Female students of the Dhaka University brought out a procession on the campus demanding safe campus and release of quota reform movement leaders.
Month: July 2018
Resurgent infectious diseases have serious economic effects
Infectious diseases and associated mortality have abated, but they remain a significant threat throughout the world.
FIFA rebukes Maradona for criticising World Cup refere
Moscow,(AP/UNB) — FIFA’s patience with Diego Maradona’s World Cup antics finally ran out on Wednesday.
Arabic internet TV firm fined $24m for sports rights piracy
A Swedish court has ordered a bankrupt Arabic internet TV company to pay 210m Swedish crowns ($24m) in damages for distributing content including English Premier League soccer without permission. The Stockholm district court ordered the Sweden-based Advanced TV Network (ATN),…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces major bleaching threat every two years
Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef could be severely damaged by coral bleaching every two years unless greenhouse gas pollution levels are slashed, a major environmental group warned on Thursday.
MNP ready to serve cell phone users from August
The much awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service is almost ready to serve the country’s mobile phone customers from the next month (August). The assigned firm, Infozillion BD Teletech Consortium Limited (IBTCL), has connected the mobile network operators (MNOs), public…
Three indicted for kidnapping ‘Halloween’ actress, actor
Three people have been formally charged for kidnapping “Halloween: Resurrection” actress Daisy McCrackin and actor Joseph Capone, holding one naked in a bathtub for 30 hours while demanding the other pay a $10,000 ransom.
Dolly Anwar remembered at Shilpakala Academy
Entertainment Desk The late actress Dolly Anwar, who got popularity acting in “Surja Dighal Bari”, was remembered by directors, cine critics, Dolly’s friends and well wishers at the memorial meeting. The event was recently held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segunbagicha…
Mashrafe in one shot commercial
Entertainment Desk Famous cricketer, and former skipper of the national team, Mashrafe Mortaza was featured in a one-shot commercial- a first for both Bangladesh and him. The commercial was made by Mehedi Hasib on 30June at Dhaka’s massive Coke Studio,…
Khaleda’s bail pleas in two cases rejected in CMM court
Dhaka, July 5 – Two separate courts here on Thursday rejected the bail petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases — one for celebrating ‘fake’ birthday and the other for undermining the country’s map, national flag and…
‘BCL men’ beat up RU student
Rajshahi, July 4 – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men beat a student at Rajshahi University on Wednesday allegedly after finding derogatory contents about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in his mobile phone.
Refer Myanmar to ICC for crimes against Rohingya: UNHCR
Dhaka, July 4 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to immediately refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) so that all allegations of crimes against humanity and…
Save us from stalkers – Twin sisters to Charbhadrasan UNO
Faridpur, July 5 – Following weeks of harassment by a group of stalkers enjoying the protection of local influentials, a pair of twin sisters submitted their written allegations in letter form to the Charbhadrasan Upazila Nirbahi Officer, after fleeing an…
Badda AL leader murder suspects killed in Dhaka ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, July 5 – Two suspects in a Badda Awami League leader Farhad Hossain murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Dhaka’s Uttar Badda area early Thursday.
Elephant dies of indigestion in Sherpur?
Sherpur, July 5 – Forest officials recovered the body of a male elephant from Gurucharan-Dudhnoi area in Jhenaigati Upazila of Sherpur district on Thursday.
Food cooked live at Amari Dhaka’s interactive kitchens
Dhaka, July 2018 – Fully Interactive Kitchens at Amaya Food Gallery at Amari Dhaka is a one-of-a-kind concept where food is cooked live for customers as they order. This is an addition to the already bountiful dinner buffet where over…
Alleged drug seller couple sent to jail
Dhaka, July 4 – A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent a couple to the jail on the charge selling the drug. Earlier, on Tuesday they were arrested from Rajabari area under Turug Thana of the capital Dhaka.
Court defers report on ‘propaganda’ in quota reform movement
Dhaka, July 4 – A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred submission of the report in the case filed in connection with provocative propaganda in quota-reform movement.
Clean water access to all, a must to defeat superbugs
A medical microbiologist working in developing countries says that a major obstacle in tackling antimicrobial resistance is a lack of access to clean water.
Seymour Hersh’s memoir full of useful reporting secrets
By Matt Taibbi May 2018 – Late in his new memoir, Reporter, muckraking legend Seymour Hersh recounts an episode from a story he wrote for the New Yorker in 1999, about the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.
Solo painting show ‘Ruposhi Bangla’ opend at AF Dhaka Friday
The inaugural ceremony of a solo painting exhibition by Golam Mohammed Joarder titled ‘Ruposhi Bangla (The Beauteous Bengal)’. will be held at AF Dhaka on Friday, 6 July 2018 at 5 pm.
Women’s World T20 Qualifier: Bangladesh to play Scotland in warm-up match Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play Scotland in a warm-up match ahead of the Women’s World T20 Qualifier at VOC Rotterdam, Rotterdam in Netherlands on Thursday.
1st Test: Roach 5/8 throttles Bangladesh’s 1st innings 43/10
Dhaka – Bangladesh have touched a new low in their cricketing history, getting bowled out for just 43 in the first innings of the 1st Test against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday.
Rock-solid Brazil living up to billing as World Cup favourites
SOCHI, Russia,(BSS/AFP) – While some of their biggest rivals have already fallen by the wayside in Russia, Brazil have been making serene progress towards the latter stages of the World Cup.
FIFA World Cup quarterfinal line-up decided
MOSCOW, (BSS /TASS)- All quarterfinalists of the 2018 FIFA World Cup were decided on Tuesday night.
Could The US Become A Democratic Dictatorship?
China calls itself a democratic dictatorship, so it looks like the title’s question is a very odd one to ask. You can find various indices that measure countries on a line with dictatorship at one end and democracy at the…
BD’s per capita power consumption ‘lowest in S Asia’
Experts at a dialogue on energy sector on Wednesday said though the country’s power generation and supply capacity increased remarkably over the last nine years, its per capita electricity consumption is still the lowest in South Asia and among the…
Ex-PM Najib of Malaysia charged with breach of trust, graft
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged Wednesday with criminal breach of trust and corruption, two months after a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at a state investment fund led to his shock election defeat.
DU teachers, students protest police assault on its professor
Dhaka University Teachers and students on Wednesday held a human chain at the foot of ‘Aparajeyo Bangla’ protesting the assault on Prof Fahmidul Haq by police on Tuesday.
BNP rejects media reports on strained relations with Jamaat
Trashing media reports on the party’s strained relations with alliance partner Jamaat, BNP on Wednesday said all the components of the 20-party combine decided to work together for single mayoral candidates in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal city polls.