Dhaka, 18 Jan – A group students of seven colleges under the University of Dhaka staged a protest by blocking streets at Nilkhet for three hours on Thursday to press for the announcement of exam results immediately.
Day: January 18, 2018
Those responsible for N’ganj clash would face action: Minister
Dhaka, 18 Jan -“Nobody is above law. Action will be taken according to law for those who have been involved in the clash in Narayanganj and have taken law in their hands”, said home minister Asaduzzaman Khan. He came up…
Fighting for rights succeeds: HRW World HR Report
Principled Politicians and Popular Protest Weaken Authoritarian Populist Agenda Paris – Political leaders willing to fight for human rights principles showed that they could limit authoritarian populist agendas, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2018, reviewing events…
One to die over killing of teacher
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing a headmaster of a primary school of Barhatta upazila in 2015 in Netrakona . The convicted was identified as Kala Chand, 43, son of Shamsuddin Sheikh,…
2 killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka – An auto rickshaw driver and a passenger were killed and five other passengers were injured as a bus hit the vehicle on Pabna-Ishwardi highway in Tentultola area of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Thursday noon.
Turning up the heat: Sharapova into 3rd round, Konta out
Melbourne,(AP/UNB) – Maria Sharapova ticked off more items on her “to-do” list at the Australian Open, returning to center court and accounting for the only person who has beaten her at a Grand Slam since her comeback from a doping…
Neymar scores 4 in PSG rout yet still leaves field unhappy
Paris,(AP/UNB) – Neymar scored four goals and set up two in a dazzling performance as Paris Saint-Germain beat Dijon 8-0 on Wednesday, yet still the Brazil star left the field bitterly shaking his head in disappointment.Perhaps it was hearing some…
ICC U-19 WC: Bangladesh suffer seven-wicket defeat against England
Dhaka- A captain knock of unbeaten 102 runs by Harry Brook guided England to earn a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their 2nd Group C match of the 16-team ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the Queenstown Events Centre…
Gender impact on trade, finance and fintech
Woman-owned firms engage differently with finance for trade. The barriers they face in starting and running a business are well-known. Yet, this offers little insight into how they finance their business once globalized. Surveys indicate that finance is often the…
52 people killed in Kazakhstan bus fire
A bus fire in Kazakhstan killed 52 people on Thursday in a vast snow-covered steppe, officials said.The tragedy happened near the village of Kalybai in the northern Aktobe region, the Emergencies Department of the former Soviet nation in Central Asia…
HC halts felling of trees of Jessore Road
The High Court on Thursday stayed the government’s decision to cut down century-old trees on both sides of Benapole-Jessore Highway. A bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Iqbal Kabir Liton passed the order in the morning after hearing…
India, Pakistan trade fire at border – 4 killed
Pakistani and Indian troops traded gunfire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Thursday, leaving three civilians and a soldier dead amid increasing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, officials from both sides said.
Australia rescue drone makes first rescue
A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped a safety device to distressed teens caught in rough seas. Australia is leading the use…
BDF meet for holistic development of urban services
Speakers at a working session of the two-day Bangladesh Development Forum underscored the need for a holistic and inclusive approach with the coordination of all concerned agencies and stakeholders to improve urban service delivery to help ensure sustainable development. “Coordination…
In defense of economic populism
Populists abhor restraints on the political executive. Since they claim to represent “the people” writ large, they regard limits on their exercise of power as necessarily undermining the popular will. Such constraints can only serve the “enemies of the people”…
Tri-series: Tigers vs Sri Lanka 1st battle Friday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face visiting Sri Lanka in their second ODI encounter of the Tri-nation series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur on Friday.The 3rd match of the seven-match series will begin at 12pm (Bangladesh time).…
Asian Handball: Bangladesh concede 20-46 goals defeat against S Korea
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Handball team, in their first appearance in the heavyweight Asian meet, conceded a 20-46 goals defeat against hosts and Olympic champions South Korea in one of the six-opening day matches of the 18th Asian Men’s Championship…
1st Div Women’s Cricket: Rayer Bazar AC beat Begum Anowara SC by 13 runs
Dhaka – Rayer Bazar Athletic Club secured a 13-run win against Begum Anowara Sporting Club in the first phase match of the First Division Women’s Cricket League at City Club Ground on Thursday.Rayer Bazar AC restricted Begum Anowara SC on…
Independence Cup: Saif SC, Arambagh KS play out goalless draw
Dhaka – Saif Sporting Club played out the second consecutive draw in the Walton Independence Cup football tournament after a goalless draw against Arambagh Krira Sangha in their Group D match at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.
BCL: South Zone-Central Zone match ends in draw
Dhaka – The 2nd round match of the 6th Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) between Prime Bank South Zone and Walton Central Zone ended in a draw on the 4th and final day at BKSP ground in Savar on Thursday, featuring…
China spots four oil slicks from sunken tanker
The spill from a sunken Iranian tanker off China’s east coast has spawned four oil slicks as authorities prepared to send robots to the wreckage to assess the environmental damage.
BB plans tripartite meeting to strengthen ADR
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is planning to hold a tripartite meeting to find out ways to strengthen the Alternative Dispute Regulation (ADR) system to settle the huge number of cases in the banking sector.
Australia lifesaving drone makes first rescue
A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped a safety device to distressed teens caught in rough seas. Australia is leading the use…
Aamir says hope to cooperate with Chinese talents in film industry
China and India should definitely cooperate in making a film which blends the two cultures and strike a chord with audiences of both sides, Indian actor Aamir Khan told Xinhua in a recent interview.
First film on Bangladeshi air-operations in 1971
Culture Desk The first film on Freedom Fighters’ air operations during the Liberation War is being made. Dipankar Dipen, who had earlier claimed to launch to film productions in 2018 has undertaken responsibility to direct this new aviation film titled…
Top India court lifts ban on release of Bollywood film
India’s top court on Thursday overturned a ban imposed by several states on the release of a Bollywood epic about a mythical Hindu queen.
How to rewrite the rules of globalisation
by Joseph Stiglitz How did globalization create such discontent in developed and developing countries alike? Nobel laureate and INET grantee Joseph Stiglitz explains. Stiglitz says that a corporate-driven policy agenda and the distorted economic views bolstering them have deepened inequality…
‘Angelina Jolie gene’ testing for all?
Testing all women for the “Angelina Jolie gene”, even if not considered at risk, would prevent cancers, save lives and is cost effective, say doctors. The Hollywood actress had her breasts, ovaries and fallopian tubes removed due to the high…
Stay order on Dhaka North City polls govt’s game: BNP
Dhaka, Jan 17 – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said the by-polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post was stayed with the government’s indication.
No govt. role in HC stay on Dhaka North City polls: Quader
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government has no role regarding the court’s stay order on the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-polls.