MIAMI, May 11 – It’s not easy having a green thumb in space. Without gravity, seeds can float away. Water doesn’t pour, but globs up and may drown the roots. And artificial lights and fans must be rigged just right…
Day: May 11, 2018
Admin working for AL candidate in Khulna: BNP
Dhaka, May 11 – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday alleged that the police and local administration are working in favour of the ruling party mayoral candidate in Khulna City Corporation polls.
3 killed in city road crash
Dhaka- Three people, including a minor girl, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a human-hauler at Goran Chatbari under Shah Ali Police Station in the city on Friday afternoon.
Singapore natural choice for Trump-Kim first meet
SINGAPORE, May 11 – With one foot in the East and one in the West, ultra-modern and secure — to the point of sometimes being mocked as dull — Singapore was a natural choice for the historic first meeting between…
7 killed as nor’wester lashes Nilphamari
Dhaka- Seven people were killed as nor’wester lashed Jaldhaka and Domar upazilas Nilphamari on Thursday night.Ibrahim Khalil, officer-in-charge of Domar Police Station, said Abdul Gani, 40 of Golnati Chourangibazar, was killed when a portion of a mud wall collapsed on him…
Mother ‘kills self, son’ jumping before train in Kushtia
Dhaka – A woman with her two-year-old son in her arms reportedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train in Gatepara area of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Friday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified yet.Afzal…
NASA program to track greenhouse gas is canceled
WASHINGTON, May 11 – A NASA program that cost $10 million per year to track carbon and methane, key greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, has been cancelled, a US space agency spokesman said Thursday.
2 kids drown in Tangail
Dhaka- Two children drowned in a river at Kashil Paschimpara village in Basail upazila here on Thursday.
Manna’s book on student politics launched
Dhaka, May 11 – Claiming that the country is going through leadership crisis, speakers at a programme on Friday said positive leadership need to come from the students of the country to move Bangladesh ahead and make it corruption-free.
BNP plans to publish Khaleda’s biography
Dhaka, May 11 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said a biography of their chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail, is being written.
FFs to get collateral-free home loan; policy planned
The government has planned to formulate a policy to provide collateral-free home loan for freedom fighters and their heirs.
Over 4m households get solar home systems in BD
DHAKA, May 11 – Over four million remote households were provided with solar home systems while one million improved cook stoves were installed in rural homes under a World Bank (WB) aided project.
2 held with one lakh US dollars at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested two people along with one lakh US dollars from Raghunathpur border point in Benapole port area here in Benapole on Thursday night.
Abahani through to final of U-18 Football
Dhaka- Abahani Ltd reached the final of the 3rd Under-18 Football Tournament beating Arambagh Krira Sangha in the sudden death 0(6)- 0(5) in the second semifinal at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.
ODI: Tigresses face clean sweep against SA
Dhaka- Bangladesh Women’s cricket team suffered their four successive loss against hosts South Africa in the five-match ODI series after a 154-run defeat at Diamond Oval, Kimberley on Friday.
24 gold bars seized at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 24 gold bars, weighing 2.7 kgs, from Ghiba in Benapole port area here on Thursday night.
BD satellite Bangabandhu 1 launch expected Saturday
SpaceX, the US company handling the launch of Bangabandhu-1, country’s first geostationary communications satellite into orbit, has sought to assure Bangladeshi officials that the rocket will be launched around 4:14 pm (local time) on Friday.
Look at Malaysian election: Fakhrul tells PM Hasina
Dhaka, May 11 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to look at the Malaysian national election as it has manifested that public opinion cannot be resisted by an undemocratic and corrupt…
26-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway
A 26-km tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway from Feni on Friday, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.
Won’t tolerate violence, PM warns students
Asking students to refrain from resorting to vandalism in their educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the government will no longer tolerate such acts.
EU Company Mobility Package: Implications For Social Europe
Will the ‘freedom of establishment’ – one of the basic freedoms in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) – mean that companies can pick and choose the national regulatory regime most favourable to them? Or will…
Riyadh will pursue nuclear weapons if Tehran does
Saudi Arabia is ready to build nuclear weapons if Iran restarts its programme, the kingdom’s foreign minister said. In an interview with CNN, Adel Jubeir said Saudi Arabia would “do whatever it takes” to protect its people following US President…
Ireland’s cervical cancer crisis Began in the US
Women were incorrectly cleared as cancer-free Kelly Flannery Cervical cancer need not be a death sentence. Between vaccination, routine screening, timely follow-up, and early detection, cervical cancer is preventable and highly curable. When a woman dies from cervical cancer, something…
‘Respect for HR principles important to achieve development’
Dhaka, May 11 – A panel discussion and film screening event took place on Thursday evening in the city that laid emphasis on respect for fundamental human rights principles which is important to achieve sustainable and inclusive development.
Jatiya Party MP AKM Maidul Islam passes away
Kurigram, May 11 – AKM Maidul Islam, a Jatiya Party MP from Kurigram -3 constituency and also a former minister, died at a hospital in Dhaka due to lung complications on Thursday night. He was 76.
Israel, Iran engage in most serious confrontation in Syria
Beirut, May 11 (AP/UNB) — Israeli forces unleashed a heavy bombardment against Iranian military installations in Syria on Thursday in what Israel called retaliation for an Iranian rocket barrage on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights, the most serious…
Malaysia’s new leader shows that 92 isn’t really so old
Kuala Lumpur, May 11 (AP/UNB) — The longtime strongman was born when silent films still packed movie theaters and Adolf Hitler was still a fringe politician. It was 1926, and his homeland was known as British Malaya.
জুনাব আলীর ব্যব্হৃত গ্রামীন দেশজ প্রযুক্তি
মোস্তফা কামাল মজুমদার অনেক দিন আগের কথা। আমাদের হালের একটা বলদ খুঁড়িয়ে হাঁটছিল। ঘরেরই একজনের মত আপন জুনাব আলী জানালেন, বলদটার পিছনের একপায়ের হাঁটু মস্কে গেছে। পাড়ার সবার কথা বলদটাকে জবাই করে মাংস খাওয়া ছাড়া আর কোন কাজে লাগবে না।…
IBBL organizes view exchange meeting with expatriates at Dubai
Dhaka, May 10 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a view exchange meeting with Bangladeshi Expatriates at a local Hotel of Dubai, UAE on 6 May 2018. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D, Chairman of the Bank was present in…
Anas Incharge Ruhel, Shamima Co-Incharges of JU BNCC
Savar (Dhaka) May 10 – Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC), Jahangirnagar University (JU) Platoons, got a new leadership on Wednesday. Cadet Sergeant Md. Anas Uddin, a 3 rd year student of Geography and Environment department, was made the Cadet Incharge…