous three matches comfortably but found it harder…
West Indies beats England in one-off T20 by 21 runs
Chester-Le-Street,(AP/UNB) – West Indies successfully defended 176 by bowling out England to win their one-off Twenty20 by 21 runs on Saturday.After being put in to bat, West Indies finished nine down after a whirlwind start by Evin Lewis and Chris…
Monaco rebounds by beating Strasbourg 3-0 in French league
Paris,(AP/UNB) – Despite the departure of many key players, Monaco’s strike force remains intact.Monaco, which had Europe’s most potent attack last season when it dethroned Paris Saint-Germain in the French league and made it to the Champions League semifinals, already…
5 teenage girls return from India after serving jail
Dhaka – Five Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Saturday night after serving two years jail term in an Indian prison.Indian police handed them over to Benapole Check Post Police Immigration.
রোহিঙ্গা সমস্যা ও সমাধান
ইঞ্জিনিয়ার এ কে এম রেজাউল করিম আমাদের প্রতিবেশী রাষ্ট্র মিয়ানমার, আমরা অনেকে যাকে বার্মা বলেই বেশি চিনি, সেখানে বাংলাদেশ সীমান্তবর্তী আরাকান রাজ্যে রোহিঙ্গা জনগোষ্ঠীর ওপর চরম দমন-পীড়ন চলছে। গণহত্যা চলছে বললেও বাড়িয়ে বলা হয় না। বিদ্রোহীদের বিরুদ্ধে অভিযানের নামে নিরীহ…
JU to launch Bangabandhu institute
Savar – A new institute titled ‘Bangabandhu Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture’ is expected to be launched at JU soon. The deputy registrar (Education-1) of JU Abu Hasan confirmed the news.
Quader blasts BNP for accusing govt of dividing nation
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader yesterday criticized BNP for blaming the government for creating division in the nation over Rohingya issue and said it is BNP, not AL, creating division within…
Human mobility chanllenges discussed at ICIMOD
Kathmandu – ‘Experts convened at ICIMOD to address human mobility challenges in the region’ on the conclusion of ‘Regional Knowledge Forum on ‘Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Sustainable Development Goals in the…
Museum of rivers – canals expo at AF Dhaka
Dhaka – An architectural exhibition of Department of Architecture, BRAC University titled River Rhapsody: Museum of Rivers and Canals began at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The inagural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Saturday.
Russian against external intervention on Burma over Rohingya issue
A Russian foreign ministry statement indicates that Moscow considers Rohingya crisis as an internal issue and is against any outside intervention. Attempts at intervening in Myanmar’s “internal affairs” may have only one net effect – still deeper inter-religious discord, Russian…
Rohingya Muslim persecution in the pages of history
Nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled renewed violence in Myanmar, crossing the border in Bangladesh in waves following a military crackdown the UN says amounts to ethnic cleansing. It is the latest chapter in a long and tumultuous history of…
Baridhara society collects donation for Rohingya refugees
Mr. M. Ehsanul Hoque President of Baridhara Society receiving a cheque for Taka One Lakh from Mrs Momtaz Rahman PHF Chairman of Univet Limited the other day.
Construction of additional 14000 Rohingya shelter houses begin
Construction of 14,000 additional shelters for Rohingyas began today at Kutupalang of Cox’s Bazar with officials saying the makeshift shelters could house 5,60,000 refugees who fled their home in Myanmar to evade atrocities. Officials familiar with the process said armed…
electronic taxpapers ID number exceeds 3 million
The number of e-TIN holders has exceeded 30 lakh in the country, according to the statistics of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). A total of 30,50,405 people got registered with the electronic tax identification number (e-TIN) till August this…
Youth killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka – An unidentified youth was killed as a covered van rammed his bicycle on Jessore-Jhenidah road in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Saturday.
UNHCR appeals for $30m to support swelling Rohingya refu
UN refugee agency UNHCR has sought an initial emergency aid of US$ 30 million for Rohingyas, two days after it jointly launched with UN’s migration organization IOM an appeal for enhanced global assistance as surges of refugee continued to hit…
Anamul, Rony, Saif hit century each in NCL Tier1
Dhaka – Anamul Haque, Rony Talukdar and Saif Hasan hit century each for their respective sides in the 1st innings of the Tier 1 matches on day two in the Walton 19th National Cricket League (NCL) on Saturday.Anamul scored 105*…