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’.
Year: 2018
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…
August 21 case, defence ends argument
Dhaka, 28 Aug – The defence lawyers, on behalf of all, 49 accused, in the August 21 grenade attack cases on Wednesday completed their arguments.
Drik Gallery CEO Shahidul Alam seeks bail from HC
Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, submitted a bail petition with the High Court in a case filed under the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Act on Wednesday.
‘Submit BB reserve heist investigation report on Oct 2’
Dhaka, Aug 28 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday ordered Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police to submit the investigation report of a case filed over Bangladesh Bank reserve heist on October 2.
Kazi Sayed’s 7th solo art exhibition at AFD from 31 Aug
The inaugural ceremony of the seventh solo art exhibition by artist Kazi Sayed Ahmed titled ‘Surface as Symbol’ by artist Kazi Sayed Ahmed will be held at AFD on Friday, 31 August 2018 at 5.30 pm.
It’s EC’s decision: Quader on Electronic Voting Machine
Dhaka, Aug 29 – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that Election Commission (EC) will decide on the use of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the coming national election.
5 gold smugglers held in city
Dhaka-Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday night arrested five suspected members of an international gold smuggling gang along with around 11 kg of gold from Gabtoli area in the city.
Newlywed woman found hanged in Jashore
Dhaka – A newlywed woman was found hanged at her house in Nehalpur in Manirampur upazila in Jashore on Wednesday morning.
FIFA Friendly: Bangladesh concede 0-1 defeat against Sri Lanka
Dhaka – Bangladesh conceded a solitary goal defeat against visiting Sri Lanka in their one-off FIFA Friendly match at jam-packed Sheikh Kamal Stadium here in Nilphamari on Wednesday.
Asiad Hockey: Bangladesh to play South Korea in place-decider Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Hockey team will play stronger South Korea in the 5th place-deciding match of the 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey on Saturday (Sept 1) at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field in Jakarta.
Bangabandhu U-17 Gold Cup Football begins in Netrakona on Saturday
Dhaka- The countrywide Bangabandhu Gold Cup Under-17 National Football Tournament, organized by Youth and Sports Ministry, will begin on Saturday (Sept 1) at Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium of Barhatta Upazila in Netrakona.