From Mahfuz Adnan, US Correspondent New York, (USA) – An Eid reunion was held in New York’s Bronx park Chester organised by two Women of the Assembly on August 14. Assembly Member Carinus Reyes (Assembly District-87) and Assembly Member Nathalia…
Month: August 2019
French ‘Spiderman’ scales Hong Kong skyscraper urging peace
A French climber known as “Spiderman” has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper and put up a banner urging peace in the city rocked by political unrest. Alain Robert unfurled a banner showing a handshake and the flags of Hong Kong…
American camper injured in wolf attack, says Parks Canada
Toronto, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — A wolf attacked campers at Banff National Park and tried to drag an American tourist away before being driven off, the agency overseeing Canada’s national parks says.
Dhaka to introduce an app to check tax evasion cases
Dhaka, Aug 16 – The National Board of Revenue (NBR) of Bangladesh has taken an initiative to introduce a mobile application and a software, aiming to check the cases of tax evasion and increase the number of taxpayers.
চামড়া শিল্প ধ্বংসে সিন্ডিকেট সরকার দায় এড়াতে পারবে না -আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর ভারপ্রাপ্ত মহাসচিব অধ্যাপক মাহবুবুর রহমান বলেছেন, প্রভাবশালী সংঘবদ্ধ চক্রের কারণে এবার ‘গরিবের হক’ কোরবানির পশুর চামড়ার বাজারে বড় ধস নেমেছে। বাড়তি মুনাফার লোভে ট্যানারির মালিকদের বেশির ভাগই সিন্ডিকেট করে কোরবানির পশুর চামড়া কিনছে না।
Police probing sexual harassment of RUET teachers’ wife
Dhaka, August 15 – The police of Boalia thana of Rajshahi are investigating the assault incident on a teacher of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) by a group of miscreants, for protesting sexual harassment of his wife at…
BNP’s doa mohfil across BD Friday on Khaleda’s 75th birthday
Dhaka, August 15 – The BNP will arrange ‘doa’ and ‘milad mahfil ‘ across the country including the capital city of Dhaka Friday on the occasion of 75th birthday of party chairperson Khaleda Zia in an apparent shifting of her…
Restore Internet in Jammu and Kashmir – ARTICLE19
Faruq Faisel, Regional Director, ARTICLE 19, Bangladesh and South Asia, has stated: “ARTICLE 19 is deeply concerned about this blanket restriction on communication imposed by the Indian Government in Jammu and Kashmir. The shutdown is a clear violation of international…
Tigresses off to Netherlands to join training camp
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Women’s Cricket team left here for the Netherlands on Thursday to take part in a 10-day training camp as part of their preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier’2019 in Scotland. Bangladesh will take…
Tamim Iqbal granted break from cricket
Dhaka – Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal will not play in the Bangladesh’s lone home Test against Afghanistan and also in the Tri-Nation T20 Series involving Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in September next.
Pakistan says 5 killed by Indian fire in Kashmir
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — Pakistan’s military and police say “unprovoked firing” by India across the heavily militarized Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has killed three soldiers and two civilians in separate incidents.
Captain hailed hero after bird strike disables Russian plane
Moscow, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — The captain of a Russian passenger jet was hailed as a hero Thursday for landing his plane in a cornfield after it collided with a flock of gulls seconds after takeoff, causing both engines to…
Indian business ties underpin muted Arab response to Kashmir
Dubai, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Gulf Arab countries have remained mostly silent as India’s government moved to strip the Indian-administered sector of Kashmir of its limited autonomy, imposing a sweeping military curfew in the disputed Muslim-majority region and cutting off…
Goal of ending AIDS by 2030 within the world’s reach: UNAIDS
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – Winnie Byanyima, the newly-appointed Executive Director of UNAIDS says the end of AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is a goal that is within the world’s reach. “But I don’t underestimate the scale…
2 die of dengue in Dhaka, Chandpur
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB)- Two people, including a madrasha student, died of dengue in Chandpur and Dhaka districts on Wednesday and Thursday. In Dhaka, a woman died of the mosquito-borne disease at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The…
National Mourning Day observed
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – People across the country are observing the National Mourning Day, the darkest chapter in the history of independent Bangladesh. On this day in 1975, the nation’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of…
‘Efforts reinforced to bring Bangabandhu’s killers back’
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the government has intensified its diplomatic efforts to bring the condemned killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back. Quader, also the general secretary of Bangladesh…
Bangladeshi woman missing in Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany – Stuttgart police have launched a search programme on a missing Bangladeshi woman with her original photo who had to leave on 6 July 2019. Her name is Shanaz Parveen 38. She was staying in a Stuttgart hotel…
Climate change and disasters in Asia and the Pacific
Climate change and disasters threaten the long-term sustainability of development in Asia and the Pacific. The region has experienced a significant increase in the number, intensity, and impact of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, and heatwaves…
New wind farm helps Indonesia meet its clean energy targets
Jeneponto, South Sulawesi — About 90 kilometres (km) south of Makassar and near the Flores Strait, 20 new wind turbines, with 80-ton rotating blades 63 meters long and 5 meters wide, are spinning fiercely on flat green fields in the…
Khaleda turns 75 Thursday: Doa Mohfil Friday: BNP
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB) – BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, now in jail, turns ‘75′ on Thursday. BNP has no scheduled programme to celebrate the day on Thursday. However, the party will arrange doa mahfil across the…
Mourning Day: President, PM pay homage to Bangabandhu
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the nation is observing the 44th anniversary of his martyrdom in a somber…
Pure as snow? Scientists say air carrying plastics to Arctic
Berlin, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Scientists say they’ve found an abundance of tiny plastic particles in Arctic snow, indicating that so-called microplastics are being sucked into the atmosphere and carried long distances to some of the remotest corners of the…
Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest
Fresno, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — A man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game in California, authorities said Wednesday.
Lalbagh polythene factory fire guts a number of tinsheds
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – A fire that broke out at a polythene factory in Lalbagh on Wednesday night was put out on early Thursday. Ershad Hossain, duty officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, said firefighters extinguished…
6 of a picnic party killed, 18 hurt as bus hits tree in Feni
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – Six people were killed and 18 others injured in a road accident in Feni Sadar Upazila’s Lemua on Thursday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Nurunnabi, superintendent of Feni police,…
Rare Amur leopard cubs go on view at Syracuse zoo, NY
Syracuse, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Visitors may now get a look at two rare leopard cubs at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York.
Dhakabashi’s Eid rally celebrates the festival
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB) – To celebrate the holy Eid-Ul-Adha in the capital, the socio-cultural voluntary organization ‘Dhakabashi’ arranged a vibrant and festive Eid rally at TSC of Dhaka University on Wednesday. Keeping the ongoing catastrophic dengue-crisis in mind, this…
Those behind rawhide price slump won’t be spared: Quader
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday warned that people responsible for the rawhide price fall will be punished. “The government will investigate to see if any syndicate is behind this situation and take…