Dhaka – Sri Lanka Emerging High Performance (HP) Team will arrive here on August 16 to play a three-match one-day and two-match four-day series against their Bangladesh counterparts in Khulna, Cox’s Bazar and BKSP (Savar).
Day: August 3, 2019
Accord Alliance new conditions harm apparel industry: BGMEA
Dhaka, Aug 3 (UNB)— BGMEA President Rubana Huq on Saturday said new fire safety related conditions being imposed by Accord is harming the apparel industry. “Accord takes many decisions without discussing with us. The new conditions are slowing down our…
Curtain falls on Bashundhara’s dominant season in BPL
Dhaka – Newly crowned Bashundhara Kings played a 1-1 draw with Chattogram Abahani Limited in the last league match of the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday.
July the hottest month in history: UN
Dhaka, Aug 3 (UNB) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has shared new data from the World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus Climate Change Programme, including that July at least equaled, if not surpassed, the hottest month in recorded history. “According…
Plastic bottles sales banned at San Francisco airport
San Francisco, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. The unprecedented move at one of the major airports in the country will take effect Aug. 20, the San Francisco Chronicle…
3 BPL franchises confirm their star players
Dhaka – Three franchises of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), including defending champions Comilla Victorians, have so far confirmed their icon players from A-plus category.
Govt totally failed to tackle dengue: GM Quader
Kurigram, Aug 3 (UNB) – Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday said the government has utterly failed to tackle dengue, the mosquito-borne disease which has spread across the country. He said this while distributing relief goods among flood victims…
Montu-led panel sweeps in Athletics Federation election
Dhaka – Former General Secretary of the ad-hoc committee of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu-led panel swept the Athletics Federation election bagging all the posts on Saturday.
Judiciary politicised, people have no last resort, says BNP
Dhaka, Aug 3 (UNB) – Accusing the government of politicising the judiciary and administration, BNP on Saturday said now people have nowhere to go to seek justice. “They (govt) have taken the judiciary under their control. The way the administration…
‘ডেঙ্গুকে জাতীয় দুর্যোগ ঘোষণা করে জনগণকে নিয়ে মোকাবেলা করুন’
১৯৭৬ সালের ৮ই আগস্ট বাংলাদেশে মুসলিম লীগের পুনর্গঠন কালীন সময়ে দেশের রাজনৈতিক প্রেক্ষাপট ছিল টালমাটাল-ঘোলাটে। খান-এ-সবুর, কাজী কাদের, এম.এ মতিন, জমির আলী, এ.এন.এম ইউসুফদের মত পরিক্ষীত-জননন্দিত মুসলিম লীগাররা ব্যক্তিগত ক্ষমতার অভিলাসে রাজনীতি করতে চাইলে অন্য দলে যোগ দিয়ে ইচ্ছে করলেই…
San Francisco airport bans sale of plastic bottles
San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic bottles and will require fliers to buy refillable bottles if they’re not already carrying their own, US media reported on Friday. The new rule comes into effect on August…
Privacy missteps cast cloud over digital assistants
A series of privacy missteps in recent months has raised fresh concerns over the future of voice-controlled digital assistants, a growing market seen by some as the next frontier in computing. Recent incidents involving Google, Apple and Amazon devices underscore…
Akshay on Twinkle ’s special contribution to Mission Mangal
Akshay Kumar is currently gearing up for his August 15 release Mission Mangal. The film also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Vidya Balan, Kriti Kulhari, Nithya Menen and Sharman Joshi. The film is about the first Indian satellite that made…
Janhvi wraps up Agra schedule of RoohiAfza
Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao have collaborated for the first time ever on a project. Titled RoohiAfza the film is currently in the shooting stage and the team was in Agra recently to shoot for the film. Janhvi Kapoor was…
Fazlur Rahman Babu in new short film
Culture Desk Kingkor Ahsan is a popular young story writer of recent times. This time a short film titled ‘Kader Ice-cream’ has been made based on a story book of Kingkor Ahsan titled ‘Kissapuran’. The leading character of the short…
Four suspected robbers killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 3 – Three suspected robbers and a drug peddler were killed in separate‘gunfights’ at Nurullaghona hill and Dorgapara of Marine Drive road in Teknafupazila early Saturday.
The leftovers of cross-border hostility
Sudhirendar Sharma Despite my wife’s trepidation, I couldn’t resist travelling to support local communities in their post-war rehabilitation, just about the time when the guns were falling silent during the Kargil War. The occasional thunder from the burning ammunition dump…
The age of digital geopolitics, proxy war between US & China
BERLIN, Jul 29 2019 (IPS) – The geopolitical significance of key digital technologies now takes centre stage in a new global conflict between the US and China. The dispute over the Chinese technology group Huawei exemplifies this situation. The US…
Dhaka wants Asean Regional Forum help Rohingya repatriation
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – Bangladesh has sought cooperation from Asean Regional Forum (ARF) partners to ensure repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in safety and security. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen conveyed the message…
Is civil society arguing itself out of political space?
By Felix Dodds New York, Jul 29 2019 (IPS) – As some of you will know I have a new book out Stakeholder Democracy: Represented Democracy in a Time of Fear. (other contributors to the book were: Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Carolina…
21235 dengue patients hospitalised, new cases 1687 Friday
Munshiganj, Aug 2 (UNB) – A dengue patient died after suffering from the mosquito-borne disease at Dhaka’s Mitford Hospital on Friday. The deceased was named as Md Anwar Hossain, an organising secretary of Tongibari upazila Human Rights Commission. Family sources…
Katy Perry co. ordered to pay $2.78 million for copying song
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than $2.78 million because the pop star’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” copied a 2009 Christian rap song, a federal jury decided Thursday. It was…
Dengue spreads to all 64 Bangladesh districts, says DG Health
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – The government on Friday confirmed that dengue has spread to all corners of Bangladesh, indicating that the situation has taken a turn for the worse. “We can say without a doubt that there’re dengue patients…
Our poisonous air is harming our children’s brains: HRW
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says almost 700,000 children under five die each year as a result of air pollution. Millions more are being condemned to a life of ill health because of the damage it does to their developing…
AL leader Quader urges people to have patience over Dengue
Dhaka, Aug 02 – Calling upon the people to have patience the ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the government has been working sincerely to control the dengue outbreak that took a serious turn this year.
N Korea likely tested new ballistic missile Friday
U.S. and South Korea set to conduct ‘additional detailed analysis,’ statement says Oliver Hotham August 2nd, 2019 – North Korea is believed to have tested a “new-type” of short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) on Friday morning, South Korea’s Blue House said…
জাতির অস্তিত্বের স্বার্থে আজকে সবাইকে এক কাতারে শামিল করুন।
আজ ২ আগস্ট ২০১৯ বেলা সাড়ে ৪ টায় সাহাবাগস্থ জাতীয় যাদুঘরের সামনে সম্মিলিত সামাজিক আন্দোলনের উদ্যোগে ডেঙ্গু আতঙ্কিত দেশবাসিকে বাচানোর দাবি ও গুজব ছড়িয়ে গণপিটুনিতে মানুষ হত্যার বিরুদ্ধে জাতীয় জাগরন গড়ে তোলার আহবানে মানব বন্ধন ও সমা বেশ অনুষ্ঠিত হয়।…