Jason Cone New York/Gaza, May 14 (IPS) – The exit wounds are fist-size. Bone is pulverized into dust. This is the reality for half of the injured patients received in my organization’s clinics since the launch of the Great Return…
Year: 2018
‘Rigged’- BNP, ‘falsehood’ – AL, ‘excellent polls’ – EC
News Desk and media reports The election commission secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has called an excellent one the Khulna mayoral polls which have been marked by complaints of rigging and intimidation. From the ruling party it was alleged that BNP…
‘70 years ago today Palestine was stolen’
By Askiah Adam May 15 – Nakaba or Catastrophe Day is being remembered today in Palestine. The March of Return, which has been going on for over a month, culminates in its commemoration. The Nakba began when Palestinians were robbed…
Palestine: HR experts ask Israel to end use of excessive force
Geneva, 14 May (Chakravarthi Raghavan) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has asked Israel to put an immediate end to the disproportionate use of force against Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza strip and refrain from…
সীমা লঙ্ঘনের ফল ভাল হয় না
মোতাহার হোসেন, কে সাধু (Saint) , কে শয়তান এ নিয়ে আজকের নিবন্ধ। আপনি সাধু হবেন; হতেই হবে এমন কোন কথা নেই। আবার আপনি শয়তান হবেন এটা কারো কাম্য নয়। আপনি শুধু মানুষ হবেন। এটাই প্রত্যাশিত; এটাই যথেষ্ট। মাঝে মাঝে মানুষ…
Islami Bank signs Agreement with Hotel Grace 21
Dhaka, May 15 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has signed an agreement regarding better customer service with Hotel Grace 21 on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at Islami Bank Tower.
Murder case filed against 9 stampede deaths in Ctg
Dhaka, May 15 – A murder was lodged on Tuesday in connection with the incident of nine women’s death in stampede while collecting zakat and Iftar items in Sathkania upazila of Chattogram district on Monday.
ইমাম লাঞ্চনাঃ জাতীয় ওলামা মাশায়েখ আইম্মা পরিষদের প্রতিবাদ
বরিশাল বাকেরগঞ্জ রঙ্গশ্রী ইউনিয়নের কাঁঠালিয়া ইসলামিয়া দারুস সুন্নাহ দাখিল মাদরাসার সুপার ও নেছারবাগ বায়তুল আমান জামে মসজিদের ইমাম মাওলানা আবু হানিফার মাথায় মল-মূত্র ঢেলে বর্বরভাবে লাঞ্চনার প্রতিবাদে এবং মূলহোতাদের গ্রেফতার করে দৃষ্টান্তমূলক শাস্তির দাবিতে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের সহযোগি সংগঠন জাতীয়…
Cities sue European Commission on vehicle emissions rules
May 15 2018 — The European Court of Justice will hear arguments this week to determine whether three European cities can challenge vehicle emissions regulations set by the European Commission and agreed by national governments. The cities of Paris, Brussels…
24 million jobs to open up in the green economy: ILO
World Employment and Social Outlook 2018. ILO flagship report estimates job losses and job creation as the world moves to a greener economy. Geneva (ILO News) – Twenty-four million new jobs will be created globally by 2030 if the right…
Youth’s bullet hit body found in Chuadanga
Dhaka- Police recovered the bullet hit body of a young man from Belgaichi area in Chuadanga on Tuesday morning.
Three killed in Mymensingh road crash
Dhaka- Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh- Tangail road at Gabtoli in Muktagachha upazila on Tuesday noon.
9 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Detectives arrested nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different parts in Satkhira on Tuesday.
7 abducted fishermen rescued in Satkhira
Dhaka- Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members rescued seven fishermen, who were abducted by forest robbers, from Pirkhali area of Malancha River of the Sundarbans under the Satkhira range early Tuesday in Satkhira .
Injured Aguero and Biglia in Argentina World Cup squad
Buenos Aires,(AP/UNB) – Injured striker Sergio Aguero and midfielder Lucas Biglia were included in the preliminary, 35-player Argentina squad for the World Cup in Russia on Monday.
BNP spreads falsehood over KCC election: Nanak
Awami League Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak today said the BNP leaders are spreading falsehood over the Khulna City Corporation Polls in fear of defeat of their mayoral candidate.
Serena Williams’ coach says she will return for French Open
Rome(AP/UNB)- Serena Williams’ coach says she will play the French Open beginning in two weeks.
Recovering Neymar confirmed in Brazil’s World Cup squad
Sao Paulo, (AP/UNB) – A recovering Neymar was confirmed and injured leader Dani Alves was replaced by Danilo and Fagner in a Brazil World Cup squad of few surprises on Monday.
AFC Cup: Dhaka Abahani to play Bengaluru FC Wednesday
Dhaka- Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd will play their Group E home match of the AFC Cup Football against JSW Bengaluru FC of India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.
Premier Hockey: Mohammedan rout Wanderers Club 13-3
Dhaka – Dhaka Mohammedan SC maintained their all-win record in the Green Delta Insurance Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League outplaying Dhaka Wanderers Club by 13-3 goal at the Moulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Tuesday.
Greenidge feted by BCB for leading the way
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) greeted the Tigers’ former coach and legendary West Indian opening batsman Gordon Greenidge with a grand reception programme in the capital on Monday night.
2 Egyptian hockey players in Dhaka to play for Mariners
Dhaka – Two Egyptian national hockey players have been in the city to play for the league champions Dhaka Mariner Youngs’ Club in the ongoing Green Delta Insurance Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League.
Kolkata Open Chess: Three Bangladeshi earn full points
Dhaka – Three Bangladeshi players – GM Ziaur Rahman, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and Tahsin Tajwar Zia – earned full point after winning their respective first round matches of the 3rd Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament that began in…
Israeli use of excessive force on Palestinians violation of HR
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday termed the process of pushing force by Israel upon the Palestine as violation of human rights.
Biman makes emergency landing in Chittagong
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Tuesday following a technical glitch.
SC order on Khaleda’s bail deferred as AG makes new pleas
The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Tuesday set Wednesday to deliver its order on the two leave-to-appeal petitions filed challenging BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail granted by the High Court in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
BNP complains of widespread irregularities in Khulna city polls
BNP on Tuesday alleged that ruling party men resorted to various irregularities in 50 percent of polling stations in the ongoing Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls.
AL takes decisive lead in Khulna City election
With vote counting in more than half of the polling centres completed in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election on Tuesday, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Talukder Abdul Khalek has taken a clear lead.
Keep BNP-Jamaat clique away from state power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all to remain alert so that BNP-Jamaat clique cannot return to power as they were engaged in killings, creating militants and serial bomb blasts in 500 places on a single day.
Flawed capitalism on both sides of the Atlantic
Given the scale of poverty and inequality in contemporary Britain (and indeed in the United States), no right-thinking person can presumably be fully happy with the organization of a system of rewards that leaves so many people under daily and…