A chemical plant near the flooded city of Houston is expected to explode or catch fire in the coming days. During heavy rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, the Arkema plant at Crosby lost refrigeration of chemical compounds which need to be…
Year: 2017
Why nationalization of education is necessary
Masum Billah The different teacher organizations have been on the streets for several months with the demand to nationalize education. We can remember the retired education secretary Nazrul Islam Khan happened to meet the prime minister who wanted to know…
The untapped economic potential of Asia’s refugees
by Aaron Sloan aaron The Asia-Pacific region hosts approximately 14 percent, or 3.5 million, of the world’s 65.3 million forced migrant population.1 Two-thirds of today’s refugee population will be displaced for at least three years, and are often located in…
Agreement on export of spent nuclear fuel inked
Moscow, August 30 – The Governments of the Russian Federation and Bangladesh have on Wednesday signed a collaboration agreement on the import of spent nuclear fuel of Rooppur NPP to Russia.
RUET teachers to give a day’s salary to PM’s fund
Dhaka – The teachers of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) have decided to donate one day’s salary to the fund of Prime-Minister of Bangladesh for the purpose of minimizing the misery of the people of flood-affected areas of…
SC bar concerned at Rohingya people’s plight
Dhaka – The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday expressed deep concern at the ongoing torture and murder in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
Abdul Jabbar couldn’t live longer…..
Celebrated singer and music composer Mohammad Abdul Jabbar could not live with us for some more time; the cold touch of death had grasped him and taken away to the unreturnable world on August 30, 2017.
New drug to treat drug-resistant gonorrhoea
The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) is a non-profit R&D body launched jointly by the WHO and DNDi in partnership with Entasis Therapeutics to develop a novel first-in-class antibiotic zoliflodacin to address drug-resistant gonorrhoea.
UNHR chief says Trump may be inciting violence against media
The UN human rights chief said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the media could trigger violence against journalists, suggesting the US leader would be responsible. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein voiced particular alarm over Trump’s verbal assaults on…
Oxfam condemns heinous rape-murder of Rupa
Oxfam in Bangladesh has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous gang rape and murder on a moving bus of Zakia Sultana Rupa, a 27-year-old law student – echoing the horrific 2012 rape followed by murder of ‘Nirbhaya’ in…
18000 Rohingyas flee Myanmar into Bangladesh
The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that 18,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled fresh violence in Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh, with “hundreds and hundreds” stranded in no man’s land at the countries’ border. Sanjukta Sahany, a spokeswoman for the…
Kalyan Party leader made disappeared: BNP
BNP on Wednesday expressed its fear that MM Aminur Rahman, secretary general of its alliance partner Kalyan Party, was made disappeared as he remained missing since Sunday. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the allegation at…
Princes Williams and Harry pay tribute to Princess Diana
Princes William and Harry are paying tribute to their mother, Princess Diana, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death by visiting a memorial garden at Kensington Palace. The engagement at the Sunken Garden will allow the young…
Biplobi Workers’ Party & JAGPA want JS dissolution
Bangladesher Biplabi Workers Party and Jatiya Ganotantrik Dal (Jagpa) have proposed before the Election Commission (EC) for dissolution of Parliament and deployment of the armed forces ahead of the next parliamentary elections. Both the parties also proposed refraining from the…
‘Bangladesh to be free from hunger and poverty’
Mentioning that there is no scarcity of food in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh will be free from hunger and poverty in the near future as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Syria: Talks should address ‘Disappeared’- HRW
Create Independent Body to Investigate Missing Persons Beirut, August 30 – International backers of negotiations to end the conflict in Syria should ensure that any transitional process includes a robust independent body to investigate thousands of “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch…
When East-West wage convergence came to a standstill
by Béla Galgóczi The crisis has put an end to wage convergence of the poorer Central and Eastern European new EU member states (EU-11, being: Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia (2004), Bulgaria, Romania (2007) and Croatia (2013))…
Woman killed in Chuadanga road accident
Dhaka – A woman was killed as a speeding truck ran her over at Ujirpur village of Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Shahida Begum, 35, wife of late Shahjahan Ali of Bhimrullah village of the…
Missing boy found dead in Sherpur
Dhaka- A minor boy, who went missing a day ago, was found dead in a garden near to Jhinaigati Mohila Adarsha Degree College in Jhinaigati upazila in Sherpur on Wednesday.Quoting witnesses, police said locals spotted the body of Al Mamun,…
Jubo League man hacked dead in Noakhali
Dhaka – A Jubo League activist was hacked to death allegedly by rivals in Hatia upazila in Noakhali on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Riaz Uddin, 27, an activist of Sonadia union unit of the ruling party’s youth wing…
Art Briles won’t get job with Canadian Football League
Hamilton,(AP/UNB) – Less than 11 hours after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL announced the hiring of former Baylor coach Art Briles as an assistant coach, the league and the team backtracked in the face of public pressure and said…
West Indies chases down 322 in remarkable win over England
Leeds,(AP/UNB) – West Indies chased down 322 on the final day for a remarkable victory against all expectations in the second test against England on Tuesday.Shai Hope carried West Indies home at Headingley with a personal milestone as he became…
Nadal says it’s noisy under US Open roof, despite changes
New York,(AP/UNB) – It’s too loud under the U.S. Open roof for Rafael Nadal.Even though the U.S. Tennis Association tried to lessen the noise in Arthur Ashe Stadium after the retractable cover’s debut during last year’s tournament, there was still…
Pressure Myanmar from pushing its nationals into BD: PM
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the United States to mount pressure on Myanmar to stop pushing its nationals into Bangladesh.
Venice film festival kickstarts Oscars jousting
The 74th Venice film festival gets underway Wednesday with Alexander Payne’s sci-fi satire “Downsizing” in the high-profile opening slot that is increasingly coveted as a launchpad for the Oscars. Starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, “Sideways” director Payne’s latest quirky…
3 institutes ink MoU for clinical research
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed among three institutes to form an institutional platform and collaborate research initiative of clinical science across various health disciplines, including non communicable diseases (NCD). Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), the British Medical…
ADB for national green financing vehicles
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in a report launched today, has proposed the creation of national green financing vehicles to catalyze environmentally and financially sustainable infrastructure investments in Asia and the Pacific. The report, titled Catalyzing Green Finance: A Concept…
Asian markets rebound but N.Korea concerns remain
Asian traders returned to buying Wednesday, reversing the previous day’s losses as Donald Trump’s measured response to North Korea’s missile launch and upbeat US data restored a semblance of calm to markets. The rush to the sidelines that followed Pyongyang’s…
Tigers bag historic Test win against Aussies
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Bangladesh have bagged their biggest scalp in 17 years as a Test-playing nation, beating Australia, arguably cricket’s strongest side, by 20 runs in an absorbing contest at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Rohingya boat capsizes in Naf, 4 bodies spotted
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 30 – A boat, carrying around 25 Rohingyas, capsized in the Naf River adjacent to Shahparir Dwip in Teknaf upazila while intruding into Bangladesh territory early Wednesday.