Dhaka – A minor girl drowned in a pond at Karuatoli village in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning.
Day: July 17, 2018
5 villages flooded in Bhola
Bhola – At least seven hundred families of five villages in Tazumuddin and Char Fasson upazilas in the district have been flooded following tidal water and heavy rainfall for last two days.
Three killed in city road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and seven others injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a humanhaulerat Beribadh in the city’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning.
Teenage girl ‘gang-raped’ in Cumilla
Dhaka – A teenage worker of a footwear factory has allegedly been gang-raped by four youths at Devpur of Burichang upazila in Cumilla.
Usain Bolt to trial with A-League’s Mariners
Sydney(AP/UNB) – Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt will trial for six weeks with the Central Coast Mariners from next month in a deal which could see him play for a season in Australian football’s A-League.
Bangladesh’s women crickets on a roll
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s cricket team have achieved a great feat by claiming triple title victories in T20 format on the trot.
Masters swimming, rally in Mirpur on Wednesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) has arranged “Masters Swimming and Rally” at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex in Mirpur on Wednesday morning to celebrate the ‘International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Day’ 2018 marking the 110th annivesary…
Scaring voters was motive behind Rajshahi bomb attack: Rizvi
Dhaka – BNP on Tuesday alleged that ruling party men carried out a crude bomb attack on a rally of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Rajshahi to spread panic for holding ‘voter-less’ city polls there.
BNP condemns ‘gold scam in Bangladesh Bank vault’
BNP on Tuesday strongly denounced the reported gold scam in the central bank’s vault, saying it is another sign of plundering by the government.
Attacks on quota demo: DU students for proctor’s resignation
Students of Dhaka University on Tuesday staged demonstration protesting the recent attack on the students and teachers and demanding resignation of the Proctor Prof AKM Golam Rabbani for his ‘failure’ to ensure security to the teachers and students of the…
UK for fair, peaceful elections in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom has said they will continue to stress long-term importance to Bangladesh’s development of “free, fair, inclusive and peaceful” elections, says a new report.
Don’t understand logic behind anti-quota movement: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she is unable to understand the logic behind the movement against the quota system in government jobs.
ICC: Strengthen court on its 20th anniversary
Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should increase their support for the court in the face of increasing challenges to delivering justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted 20 years…
Good agriculture practices to ensure sound public health underscored
Speakers at a function here called for following good agriculture practices to ensure food safety and free public health from various non-contagious diseases like cancer, heart ailment and liver cirrhosis. They said collective efforts of all the government and non-government…
Expanding ‘dead zone’ in Arabian Sea raises climate change fears
In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast “dead zone” the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame. In his lab in Abu Dhabi, Zouhair Lachkar is labouring over a colourful computer…
Asif Akbar to appear on big screen
Cultural Correspondent Singer Asif Akbar has officially taken up the job of acting. He has been roped in for a full-length film titled VIP. He will be seen as a CID officer in the film. Shooting will start from the…
Aung Rakhine’s short film going to Locarno
Cultural Correspondent Aung Rakhine the director of first indigenous language based film “The Bicycle” has taken another homegrown film to international market. His second film a short one in terms of length has been selected in the Locarno International Film…
Ranveer teams up with Karishma
Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh on Saturday took to social media and shared a picture in which he is seen wearing a white overall while holding a weapon and wearing futuristic goggles. He captioned it as “Coming Soon”. While we wondered…
Four awarded death penalty for Moulvibazar war crimes
Dhaka, July 17 – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday handed death sentence to four for committing crimes against humanity in Rajnagar Upazila of Moulvibazar district during the 1971 Liberation War.
Crude bomb attack on BNP rally in Rajshahi, 5 hurt
Rajshahi, Jul 17 – At least five people including a journalist were injured in a crude bomb attack at an election rally of BNP candidate of Rajshahi City Corporation election in Sagorpara area on Tuesday morning.
US criticised for starting “trade war”, undermining WTO’s credibility
Geneva, 13 Jul (D. Ravi Kanth) – China severely criticized the United States on Thursday for undermining the “authority” and “credibility” of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by openly “defying” previous rulings against the Special 301 and by pointing a…
French football fans go crazy as World Cup team returns home
Crowds of fans lined the Champs-Elysées in central Paris to give the French World Cup winners a heroes’ welcome. French president Emmanuel Macron also celebrated with the team.
CNN’s Cooper calls Trump’s summit performance ‘disgraceful’
New York, Jul 17 (AP/UNB) — Seconds after President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin ended Monday, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper called the American leader’s performance “disgraceful.”
51 women killed for dowry, 592 raped in six months
Dhaka, July 16 – At least 592 incidents of rape occurred across the country in last six months till June 30 this year.
Microbus gas-cylinder blast kills 3 in Tangail
Tangail, Jul 17 – Three passengers of a microbus were killed and four others, including three policemen, injured as its gas-cylinder exploded at Kumudini College intersection in the district town early Tuesday.
BGB’s extra role stops trade at Benapole
Dhaka – As traders at Benapole Land Port continued their strike for the second day protesting Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members taking up permanent position at the custom’s weighbridge, the government has had to bear a revenue loss of Tk30…
BNP plans rally in Dhaka for Khaleda’s release
Dhaka, July 16 – BNP wants to hold a rally either in front of Jatiya Press Club or in front of party central office on Friday (July 20) demanding unconditional release of party chairperson Khaleda Zithe a and provide her…
RU students protest assault on DU teachers
Rajshahi, July 16 – Protesting the assault on the teacher-students of the Dhaka University (DU) by BCL the students of Mass-communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi University (RU) on Monday formed a human chain on Campus.
Japan: the land of the rising robots
By Todd Schneider, Gee Hee Hong and Anh Van Le Washington DC, Jul 13 2018 (IPS) – While automation will eliminate very few occupations entirely in the coming decades, it is likely to have an impact on portions of almost…
Overcome crisis of globalisation: Redo politics, int’l coop
by Ngaire Woods Recently there’s been a lot of talk about globalisation being pushed back. How would you characterise the situation? I think there was always a deal that permitted globalisation to go ahead. If you think about the 1950s…