Jessore – Twelve teenage Bangladeshi girls and a child returned home from India through Benapole Check post here on Friday evening after languishing in jail there for different terms. UNB news agency reported
Year: 2017
Hacker threatens to release stolen copies of Netflix series
San Francisco – A hacker claims to have stolen the upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Black,” and is demanding that the video streaming service pay an unspecified ransom to prevent all the new episodes from…
Duterte opens ASEAN summit with oblique swipe at US, EU
Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has opened an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders with an oblique swipe at Western governments that have raised alarm over his brutal anti-drug crackdown, asking them not to meddle in the affairs of…
NKorea official calls US efforts to rid nukes a ‘wild dream’
United Nations – North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador said Friday that U.S. efforts to get rid of his country’s nuclear weapons through military threats and sanctions are “a wild dream.” AP/UNB news agency reported
Trump to spend Day 100 in office talking tough on trade
Washington – President Donald Trump is marking his 100th day in office by talking tough on trade. The White House says the president will sign an executive order Saturday that will direct his Commerce Department and the U.S. trade representative…
Bhutan urges 3 other BBIN members to go ahead
Dhaka – Having failed to address domestic concerns timely, Bhutan has urged three other South Asian countries to move ahead with the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) signed among the four countries considering the importance of connectivity in the region.UNB news…
Another Dinajpur boiler blast victim dies
Dhaka – Another worker, who suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Sadar upazila in Dinajur district on April 19 last, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital in Rangpur on Saturday morning.Dhiren Chandra, 35, who…
Wives wanted in the Faroe Islands
By Tim Ecott Torshavn There’s a shortage of women in the Faroe Islands. So local men are increasingly seeking wives from further afield – Thailand and the Philippines in particular. But what’s it like for the brides who swap the…
Defiant North Korea test-fires ballistic missile
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, the South Korean military was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. The US military said the missile did not…
Bangladesh-India to promote Sundarbans tourism together
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – Bangladesh wants to promote the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove and a Unesco world heritage site, working together with India and promote cross-border tourism keeping the environment unhurt. An official at…
‘Carbon tax’ in Bangladesh from next Fiscal Year
Fahad Ferdous, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – The government has planned to impose ‘carbon tax’ from the next fiscal year on the sectors that are polluting the environment, aiming to deal with the environmental concerns and improve the…
Mild quake jolts Sylhet
Dhaka – A light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sylhet region in Sylhet on Friday night.The earthquake was felt at 10:50pm, according to Met Office.The epicentre of the quake was along Indo-Bangla border, about 204km northeast from…
Serie A leader Juventus held by Atalanta to 2-2
Bergamo,(AP/UNB)- Serie A leader Juventus was held by host Atalanta to 2-2 on Friday.Juventus thought it won when Dani Alves headed in seven minutes from time but Remo Freuler leveled six minutes later.”We just needed to stay with the game…
Sharapova wins again, reaches semifinals at Porsche GP
Stuttgart, (AP/UNB)- Maria Sharapova won again to move into the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals after beating Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.In her third match following a 15-month doping ban, Sharapova converted five of her six break points.”I’m…
A river in Canada vanished in 4 days for climate change
Gopal Krishna A vast river flowing from one Canada’s largest glaciers vanished in just four days last year, due to the glacier’s meltdown propelled by climate change.
Marching for a green and just future
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Apr 28 (IPS) – People around the world will be banding together to fight one of the world’s most pressing problems: climate change. Thousands are set to gather at the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C.…
Climate-smart agriculture – from Tanzania to Vietnam
By IPS World Desk Rome, Apr 28 (IPS) – As part of efforts to move towards “climate-smart” agriculture, several countries have shared In a meeting in Rome new experiences on how to produce food in ways that help farmers cope…
20 million people could ‘starve to death’ in 6 months
By Baher Kamal Rome, Apr 28 (IPS) – Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine in North Eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN leading food and agriculture agency’s chief on April 28…
Worlds greenest terminal launches at Oslo Airport
Dhaka – Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for…
Photo exhibition on underprivileged ages people held
Dhaka – A photo exhibition and discussion on rights to underprivileged aged was held on Friday 28 April at Biswa Sahitya Kendro, Dhaka. Sovvhota, a media organization organized the program with the cooperation of Bangladesh Jatishongho Samity.
BAU takes control of Socialist Student Front office
Mymensingh – At least fifteen men of Socialist Students Front (SSF), the student wing of Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), has been injured on Friday as the clash among two factions continue for the second day over taking control of…
Four short films screened at Rajshahi University
Rajshahi – A total of four short films produced by the students of Rajshahi University were screened at the university Kazi Narul Islam auditorium recently (Monday).
3 arrested militants belong to Neo JMB’s Sarwar-Tamim Group: Rab
Dhaka- The three suspected militants, arrested from Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Thursday, were active members of Neo JMB’s Sarwar-Tamim Group, claimed Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Friday.Rab Director (Media) Mufti Mahmood Khan made the claim at…
South Korea rejects Trump’s $1b THAAD demand
The South Korean government has quickly refuted U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Seoul to pay $1 billion for the THAAD missile defense system. The Defense Ministry put out a statement Friday saying, “There is no change in South Korea…
Surgery of a three-legged girl successful
A Bangladeshi toddler born with a third leg attached to her pelvis is returning home after successful surgery in Australia. Choity Khatun, who is three, was born with caudal twinning, meaning that part of a twin had developed in her…
Militant’s bodies collected from C’nawabganj ‘den’
‘Neo JMB’ functionary Abul Kalam alias Abu was killed by bullets while his three associates died in explosions during the operation at the militant den of Shibnagar Trimohoni in Shibganj upazila, said a physician on Friday. Dr Shafiqul Islam, one…
Titas, Jail win in Nat’l Volleyball qualifying round
Dhaka, Apr 28 (UNB) – Titas Club and Bangladesh Jail team secured victories in the qualifying round of the National Volleyball Championship (Sangstha Zone) at national Volleyball Stadium on Friday.
BNP’s participation in election to reduce militant attacks
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said militant attacks will come down sharply if BNP takes part in the next general election. The minister came up with the remarks without further elaboration after inaugurating a mosque at Sundalpur…
LGBT asylum seekers abused in North African Enclave
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) asylum seekers in Spain’s North African enclave, Ceuta, are exposed to harassment and abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. Spanish authorities should transfer them to mainland Spain without delay and halt its de facto…
AFC U-16 Women’s Champs: Bangladesh put in Group B
Dhaka– Bangladesh has been placed in Group B of the eight-team final round of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship to be held in Chonburi, Thailand in September 10-23.The grouping of the prestigious AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship was finalised today at…