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…
Month: September 2017
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.
Expat Bangladeshis in NY raise fund for Rohingyas
New York – Conscious expatriate Bangladeshis at a meeting in New York on 22 September demanded an immediate end to the atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and called for implementing the Kofi Annan Commission recommendations for a lasting solution…
Lightning kills 2 farmers in Chuadanga
Dhaka- Two farmers were killed and another was injured in a lightning strike at Boleshpur village in Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Monday evening.
Toddler drowns in Jessore
Dhaka – A toddler died on Monday afternoon after falling into a local pond at Noapara village of Rohita union in Monirampur upazila. The deceased is identified as 11 months old Yamin Hossain, son of farmer Musa Hossain.
Schoolboy electrocuted at Benapole
Dhaka- A schoolboy died from electrocution at Kholsi village here in Benapole on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Alif Hossain, 11, son of Alim Morol, a resident of the village and class III student of Kholsi Government Primary School.
‘Top terrorist’ killed in Kushtia gunfight
Dhaka – A suspected top terrorist was killed in a gunfight with police in Pipulbaria-Baliadanga field in Daulatpur upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Teny, 27, son of Alam Mandal, a resident of Chatardara village in Aria union of…
Pakistani cricket star Khan criticizes US’s Afghan policy
Islamabad,(AP/UNB) – Cricket legend and potential Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Monday criticized the United States’ new strategy for Afghanistan and said a continued military campaign will not solve the 16-year-old conflict in the neighboring nation. Khan, who is…
Myanmar says no ‘ethnic cleansing,’ genocide of Muslims
UN, Sept 26 (AP/UNB) – Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador insisted Monday that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to describe the situation in Rakhine…
Lacazette double gives Arsenal 2-0 win over West Brom in EPL
London,(AP/UNB) – Alexandre Lacazette scored twice for Arsenal to beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the English Premier League on Monday and prolong the north London team’s September fightback.Arsenal lost two of its opening three matches but seven out of…
Betis routs Levante 4-0 for its third straight win in Spain
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Real Betis kept the momentum from its stunning win at Real Madrid by thrashing Levante 4-0 and moving closer to the top of the Spanish league on Monday.Forward Antonio Sanabria, who scored the injury-time winner against Madrid at…
Ali blasts England to victory over West Indies in 3rd ODI
Bristol, (AP/UNB) – Moeen Ali’s staggering century down the order – the fastest on English soil – propelled England to a heavy 124-run victory over West Indies in the third one-day international on Sunday.Ali bludgeoned 102 off 57 balls, with…
Hardik Pandya takes India to 3-0 series win vs Australia
Indore,(AP/UNB) – Hardik Pandya was promoted to No. 4 and smashed 78 off 72 balls as India beat Australia by five wickets in the third one-day international on Sunday to clinch the series.India finished on 294-5 in 47.5 overs in…
Too much load shedding at Rajshahi
Nowadays, there is extremely hot weather in Rajshahi. But we hardly have the electricity in our locality. Too much load shedding hampers our normal life. There are students in almost all the homes but they are not able to study…
Rohingya crisis: China to play ‘constructive role’ – Envoy
Dhaka, Sept 25 – China wants to play a “constructive role” in resolving the Rohingya crisis as soon as possible. “We sincerely hope this issue will be settled as soon as possible and China is willing to play a constructive…
World hunger increasing for first time since turn of the century
A United Nations study found that war and climate change were the driving forces of an increase in malnutrition worldwide in 2016. By Shelley Connor The number of people suffering from malnutrition worldwide rose to 815 million in 2016, rising…
Do people really need interlinking of rivers?
SANDRP Report In the detailed piece, Himanshu Thakkar rightly says that the river interlinking project will adversely affect land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. On the other hand it would not be helpful for irrigation,…
IBBL’s support to Lt. Col AK Azad’s family
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has donated Taka 38 lac and 55 thousand to the family members of Lt. Colonel Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, BPM, PPM former Chief of Intelligence Wing of Rapid Action Battalion, who died of Bomb…
Salman Shah murder case report submission deferred
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the submission of further investigation report in the cinema actor Salman Shah murder case.
Training on ‘Basel –III in Islamic Banks: Issues and Challenges’
Dhaka – IBCF Research and Training Academy arranged a daylong training Program on ‘’ Implementation of Basel–III in Islamic Banks: Issues and Challenges” held on September 23 at BAB office, Gulshan-1, Dhaka. 21 (twenty-one) Mid-Level Executives of 10 Islamic Banks…
The urbanization of malnutrition
By Manipadma Jena New Delhi – India, Sep 25 (IPS) – Rapid urbanization is increasingly shifting the impacts of malnutrition from rural to urban areas. One in three stunted under-five children out of 155 million across the world now lives…
Eman Ahmed once world’s heaviest woman dies in Abu Dhabi
World’s heaviest woman Eman Ahmed, who came to India for weight-loss surgery and then flew to Abu Dhabi for further treatment amid controversy, has died at 37. Doctors said she died today of complications including heart disease and kidney dysfunction.…
World Tourism day Tuesday: Eye on Sustainability
Bangladesh will celebrate the World Tourism Day on Wednesday with daylong colourful programmes under the global theme ‘Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development’. A daylong colourful festival and musical show will be held at Rabindra Sarabor, one of the…
Durga Puja begins Tuesday
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will begin with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga at temples across the country on Tuesday. Preparations for celebrating the festival in all the pandals have nearly been completed.…
China favours permanent solution to Rohingya crisis
The Communist Party of China (CPC) today assured Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance came from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League (AL) delegation headed by its…
Int’l community not quick to denojunce ‘Buddhist terror’: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the security forces in Myanmar of waging a “Buddhist terror” against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. Erdogan, who has repeatedly…
Witness to carnage in Myanmar
Hasina is a soft-spoken 20-year-old Rohingya woman from Rakhine State in Burma. She asked us to use her picture and tell her story so the world knows what is happening there. Her village, Tula Toli, was attacked in late August…
Xenophobes enter German Bundestag – rights groups see alarm
From a human rights perspective, the Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) entry into the Bundestag poses a serious challenge. Germany’s main parties should also examine the extent to which they emulated – and legitimized – its anti-rights agenda. The AfD’s election…
Rohingya crisis origin-solutiion lies in Myanmar
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday reiterated its position saying both the origin of and solution to the Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar. “The origin of this crisis and the solution to this crisis both lie in…
Submarine cable repair won’t affect Internet connectivity
Maintenance work of country’s first international submarine cable would not disrupt the internet connectivity, as Bangladesh has already been connected with its second undersea cable, officials said. They said Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) which is assigned to manage…