The Oscars still don’t have a host, but on Tuesday morning, they’ll at least have nominees.
Month: January 2019
UN forecasts global economic growth around 3 percent in 2019
The global economy will grow around 3 percent annually in 2019 and 2020, but waning support for multilateralism, escalating trade disputes, increasing debt and rising climate risks are clouding prospects, the United Nations said Monday.
Bd opposition BNP pushes for fresh polls, movement
Claiming that Awami League has turned into a ‘mass enemy’ for ‘looting democracy’, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their movement will continue until a people’s government is installed through a fresh election under a nonparty…
Lyricist Imtiaz Bulbul passes away
Ekushey Padak-winning lyricist, composer and music director Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away here early Tuesday. He was 63.
Vegetable output in Bd grows 36 pc in 5 years, intake low
Although vegetable production increased by 35.24 percent over the last five years (from2013-14 to 2017-18 FY) in the country, the consumption rate is still poor for various reasons, including its high price at the consumer level, said agriculture experts.
ভুল চিকিৎসার অভিযোগ!! লুসাইবা চিরনিদ্রায়!
ভুল চিকিৎসার অভিযোগ!! লুসাইবা চিরনিদ্রায়! দোষীদের দৃষ্টান্তমূলক শাস্তি দাবি ———– আহমেদ জহুর ———— “আমি লুসাইবার মা হামিদা আলী। আপনাদেরকে দু:খের সঙ্গে জানাচ্ছি যে, আমাদের কলিজার টুকরো, অত্যন্ত আদরের মামনি ১৫ মাস বয়সী মালিহা জান্নাত লুসাইবা আর নেই…। ঢাকা শিশু হাসপাতালের…
Jamuna Bank security guard found dead
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The police recovered the body of a security guard from a Jamuna Bank ATM booth in the capital’s Baridhara area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 24.
Two ex-IGs of police sentenced in Grenade Attack case bailed
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The High Court (HC) on Monday granted six months’ bail to two former inspectors general of police (IGPs)—Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque—who were sentenced to four years in jail each in connection with the August 21…
ACC finds 40 percent doctors absent from govt hospitals
Dhaka, Jan 21 – Officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) found 40 per cent doctors absent while conducting drives in 10 government hospitals in eight districts simultaneously on Monday. They also found that 62 per cent doctors in Upazila hospitals were…
Uniform mortal remains repatriation cost for expats urged
Migrant Forum of Asia A call has gone out for unified rates across the GCC to repatriate the mortal remains of Indian expatriates. This comes as India’s national carrier, Air India (AI), introduced new levies, after its earlier method of calculating freight…
BURGER KING TM receives A+ from BFSA
BURGER KING TM, the famous US fast food chain, has been awarded A+ Green Grade Certificate by BFSA from Bangladesh Food Minister based on the compliance they maintained so far inspecting all their 7 outlets. Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA),…
Billionaire gains grew $2.5 bn a day in 2018 – poorest lost
Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5 billion a day – while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent, reveals a new report from…
Khulna journalist gets anticipatory bail in ICT case
The High Court on Monday granted a four-week anticipatory bail to Rashidul Islam, the Khulna correspondent of Daily Manabzamin, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
4 killed in Noakhali road crash
Four people were killed and two others injured when a bus collided with an auto-rickshaw at Nirwarispur in Begumganj Upazila on Monday.
Grenade Attack Case: 2 former IGPs get HC bail
The High Court on Monday granted six-month bail to former Inspectors General of Police (IGP) Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque, who were convicted in a case filed over August 21 grenade attack.
Cabinet committee for journalists’ 9th wage board recast
The cabinet committee formed to review the Ninth Wage Board Award for journalists and employees working in newspapers and news agencies has been reconstituted keeping its terms of reference unchanged.
DU Paribesh Parishad meeting held over Ducsu polls
A meeting of the Dhaka University (DU) Paribesh Parishad was held on the campus on Monday over elections to DU Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall unions.
72 shanties gutted in N’ganj slum fire
A fire that broke out at Chandmari slum in Fatulla early Monday gutted 72 shanties.
Cabinet clears President’s 75000-word JS inaugural speech
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft speech of President Abdul Hamid to be delivered at the inaugural session of the 11th Parliament, which will begin on January 30 next.
Life is incomplete without filmmaking: Debjani Halder
For award-winning filmmaker and film historian Dr Debjani Halder, films are everything. Filmmaking is her passion and she says she feels incomplete without it. “Film is the highest medium of the communication,” she told UNB in an interview.
For a democratic European government
There is one issue which cannot be ignored by parties intending to take part in the forthcoming European election—the absence of a democratic European government. This is the main cause of the crisis in the European Union: a union of…
Kabul chokes on dirty air as temperatures plunge
Kabul residents have long run the gauntlet of suicide attacks and bombs. This winter, however, they face another deadly threat: air pollution.
Japanese tidying guru sparks joy with cluttered Americans
After experiencing homelessness in 2011, Sarah Eby found herself constantly collecting things so she would never again feel she had nothing to call her own.
Film adaptation workshop with American professional at EMK
Cultural Correspondent A workshop titled The Art and Craft of Adaptation has been one such attraction to brood on. It was conducted by Professor Alexis Krasilovsky from State University of California, USA.
Tahsaan, Apurba, Nisho together for the first time
Cultural Correspondent Three popular TV drama actors Tahsaan Khan, Apurba and Afran Nisho will be seen together for the first time in a narrative tale.
Warrant against Khaleda: Instigating religious issue case
Dhaka, Jan 20 – A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, in a case filed for allegedly making false and instigative remarks on religious issues involving the ruling Awami League.
Bd anti-graft body demolishes four illegal brick kilns
Dhaka, Jan 20 – The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday demolished four illegal bricks kilns and freed 20 acres of farmland from the illegal occupants at Mujibnagar under Meherpur district.
RU Journalists Assoc gets new executive comimittee
Rajshahi, Jan 20 – A fifteen-member executive body of Rajshahi University Journalist Association has been formed with Suzon Ali of daily New Age as president and Saifullah Saif of NTV Online as general secretary respectively for the year of 2019-20.
ভিটামিন এ ক্যাপসুল: ২ কোটি ২০ লাখ শিশুর অনিশ্চয়তার চক্রান্ত
দেশের ২ কোটি ২০ লাখ শিশুকে অনিশ্চিত ভবিষ্যতের দিকে ঠেলে দিতে চক্রান্তকারীদের বিরুদ্ধে আইনী দ্রুত ব্যবস্থা নেয়ার দাবি জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের প্রচার ও প্রকাশনা সম্পাদক মাওলানা আহমদ আবদুল কাইয়ূম।
BB moves to file case against cyber heist in US court
Dhaka, June 2- – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh Bank (BB) is taking all sorts of preparations to file a case with a New York court by the end of January to recover the whole money heisted…