Dhaka – Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized 25 gold bars weighing around 2.5 kg from the cargo section of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday night.
Day: September 14, 2018
Asia Cup: Bangladesh to take on Sri Lanka in opener Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the opening match of the 14th edition of the Asia Cup Cricket at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the UAE on Saturday.
SAFF Champs: India, Maldives meet in final Saturday
Dhaka- The 7th times champions, India, will play former champions the Maldives in the much-awaited prestigious final of the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018 at country’s premier sports venue Bangabandhu National Stadium under floodlight on Saturday.
US coast battered by wind, rain by Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence battered the Carolinas Friday with howling winds, life-threatening storm surges and torrential rains as it came to close making landfall in what officials warned is a once in a lifetime event.
AFC U-16 Women’s Champs: Vietnam to play UAE in opener on Saturday
Dhaka – Vietnam will play the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the opening Group F match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship at Bir Shreshta Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Saturday.
Shinhan Donghae Open: Siddikur’s cut sees him in joint 45th spot
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s trailblazing golfer Siddikur Rahman made cut in the approximate US$1,000,000 purse of the 34th Shinhan Donghae Open placing joint 45th spot after the second round at Bear’s Best Cheongna Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea on Friday.
SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon
SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the Moon using its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a massive launch vehicle that is being designed to carry people into deep space.
Weinstein accuser reveals video of apparent harassment
Video footage emerged Wednesday showing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein apparently sexually harassing a woman who subsequently accused him of rape.
Soumitra Chatterjee receives honorary D Litt
Culture Desk Soumitra is considered to be a living legend and is acknowledged as one of the most versatile actors of Indian cinema. He was dizcovered and mentored by Satyajit Ray, for whom he has acted in 14 films and…
‘Bengali Beauty’ to screen in Chinese cinemas on next January
Flim ‘Bengali Beauty,’ is set to re-release in Bangladesh on October 5. It was previously scheduled to be released on September 21 but the date has been pushed back for Rahsaan’s convenience. Rahsaan Noor’s “Bengali Beauty” will be the first…
BKB to disburse Taka 202 crore in Narsingdi
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Narsingdi region has taken a plan to disburse Taka 202 crore as agriculture loans among farmers of the district during the current fiscal year 2018-19.
BNP ‘appoints’ lobbyist in US: Politico
BNP has reportedly hired firms to lobby the Trump administration on its behalf ahead of the upcoming elections in Bangladesh, reported the Politico.
No joke as ex-comic becomes Slovenia’s new prime minister
Slovenia’s new prime minister used to make people laugh. Handling the disparate demands of his five-party coalition government is unlikely to leave much time for jokes.
Govt deceiving people by talking about constitution: Moudud
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said the government is deceiving people by talking about formation of an election-time government in mid-October as there is no such provision in the current Constitution.
Partial production at Barapukuria power plant resumes
Power production from a unit of Barapukuria coal-fired power plant resumed Friday after 52 days of suspension for want of coal.
Saving May’s Bacon
Will Michel Barnier save Theresa May’s bacon and will historians look back on a wasted three months soon after the UK’s June 2016 Referendum?
16 die as bus falls into deep gorge in Indian-ruled Kashmir
A bus fell off a road into a deep gorge in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing 16 people and injuring 16 others.
RMG workers reject Tk 8,000 as minimum wage; stage protests
Turning down the Tk 8,000 as minimum wage fixed by the government, readymade garment (RMG) workers on Friday staged demonstrations in the city and demanded Tk 16,000 as minimum wage.
Fakhrul in NY at UN invitation, not to lodge complaints: BNP
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said their party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam went to the UN Headquarters in New York at the invitation of its Secretary General to present the country’s “current real scenario”, not to make…
Bangladesh seeks larger duty-free market access to US
Bangladesh has requested the United States to expand market access for Bangladeshi goods to the American market and increase duty-free market facilities in the light of WTO’s Bali Ministerial decisions.
Global warming threatens Europe’s public health
Climate change and health experts are warning of the growing threat to public health in Europe from global warming as rising temperatures help potentially lethal diseases spread easily across the continent.
4 bullet-hit bodies found – 1 killed in gunfight on Friday
Dhaka, Sept 14 – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an unidentified man from Shotokhali village in Shalikha Upazila on Friday. Local people spotted the body and informed police about it who recovered the body in the morning, said Rabiul…
Fashion needs to be sustainable – taking an X-Ray view at the challenge
By Connect4Climate Fashion comes at a huge cost to people and planet. From water pollution to toxic chemical use, the clothes and accessories we wear harm our world. The Connect4Climate program of the World Bank Group is supporting the newly-forged…
Electricity back to the largest hospital in Yemen
The current crisis in Yemen has placed enormous pressure on the country’s population. Four out of five people in the country need humanitarian assistance. Over 1 million people have been infected by cholera. More than 350,000 children suffer from severe…
Have your food and eat the wrapper too
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from New York City! I’m at the Food, Farming, and Sustainability Conference, where I’ll be speaking on the panel “Women in Agriculture” with Karen Karp, President of Karen Karp & Partners, and Karen Washington, co-owner of…