The three-day first South Asian Photo Festival-2018 ended at Rangpur Public Library auditorium in the city on Friday evening through colourful closing and prize distribution ceremonies.
Month: February 2018
Deepika Padukone: Depression is going to be the next big epidemic
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone said she was not afraid to fail and not afraid to talk about the way she feels. She believes that success and failure are all part of life and everybody fails at one point…
Channel i-Muktadhara Lifetime Achievement Award given
Culture Desk Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan has been awarded with the Channel i-Muktadhara Lifetime Achievement Award 2018.
Foiling BNP’s black flag demo: Govt provokes violence -Fakhrul
Dhaka, Feb 24 – Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday asked why the opposition political party should need permission to hold political programmes.
‘Minus good governance people are left to suffer’
Dhaka, Feb – The people of the country continue to suffer for a lack of good governance and absence of transparency in securing their basic rights like education and health, the speakers in a round table meeting on Saturday.
3 female Nobel laureates in BD to see Rohingya situation
Dhaka, Feb 24 – Three Nobel Laureates started their weeklong visit to Bangladesh on Saturday and will go to Cox’s Bazar on Sunday to see Rohingya situation on the ground.
Ex-army man shot dead in Comilla
Dhaka – A retired army person was gunned down by some unknown assailants at Dhanuakhola village in Sadar upazila early Saturday.
Youth stabbed to death in Ctg
Dhaka – A youth was stabbed to death by a group of miscreants in Sadarghat Police Station area in Chittagong on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Md Ibrahim, 19, son of Jasim Uddin of Rail Colony area under…
JMB man held with gunpowder in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A team of DB police in a drive detained an alleged member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with 500g of gunpowder while conducting a secret meeting at Barghoria Sluicegate area in the district Sadar…
3 madrasa students ‘missing’ in Habiganj
Dhaka – Three students of Shamsul Ulum Nurania Hafizia Madrasa in Mirpur area of Bahubal upazila in the district reportedly went missing on Friday noon.
Premier Cricket: Shinepukur takes 2nd spot with 6-wkt win over Kalabagan
Dhaka – Shinepukur Cricket Club crushed the Kalabagan Krira Chakra by six wickets in the 5th round match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
Nat’l School Cricket: Jhalokathi Govt emerge district champions
Dhaka – Jhalokathi Government High School emerged district champions in the Prime Bank Young Tigers’ National School Cricket Competition crushing Taruni Maddhomik Biddaloy by 188 runs at Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium in Jhalokathi on Saturday.
Shooter Asif to light Bangladesh Youth Games torch
Dhaka – The Commonwealth Games and South Asian Games gold winning Bangladeshi shooter Asif Hossain will light the torch in the inaugural ceremony of the Bangladesh Youth Games on March 10 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.
Chittagong clinch Veterans Cup Football title
Dhaka – Chittagong Sonali Otit Club emerged champion in the Veterans Cup Football Tournament beating Dhaka (Red) in a penalty shootout 2 (4) – 2 (3) in the final at Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Artificial Turf on Saturday.
EU Council meets Monday: More pressure likely on Myanmar
The European Union is likely to come up with “restrictive measures” against Myanmar generals as the Foreign Ministers of European countries sit on Monday in Brussels.
UN military exercise begins in BD Monday
A multinational exercise on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations named ‘Exercise: Shanti Doot-4’ will be held at Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT) of Rajendrapur Cantonment from Monday.
9th anniversary of BDR carnage Sunday
The 9th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital will be observed on Sunday. A total of 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the carnage beginning on this day in 2009.
BNP to stage countrywide demo Monday
BNP on Saturday announced that its leaders and activists will bring out processions across the country on Monday protesting the attack on their peaceful black-flag demonstration programme in the city.
Govt never foils peaceful program: Home Mninster
Mentioning that the government never obstructs any peaceful programme, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said law enforcers take necessary steps if anyone intensifies people’s sufferings doing excesses.
Police foils BNP’s black flag rally in capital
Police on Saturday foiled BNP’s black flag demonstration programme in front of its Nayapaltan central office protesting the denial of permission to hold a rally in the city on Thursday last.
Don’t let country plunge into post-’75 dark era: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to stay alert so that the country must not plunge into the post-1975 dark era.
3 killed in Keraniganj road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including an auto-rickshaw driver, were killed in a road accident at South Keraniganj earlySaturday.
Ex-mayor Minu hurt in Rajshahi road accident
Dhaka – BNP chairperson’s adviser and former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation Mizanur Rahman Minu was injured in a road accident at Sadhur Mor in the cityon Fridaynight.
English FA charges Guardiola for political Catalonia ribbon
London,(AP/UNB) – The English Football Association has charged Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for promoting a political message by wearing a ribbon in support of imprisoned and ousted pro-independence Catalan politicians.
Top-seeded defending champion Thiem tumbles out of Rio Open
Rio De Janeiro(AP/UNB) – Top-seeded defending champion Dominic Thiem of Austria tumbled out of the Rio Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-0 to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals of the clay-court event.
Myanmar parliament approves $15M for Rakhine border fence
Bangkok, Feb 24 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar’s parliament has approved a budget of about $15 million for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine state, from which about 700,000 members of its persecuted…
3 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Keraniganj
Keraniganj, Feb 24 – Three people, including an auto-rickshaw driver, were killed in a road accident at South Keraniganj in Dhaka early Saturday.
Ex-mayor Minu hurt in Rajshahi road accident
Rajshahi, Feb 24 – BNP chairperson’s adviser and former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation Mizanur Rahman Minu was injured in a road accident at Sadhur Mor in the city on Friday night.
BNP now much more united than before: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Feb 23 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday claimed that their party is now much stronger and more united than in the past after the jailing of its chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Demonizing OXFAM – Fair or foul?
By Kul Chandra Gautam Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb 22 (IPS) – As a member of OXFAM GB’s Council of Trustees since 2014, I have received many queries about the recent scandal concerning sexual misconduct committed by some OXFAM staff in Haiti…