Dhaka, Aug 30 – A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 30 August 2018 Thursday at Islami Bank Tower.
Month: August 2018
Discussion on Bangabandhu and month of mourning held at BAU
Mymensingh, Aug 30 – A discussion meeting titled ‘Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the month of mourning’ was held at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Wednesday.
‘Robber’ hacked to death in Rangamati
Dhaka -A suspected robber was hacked to death while ‘committing robbery’ at a house at Sapchhari in Sadarupazila early Thursday.
‘Drug trader’ injured in Lalmonirhat gunfight
Dhaka – A suspected drug trader sustained bullet injuries in a reported gunfight with police in Aynarpul area of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat early Thursday.
Shakib included in BCB’s final squad for ACC Asia Cup 2018
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced a 15-member final squad of Bangladesh national cricket team including Shakib Al Hasan for the ACC Asia Cup 2018 beginning in the United Arab Emirates on September 15.
Quader warns of tough response in case of political anarchy
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said if anyone tries to create any anarchy in the country in the name of national unity and movement then there will a befitting reply.
Trump warns of violence in case Democrats win midterm polls
President Donald Trump urged evangelical leaders this week to get out the vote ahead of the upcoming midterm elections and warned of “violence” by opponents if they fail.
Election Commissioner Mahbub opposes EVM at EC meeting
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar opposed a move to amend the law to allow electronic voting machines or EVMs in the looming national election.
No trade union in 97 percent garment factories: CPD survey
In Bangladesh’s readymade garments (RMG) sector, 97.5 percent factories don’t have trade unions.
Law enforcement agencies most corrupt: TIB survery
Law enforcement agencies are the most corrupt service sector in the country, said a household survey of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday.
Losing people’s confidence AL now depends on machines: BNP
Strongly opposing the Election Commission’s move to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general election, BNP on Thursday said Awami League is now ‘depending on machine losing confidence in people’.
Kathmandu BIMSTEC summit: Hasimna outlines 14 coop areas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday proposed categorising 14 sectors into several clusters to make them more synergised ones for achieving an early dividends from Bimstec.
Brexit: The conservative centre cannot hold
The Minister for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab, last week published a number of “notifications” on the possibility of the UK’s leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement (“no deal Brexit”). On the same day, wide publicity was…
India’s solar water ATMs, irrigation pumping are replicable
At New Delhi’s Savda Ghevra slum settlement, waterborne diseases have become less frequent thanks to solar-powered water ATMs that were installed here as a social enterprise venture three years ago.
UN seeks probe into Saudi bombing of civilian targets
Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of relentlessly bombing civilian targets in strife-torn Yemen and threatening executions of human rights activists, is fast gaining notoriety as a political outcast at the United Nations.
German police smash people-smuggling ring
Authorities allege that a number of Indian nationals sought residency in Germany using falsified Greek visas and fake marriage certificates claiming they had Romanian brides. The key suspect faces serious charges. German federal police arrested the alleged head of a…
২১ বছরে বিমসটেকের সাফল্য হাতে গোনা: হাসিনা
বর্তমান রাজনৈতিক ও অর্থনৈতিক পরিস্থিতি বিবেচনা করে বিমসটেকের সম্ভাবনার ক্ষেত্রগুলো নতুন করে বিবেচনা করতে এবং জোটের কাঠামোগত পরিবর্তনের বিষয়ে সদস্য দেশগুলোর দৃষ্টি আকর্ষণ করেন বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী৷ নেপালের কাঠমান্ডুতে বৃহস্পতিবার বঙ্গোপসাগর উপকূলবর্তী সাত দেশের জোট বিমসটেকের চতুর্থ সম্মেলনের উদ্বোধনী অনুষ্ঠানে শেখ…
বাংলাদেশের কুষ্টিয়ার যে ভিডিও নাড়া দিলো সবাইকে
বাংলাদেশের কুষ্টিয়া শহরের চৌড়হাস এলাকায় যে দুর্ঘটনার ভিডিও ভাইরাল হয়েছে অনলাইনে, তা আবারও খবরের শিরোনোমে উঠে এসেছে । চোখের পলকে ঘটে যাওয়া হৃদয় বিদারক এক দুর্ঘটনা ধরা পড়ে ওই ভিডিও-তে, আর ঘটনাটি বিস্মিত ও আতঙ্কিত করেছে তাদের সবাইকে যারা এটি…
Indian rupee touches new record low against dollar, UAE dirham
The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of 70.81 to the US dollar on Thursday morning. It is currently trading at 19.26 rupees to one UAE dirham (9.50am UAE time). The dirham is pegged to the US dollar.…
Dubai daily Gulf News to shut down ‘Xpress’ print edition
Dubai-based weekly tabloid newspaper Xpress, published by Gulf News, will shut down its print publication this month. The paper’s final edition will hit newsstands on August 30. Abdul Hamid Ahmad, editor in chief of Gulf News, called the decision “painful”…
Safe poultry farming stressed for sound public health
Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for safe poultry farming to ensure sound public health.
Bees get hooked on harmful pesticide: study65
Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought.
Five-day-long theatre fest begins Sep 4
Entertainment Desk The Industrial Develop-ment Leasing Company of Bangladesh Limited (IDLC) is going to organize a five-day long theatre festival, “Let theatre be a source of Joy,” from 4 to 8 September, 2018, aiming to celebrate the heritage of theatre…
Cliff Richard releasing new album after privacy spat
Cliff Richard announced Wednesday he will release his first album of new material in 14 years, a month after the veteran British pop star won a landmark privacy case.
Safa admired for Eid projects
Entertainment Desk This Eid-ul-Azha became one of the lucky festivals for Safa Kabir. With several critic acclaimed dramas and tele-dramas, Safa Kabir, who started her career through television commercials, has proved that she is creating a stronghold in Bangladesh media…
Suu Kyi’s excuse for Rohingya repression deeply regrettable
The outgoing UN human rights chief says Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over the military’s violent campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority last year.
Illegal sand lifting from Kaliganga endangers homesteads
Manikganj (Dhaka), Aug 30 – Many houses and establishments and a widely used bridge in the Manikganj district town, stand threatened due to riverbank erosion caused by illegal sand lifting from the Kaliganga River.
Asean lawmaker Sundari wants Myanmar to end Rohingya crisis
Dhaka, Aug 29 – Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Board Member Eva Kusuma Sundari has said global pressure on Myanmar to respond is growing and Asean must be a central part of that.
One school for special children in each Upazila
Fahad Ferdous, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Aug 30 – The government has taken a move to designate at least one school exclusively for children with disability in each Upazila, aiming to bring them in the mainstream of society and involve…
Rwanda is saving its important crop – the banana – with SMS
By Aimable Twahirwa Kigali, Aug 29 2018 (IPS) – When Telesphore Ruzigamanzi, a smallholder banana farmer from a remote village in Eastern Rwanda, discovered a peculiar yellowish hue on his crop before it started to dry up, he did not…