Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday asked the owner of the Niramoy Private Clinic and fake physician Razan the Das of Patuakhali, who left gauze inside a woman’s abdomen, to pay the victim Tk 9 lakh as compensation.
Day: December 13, 2017
BD police sees NY bomber had no militant activity at home
Dhaka – Bangladesh police have not found any evidence of Akayed Ullah’s involvement in militant activities at home who allegedly blew up his homemade explosive in a pedestrian subway tunnel in the heart of the Midtown Manhattan in New York.
BD takes up $7b plan to combat climate for 5 years
Dhaka – The government has prepared a 5-year country investment plan (CIP) to combat climate change impact and would invest US$ seven billion (Tk 56,000 crore) in this sector.
Remarks against Bangabandhu: Accused obtain bail
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted bail to two Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) leaders after hearing in a case filed on the charge of making derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu…
Rohingya repatriation policy to fail without accountability: UN
Rohingya repatriation and reconciliation policies will fail without accountability and non-discriminatory rule of law and public safety measures to address the fears and distrust among communities in Rakhine, says a top UN political official. “…but the origins and solutions to…
2 held with arms in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two alleged terrorists along with arms from Namajgram area of Puthia upazila on Tuesday night.
President wants rock solid stance on Palestine
President M Abdul Hamid today said OIC must not remain as bystander on Jerusalem issue as he joined an emergency summit of the Muslim nations’ major grouping, convened to decide a coordinated response to the US recognition of the city…
Martyred Intellectuals’ Day Thursday
The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Thursday to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation army and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971. On…
Gas cylinder blast burns 4 in Dinajpur
Dhaka – At least four people sustained burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a jewellery shop in Fulbari upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Islamic nations seek response to Trump’s stance on Jerusalem
Leaders and top officials from Islamic nations gathered in Turkey on Wednesday for a summit that is expected to forge a unified stance against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The summit of the 57-member…
6 held in Kushtia over fatwa banning women in farms
Dhaka – Police have arrested six people, including the imam of a local mosque, in Kumarkhali upazila in connection with a fatwa (edict) prohibiting women from going to farms.The arrestees are President of Kalyanpur Mosque Committee Altaf Hossain, its Secretary…
Shooter Arnab Sharar earns quota-place to participate in Youth Olympics
Dhaka – Arnab Sharar of Bangladesh earned the quota-place to participate in the next Youth Olympic Games directly considering his performance in the 10th Asian Airgun Championship that concluded in the Japanese city of Wako on Tuesday.
BD girls eye SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship title
Dhaka – The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-15 Women’s Championship will begin at Birshrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamlapur here on Sunday.Including hosts Bangladesh, a total of four nations will take part in the weeklong meet involving…
V-Day Basketball Tournament on Thursday
Dhaka – The Victory Day Basketball Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation, will be held on Thursday at the Dhanmondi Basketball gymnasium.
NY bomber warned Trump over Facebook
The man who faces terror charges over Monday’s bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald trump just before the attack, reports BBC. “Trump you failed to protect your nation,” it read. The post by Akayed…
ATN Bangla starts new award from this year
Culture Desk ATN Bangla is about to initiate a new award for media personalities from this year. The first award giving ceremony will be held on December 27 at the Noboratri Hall of Bashundhara International Convention Center.
Weeklong annual drama festival begins at DU
Culture Desk Dhaka University’s 12th annual drama festival began on December 12. Theatre and performance studies department of the university organised the festival. DU vice-chancellor professor Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the event while cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor attended the function as…
The vengeful sea devouring Albania’s coast
Asim Krasniqi watches anxiously as the Adriatic Sea creeps ever closer to his beach bar in Albania, a country faced with an alarming pace of coastal erosion.
US, EU and Japan up the pressure on China at WTO
The United States, European Union and Japan jointly rounded on China’s “market-distorting subsidies” at the World Trade Organization conference in Argentina Tuesday.
Google opens AI centre in China as competition heats up
Google announced Wednesday that it will open a new artificial intelligence research centre in Beijing, tapping China’s talent pool in the promising technology despite the US search giant’s exclusion from the country’s internet.
All set to celebrate Victory Day in Rangpur
The authorities concerned have completed necessary preparations to celebrate the Victory Day-2017 here on Saturday next through paying rich tributes to the martyred sons and daughters of the soil.
77 students of IU to get President Gold Medal Awards
A total of 77 students of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia will get the President Gold Medal awards for their outstanding academic results.
Concerns among Bangladeshis in New York
After the blast in New York’s Manhattan Bus Terminal, there has been concern among the Bangladeshi people living there. The anxiety spread out when the police said that the detainee was a Bangladeshi. The person named the attacker Akade Ullah…
India’s deafening silence over Trump Jerusalem shift
India’s two-sentence response to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last week elicited mixed reactions after New Delhi for decades strongly backed the Palestinian cause. The static statement to a dynamic situation was described by some as muted,…
Unconditional apology tendered: HC rule on mobile court misuse
Dhaka, Dec 13 – The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the misuse of the mobile court out of personal grudge should not be declared illegal.
Bangladesh Citizen ’s Declaration 2017 on SDGs
Adopted at Citizen’s Conference on SDGs in Bangladesh 2017 held in Dhaka on 6 December 2017. We, the citizens of Bangladesh, inspired by the spirit of our great War of Liberation, and in response to the call by the Citizen’s…
Action needed now on antibiotic resistance
During this year’s World Antibiotics Awareness Week, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) released a press statement calling on the Malaysian government to give urgent attention to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which is responsible for some 700,000…
Democrat Doug Jones wins in Alabama Senate upset
Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore.
OIC’s Istanbul summit: US Trade with the Muslim World
Tuesday, December 12 – The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will hold an extraordinary summit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, to discuss the repercussions of the announcement of US President Donald Trump last week recognizing Jerusalem as…
Civil society summit wants Int’l action on climate migration
By Megan Darby Suva, Fiji, Dec 12 (IPS) – Civil society leaders from more than 100 countries called for action on climate-induced displacement at a summit in Suva, Fiji last week.