A meeting of the Shari`ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 19 June 2019, Wednesday at Islami Bank Tower. Sheikh Moulana Mohammad Qutubuddin, Chairman of the Committee presided over the meeting. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing…
DHAKA- Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza insisted they could save at least 40 to 50 runs if they could be proactive more in the match eventually lost by 48 runs against Australia at TrentBridge in Nottingham yesterday. Bangladesh waged a…
London (AP/UNB) -Jofra Archer moved into a share of top spot on the World Cup wicket-taking list with 3-52 as England restricted Sri Lanka to 232-9 in the group game at Headingley. Archer’s fifth three-wicket haul in six games allowed…
Dhaka – Sri Lanka, who lost two wickets in three runs, posted a moderate total of 230 for nine in 50 overs against England on Friday at Headingley, Leeds, in their sixth game of the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup.…
New York, Jun 21 (AP/UNB) — Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in indoor tanks, they could…
Paris, June 21 (AP/UNB) — Portraits of Karl Lagerfeld, who died in February, lined the walls of Paris’ Grand Palais as VIP friends of the Chanel designer staged a final tribute to his iconic life Thursday. Claudia Schiffer, who referred…
Dhaka, Jun 21 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday accused the government of ‘nakedly’ interfering in all the state organs, including the judiciary and parliament. “The government is not only nakedly interfering in the judiciary,…
Indonesia, June 21 (AP/UNB) — At least 30 people including children were killed in a fire that swept through a house that doubled as a match factory in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, a disaster official said Friday. Irwan Syahri, from…
Satkhira, June 21 (UNB) – Farmers in Sadar uapzila of the district had harvested paddy from wetlands in a festive mood even last year, but this year they are struggling to remove saline water from their paddy fields, let alone…
by James F Downes and Felix Wiebrecht Three decades after the fall of the Wall, there is still a ‘wall in the head’ in German politics—and it goes through the party of the far right. The rise of the Alternative…
Dhaka, June 21 – Alliance Française, Dhaka will celebrate “Fête de la Musique 2019” which is globally known as ‘World Music Day’ with a series musical performance in its La Galerie on Friday, 21 June 2019 from 2.15 pm to…
Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) –A suspected robber and a ‘drug trader’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in Gazipur and Meherpur districts early Friday. In Gazipur, a suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members at…
Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) – The 5th International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated by the Indian High Commission here on Friday with around 7000 people doing Yoga together at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen,…
Narayanganj, Jun 20 (UNB) – A housewife of an expatriate was allegedly tortured to death in the name of performing exorcism, that her mothgd in Chowdhuripara of Sidhirganj on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Shahnaj Aktar Sikha, 25, daughter…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3. A low has been formed over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of the…
DHAKA –Bangladesh showed a spirited performance before conceding a 48-run defeat to Australia who left the Tigers in record chase, compiling a hefty 381-5 thanks to an epic 146-ball 166 from David Warner at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Thursday.…
New Delhi, Jun 21 (AP/UNB) — A bus fell into a deep gorge along a sharp curve on a mountainous road in northern India, killing 39 people, police said Friday. Twenty-one people with injuries were hospitalized in Kullu, a town…
Amy Braunschweiger When colleagues told him the Nicaraguan government had ordered the country’s public hospitals to turn away injured protesters, Dr Josmar Ulises Briones Montalván was shocked. “The duty of a doctor is to save lives,” he said. Briones is…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Director General of the Directorate of Drug Administration Major General Md Mahbubur Rahman on Thursday said 370 cases were filed and Tk 58.57 lakh was realised in fine for keeping expired medicines in pharmacies across…
The court holds the government failed to consider violations in Yemen London – The Court of Appeal in London ruled on June 20, 2019, that the United Kingdom government’s refusal to consider Saudi Arabia’s laws-of-war violations in Yemen before licensing…
Dhaka, June 20 – Bangladesh showed a spirited performance before conceding a 48-run defeat to Australia who left the Tigers in record chase, compiling a hefty 381-5 thanks to an epic 146-ball 166 from David Warner at Trent Bridge in…
He calls for incorporating their voices in the national budget Dhaka, June 20 – Chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue Prof Rehman Sobhan on Thursday said marginal communities have to gain political power along with increasing their capabilities to end…
Akihiko Nishio Over the past quarter-century, the world has made enormous advances in the fight against extreme poverty. In that time, more than one billion people have risen out of its deadly grip. While this is a remarkable achievement, more…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর মহাসচিব অধ্যক্ষ হাফেজ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ বলেছেন, উপজেলা নির্বাচগুলোতে প্রমাণ হয়েছে বর্তমান সরকারের অধীনে দেশের জনগণ নির্বাচনের আগ্রহ হারিয়ে ফেলেছে। কোন ভোটার ভোট কেন্দ্রে যাচ্ছে না, এমনকি মসজিদের মাইক দিয়ে ঘোষণা দিয়েও ভোটারদের ভোটকেন্দ্রে আনতে পারেনি। এভাবে…
If all youth were to work together with similar mind, similar heart, similar compassion, as the young members of Revolution to Improve Bangladesh are doing, there is no doubt an enormous difference would be made Sir Frank Peters A revolution…
Dhaka, June 20 – In a verdict, the High Court yesterday issued a set of directives to bring back discipline on the road and reducing road accident across the country. While delivering a judgment, the HC bench comprising Justice JBM…
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore! Diets and lifestyles like veganism, vegetarianism, and the Mediterranean Diet help eaters reduce meat consumption and protect the planet. One of these diets, flexitarianism, may make it easier for even committed meat eaters to…