Myanmar officials say a camp to house Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees who return from Bangladesh will be ready by its promised deadline next week. Myanmar and Bangladesh had signed an agreement in November to repatriate Rohingya and had set…
Year: 2018
Economic austerity and outward migration
Since independence in 1991 the Baltic states have implemented neoliberal economic policies with weak social systems and income and wealth distribution that is among the most unequal in the European Union. Among the consequences is large-scale outward migration. At independence…
US, Chinese entrepreneurs meet to exchange expertise on latest technology
Hundreds of U.S. and Chinese representatives from hi-tech firms met Saturday to exchange expertise in state-of-the-art technology, at an annual forum held at Silicon Valley in San Francisco on the U.S. west coast. The participants including scholars, researchers and entrepreneurs…
GDP can witness 10pc growth exploring blue economy: experts
Experts have called for accelerated moves for exploring blue economy saying it could reach the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to a staggering 10 percent growth in one decade with Bangladesh’s now expanded maritime boundary. “If we can properly tap the…
Cake festival held in Gaibandha
A Pitha Utsab (cake festival) was held on the premises of Central Shaheed Minar of Gaibandha Poura Park here on Sunday afternoon.
Hargaj adds color on concluding day
Entertainment Desk Hargaj, a much acclaimed production of Swapnadal, added color on the last day of two-day theater festival yesterday. The troupe staged a special show of its much-acclaimed production at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in…
Weeklong book fair kicks off on SC premises
A weeklong book fair started on Sunday on the ground floor of Supreme Court Bar Building with 42 stalls displaying and selling books of different types.
Cold wave hits Rohingyas hard: Children worst victims
AKM Moinuddin & Tofail Ahmad, UNB Staff Writers Cox’s Bazar, Jan 14 – As a cold wave is sweeping several districts of the country causing sufferings to the poor and the elderly, Rohingyas, living in poorly-built shelters, are no exception…
Lava flowing from Philippine volcano, thousands evacuated
Legazpi, Jan 15 (AP/UNB) — More than 9,000 people have evacuated the area around the Philippines’ most active volcano as lava flowed down its crater Monday in a gentle eruption that scientists warned could turn explosive. The Philippine Institute of…
Mongabay-India launched
“Mongabay-India: Bringing biodiversity discussions into the mainstream “Mongabay-India is the newest product from the Mongabay.com group of online publications with 20 years of publishing history. “Even though India was a leader in biodiversity policy, it has been a laggard in…
Making migration work for all
The Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for International Migration, Louise Arbour, has shared her report, Making Migration Work for All.
The psychology of inequality
Researchers find that much of the damage done by being poor comes from feeling poor. By Elizabeth Kolbert In 2016, the highest-paid employee of the State of California was Jim Mora, the head coach of U.C.L.A.’s football team. (He has…
Ostapenko survives battling Schiavone test
MELBOURNE,(BSS/AFP) – French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko survived a second-set scare from corset-wearing Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone to get her Australian Open campaign off to winning start on Monday.World number seven Ostapenko raced through the first set on Rod Laver…
Rosewall’s ‘good luck’ letters to Federer
MELBOURNE, (BSS/AFP) – At every Australian Open tennis great Ken Rosewall writes a heartfelt letter and leaves it for Roger Federer in the players’ locker room. It’s just a short note on a single slip of paper in neat hand…
Lactalis recalls tainted milk from 83 countries
Lactalis offers salmonella compensation, French govt says probe continues. A milk products sticker is seen on a building at the French dairy group Lactalis headquarters in Laval, western France, January 12, Reuters reported France welcomed dairy group Lactalis’ pledge to…
IRENA body to analyse how renewables impact geopolitics
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 14 January — The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), has today launched the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation, with the support of the governments of Germany, Norway and the United Arab Emirates. The Commission…
3 BCL leaders at BAU ask for money detaining motorbike
Mymensingh, 14 Jan – Three leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra league (BCL) asked for subscription allegedly by detaining a motorbike of a university employees.
SC upholds Chamber Judge’s order for 4G auction
Dhaka, 14 Jan – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld an order of the Chamber Judge that stayed a High Court order which put a bar on the tender notice floated by Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission…
Khaleda Zia arrest order compliance deferred
Dhaka, 14 Jan – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the submission of the compliance report in connection with the arrest of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to February 14 in a defamation case.
Magistrate, OC summoned for sentencing people in custody
Dhaka, 14 Jan – The High Court yesterday summoned four officials including Nirbahi magistrate and officer-in-charge (OC) of Lohagora police station of Chittagong district for sentencing a people even after staying under the police custody in connection with criminal case.
One of 3 suspected militants killed on Friday, identified
Dhaka, 14 Jan – One of the three suspected militants killed in Nakhalpara raid on Friday is Mezba Uddin, a resident of Comilla. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) confirmed the identity after his fingerprints were matched with national identity database.
Two women out of 4 were raped in home in Chittagong
Dhaka, 15 Jan – Over the rape incident of four women in a home under Karnaphuli police station in Chittagong yesterday (Sunday) the four women gave deposition before a Chittagong Court.
BNP will take part in general election: CEC
Dhaka, 14 Jan – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday said that the BNP would take part in the next general polls likely to be held later this year.
UN agencied to vaccinate half million Rohingya children from diphtheria
As part of an intensified response to the current diphtheria outbreak, United Nations agencies are working to vaccinate more than 475,000 children in Rohingya refugee camps, temporary settlements and surrounding areas in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. “All efforts are being made…
2 held with 85,000 Yaba pills in Ctg
Dhaka – Detectives of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested two young men along with 85,000 Yaba tablets from a bus counter in Colonel Hat area of the port city on Sunday morning.The arrestees were identified as Md Ehsan Prokash Nurul…
Madrasah teachers continue strike as meet was inconclusive
Several hundred Ebtedayee madrasah teachers on a hunger strike movement that rolled into straight sixth day today vowed to continue strike as two meetings with the government ended inconclusive. They have been on a sit-in for nine days and then…
2 youth stabbed dead in Kushtia
Kushtia, Jan 14 (UNB) – Two young men allegedly stabbed each other to death in Choudash Kalabagan area of the district town on Sunday over a trifling matter.The deceased were identified as Shamim Islam, 23, and Sohan, 21, of the…
Muhith rubishes CPD view on Banking
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has termed the statement of the Cantre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) regarding the country’s banking sector as rubbish. “No, no, no…It’s all rubbish. I have no comment,” he told reporters as his attention was drawn to…
Poor people suffer most was shivering cold continues
The biting cold, coupled with dense fog, hit the normal life hard across the country, disrupting air and ferry services on Sunday. The number of patients with cold-related diseases and diarrhoea is growing forcing them to crowd hospitals and clinics…
3 get life in prison for abducting Ctg minor boy
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday sentenced three people, including an ayah of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, to life imprisonment in an abduction case.The convicts are Haradhan Nath, 58, Mohammad Abdul Aziz, 54, and ayah Shefali Begum, 45. Of…