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Year: 2017
Gender equality can save women’s lives in disasters
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Robert Glasser UN, May 11 (IPS) – Later this month, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will take place in Mexico. This meeting provides an important opportunity to reboot global progress on embedding gender…
Who are the best ‘Eaters’ – how to use eggplants as toothbrush
by Baher Kamal Rome, May 11 (IPS) – The news is this: Japan is a global model for healthy diets and it currently has the lowest rate of obesity among developed countries–below four per cent. This is on the one…
Electronic voting depends on political consensus: CEC
Dhaka, May 11 – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said the electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in the next parliamentary polls if all the political parties reach a consensus in this regard. “If the political…
New tech-future festival launched in Oslo
Oslo (Norway), 11 May – Katapult Future Fest is a new tech festival focusing on exponential technologies, impact investing and future societies. Today Katapult Future Fest launched in Oslo, Norway and will run from the 11th to the 12th of…
Police arrest Shafat, Sakif in Sylhet
Police arrested two accused on Thursday night from the city’s Pathantula area in connection with the case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel. The arrestees are prime accused Shafat Ahmed, 26, and Shadman…
CA security team to visit BD next week
Dhaka – A security team of Cricket Australia (CA) will visit Bangladesh in the next week ahead of the Australia cricket team’s tour here in August-September.CA chief executive James Sutherland said his board expressed confidence that the tour will take…
Dhanmondi, Sobuj Bangla, Tejgaon secure win in 3rd Div Cricket
Dhaka – Dhanmondi Cricket Academy, Sobuj Bangla Krira Chakra and Tejgaon Cricket Academy earned their victories against their respective group rivals in the Dhaka 3rd Division ODM Cricket League at three separate venues on Thursday.
Bangladesh Boys beat Mohakhali Ekadash 3-2
Dhaka – Bangladesh Boys Club defeated Mohakhali Ekadash by 3-2 goals in the 9th round match of the Saif Powertec Senior Division Football League at Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Muhammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday.Rafa Mia scored two…
Nat’l Hockey: BKSP, Police confirm quarterfinals
Dhaka – Bangladesh Krira Shikka Protishtan (BKSP) and Bangladesh Police team confirmed their quarterfinals berth in the ATN Bangla 31st National Hockey Gold Cup beating their rivals at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium on Thursday.BKSP crushed Joypurhat District team by 15-0…
Youth held ‘with firearm’ in city
Dhaka – Police held a young man along with a foreign-made ‘firearm’ from the city’s Basabo area on Wednesday night.
Youth crushed under train in Tongi
Dhaka- A young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Tongi Railway Station here on Thursday morning.
3 killed in Habiganj lightning strike
Dhaka – Three people were killed and another was injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Baniachang and Nabiganj upazilas in Habiganj on Thursday.
Bullet-hit body found in B’baria
Dhaka- Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an unidentified man from Dariapur in Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Thursday. Mainur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station, said local people spotted the body of the unidentified man, aged around 40,…
Factory worker electrocuted in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A biscuit factory worker died from electrocution at Nandangachhi in Charghat upazila on Wednesday night. Police said Nayan Ali, 19, son of Mantu Miah of Khordogabindapur village, used to work at Moslem Biscuit Factory at Nandangachhi.
Bangladesh HC declares mobile court illegal
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) declared on Thursday the mobile court conducted by executive magistrates illegal and contradictory to the Constitution. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice M Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das passed the order…
Banani victims give judicial statements before court
Dhaka – Two private university girls who were raped in a Banani hotel around one a half month ago gave their judicial statements before a court here on Thursday in a case filed over the incident. Metropolitan Magistrate Nurun Nahar…
Take back Rohingyas, President tells Myanmar envoy
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid urged Myanmar on Thursday to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. He made the call when outgoing Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Myo Myint Than met him at Bangabhaban in the afternoon.
Dates from Saudi Arabia for BD’s school children
Dhaka – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is providing dates to thousands of school children in Bangladesh through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). A gift from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief), the dates…
Indian citizen held from marriage ceremony in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested an Indian citizen from Altapol village at Keshabpur upazila while he was trying to marry a Bangladeshi girl hiding his identity.The arrestee was identified as Pranatosh Mukherjee, son of Makhan Lal Mukherjee, a resident of Mollarparachotta…
Sabbir’s ton spurs Tigers 199-run win vs Ireland A
Dhaka– Sabbir Rahman hammered a century (100 retired out) in Bangladeshis’ huge 199 runs win against Ireland A team in the practice match at Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast, Ireland on Wednesday.Batting first after winning the toss, Bangladeshis amassed…
Poverty drives wages down: Cambodia
By Erik Larsson Phnom Penh, May 9 (IPS) – H&M has made promises to raise wage levels and increase worker influence in the garment factories of Cambodia. The validity of these supposed ambitions is being criticized. ”What have they actually…
Concerns arise over freed Nigerian abductees
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 10 (IPS) – Following the release of over 80 missing schoolgirls, human rights groups have expressed concerns about their rights and future. After a series of negotiations, the Government of Nigeria recently struck a deal…
Yemen minister says 60 percent of population in dire poverty
Riyadh – Yemen’s planning minister says 60 percent of the country’s population is in dire poverty more than two years since the Shiite rebels forced the country’s internationally recognized government and president out of the capital. AP/UNB news agency reported
Korea’s leader willing to visit North, talk to US, China
Seoul – New South Korean President Moon Jae-in said as he took office Wednesday that he is open to visiting rival North Korea under the right conditions to talk about its aggressive pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles. AP/UNB news agency reported
AL general secretary rejects BNP’s vision as mockery
Dhaka -The ruling Awami League has outright rejected its arch rival BNP’s 2030 vision terming it as a colourful inflated-balloon of blank promises and It will be deflated soon.
Drama Pragoitihasik staged at RU
Rajshahi – The drama ‘Pragoitihasik’, written by eminent litterateur Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Zillur Rahman was staged on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus on Tuesday.
Khaleda imitates Hasina: Tofail
A senior Awami League leader has dismissed an outline set by the BNP, saying its chief Khaleda Zia is merely trying to ‘imitate’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. There was nothing new in Khaleda’s Vision 2030 unveiled on Wednesday, claimed Awami…
Change in law lowering VAT rate likely in Bangladesh
In the wake of widespread protests by the business community, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said there will be some changes in the new VAT law. “I’m thinking about giving some relief… some amendments may come (in next budget)…
BNP declares vision for 2030 with less power for PM
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday announced that they would take measures to curtail the unilateral powers of the Prime Minister to bring balance to the executive powers of the republic through constitutional amendment.