Bangladesh has said it will harden its stance towards Rohingya refugees currently in the country. Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly Muslims, are living in refugee camps after fleeing violent persecution in neighbouring Myanmar.
Month: August 2019
Burning Amazon Rainforest: Crime Against Humanity – C40 Chair
Paris, France (23 August 2019) — Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris and Chair of C40 Cities, issued the following statement today: “The lungs of our shared planet are on fire. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important common…
World’s first Floating Nuke Plant sets sail to supply power
World’s first and so far the only floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) Akademik Lomonosov set sail from the Arctic city of Murmansk on August 23, 2019 for its final destination of Pevek, Chukotka, in Russia's far east region. Upon completion…
The 2019 Mr World is Jack Heslewood from England
Mr World England, Jack Heslewood, from Bishop Stortford has tonight won the coveted title of Mr World 2019 to become the ‘World’s most desirable man’. Presented by Philippine actress, model, television presenter and former Miss World Megan Young and TV…
‘আগরতলা বিমান বন্দরের জন্য জমি দিলে সাব’ভৌমত্ব বিপন্ন হবে’
২৪ আগষ্ট,২০১৯, শনবিার সকালে জাতীয় প্রসেক্লাবরে সামনে “আগরতলা বিমান বন্দররে জন্য বাংলাদশেরে জমির আবদার কৃত ভারতীয় প্রস্তাবে সম্মত না হবার দাবতিে ” অনুষ্ঠিত মানববন্ধনে নতেৃবৃন্দ বলনে, ” ভারত আগরতলা বিমান বন্দরের জন্য জমির আবদার করে প্রস্তাব দিয়েছে।
AFC Cup: Abahani due to fly for Pyongyang Sunday
Dhaka – A 31-member Dhaka Abahani Limited team will fly for North Korean capital Pyongyang Sunday early hour (2:10 am) to play their away match of AFC Cup inter-zonal semifinal against April 25 Sports Club on August 28 at the…
IBBL Rangpur Zone holds Business Development Conference
Rangpur Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized Business Development Conference at Prime Medical College Auditorium in Rangpur on 24 August 2019, Saturday. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director & CEO of the bank addressed the program as chief guest.…
Dhaka-based Chandpur Journalists’ Forum committee formed
Dhaka – Daily Jugantor’s special correspondent Mizan Malik and news agency United News of Bangladesh’s district editor Rashed Shahriar Polash have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Dhaka-based Chandpur Journalists’ Forum for the next two years. Forum’s adviser…
Russian capsule carrying robot fails space station docking
Moscow, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station. A statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the failure to dock on Saturday was…
India’s Modi awarded UAE medal amid Kashmir crackdown
Dubai, Aug 24 (AP/UNB) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the United Arab Emirates’ highest civilian honor during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf nation. Modi’s induction into the Order of Zayed on Saturday shows the importance the…
Mashrafe visits his domestic help’s house in Sherpur
Sherpur, Aug 24 (UNB) – Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza along with his wife Sumona Haque Sumi and two children paid a visit to their domestic help’s house at Jugania village in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur. They together with…
Pressure should be on Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation: US
Kurigram, Aug 24 (UNB) – US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Saturday said they will continue to put pressure on Myanmar to create conditions on the ground for the “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” return of all Rohingyas…
‘Bangabandhu’s portraits, name being abused for plundering’
Dhaka, Aug 24 (UNB) – Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said those making their own fortunes depriving people of their ownership of the country and voting rights using the name and portraits of Bangabandhu are committing the ‘most…
8 dead, 20 injured as bus skides off bridge in Faridpur
Faridpur, Aug 24 (UNB) – At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus fell off a bridge in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon. Three of the deceased were identified as Habibur Rahman, Faruk Hossain and…
অধ্যাপক মোজাফফর আহমদ-এর মৃত্যুতে সিপিবি’র গভীর শোক
মুক্তিযুদ্ধকালীন মুজিবনগর সরকারের উপদেষ্টা, মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ন্যাপ-কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি-ছাত্র ইউনিয়নের বিশেষ গেরিলা বাহিনীর অন্যতম সংগঠক, বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি (ন্যাপ)-এর সভাপতি, বর্ষীয়ান রাজনীতিবিদ অধ্যাপক মোজাফফর আহমদ ২৩ আগস্ট সন্ধ্যা ৭টা ৪৯ মিনিটে মৃত্যুবরণ করেছেন। তাঁর মৃত্যুতে বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি (সিপিবি)’র সভাপতি কমরেড…
