Dhaka, Sept 14 (UNB) – Assam NRC Final List 2019: Assam’s final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list has been published online. Every family member can now check their final status online, reports The Indian Express.
Month: September 2019
Husband flees leaving wife dead at Chandpur hospital
Chandpur, Sept 14 (UNB)- A man went into hiding leaving his wife dead at a hospital in the town on Friday evening.
Tri-nation T-20: BD start good, beat Zimbabwe by 3 wickets
Dhaka, Sept 13 (UNB) — A stunning fifty from Afif Hossain (52), who was playing only his second T20, guided Bangladesh to a hard-fought win by three wickets against Zimbabwe in the Tri-series opener on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket…
Nepal festival season starts with goddess, dance
Kathmandu, Sep 14 (AP/UNB) — Devotees pulled a girl believed to be a living goddess, Kumari, around Nepal’s capital on a wooden chariot as tens of thousands of people lined the streets to get a glimpse and receive a blessing.
Bangladesh’s architecture praised at Aga Khan Award ceremony
Kazan (Russia), Sept 14 (UNB) – Leading members of the architectural community from around the world highly praised Bangladesh for its excellence in architecture as six winning projects of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) received their awards…
Suspected drug trader killed in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’
Mymensingh, Sept 14 (UNB)- A suspected drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Hobirbari in Bhaluka upazila here early Saturday.
Instagram fact-check: Can a new flagging tool stop fake news
London, Sept 14 (BBC/UNB)- Facebook has launched a new feature allowing Instagram users to flag posts they think contain fake news to its fact-checking partners for verification. But questions remain as to whether it goes far enough to counter the…
Control on politics ‘via judiciary’ dangerous culture: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 13 (UNB) – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday termed ‘unprecedented’ the court injunction on holding the council of their party’s student body Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), and accused the government of controlling politic ‘using…
Woman dies of dengue in Rajshahi; 527 hospitalised Saturday
A woman died of dengue at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) while 527 new patients were hospitalised across the country until Saturday morning.
Gasps as Saudi woman, 33, walks through mall sans Abaya
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall — without a body-shrouding abaya.
UAE says 6 troops killed in ‘collision,’ without elaborating
Six Emirati troops have been killed in a “collision,” the United Arab Emirates said Friday, without elaborating or offering a location or time for the incident that comes after the federation of sheikhdoms began pulling out of a Saudi-led war…
Saudi Arabia oil facilities ablaze after drone strikes
Drone attacks have set alight two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, state media say.
JCD council postponed for BNP’s leadership crisis: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the council of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has been postponed due to BNP’s leadership crisis.
Greta Thunberg takes protest to climate-change denier Trump
Reuters – September 13, 2019 • 11:45 AM EDT Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who has shot to global fame for inspiring worldwide student strikes to promote action against climate change, took her mission to US President Donald Trump’s doorstep on…
How ‘Hindutva’ Project brings India-Pakistan back to brink
By Abdullah Yusuf Sep 9 2019 (IPS) – August is immensely important in the history of the Asian subcontinent, marking the month that India and Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947. Now, in 2019, it has once again…
Solar project aims at making Africa renewable powerhouse
By Razeena Raheem UN, Sep 13 2019 (IPS) – When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the International Solar Alliance last October, he applauded the goal of mobilizing about $1 trillion dollars towards the deployment of some 1,000 gigawatts of solar…
Tiananmen Square Tank Man photographer Charlie Cole dies
Charlie Cole, one of the photographers who captured the famous Tank Man on film during the Tiananmen Square protests, has died.
BCL-leaders asked for share of development fund: JU VC
Dhaka, Sept 13 – JU Vice-Chancellor Professor Farzana Islam on Friday told journalists that central Chhatra League told her to give them 4-6 percent of project money from the construction companies who got tender of development project worth of Tk.…
Steph McGovern’s pop at Boris Johnson for ‘girly swot’ word
Julia Hunt, Yahoo Celebrity UK Steph McGovern has taken Boris Johnson to task for calling David Cameron a “girly swot” – telling him she is one too and joking about which one of them will keep their job the longest.…
Drivers of anti-immigrant hate crime in South Africa
By Steven Gordon Johannesburg, South Africa, Sep 9 2019 (IPS) – Mobs have attacked foreign-owned businesses on the streets of at least three South African cities in recent days. This has caused outrage across Africa. There have even been retaliatory…
Chhatra Dal will run their own show: Mirza Fakhrul
Dhaka, Sept 13 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that BNP is not involved in holding the central council of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student front of the party.
Ruling party becomes isolated from people: Sultana Kamal
Dhaka, Sept 13 – Trustee board chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Sultana Kamal on Friday said that road crashes in the country kill more people than any epidemic.
Monsoon rains destroy Rohingya shelters, prompt WFP response
13 September 2019, Unusually heavy monsoon rains have inundated shelters in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh creating “havoc”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as it launched its biggest emergency response of the year for displaced Rohingya families.
Shana wins gold medal in recurve men’s singles
Dhaka – Bangladeshi celebrated archer Mohammad Ruman Shana clinched the first-ever gold medal in ther ecurve men’s singles of the Asia Cup-World Ranking Archery Tournament (Stage-3) beating Shi Zhenqi of China by 7-3 set points in the final at Clark…
U-18 Football: Saif SC play 1-1 draw against NoFeL SC in opener
Dhaka – Saif Sporting Club played 1-1 draw against NoFeL Sporting Club in the opening match of the Walton Under-18 Football Tournament 2018-19 at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday. Saniyat scored for Saif SC converting a penalty in the…
Zimbabwe post 144 for 5 against Bangladesh
Dhaka — Zimbabwe posted 144 for five against Bangladesh in the opening match of the Tri-Nation T20 Series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur with captain Shakib Al Hasan conceded an expensive 30 runs in the his last over,…
BD girls are well prepared ahead of AFC U-16 Women’s Champs
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-16 Women’s Football team are well-prepared ahead of their campaign in the eight-nation AFC U-16 Women’s Championship against hosts Thailand on Sunday (Sept 15) at Chonburi Stadium. Bangladeshi girls remained unbeaten playing three practice matches against two…
Wild elephant kills man in Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 13 (UNB)- A wild elephant trampled a man to death at Purbo Bhutiapara in Sadar upazila here early Friday.
Jamdani fair attracts large numbers of visitors in New Delhi
Dhaka, Sept 13 (UNB) – A day-long fair of Bangladesh’s Jamdani, muslin and other handloom saris attracted a large crowd in Delhi on Thursday.
Padma bank erosion destroys 10 pry schools in Manikganj
Manikganj, Sept 13 (UNB) – Hundreds of students of government primary schools in three upazilas of the district are attending classes in makeshift rooms after their educational institutions were devoured by the Padma and Jamuna rivers.