“Everybody loves us Lepchas,” said Tseten. He said this was a major reason that the group decided never to add violence in their fight to save the Teesta.
Day: March 3, 2019
Tejgaon slum in Capital Dhaka catches fire
A fire broke out at a slum beside private television channel Deepto TV building in the city’s Tejgaon area of Dhaka City on Sunday.
Suspected drug trader killed in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with Detective Branch of Police at Kalibari in the city early Sunday.
Quader sick: Being sent to Singapore for treatment
Obaidul Quader, LGRD minister $ gs of AL, was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of the BSMMU hospital on Sunday morning following breathing complications.
India-Pakistan fighting kills 6 civilians, 2 Pakistan troops
Srinagar, Mar 2 (AP/UNB) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops, officials said Saturday. Tensions have been running high…
Hasina for proper dev strategies suiting local soil, water, climate
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged engineers to concentrate more on research for innovating newer technologies so that Bangladesh can take proper development strategies suiting the local soil, water and climate. “We want you…
Untimely rain damages raw bricks in Satkhira brick kilns
Satkhira, Mar 2 – Untimely rain for last four days in the district damaged huge raw-bricks that were stacked up in the open fields for drying causing massive loss to more than one-hundred brick kilns. Saying that more than two-hundred…
BCL activist stabbed dead in Gazipur
Gazipur, Mar 2 (UNB) – An activist of Bangladseh Chhatra League(BCL) was stabbed to death by rivals in Boran Munshi Para road area in Tongi on Friday night over a cricket match. The deceased was identified as Prince Mahmud Nahid,…
Accountability must to combat impunity in Myanmar: UN envoy
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy in Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has said accountability is essential for combating impunity and genuine reconciliation in Myanmar. Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry has responded positively to her recommendation that it…
MPs-elect Mansur, Mokabbir want to take oath on March 7
Dhaka, Jan 28 – Gono Forum’s two MPs-elect — Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) — want to take oath on March 7 to join the 11th parliament. Talking to UNB, the duo said they sent a letter…
Ekushey Book Fair ends – sale proceeds Taka 780 milliom
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB)— The extended Amar Ekushey Book Fair ended Saturday, recording huge sale and witnessing a mass gathering of book lovers. The fair was originally scheduled to end on Thursday but the government extended it. In the last…
Fire at Old Dhaka again, 3 suffer burn injuries
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – Three people sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at a scrap-metal store in Kamalbagh area of the old part of the city on Saturday afternoon. The injured are store owner’s son Sumon Khan,…
The unbearable unrealism of the present
by Paul Mason What characterises the present moment in history is a pervasive sense of unrealism among elites. Official discourses are no longer used as guides to action, laws are not applied and regulations are ignored. The ultimate symbol of…