Galle,(AP/UNB) – Sri Lanka hope Rangana Herath has a little magic left in his 40-year-old left arm to give them a victorious start to the test series with England from Tuesday.
Day: November 6, 2018
FC Football: Bashundhara Kings, Sk Jamal reach quarterfinals
Dhaka – Newcomer Bashundhara Kings emerged Group D champions while Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club finished group runners-up to reach the quarterfinals of the season’s curtain-raiser football meet, Walton Federation Cup Football, from the group with unbeaten record at the Bangabandhu…
Left Democratic Alliance holds dialogue with PM
Leaders of Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a platform of left-leaning political parties, sat in a dialogue with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday evening over the next general election.
Chart plan to protect from impending global disasters: Yunus
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus here on Tuesday called upon the academics around the world to chart out a new plan to protect human beings from the impending disasters on earth saying that the time is running out.
PM asks 4 technocrat ministers to quit
Hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked them to step down, four technocrat ministers of the current cabinet resigned on Tuesday evening.
Spain finds 17 dead migrants, 100 survivors in Mediterranean
Spain’s maritime rescue service says at least 17 people have died trying to reach Spain in boats departing from North Africa.
Hosts Bangladesh 0-1 down in Test series with Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe took 1-0 lead in a two-Test series against host Bangladesh with a 151-run victory in the first match that ended in the second session on day-four at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
HC orders to form 5-member body to examine WASA water
The High Court on Tuesday directed the concern authorities to form a five-member committee to test water supplied by Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA) through pipeline.
Only political consensus can delay election date: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said on Tuesday the election date can be delayed if all the political parties reach a consensus to do so, but not the announcement of the election schedule.
Get ready to guard polling centres on election day: Dr Kamal
Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday called upon people to stand up strongly against the current government to realise their demands and take back the ownership of their country.
S Africa’s top court protects women’s equality, land rights
South Africa’s highest court has delivered two landmark decisions protecting women’s rights to equality and land ownership, as well as the rights of communities living in mining areas.
Philippines: Independently probe police ‘hitmen’
The Philippine government should create an independent commission to investigate the role of police officers in the killings of drug suspects, Human Rights Watch said today. A top law enforcement official recently admitted that police officers working for drug syndicates…
SPD may deal final blow to Angela Merkel’s Chancellorship
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered another poor state election result on Sunday October 28 with 27 per cent, down 11.3 percentage points from the 2013 election in Hesse. Her grand coalition partner the Social Democratic Party (SPD) slumped…
Big brands are fuelling the business of nutrition
Food is an increasingly hot topic, no matter if you are rich or poor. Malnutrition – including undernutrition, overweight and obesity – affects 1 in 3 people around the world.
Truth never dies: Justice for slain journalists
Violence and toxic rhetoric against journalists must stop, say United Nations experts.Marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, U.N. Special Rapporteurs David Kaye, Agnes Callamard, and Bernard Duhaime expressed concern over the plight that journalists are…
Couple burnt in capital gas cylinder blast
A man and his wife sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out from a gas cylinder explosion in the city’s Mohammadpur area early Tuesday.
Tens of thousands march to support new Sri Lanka government
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans marched Monday in support of a new government led by the country’s former strongman, highlighting the political polarization in the Indian Ocean island nation.
Should do more to help prevent violence in Myanmar: Facebook
Facebook said Monday that an independent report it commissioned found the company hasn’t always done enough to prevent its platform from being used to spread hate speech that has fueled deadly violence in Myanmar.
Oikya Front future prog from Tuesday’s rally: Fakhrul
Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront will announce action programmes from its scheduled rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday to push for its various demands for holding the forthcoming election in a fair and credible manner.
Mosques want Wilders banned from Twitter for hate speech
A federation representing more than 100 mosques in the Netherlands has called on Twitter to block the account of anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders. The group says it will take legal action if the platform fails to act. The Turkish Islamic…
US mid-terms: Race rows mire campaign homestretch
Race-baiting allegations have mired the homestretch of the US mid-term elections, turning it into one of the ugliest campaigns in recent times.
Seminar on Development Roadmap-Chittogong Division held
Dhaka, Nov 5 – Professor Dr Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation presented a paper titled `Roadmap for Development : Promoting Sustainable Growth of Bangladesh –…
Barrister Mainul’s bail petition rejected
Dhaka, Nov 5 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday rejected the bail petition, filed on behalf of former Caretaker Government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein.
Bangladesh launches social security strategy action plan
Dhaka: 05 Nov – The Cabinet Division of the government with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Australian Aid, launched the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) Action Plan on 04 November 2018, at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre…
Opposition Jatiya Oikya Front’s showdown in Dhaka Tuesday
Dhaka, Nov 5 – The newly formed Jatiya Oikya Front will stage a huge showdown through its public meeting at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city this afternoon couple of days ahead of announcing the poll schedule for the next general…