Savar, Dhaka 10 Jan – The Jahangirnagar University (JU) is going to celebrate its 48th founding anniversary on Friday amid enthusiasm and festivity on the campus.
Day: January 10, 2018
Khaleda for punishment against Trust Graft Case witnesses
Dhaka, 10 Jan – On behalf of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, a lawyer yesterday filed a petition seeking punitive action against six witnesses in Zia Orphanage Trust graft and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases on the charges of making fake…
Two awarded death for war crimes
Dhaka, 10 Jan – Two persons were awarded death sentence and three others given life in prison for crimes against humanity at Rajnagar of Moulvibazar district during the liberation war of 1971.
Dhaka needs to engage Delhi, Beijing on trade-investment
Dhaka, Jan 10 – Bangladesh needs to proactively engage the two economic powers – India and China – on trade and investment, said a leading economist on Wednesday.
3380 Yaba pills seized in Ukhia
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 3380 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 16 lakh from Balukhali area in Ukhia on Tuesday evening.
Youth kills aunt over land dispute in Comilla
Dhaka- A young man allegedly hacked his aunt to death over a disputed land at Mahichail village of Chandina Upazila in the district on Wednesday.
Missing Ctg youth found dead
Dhaka – A young man who went missing on Tuesday was found dead at Rangamati in Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong on Wednesday.Police recovered the body of Moin Uddin, 27, son of late Abdul Haque of South Rangamatia village in the…
Woman killed in C’nawabganj road crash
Dhaka – A woman was killed on Wednesday morning as a bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw at Lalapara area of Sadar Upazila.The deceased was identified as Fahima Begum, 24, wife of Masud Rana, a resident of Rasiknagar area of…
BCL: Prime Bank South Zone 418 runs behind Islami Bank East Zone
Dhaka- A scintillating double century by Mominul Haque and a century by Zakir Hassan powered Islami Bank East Zone to take a 418-run lead over Prime Bank South Zone in the first innings after the 2nd day of the four-day…
Blind CWC: Bangladesh taste first win beating Nepal by 4 wkts
Dhaka- Bangladesh tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the six-nation Blind Cricket World Cup beating Nepal by four wickets at the Allama Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad of Pakistan on Wednesday.Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh team made a frustrating…
GM Chess: Zia earns full 2 points from 2 matches
Dhaka – Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Saif Sporting Club earned full two points in the 16th Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament beating Kumar Gaurav of India in the 2nd round match held in the Indian capital city…
Zimbabwe now due Friday
Dhaka- A 15-member Zimbabwean Cricket team, which were schedule to arrive here on Thursday night will now arrive on Friday to play the tri-nation ODI series also involving Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh beginning on January 15 at the Sher-e-Bangla…
Tablig Jamaat faction blockades road near airport for 4.30 hours
Traffic resumed on Dhaka Airport Road as a faction of Tabligh Jamaat followers withdrew their barricade after four-and-a-half-hour demonstration in protest against the arrival of a top leader of the organisation from India. A good number of Tabligh Jamaat men…
World Bank forecasts 7.6 percent growth this year
The World Bank (WB) in a report today upgraded its forecast for the Bangladesh economy, attributing the progress to the supportive fiscal policy, stable political situation and effective development initiatives. The WB in its Global Economic Prospects, released in Washington,…
It even snowed in the Sahara Desert
Nope, that’s not just really white sand. Residents of Ain Sefra, an Algerian town on the northwest edge of the Sahara desert, witnessed a stunning sight on Sunday: snow blanketing the sandy hills of one of Earth’s most arid regions.…
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day observed
The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed on Wednesday. On January 10 in 1972, Bangabandhu returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after over nine and half months of captivity in a Pakistan…
California storm mudslides kill 13 – devastation huge
A storm that slammed a California coastal community is over. The search for its victims is not. Authorities in Santa Barbara County were still trying to reach new areas and dig into the destruction to find dead, injured or trapped…
Catherine Deneuve defends men’s ‘right to hit on’ women
French actress Catherine Deneuve has said that men should be “free to hit on” women. She is one of 100 French women who wrote an open letter, warning about a new “puritanism” sparked by recent sexual harassment scandals. It deplores…
Magnitude 7.6 quake hits the Carribean North of Honduras
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake has struck in the Caribbean Sea north of Honduras.There are no early reports of damage on land, but the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center warns of tsunami dangers in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, other islands and the…
Sheikh Mujib was not a rebel but was made into one: Nawaz Sharif
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was not a rebel, but was made into one. Sharif came up with the remark while talking to a group of lawyers gathered at Punjab House, Islamabad on Tuesday,…
Australia swelters through one of hottest years on record
Australia sweltered through its third-hottest year on record in 2017 despite the lack of a warming El Nino weather phenomenon, official figures showed Wednesday.
AFTA has worked for US oil industry: executive
The US oil industry has benefitted from the free trade pact with Canada and Mexico, and an industry representative on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to keep the deal intact.
Aishwarya to play a surrogate mother
Aishwarya Rai is on a roll. Soon after she made headlines for apparently signing on the remake of Raat Aur Din at a whopping Rs.10 crore, she is on her way to inking another project. The film, titled Jasmine, is…
Apu Biswas all set for comeback
Entertainment Desk Apu Biswas is all set for a comeback. After a long break from films, she is now working on losing weight she had gained during pregnancy before going back in front of the camera.
‘Roseanne’ returning to TV as Trump supporter
Hollywood is hardly a big fan of Donald Trump, but on the upcoming reboot of “Roseanne,” the title character will be a supporter of the Republican president.The award-winning ABC sitcom is returning for a 10th season in March, after a…
Powers joins Etihad this month as CFO
Etihad Airways has hired former JetBlue executive Mark Powers as group chief financial officer, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier said on Tuesday. Long-serving Group CFO James Rigney left the troubled airline along with CEO James Hogan in July. Powers will join…
Enough confusion for decades: Cauvery verdict in 4 weeks: Indian SC
New Delhi, Jan 10: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said its judgement pertaining to Cauvery water dispute among Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and others would be delivered within four weeks.
The #MeToo movement disrupts commodification of feminism
By Rangita de Silva de Alwis UN, Jan 8 (IPS) – As the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations in New York draws near, women from every corner of the world…
Clean energy sources manage to cut electricity bill in Chile
By Orlando Milesi Santiago, Jan 9 (IPS) – A 75 percent drop in electricity rates, thanks to a quadrupled clean generation capacity, is one of the legacies to be left in Chile by the administration of Michelle Bachelet, who steps…
Mediterranean migrant arrivals 1072, deaths 81 in first week
By International Organization for Migration Geneva, Jan 9 (IOM) – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 1,072 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea during the first week of 2018, with around 450 each landing in Italy and Greece…