Dhaka, June 27 – A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) went missing in the Teesta River in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Tuesday while chasing smugglers.
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Army to work as per Constt in next polls: Obaidul
Comilla, June 27 – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quaderon Tuesdaysaid the next general election will be held under the Election Commission’s supervision and the Army will perform their duties as per the constitution.
4 missing while swimming in Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka, June 27 – In separate incidents, four student tourists went missing in Moinot Ghat in Dohar of Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach on Tuesday.
Nazrul exponent Sudhin Das is no more
Dhaka, Jun 27 – Prominent Nazrul exponent Sudhin Das passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday. He was 87. The singer breathed his last at Apollo Hospitals Ltd around 8:20 pm, said family sources.
PM’s assertion on development ‘hollow’: BNP
Dhaka, June 27 – BNP on Tuesday termed ‘hollow’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks that the country is marching towards progress and that it regained its lost dignity.
Socially owned news media must for objective journalism
Mostafa Kamal Majumder A young journalist colleague told me the other day he would make no mistake in aligning himself with either of the two major political parties in Bangladesh because he has seen and is by now ‘sure that…
Global pact on environmental rights to be presented to UN
PARIS, June (BSS/AFP) – Hollywood star turned activist Arnold Schwarzenegger joined politicians and legal experts in Paris Saturday to launch a campaign for a global pact to protect the human right to a clean, healthy environment. French President Emmanuel Macron…
Chinese troops intrude into India’s Sikkim – sent back
Chinese troops crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Indian state of Sikkim in early June , smashed two bunkers before they were stopped by Indian soldiers, military officials said on Monday, bdnews24.com reported on Tuesday.
Trump, Modi exchange hugs as US calls Pak ‘global terrorist’
Washington, Jun 27 (AP/UNB) – Hugging outside the White House Monday, President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi heralded an increasingly close strategic partnership as the U.S. branded Pakistan as a “global terrorist.”
Water-sanitation for all: 4 pol errors to avoid
by Nathaniel Mason Eliminating inequality is integral to the Sustainable Development Goals, from ‘universal access’ to water, to ending poverty ‘everywhere’. Yet in a world where the politics of who gets what is increasingly polarised, leaving no-one behind is fundamentally…
Taka 28 crore IFAD fund for Sri Lanka smallholder agribusiness
Rome, 26 June – The International Fund for Agricultural Development and Government of Sri Lanka signed a financing agreement today that will help 57,500 poor rural households in Sri Lanka increase their incomes and food security by expanding livelihood and…
Stalker-attack: 6 of a family hurt in Sherpur
Dhaka, June 26 – Six members of a family, including a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member, were injured in an attack by miscreants at tourist spot Panihata in Nalitabari upazila on Monday for protesting eve-teasing.
PM happy Eid has been peaceful
Dhaka, June 26 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed her gratitude to the Almighty and extended thanks to the countrymen for holding the holy Eid-ul-Fitr amidst peaceful atmosphere.
Polls under supportive Govt must: Khaleda
Dhaka, Jun 26 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the next national election must be held under a supportive-government with the deployment of army to install a pro-people administration to end public sufferings and ensure good governance.
Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated
Dhaka, June 26 – Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated in Bangladesh on Monday with due solemnity and religious fervour. The festival came after the holy Ramadan, the month of fasting. Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were offered by…
Yes – microlending reduces extreme poverty
by Quanda Zhang A small boost in microlending to the developing world could lift more than 10.5 million people out of extreme poverty. That’s one conclusion of my study, published last month in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, which found…
UAE princesses guilty of servant abuse in Belgium
Eight princesses from the UAE have been convicted of human trafficking and degrading treatment of their servants by a Brussels court.
Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo released from Chinese prison
China’s best-known political prisoner, the civil rights campaigner and Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been released on medical parole after he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
Getting rid of Germany’s excessive current account surplus
by Gustav Horn There’s no end to the criticism of the excessive German current account surplus. Quite rightly, people suggest that this imbalance has the potential either to unleash violent currency fluctuations on a global scale or to generate a…
Six killed and 16 missing in Colombia boat capsize
At least six people died when a passenger boat sank on a reservoir in north-western Colombia, officials say. They say that 133 people were rescued, but 16 are still missing after the four-deck Almirante went down near the popular resort…
Hyperloop Hotel, the high-tech lodging and transport of the future?
What if your flight, your car and your hotel were all combined into one luxury, high-tech transit complex? That’s the idea behind Brandan Siebrecht’s Hyperloop Hotel — an inventive solution to 21st century traveling. Siebrecht, a graduate architect at the…
Eid congregations in Capital Dhaka
Dhaka – A total of 410 congregations of holy Eid-ul-Fitr would be held in the capital this year. Of those, 230 congregations will be held in Dhaka South City Corporation (BSCC) and 180 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas.
Moudud slams his Gulshan house demolition
Dhaka, June 25 – BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Sunday alleged that Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has started dismantling his Gulshan house unlawfully though a petition to this end awaits the apex court hearing.
BCL leader hacked to death by robbers in Laxmipur
Dhaka, June 25 – A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), who was reportedly chopped by robbers on Wednesday, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning.
Juba Dal, Chhatra Dal leaders held with ‘bombs’ in Jessore
Dhaka, June 25 – Police in a drive on Sunday arrested two leaders of BNP’s two associate bodies allegedly along with six hand bombs from Navaran Pashuhat area in Sharsha upazila of Jessore.
Erdogan – Turkish troops will stay in Qatar
Istanbul, Jun 25 (AP/UNB) – Turkey’s president on Sunday rejected a demand by major Arab states to remove Turkish troops from Qatar, saying their sweeping list of ultimatums has threatened the small Gulf country’s sovereignty.
Eid-ul-Fitr Monday
Dhaka, June 25 – Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Monday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on late Sunday afternoon.
At center of Qatar crisis, a $1 billion ransom
By Megan R. Wilson The crisis over Qatar that is gripping the Middle East hinges on an alleged $1 billion ransom that was reportedly paid to release members of Qatar’s royal family and others who were kidnapped in Iraq.
Erdogan says no pullout of Turkish troops from Qatar
Turkey’s president says he will not pull Turkish troops from their base in Qatar, rejecting a demand by major Arab states that it do so to end the ongoing crisis with the small Gulf country. Speaking Sunday after Eid prayers…
Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 120
Multan, June 25 (AP/UNB) – An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing more than 120 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, an official said. Rizwan Naseer,…