Dhaka, Jan 24 (UNB) – UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo on Thursday highlighted how a strong response capacity to disasters ties into longer-term needs by allowing countries to focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She made…
Month: January 2019
BPL Football: Saif SC earn 2nd successive win
Dhaka – Saif Sporting Club registered their 2nd successive victory in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Team BJMC by a solitary goal at the Shaheed Bhulu Stadium in Noakhali on Thursday afternoon. Denis scored the match-winning goal for…
6 yrs into marriage, Shakib pays maiden visit to in-laws’ Narsingdi house
Dhaka – Bangladesh Test and T20 skipper Shakib Al Hasan visited the house of his in-laws in Monohardi upazila in Narsingdi Thursday for the first time after his marriage with Umme Ahmed Shishir six years back. Shakib and his wife…
Can Italy survive its self-inflicted wounds?
Despite political instability being part of its DNA, Italy is still the ninth biggest economy in the world. Since 1946, when the first republican government took power, there have been 65 administrations over 72 years, or about one government every…
Telescopes capture moment of impact during eclipse of moon
Cape Canaveral, Jan 24 (AP/UNB) — Astronomers managed to capture the moment of an impact during this week’s eclipsed moon. Spanish astrophysicist Jose Maria Madiedo of the University of Huelva said Wednesday it appears a rock from a comet slammed…
Three suspects killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 24 – Two suspected drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of a reported gunfight with law enforcers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali Upazila early Thursday. In Teknaf, two suspected drug traders were killed…
A morally right decision
By Chandra Muzaffar The decision of the Malaysian government not to allow Israelis to enter the country to participate in the World Para Swimming Championships in Sarawak in July-August 2019 is both politically correct and morally right. Tun Dr. Mahathir…
Bleeding risks may offset aspirin’s benefit vs heart disease
Should healthy people take aspirin to ward off heart disease? The notion has been controversial, and the medical advice mixed. But a review of scientific data on the topic Tuesday showed that any benefits are slight, and are counterbalanced by…
Camel wrestling in Turkey
Erol Bilgin has high hopes. His camel, Kara Elmas (Black Diamond), might not have won the beauty contest the day before, but it might well fare better in the main event, the wrestling competition. The two large camels stand face…
Music Festival at DU
Music Department of the University of Dhaka is going to organize a two-day long Music Festival-2018 to be held on January 27-28. Prof Tumpa Samaddar, the Chairman of the department spoke about the festival at a press conference on Tuesday…
HC asks lower court to dispose of Khaleda’s bail plea
Dhaka, Jan 23 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the lower court concerned to dispose of by February 4 the bail petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Cumilla arson attack case that…
Jimmy Page’s dragon guitar reborn after 50 years on ice
Fender instruments on Wednesday gave the public its first look at its recreation of a Telecaster guitar that Page once painted with a dragon, a long-lost piece of six-string history that marked the guitar hero’s last days in the Yardbirds…
Five killed in central Florida bank shooting, police say
A gunman killed five people in a bank in central Florida on Wednesday, then called police himself and eventually surrendered, local authorities said. The shooting occurred at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, a town of about 10,000 people 95 miles…
Brexit, Trump and ‘yellow vests’
Sixty years ago, the sociologist WG Runciman published an influential study of attitudes to ’relative deprivation’ in 20th century England. Runciman sought to explain why at crucial periods in the past century, notably after the first world war and in…
Why are so many humanitarian crises under-reported?
According to a recent poll of aid agencies by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the most under-reported crisis of 2018 was the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, commented that, ‘the…
Never been a worse time to be a journalist
“I’ve never known a time when it was as bad as it is now,” says Beata Balogova, the Vice-Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI) and Editor in Chief of the Slovak Spectator Sme. “In terms of what’s going on…
Moving beyond just building toilets
One of the most laudable initiatives of the current government’s regime is the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) that was launched on Oct 2, 2014, with a larger vision of a clean India. The critical aspect of the mission was that—unlike…
Overdue Dhaka University Student-Union polls March 11
The long-pending elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and its hall unions will be held on March 11. Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman announced the Ducsu election date on Wednesday. According to a…
BNP seeks greater unity to press for fresh polls
Accusing Awami League of destroying the country’s election system, BNP on Wednesday urged opposition parties to forge a greater unity to force the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration. “Awami League has become the mass enemy…
Two police constables closed for ‘drug trading’
Two police constables of Bhaberchar Highway Police camp have been closed to the district police lines for their alleged involvement in drug trading.The accused are Constable Arif, 28 and Constable Mamun, 27. Acting on secret information, a team of Rab-10…
Task force to identify, bring foreign workers under tax net
The National Board of Revenue (NBR)is going to form a taskforce to identify the foreign nationals working in Bangladesh to bring them under the tax net. There will be representatives of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida), National Security Intelligence (NSI)…
HC asks Comilla tribunal to dispose of Khaleda’s bail plea
The High Court on Wednesday asked the lower court concerned to dispose of the petition filed seeking bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia by February 4 in a case filed over killing of eight people in an arson attack on…
Prisoner dies while undergoing medical treatment at Rajshahi
A prisoner died while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jabbar, 45, son of Javed Ali of Paba upazila, said Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Rajpara Police Station. The inmate was…
Bangladesh can produce better films
Despite owning some of the world’s largest reserves of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), the Middle Eastern nation of Iran stands out as unique in its region for having captured a place in people’s hearts in every corner of the globe…
Exclusive: Seven years jail for illegal recruiters
Special Correspondent Those who indulge in illegal recrutiment can be jailed for seven years and fined OMR2,800, (Rs500,000) a draft of Indian Emigration Bill 2019 reveals. According to the draft, which is likely to be tabled in the February Budget…
Making tourism more responsible
Long before Joy Daniels became the manager of a travel company she was cleaning rooms at a guesthouse. But after joining a Fair Trade-certified business, a place that valued its staff, in a few years she was soon promoted to…
Hospital public private partnerships undermine healthcare
However, any government considering healthcare PPPs should be aware of the Australian experience, especially after what has happened with the Northern Beaches Hospital, a PPP between the New South Wales government and Healthscope. The A$600m facility was officially opened with…
5 fatally shot inside Florida bank, suspect arrested: Police
A gunman opened fire inside a Florida bank Wednesday, killing five people before surrendering to a SWAT team, police said. The shooter called police to report that he had fired shots inside the bank in Sebring, in central Florida. Negotiations…
Bd Minister wants govt jobs as off-limits for Jamaat people
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq on Wednesday said a law will have to be formulated so that children of Jamaat leaders do not get government jobs. “Not only banning Jamaat organisationally, but also assets of its leaders will…
এক কলঙ্ক না ঘুচাতে ফের কলঙ্ক সৃষ্টির পায়ঁতারা -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
একাদশ জাতীয় নির্বাচনের মাধ্যমে যে কলঙ্কজনক অধ্যায় সৃষ্টি হয়েছে তা না ঘুচাতেই ফের উপজেলা নির্বাচনের মাধ্যমে দেশকে কলঙ্কৃত করার চক্রান্ত করছে সরকার বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই। এক প্রদত্ত বিবৃতিতে…