By Emma Richards CONFLICT and mass displacement have pushed parts of Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh near crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity, food agencies warned the UN security council on Monday.
Day: January 30, 2018
19 innovations to increase food output without draining earth
Brittany Scalise Whenever you bite into a piece of food, do you think about where it comes from? How did it get from the ground to your table? Who are the farmers and entrepreneurs who cultivated and sourced it? It’s…
IBBL opens agent banking outlet at Narayanganj
Dhaka, 30 Jan – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its Agent Banking outlet at S.S. Shah Road of Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj on 29 January 2018. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank inaugurated the outlet as…
Gulshan Health Club picnic
Dhaka, 30 Jan – The Gulshan Health Club organized its annual Bonvojon-2018 at forest resort in Gazipur last Sunday. A daylong program included sports, cultural function and ruffle draws. President of the club Mr. Alhaj M.A. Kader Khan FF, Secretary…
Prosecution seeks Khaleda’s conviction in graft case
Dhaka, 30 Jan – The Prosecution on Tuesday claimed they proved BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s involvement in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case of Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka and sought a seven-year imprisonment for the former premier. Advocate Mosharraf…
U19 CWC: Bangladesh face South Africa in 5th place play-off Wednesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face South Africa in the fifth-place deciding play-off match in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at Queenstown Events Centre in New Zealand to conclude their campaign from the world event.
City Club Indira Road win big; Fatema hits century
Dhaka – City Club and Indira Road Cricket Academy earned massive wins in the Dhaka First Division Women’s Cricket League at two separate city venues on Tuesday.
Tigers vs Sri Lanka 1st Test kicks off Wednesday
Dhaka -Bangladesh will take on visiting Sri Lanka in the 1st Test of the two-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagongon Wednesday.
Mammals and birds are likely to survive climate change
Mammals and birds stand the best chance of all animals of surviving Earth’s rapidly changing climate, researchers said Monday.
AL chief Sheikh Hasina launches election campaign
Mentioning that the next general election will be held in December next, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought vote for ’boat’, the election symbol of Awami League, to achieve the goal of making Bangladesh a developed and prosperous country.
Legal notice served to ban roof-top musical events
A legal notice has been served to the authorities concerned to take action against musical events arranged on the rooftops in residential areas.
American democracy sold to the highest bidder
Aristotle measured the quality of democracy by the extent to which politics constrains the economically powerful, allowing the preferences of the landless to be reflected in public policy. According to a new analysis, American democracy gets a failing grade on…
8-month-old infant girl raped in New Delhi
An eight-month-old baby girl has been raped allegedly by her cousin in the Indian capital, Delhi, reports BBC.The girl is reportedly in a critical condition at a local hospital where she was brought in on Sunday.
36 killed in Murshidabad bus accident
A bus packed with around 50 riders crashed through a bridge and plunged into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad on Monday morning killing at least 36 people, reports NDtv.
E-commerce key to modern farming in China
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), held in October 2017, called for implementing the national strategy of revitalizing rural villages and townships. So-called “internet plus agriculture” was identified as an important…
Experts for popularising climate resilient farming
Experts have stressed the need for popularising the climate resilient farming among the small and marginal farmers to increase crop production in the northern region.
Facebook to deliver more local news to US users
Facebook said Monday it has decided to deliver more local news to US users, in its latest effort to manage the flow of information on the enormously-influential social network.
Tokyo stocks open lower after Wall Street falls
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Tuesday, with investor sentiment weighed down by a strong yen and a retreat from records on Wall Street.
Mammals more likely to survive climate change
Mammals and birds stand the best chance of all animals of surviving Earth’s rapidly changing climate, researchers said Monday. An analysis of how nearly 11,5000 species fared over 270 million years of hot-and-cold fluctuations showed that warm-blooded creatures cope better…
Jatiya Kabita Utsab begins in city Feb 1
The two-day 32th Jatiya Kabita Utsab 2018 will begin on the Dhaka University (DU) Central Library premises in the city on February 1. Jatiya Kabita Parishad (JKP) is organizing the national poetry festival with the theme ‘Poetry for the struggle…
Has Nusrat got married?
We hate to break hearts, but here’s the big news. Nusrat Jahan – among the most glamorous heroines of Tollywood – has been secretly married for quite some time. The actress, sources tell us, tied the knot with Victor Ghosh…
I would vomit after every scene: Ranveer Singh
Padmaavat may have released with lots of fuss about the allegedly offensive portrayal of Rani Padmavati, but it’s Ranveer Singh’s scene-stealing performance as Alauddin Khilji that everyone’s talking about right now.
Africa’s leaders choose diplomacy to Trump’s toilet remarks
Addis Ababa, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — The 55-nation African Union appears to have decided to react diplomatically and strategically to President Donald Trump’s alleged vulgar remarks about the continent.
Solar home prog in BD suffers for lack of coordination
Sadrul Hasan, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Jan 30 – Lack of coordination among government entities in rural electrification has put state-owned Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCO) and its partner organisations (POs) into a great trouble as their investment of about…
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route resume
Dhaka – Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after one hour of disruption caused by fog on Tuesday.
Triumphant Li Haotong first Chinese to crack golf’s top 50
SHANGHAI,(BSS/AFP) – Emerging star Li Haotong wrote his name in the history books and underlined his prodigious talent as he became the first Chinese men’s golfer to claim a spot in the world top 50.
Tigers face Lankan on Wednesday in first Test
Dhaka -Bangladesh face their biggest dilemma as they take on Sri Lanka in the first Test on Wednesday without their skipper Shakib Al Hasan at the Zahur Ahmed Chowhury Stadium in Chittagong.
IBBL best corporate in Banking sector
Dhaka, 29 Jan – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited achieved the First Position as the Best Corporate in the Banking Sector (Private Commercial Banks-Islamic Operation) of ICMAB Best Corporate Award-2016 conferred by The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh.
Inefficient air-conditioning leaves Asean freezing in the tropics
A new whitepaper on cooling in Southeast Asia finds low public awareness around the importance of energy-efficient cooling for reducing pollution and fighting climate change, and its implications for a more sustainable future for the region.