Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a Bangladeshi national along with 6.30 lakh fake Indian currency from Chouka village in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Saturday night.
Month: November 2017
Man found dead in Savar
Dhaka – An unidentified young man was found dead under a bridge on Dhaka-Aricha highway early Sunday.Police said passers-by spotted the body of a man, who was beaten and hacked to death, lying under a bridge of the highway in…
Tk 21 cr current nets seized in Bhola
Dhaka -Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh in a drive seized around 60 lakh metres illegal current nets from different shops and warehouses in Chalkbazar area of the district town on Saturday evening.
College teacher killed in Rajshahi accident
Dhaka – A college teacher was killed in a road accident at Mochmoil Bazar in Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Shah Jamal Ali, 36, son of Akram Ali and a lecturer of Bagmara Degree…
Tea stall owner found dead in Chandpur
Dhaka – A tea stall owner was found dead in the district town on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Maksudul Alam,25, son of Gias Uddin.
Jamalpur schoolgirl ‘abducted, raped’ for 4 days
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was allegedly abducted and raped in confinement for four days in Melndaha upazila in Jamalpur .The victim, a Class-VIII student, was found near Durmuth Railway Station Mosque in the upazila early Sunday when she was seriously…
1st Div Volleyball: East End Club finish 3rd beating Naba Jagoroni by 3-2 sets
Dhaka – East End Club finished 3rd in the Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis First Division Volleyball League beating Naba Jagoroni Sangha by 31-29, 25-18, 20-25, 9-25, 15-12 points in a keenly contested match at Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Sunday.
Premier Kabaddi: Army, Navy reach final
Dhaka- Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy advanced to the final of the Adtouch Metropolis Premier Division Kabaddi League eliminating their rivals in the semifinals at the Kabaddi Stadium here on Sunday.The two teams will meet each other in the title-deciding…
Inter-Service Hockey: Navy beat Army 2-0 in opening match
Dhaka – Bangladesh Navy made a good start in the Inter-Service Hockey Tournament beating Bangladesh Army by 2-0 goals in the opening match at Base Bir Shreshto Matiur Rahman Hockey Turf here on Sunday.
Brazil offers to share wind energy experience
Brazil has offered to share its experience in the field of wind power with Bangladesh. Brazilian Ambassador in Dhaka Joao Tabajara De Oliveira Junior made the offer when he met State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid at his…
What the Padmavati row is all about
What is it? On November 19, Viacom18 Motion Pictures, the studio behind Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, decided to voluntarily defer the December 1 release of the film. Reportedly drawn from Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epic poem Padmavat, the film…
Saudi Islamic counter terrorism summit launched
Saudi Arabia gathered officials from 40 Muslim countries on Sunday in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance, a move Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declared a “clear signal” to extremism. “In past years, terrorism has been functioning in…
Nepalis vote for stability in historic polls
Nepalis across the country’s mountainous north voted Sunday in elections that may herald much-needed change after 20 ruinous years marked by a bloody Maoist insurgency, a devastating earthquake and crippling political instability. Voters cast their ballot for representatives in new…
Rangpur city election lithmas test for both Govt & EC: BNP
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said their party thinks the upcoming elections to Rangpur and other city corporations will be an acid test for both the government and the Election Commission ahead of the national election. “We…
BD wants Rohingya crisis solved without harming ties: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government wants to solve the Rohingya crisis keeping the ‘good relations’ with neighbouring Myanmar unharmed.
Pope visit may help but Rohingyas have to go back: Cardinal
The top Catholic official in Bangladesh hopes Pope Francis’s visit there and to Myanmar will bolster moves to alleviate the Rohingya refugee crisis that has put the neighbouring nations in the global spotlight.
China’s tech giants reach global elite with gamers, shoppers
Powered by Chinese smartphone users splurging billions on mobile games and online shopping, China’s tech giants Tencent and Alibaba are racing up the elite league of the world’s most valuable companies. Hong Kong-listed Tencent, famous for its games and WeChat…
Clean-up dives, recycling: Lebanese respond to garbage crisis
The Lebanese divers plunge below the surface, scuba tanks on their backs and nets in hand. But what they’re looking for under the ocean surface is not treasure, it’s trash. The group is conducting a clean-up below the waves, one…
Bitcoin, an ‘Uber’ currency, not without risk
Bitcoin, which this week soared to a new record high of more than $8,000, is the monetary equivalent of Uber, since it bypasses central bank regulation and could be attractive for financially fragile countries, economists say. Nevertheless, it is precisely…
Actor Zahid Hasan signs Indian film
Entertainment Desk Renowned actor Zahid Hasan recently signed an Indian film named “Sitara,” a production of Kolkata which will later be released in Telegu version. The actor told the press that the film is based on “Bhorer Proshuti” novel written…
Nachiketa sings to Joy Shahriar’s lyrics
Entertainment Desk West Bengal’s famous singer, music composer Nachiketa Chakraborty has sung to the lyrics and composition of Joy Shahriar on November 15, at Music Room studio in Kolkata’s Park Street. Nachiketa said about the project: “I liked Joy’s work…
Capitalizing on climate unity
Hilda Heine and Kevin Rudd Bonn – When Donald Trump was elected US president a year ago, some said the end of the Paris climate agreement was nigh. Yet, as the latest round of global climate talks in Bonn, Germany,…
Carbon pricing takes off
Catherine McKenna and Feike Sijbesma Bonn – The hurricanes that pummeled the Caribbean, Texas, and Florida this year left highways submerged, homes and businesses demolished, and lives lost. The floodwaters have since receded, but the images of upheaval remain etched…
Natural solutions to climate change
Justin Adams Oxford – In response to climate change, land is key. Today, agriculture, forestry, and other land uses account for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse-gas emissions. But adopting sustainable land management strategies could provide more than one-third of…
Govt of Nepal to build Budhi Gandaki project on its own
Ratan Bhandari Nov 25 – The Nepal government on Friday decided to develop the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project on its own, nearly two weeks after it terminated the contract agreement with the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) to build the…
New app-based on-demand ride service fro Dhaka from Dec
Dhaka, Nov 25 – Commuters in Dhaka will soon have a new experience of getting both car and motorbike ride services on call through a new mobile app called ‘EZZYR.’
Tauquir’s Oggatonama wins ‘Best Screenplay’ Film Festival
Dhaka, Nov 26 – Tauquir Ahmed achieved the best screenplay award for the film ‘The Unnamed’ (Oggatonama) in the SAARC Film Festival 2017, held in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo from 21 to 25 November.
Global Compact on Refugees must address young people’s needs
By Chelsea Purvis London, Nov 23 (IPS) – An estimated seven million refugees – about one-third of the global refugee population – are between 10 and 24 years old, yet this demographic is often overlooked in humanitarian and development responses.…
‘Combating climate change? Combat land degradation.’
By Stella Paul Bonn, Germany, Nov 24 (IPS) – Land restoration is not a “glamorous subject even when you give all the numbers,” admits Monique Barbut, the Executive Secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNCCD). But she also…
Drone users in UK will have to sit safety tests under new law
Drone users in the UK will be required to do safety awareness tests as part of planned new legislation on their usage. Police will also be given new powers to crack down on illegal use of the unmanned aerial vehicles.…