কাশ্মীর ইস্যু ঐতিহাসিক কারণে ভারতের অভ্যন্তরীণ বিষয় নয় -মুসলিম লীগ
যারা কাশ্মীর ইস্যুকে ভারতের অভ্যন্তরীণ বিষয় বলছেন তাদের ইতিহাস স্মরণ করিয়ে দিয়ে বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ নেতৃবৃন্দ বলেন, তৎকালীন ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রী পণ্ডিত জহরলাল নেহেরু কাশ্মীর সমস্যাকে ভারতের অভ্যন্তরীণ বিষয় বলেননি। ১৯৪৮ সালের ১লা জানুয়ারি কাশ্মীর বিরোধের সমাধান ও নিষ্পত্তির জন্য জাতিসংঘের…
6,000 trees to be equipped with QR codes in New Delhi
It is a good news for students, tree lovers, morning walkers and research scholars as they would be able to know detail information about the trees planted beside roads and parks since authorities are going to tag trees with Quick…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro authorizes army to help fight Amazon fires
President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized the deployment of Brazil’s armed forces to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, as a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal. Plumes of thick…
Jaya to star in Indian horror film Bhoot Pori
Entertainment Desk As for the plot of the film Jaya informed that it is a biography of a ghost. A certain woman passes away in 1947. A child of 2019 meets the restless soul of the departed woman, who seeks…
Chirkutt sings for Mayaboti
Entertainment Desk The popular fusion band Chirkutt performed a playback song for Arun Chowdhuri’s upcoming film, Mayaboti. Director Arun Chowdhury’s film is set to be released nationwide on September 13. The film received an uncut censor certificate from the Bangladesh…
Sunny Leone signs in Bangladeshi movie
Entertainment Desk Popular Indian actor Karenjit Kaur Vohra, who is commonly known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is all set to appear in an item song in a Bangladeshi film for the first time ever. The film will be…
G7 Leaders urged to promote gender empowerment
By Thalif Deen UN, Aug 23 2019 (IPS) – As leaders of the seven major industrialised nations (G7) meet in the coastal sea town of Biarritz in the south-west of France, one of the world’s leading women’s organisations is calling…
Group art show ‘Colours’ begins at AF Dhaka
A group art exhibition titled ‘Colours’ has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday. Eminent architect and poet Rabiul Hossain attended the opening ceremony as the chief guest while eminent artist Kanak Chapa Chakma also attended the…
Little hope of justice for Rohingya, two years after exodus
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 23 2019 (IPS) – Two years after the start of an exodus of Rohingya civilians from genocide-like attacks in Myanmar, members of the mainly Muslim minority have little hope of securing justice, rights or returning to their…
Former Iraq PM warns Israel of ‘strong response’
Baghdad, Aug 23 (AP/UNB) — The Latest on the situation in Iraq, after U.S. officials confirmed Israel last month bombed a weapons depot belonging to Iran-backed Shiite militias (all times local): Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is warning of…
Sri Lanka lifts emergency imposed after Easter bombings
Colombo, Aug 23 (AP/UNB) — Sri Lanka has ended four months of emergency rule imposed after Easter Sunday suicide attacks killed more than 260 people, the president’s office said Friday. President Maithripala Sirisena allowed the emergency rule to lapse by…
Amazon fires stir worldwide protests: Brazil deploys the army
Demonstrators gathered outside Brazilian embassies on Friday to protest against inaction on Amazon fires. Hundreds gathered in cities including London, Madrid and Bogota, calling for Brazilian president Jairo Bolsonaro to act.
Rohingyas, Locals pick up conflict after JL leader’s murder
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 23 (UNB) – Hundreds of agitated locals stormed a Rohingya camp and vandalised makeshift houses and NGO offices following the murder of a local Jubo League leader in Teknaf. They burned tyres and plastic boxes to block…
Youth killed for resisting rape ‘killer’ lynched in Kushtia
Chuadanga, Aug 24 (UNB)- A criminal was beaten to death by angry mob after he reportedly stabbed dead a youth who resisted a rape attempt on his niece by the criminal at Amirpur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The…
Veteran politician, Wartime govt member Muzaffar Ahmed dies
Dhaka, Aug 24 – Veteran politician Prof. Muzaffar Ahmed, who was at the forefront of all democratic movements till the 1980s and part of the Wartime Bangladesh Government in exile in 1971 and a close friend of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…