Leeds (AP/UNB) – It says a lot about England’s approach to one-day cricket since the last World Cup that Moeen Ali considers the highlight ahead of his 100th game as just being a part of the team. Moeen made his…
Day: June 20, 2019
U-16 Women’s Football: Borguna, Magura make good start
Dhaka – Barguna and Magura Districts made a good start in the BFF-UNICEF U-16 National Women’s Football Championship, a talent hunt tournament, beating their rivals on the opening day at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jashore on Thursday. Borguna outplayed…
Soumya takes three as Australia post mammoth 381
Dhaka – Defending world champions Australia posted a massive total of 381 for five in the ICC World Cup match against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Bangladesh conceded as many or more runs in the World Cup for another…
Warsia Khusbu earns gold medal in Asian School Rapid Chess
Dhaka – Bangladesh budding chess player Warsia Khusbu emerged unbeaten champion to earn the gold medal in the Girls Under-7 age group of the Asian School Rapid Chess Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. Khusbu clinched the title securing…
51 pc rise in unnecessary BD C-sections in two years
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)- Medically unnecessary caesarean operations increased by 51 percent in Bangladesh over the last two years costing patients 483 million dollars per year, according to a report revealed on Thursday. The report published by Save the Children…
Showbiz whales freed from captivity arrive in Iceland
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)- Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have arrived in Iceland to be taken to a whale sanctuary there, reports BBC. The 12-year-old whales flew halfway across the globe in special containers. Born in the wild,…
China, North Korean leaders hold talks
Beijing, June 20 (AP/UNB) — The leaders of China and North Korea are holding talks in the North Korean capital. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down for talks Thursday…
3 suspects killed in ‘gunfights’ in Dhaka, Comilla, N’ganj
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Three people, including two suspected criminals and a ‘drug dealer’, were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers in Dhaka, Cumilla and Narayanganj on Thursday. In Dhaka, a suspected criminal was killed in a ‘gunfight’…
Christchurch attack: NZ launches gun buy-back scheme
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – New Zealand has launched a gun buy-back scheme in the wake of the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings, reports BBC. More than $208m New Zealand dollars (£108m, $136m), have been set aside to compensate owners of…
Ex-minister Menon slams anarchy in banking sector
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – Though Bangladesh has made a good progress on economic front, the crisis in the economic sector remains to be a barrier to its way to further development, Workers Party chief Rashed Khan Menon said…
Health insurance for people on cards, pilot project on: PM
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – The government has planned to introduce health insurance to ensure healthcare services for people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. As part of the plan, she said, the government has already started…
বগুড়া-৬ আসনে মুসলিম লীগ প্রার্থীর পক্ষে গণসংযোগ
বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগের কেন্দ্রীয় নেতৃবৃন্দের একটি প্রতিনিধি দল গত ১৮ জুন সকাল ১১.০০টায় বগুড়া উপস্থিত হন এবং সারাদিন ব্যাপী সংসদ উপ-নির্বাচনে বগুড়া-৬ আসনের বিভিন্ন অঞ্চলে দলীয় প্রার্থী মাওলানা রফিকুল ইসলামের পক্ষে গণসংযোগ করেন। এলাকার সাতপাতা, ইসলামপুর, সেরুয়া বটতলা প্রভৃতি অঞ্চলে…
Khaleda to walk out of jail with HC bail, hopes BNP
Dhaka, Jun 19 (UNB) – BNP on Wednesday hoped that its chairperson Khaleda Zia will be released soon from jail with bail from the High Court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. “We hope the High Court…
War crimes suspect dies in hospital
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – A war crimes suspect died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning. The deceased, 73-year-old Md Mojahar Ali Sheikh, was admitted to DMCH on June 13 after he fell sick at the…
Desertification ‘more dangerous, more insidious than wars’
By Desmond Brown Ankara, Jun 18 2019 (IPS) – Businesses are being encouraged to follow the lead of the youth to halt desertification, reduce degradation, improve agricultural sustainability and restore damaged lands. “The youth is a very particular case. The…
Selima Rahman, Tuku in BNP standing committee
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – After over three years of the party’s national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP’s standing committee members. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the…
EVMs to be used in all future BD elections: CEC
Bogura, June 19 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all future elections in Bangladesh. “A legal framework has been prepared in this regard,” he said at…
Beyond the EU budget zero-sum game
by Leonardo Costa Discussion of the EU budget brings strife between supposed net contributors and beneficiaries. Yet the picture is more complex and Europe-wide taxation offers a way out. When it comes to the budget for the European Union, the…
Italian woman, Europe’s oldest person has died at 116
Milan, Jun 19 (AP/UNB) — A 116-year-old Italian woman who authorities say was the oldest person in Europe and the second oldest in the world has died. The Italian news agency ANSA said Giuseppina Robucci died Tuesday in the southern…
Prioritize Rohingya rights, safety: ASEAN lawmakers
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Progressive Voice on Wednesday said the government of Myanmar must ensure that the human rights of the Rohingya community…
Croatia to recruit manpower from Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)— Croatia has expressed its interest in recruiting quality human resources from Bangladesh in the near future. Croatia’s Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Pension System Drazen Opalic said that his country will soon forward…
World Cup final referee Pitana set to join politics
Brazil, June 20 (AP/UNB) — Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana, who worked in the 2018 World Cup final, will start in politics after his participation at Copa America in Brazil. The 44-year-old Pitana will run for federal deputy in October’s general…
The future of food according to Massimo Bottura
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Massimo Bottura has built his career by blending Italian culinary tradition with an avant-garde sense of design and experimentation. The chef’s three-starred Michelin restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has twice been named the world’s…
New UK rules to end gender stereotypes in ads may go further
by Magadlena Zawisza Advertisers still often hit consumers with gender stereotypes. And do they often miss—at their own business expense. Remember the infamous ‘beach body ready’ campaign from 2015 for the supplement brand Protein World? It’s the one that challenged…
Int’l Day of Yoga celebrations at BB Nat’l Stadium Friday
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – The Indian High Commission will organise an event at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday to commemorate the International Day of Yoga. The programme will include yoga demonstrations and a mass yoga session from 6am…
Lop-sided election not good for democracy: EC Mahbub
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – Mentioning that the upazila parishad elections were lop-sided ones as opposition parties did not participate in the polls, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Wednesday said no one-sided election is good for democracy. He made the…
Invest in refugee-hosting countries matching hospitality: UN
Dhaka, June 19 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has laid emphasis on investment in the countries which are hosting refugees despite struggle with their own economic challenges and security concerns. “I want to recognise the humanity of countries that host…
Ex-minister Sohel Taj’s nephew rescued in Mymensingh
Mymensingh, June 20 – Police rescued the nephew of former state minister Sohel Taj from Batala Bazar area in Tarakanda Upazila early Thursday, 11 days after he was abducted from Chattogram. Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Police Station, said criminals…
In rare article for N. Korean party daily, Xi offers ‘grand plan’
Chinese President pledges to use the upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un to strengthen Sino-DPRK ties Dagyum Ji June 19th, 2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is open to developing a “grand plan” with North Korea to…
‘Exempt poultry industry from 5 percent Vat’
Dhaka, June 19 – The leaders of the Feed Industries Association Bangladesh (FIAB) and Breeders Association of Bangladesh (BAB) have urged the government to exempt the poultry industry a 5 per cent Advance Tax (AT) and 5 per cent Advance…