Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST) to support Rohingya families in Cox’s Bazar.
Day: January 8, 2019
Oikya Front plans nat’l dialogue to press for fresh polls
Jatiya Oikyafront on Tuesday worked out three programmes, including holding a national dialogue, to force the government to hold fresh election cancelling the results of the 11th parliamentary polls.
Dynamites beat Titans by 105 runs
Dhaka – Dhaka Dynamites registered their second consecutive win in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), beating Khulna Titans by 105 runs on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Comilla tumble for 63; Mashrafe takes 4
Dhaka – Comilla Victorians were dismissed cheaply for 63 runs against Rangpur Riders in their second clash of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier Leauge (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Riders crush Victorians by 9 wkts in one-sided affairs
Dhaka – Defending champions Rangpur Riders crushed former champions Comilla Victorians by 9 wickets in their 3rd match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Asian U-14 Tennis: Bangladeshi players make good start
Dhaka – Bangladeshi players made a good start in the Division-2 competition of the ITF Asian Under-14 Development Championship that began on Tuesday in Bangkok.
PM pays tribute to Liberation War martyrs in Savar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War on the occasion of forming her government for the third consecutive term.
RMG workers continue protests for minimum wage 50 injured
Readymade garment workers, protesting for a third consecutive day, clashed with police in Dhaka and Savar on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people injured.
Thai, Saudi officials meet over case of young Saudi woman
Thailand’s immigration police chief met Tuesday with officials of the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok, and said the officials told him they are satisfied with how the case of a young Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her abusive family…
Tackling question leakage main challenge: Minister Dipu Moni
Newly appointed Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday said the main challenge of her ministry is to tackle the perennial problem of question paper leakage.
Will deal with upstart online media: Bd info minister Hasan
New Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday promised to deal with upstart online media with the help of journalists.
BNP rejects new cabinet, vows to continue movement
BNP on Tuesday turned down the new 47-member cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which took oath on Monday.
No anarchy in movement name to be tolerated: Bd Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said if BNP tries to unleash any anarchy in the name of movement in the future that will be thwarted at any cost.
Mass immigration and the growth of inequality
The claim that immigration is economically beneficial appears to be an article of faith amongst those who consider themselves progressive. However, mere changes in total GDP often mean little in terms of the lived reality of society. Much more important…
Retired airman beaten to death in Khulna on NE Bangladesh
A retired airman of Bangladesh Air Force was beaten to death allegedly by the members of his brother-in-law’s family at Jugipasha village in Fultola upazila on Monday night.
Language hero Syed Abdul Hannan dies
Syed Abul Hannan, a 1952 Language Movement veteran and a Freedom Fighter, died from old age complications at a private hospital in the capital early Tuesday. He was 87.
Stopping criminals from laundering their trillions
Al Capone had a problem: he needed a way to disguise the enormous amounts of cash generated by his criminal empire as legitimate income. His solution was to buy all-cash laundromats, mix dirty money in with clean, and then claim…
Solar energy crowns social housing programme in Brazil
“Solar energy makes my happiness complete,” said Divina Cardoso dos Santos, owner of one of 740 houses with photovoltaic panels on the rooftops in a settlement on the outskirts of this central Brazilian city.
Designer Babies can Lead to Growth of Homogenous Individuals
A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost. A designer baby is a GM human embryo with appropriate qualities which have been shaped as per…
Restore tank irrigation, strengthen rural climate resilience
As Indian farmers grapple with weakening and erratic monsoons over the recent years, combined with the menace of groundwater depletion, conserving and sustainably managing water resources has become all the more important.
icddr,b to study effects of solar geo-engineering, human health
Scientists from icddr,b and seven other developing countries have initiated a pioneering research.
‘Black Panther,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ get Writers Guild noms
Entertainment Desk The scripts for “Black Panther” and “A Star Is Born” are among the five films that have been selected to compete for best adapted screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards.
Taskeen, ‘Dhaka Attack’s villain back for its sequel
Entertainment Desk The blue-eyed hunk Taskeen, whose antagonistic act stole the show of ‘Dhaka Attack’, will appear in its sequel ‘Mission Extreme’.
All that happened inside Simmba’s success bash
The producer of the film Simmba, Karan Johar threw a success bash for the entire team Simmba and his other celebrity friends.
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 8 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Domdomia of Teknaf Upazila early Monday.
Turning mangrove trees into sustainable assets
By Stella Paul SHWE THAUNG YAN, Myanmar, Jan 7 2019 (IPS) – In 2015, Worldview International Foundation began a mangrove restoration project, planting saplings of the trees on about 121 hectares of land in Myanmar’s Ayyerwady region.
Saudi woman arrested for disobeying her father
Saudi Arabia drew international plaudits last year when it lifted a longstanding ban on women driving. The conservative Gulf kingdom also reversed a ban on sports for women and girls in public schools, and allowed women to watch football matches…
Kim Jong-un in Beijing for an unannounced visit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Beijing for an unannounced visit, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mr Kim will be in China until 10 January with his wife Ri Sol-ju, according to state media reports.…
IBBL distributes blankets among cold affected people
Dhaka, Jan 07 – The Islami Bank distributes blankets in Sreenagar, Munshigonj. Md. Joynal Abedin, Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited distributed blankets among the cold-affected people in bank’s Sreenagar Branch, Munshigonj on January 6, 2019, Sunday.
SC upholds HC decision to register NDM as a party
Dhaka, Jan 07 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court verdict that directed the Election Commission to register Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) led by its chairman Bobby Hajjaj as a political party.