Dhaka – Members of Benapole Customs intelligence arrested a Hundi trader along with 3.5 lakh Indian rupees from Benapole check post area in Benapole on Friday noon.The arrestee was identified as Safikul Islam Howlader, 35, son of Abser Howlader, a…
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6 Shibir men held with crude bombs
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested six activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with three crude bombs from Godaghata area in Sadar upazila early Friday.The arrested Shibir men were identified as Hafez Abdul Hakim, 31, Afzal Hossain, 19, Yunus…
Prime Bank Cup Golf inaugurates on Friday
Dhaka – The Prime Bank Cup Gold Tournament 2018 began on Friday at the Kurmitola Golf Course here.Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) Major General AKM Abdur Rahman inaugurated the three-day gold tournament in the…
IC Football: Sheikh Russel KC moves to quarterfinal
Dhaka – Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra moved into quarterfinal of the Independence Cup Football Tournament eliminating all-losers Team BJMC by 2-1 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday.
Bird fair held at jahangirnagar university
A day-long Bird Fair-2018 was held today on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds in the environment. JU Zoology department in association with Wild Life Rescue Center (WLRC), Bangladesh Bird Club,…
Why EU Parliament’s democratic deficit is unfounded
Critiques of EU democracy are currently high on the public agenda, and are by no means only the prerogative of extreme nationalists. Yanis Varoufakis has called the EU a ‘democracy-free zone’ while Nigel Farage believes the Members of the European…
Tri-Nation Series: Bangladesh squad for 3rd, 4th ODI announced
DHAKA – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced a 15-member squad for the 3rd and 4th match of the ongoing Rocket Bangladesh-Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe Tri-Nation ODI series dropping top order batsman Imrul Kayes.
Zia’s birth anniversary: ‘BNP to get 80 pc votes now’
Dhaka, Jan 18 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that 80 percent people will vote for their party if the next election is held in a fair and credible manner.
Banking sector ‘not completely free from flaws’: Muhith
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday admitted that the country’s banking sector is not completely free from flaws.
Literacy rate in Bangladesh now 71 pc: Minister
Dhaka, Jan 18 – The country’s literacy rate has risen to 71 percent from 46 percent in 2009, according to statistics placed by Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in Parliament on Thursday.
Joint Olympic flag deal angers conservatives in S Korea
Seoul, Jan 19 (AP/UNB) — When athletes from the rival Koreas paraded together behind a single flag for the first time at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, it was a highly emotional event that came on a…
Importers see fish test before sale threat to their business
Dhaka, January 19 – Traders in fish import are in deep soup over a new government move that made testing of all imported fish shipments a prerequisite for their sales in the domestic market.
World’s confidence in US under Trump at new low
Approval for US falls to 30% from 48% under Obama In just under half of the world’s countries – 65 out of 134 – US standing collapsed, by 10 percentage points or more. Global confidence in US leadership has fallen…
2 held with 11,000 Yaba tablets in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested two people, including a woman, along with 11,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a house at Shiroil in the city on Thursday morning.
Faridpur road crash leaves 2 dead
Dhaka – Two young men were killed in a road accident at Kanaipur on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at sadar upazila in Faridpur on Thursday night.
Tennis: Hopman Cup a hit as kids come first for Federer
MELBOURNE, (BSS/AFP) – Roger Federer says he plans to keep the Hopman Cup on his playing schedule leading into the season-opening Australian Open Grand Slam as it suits his children best.The Swiss star, who teamed with Belinda Bencic to win…
Pakistan peg back New Zealand, despite Guptill ton
WELLINGTON, (BSS/AFP) – Martin Guptill scored a century as Pakistan limited New Zealand to a modest 271 for seven in the fifth one-day international in Wellington on Friday.Guptill and Colin Munro gave the hosts a flying start before Rumman Raees…
PPPs likely to undermine public health commitments
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Jan 17 (IPS) – The United Nations Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is being touted in financial circles as offering huge investment opportunities requiring trillions of…
US, led by an erratic Trump, seeks to undermine UN
By Thalif Deen UN, Jan 18 (IPS) – The continued erratic and outrageous comments by President Donald Trump – and his attempts to undermine the United Nations – are threatening to cause irreparable damage to the world body.
JU signs MoU wuth UST China
Savar, 18 Jan – Jahangirnagar University (JU) and University of Science and Technology of China yesterday (Thursday) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral cooperation in the field of education and research.
Khaleda alleges Trust graft case documents were forged
Dhaka, 18 Jan – BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s lawyers on Wednesday argued that the prosecution’s documents and facts on Zia Orphanage Trust graft case were based on “forgery” and has no substance.
College students stage demo for publication of their results
Dhaka, 18 Jan – A group students of seven colleges under the University of Dhaka staged a protest by blocking streets at Nilkhet for three hours on Thursday to press for the announcement of exam results immediately.
Those responsible for N’ganj clash would face action: Minister
Dhaka, 18 Jan -“Nobody is above law. Action will be taken according to law for those who have been involved in the clash in Narayanganj and have taken law in their hands”, said home minister Asaduzzaman Khan. He came up…
Fighting for rights succeeds: HRW World HR Report
Principled Politicians and Popular Protest Weaken Authoritarian Populist Agenda Paris – Political leaders willing to fight for human rights principles showed that they could limit authoritarian populist agendas, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2018, reviewing events…
One to die over killing of teacher
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing a headmaster of a primary school of Barhatta upazila in 2015 in Netrakona . The convicted was identified as Kala Chand, 43, son of Shamsuddin Sheikh,…
2 killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka – An auto rickshaw driver and a passenger were killed and five other passengers were injured as a bus hit the vehicle on Pabna-Ishwardi highway in Tentultola area of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Thursday noon.
Turning up the heat: Sharapova into 3rd round, Konta out
Melbourne,(AP/UNB) – Maria Sharapova ticked off more items on her “to-do” list at the Australian Open, returning to center court and accounting for the only person who has beaten her at a Grand Slam since her comeback from a doping…
Neymar scores 4 in PSG rout yet still leaves field unhappy
Paris,(AP/UNB) – Neymar scored four goals and set up two in a dazzling performance as Paris Saint-Germain beat Dijon 8-0 on Wednesday, yet still the Brazil star left the field bitterly shaking his head in disappointment.Perhaps it was hearing some…
ICC U-19 WC: Bangladesh suffer seven-wicket defeat against England
Dhaka- A captain knock of unbeaten 102 runs by Harry Brook guided England to earn a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their 2nd Group C match of the 16-team ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the Queenstown Events Centre…
Gender impact on trade, finance and fintech
Woman-owned firms engage differently with finance for trade. The barriers they face in starting and running a business are well-known. Yet, this offers little insight into how they finance their business once globalized. Surveys indicate that finance is often the…