Dhaka – Police arrested 40 accused including an activist of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in separate drives overnight till Thursday morning from different parts of the district.
Year: 2017
One killed in clash over land in Sunamganj
Dhaka- A youth was killed and 15 others sustained injuries in a clash over land in Jauya area of Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Hafiz Abu Sayed, 25, son of Abdul Qaiyum, a resident…
Lightning strike kills school teacher in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A high school teacher was killed by a lightning strike in Muktarpur Dofadarpara village of Charghat upazila in Rajshahi on Wednesday night.Nibaran Chandra Barman, officer-in-charge of Charghat Police Station, said Liakat Hossain, 55, a teacher of Muktarpur High…
3 killed in Jhenidah road crash
Dhaka- Three people, including a woman, were killed and around 40 others injured as a bus hit a roadside tree in front of a petrol pump in Kaliganj upazila headquarters in Jhenidah on Thursday afternoon.Two of the deceased were identified…
Italian Cup title puts Juventus in line for treble
Rome,(AP/UNB) – Juventus secured the first title of a possible treble by winning the Italian Cup with an authoritative 2-0 victory over Lazio in the final on Wednesday.Dani Alves gave Juventus an early lead in the first half with a…
Madrid a draw away from Spanish title after win over Celta
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Cristiano Ronaldo has taken Real Madrid to the verge of its first Spanish league title in five years.Ronaldo scored early in each half as Madrid defeated 10-man Celta Vigo 4-1 on Wednesday to retake the league lead from…
Premier Cricket: Kalabagan KC force Gazi Group to taste first defeat
Dhaka – Lowly rated Kalabagan Krira Chakra made the biggest upset in the Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League forcing league leader Gazi Group Cricketers to taste the first defeat by huge 127 runs at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali…
35% working moms don’t want second child: Study
A new study by ASSOCHAM has found that 35% working mothers do not want a second child, citing job pressures, stress and cost of raising kids as the main reasons. As many as 35% working mothers in urban India avoid…
Young film maker Rasel Ahmed passes away
Entertainment Desk According to the hospital report, Rasel died due to a heart attack Young film maker Rasel Ahmed passed away on May 15. He was ready to release his first film Nree. According to the hospital report, Rasel died…
Mithila, Shajal acting together for the first time
Culture Desk They will finally be seen together in an Eid drama Jemon Khushi Temon Shajo Mithila is well-known as a singer, actress and scholar with a golden career, both in entertainment and her professional life. Shajal is the face…
Iranian Ambassador calls on DU VC
Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abbas Vaezi Dehnavi today paid a courtesy call on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter’s office on the campus. DU Persian Language and Literature Department Chairman Professor Dr Abdus…
Hollywood honors ‘Alien’ filmmaker Ridley Scott
“Alien” creator Ridley Scott said Wednesday he hoped to make movie-goers ponder life’s bigger questions through his latest contribution to the “Alien” sci-fi blockbuster franchise—but also to scare them senseless. The veteran British director, who made the groundbreaking original movie…
Govt to form cyber security agency: Tarana
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim today said the government would establish a cyber security agency to thwart cyber crimes in a coordinated manner in the country. “Cyber security issue is being prioritised and formulation of the ‘Cyber…
In climate talks, it’s always been America first
The shadow of Donald Trump looms large over the climate-rescue Paris Agreement, thrashed out by nearly 200 countries over years of painstaking, often belligerent, bartering in which the United States has a chequered history. As power has changed hands between…
Marginalized population access to green banking services stressed
Development activists and volunteers here have stressed on marginalized population access to green banking services for promotion of renewable energies in grassroots level. They advocated for making the existing bank loan conditions towards solar system, biogas plant, vermicomposting and dairy…
Cauvery suffers a slow death – urbanisation flourishes
(Editor’s (firstpost.com) note: This is the fourth piece in a multi-part series on the nature of human excesses that have imperiled the fragile ecosystem of the Western Ghats, home to at least 325 globally threatened species of flora and fauna,…
Trump election: Former FBI boss to lead Russia inquiry
A former FBI boss has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia’s alleged meddling in the election and any Trump campaign ties.
Changed climate befool Dhaka cadamba tree to flower early
Dhaka, May 18 – Changed climate conditions not only make life full of uncertainties at times, but also befool plants and trees. Mostly cloudy sky with intermittant rainall of the last fortnight has made this neolamarckia cadamba tree in Dhaka…
Plant with rotting flesh smell blooms in California
Fullerton — A Southern California nature center has a flower that smells deathly. Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the “corpse flower,” emits a decaying flesh smell during its once-a-decade bloom. AP/UNB news reported
G77 in key role drafting Treaty on Marine Resources
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Sexual violence as a “threat to security, durable Peace”
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 17 (IPS) – Sexual violence is increasingly used as a tactic of terrorism and thus must be addressed as a peace and security issue, officials said at a United Nations Security Council meeting. UN officials,…
Truth or delusion?
Robert J. Burrowes One inevitable outcome of the phenomenal violence we all suffer as children is that most of us live in a state of delusion throughout our lives. This makes it extraordinarily difficult for accurate information, including vital information…
New book highlights worldwide benefits of agroecology
Danielle Nierenberg The Institute for Food and Development Policy, a nonprofit known as Food First, released a new book entitled Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up, edited by Groundswell International Executive Director and co-founder Steve Brescia.
“Queens Schools off-limits for Federal Immigration Agents”
New York Correspondent Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about federal immigration agents showing up last Thursday at P.S. 58 in Maspeth and seeking a fourth-grader: “As a mother, I am deeply troubled and…
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attends Asian-Pacific Heritage reception
New York Correspondent New York – Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered an address at the Asian Americans and Pacific Islander program 2017 last week in New York city.
Ruling party misleading people on BNP’s vision 2030: Fakhrul
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday accused the ruling party leaders of indulging in bad argument over the party Vision 2030 which was placed last week.
BAU BCL activists beat up SSForum leaders
Dhaka – Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling party Awami League of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) chapter activists beat up two leaders of Socialist Students Front (SSF) allegedly yesterday (Wednesday).
Khaleda Zia’s Trust graft case shifted to new court
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 of Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman from the Special Judge Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar.
HC bench fixed for hearing 7-murder death ref appeal
Dhaka – Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday fixed a division bench of the High Court to hear the death references and appeals in the case filed over the seven-murders of Narayanganj in 2014.
Premier Cricket: Abahani beat Legends of Rupganj by 49 runs
Dhaka – Defending champions Abahani Limited tasted the 8th victory in their 10th match of the Walton Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League beating Legends of Rupganj by 49 runs at BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Wednesday.Abahani Limited batted first…