The Cannes film festival is not just about killings made on big-money movie deals sealed over champagne in hotel suites and on luxury yachts. It is a goldmine too for many locals in the French Riviera resort. “For my boss…
Year: 2019
Chirkutt bringing surprise Eid song for fans
Culture Desk Music band Chirkutt has prepared a new song for Eid-ul-Fitr. The song penned and tuned by vocalist of the band Sharmin Sultana Shumi, will be released on a digital platform. The song will be a surprise for the…
Poverty rate in BD declines to 21.8 pc in 2018: BBS
Dhaka, May 13 – Bangladesh’s poverty rate came down to 21.8 percent and the extreme poverty rate to 11.3 percent in 2018, according to the latest data of the official Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The rates were calculated based…
2 Rohingyas, drug suspect killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, May 14 – Three people, including two Rohingya men, were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in the Chittagong Sadar and Teknaf Upazilas early Tuesday. The Rohingya ‘human traffickers’ were killed in an alleged gunfight with police on the Marine…
BNP to contest by-poll in Fakhrul’s vacated seat
Dhaka, May 14 — BNP is going to participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant afte party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath of office. At a meeting of the BNP-led…
Dr Yunus opens joint venture ‘G Japan Sunpower Auto Limited’
Dhaka, May 13, – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday last launched G. Japan Sunpower Auto Limited, a joint venture of Grameen Distribution Ltd and Rabbani Auto-mechanic Shop of Bangladesh and Sunpower Corp of Japan. Ashraful Hassan, Managing Director…
Rule of law collapsed for impunity culture: Gono Forum
Dhaka, May 13 – Voicing deep concern over the ‘unusual’ rise in the incidents of rape, Gono Forum on Monday said the rule of law has collapsed in the country due to the prevailing culture of impunity. At a meeting…
ধর্ষণ ঠেকাতে কার্যকর মৃত্যুদন্ডের আইন চাই -মুহাম্মাদ মুস্তাকিম বিল্লাহ
আইন প্রয়োগের ক্ষেত্রে ক্ষমতাসীনদের হস্তক্ষেপে বাংলাদেশে ধর্ষণের মত ঘৃণ্য অপরাধ বেড়েই চলছে। এর ছোবল থেকে রেহাই পাচ্ছেনা শিশুরাও। ধর্ষণ প্রতিরোধে সরকারী-বেসরকারী ক্যাম্পেইন, সচেতনতা ও আইনের ভয় দেখিয়েও কিছুতেই ধর্ষণ ঠেকানো যাচ্ছেনা। কখনো কখনো ধর্ষিতা বিচার চেয়ে আইন শৃঙ্খলা রক্ষাকারী বাহিনীর…
The only trillionaire of Bangladesh?
The Central Bank of Bangladesh is said to be busy, tidying, dusting, vacuuming-cleaning and making storage space in its cobwebbed vaults for its largest single in-shipment of money in the bank’s entire history. A whopping 32-BILLION Euros! That’s over THREE…
24 travel agencies fined in Sylhet for irregularities
Sylhet, May 13 (UNB) – A mobile court here on Monday fined 24 travel agencies a combined Tk 4.75 lakh for various irregularities and not having legal papers. Five teams led by five executive magistrates conducted drives against illegal travel…
Tri-Nation Series: Bangladesh storm final in style
Dhaka, May 13 (UNB) – Bangladesh reached the final of the ongoing tri-nation series in Ireland with a comprehensive five-wicket victory over West Indies on Monday at The Village, Dublin. The two teams will lock horns again in the final…
Bangladeshis to be richer than Indians by 2030: StanChart Bank
Dhaka, May 13 (UNB) – Projections by Standard Chartered Bank estimate that Bangladeshis will be better off than their neighbouring Indians on a per capita basis by 2030. The 2020s are set to be the Asian decade, with the continent…
Save biodiversity from Nature’s destruction, climate change
LONDON, May 13 2019 (IPS) – The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ report on the global state of biodiversity is shocking but not entirely surprising. The question is, how much more evidence and repeated warnings will it take for…
America first as a threat to mulitlateralism
STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 13 2019 (IPS) – On 25 April, Joseph Biden announced his candidacy for the US presidency, declaring that his decision was based on fears of Trump being re-elected: Joe Biden´s statement mirrors rising concerns that Trump´s agenda,…
AL-backed BCL leaders clash at DU over central committee
Dhaka, May 13 – At least seven people were injured during a clash between two opposing factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Madhu’s Canteen of Dhaka University on Monday evening. Earlier in the afternoon, a 301-member central committee of…
Return Manna’s passport for 3 months: SC asks CMM court
Dhaka, May 13 -The Appellate division on Monday ordered the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court to return Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s passport for three months. Besides, the apex court ordered Manna to surrender the passport within three weeks…
20-Party partners criticise BNP for Parliament-joining
Dhaka, May 13 – The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday vowed to take to the streets with a new political course of action over the contemporary issues including the demand for the release of BNP’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia. BNP standing…
Keraniganj jail building declared court for Khaleda trial
Dhaka, May 13 – The government has decided to hold the trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in 17 cases inside the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj after setting up a makeshift court there. The Law Ministry issued separate gazette…
Wasa’s failure to submit report on water irks HC
Dhaka, May 13 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday expressed discontent as Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA) authorities failed to submit a report after examining its water supplied to different areas. The HC bench of Justice JBM…
55 dredgers to maintain navigability of Bangladesh rivers
Dhaka, May 13 (UNB)- Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is going to procure 55 dredgers in the coming days, aiming to increase navigability of the country’s rivers and ensure smooth waterway communication. According to an official document obtained by…
icddr,b launches AI-based diabetic retinopathy detection
Dhaka, May 13 (UNB) – icddr,b in collaboration with Eyes For All PLC, United Arab Emirates and DIAGNOS Inc, Canada on Monday launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based technology for the detection of diabetic retinopathy in Bangladesh. Deployment of the…
2 Saudi oil tankers damaged by sabotage attacks
Fujairah, May 13 (AP/UNB) — Saudi Arabia said Monday two of its oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in attacks that caused “significant damage” to the vessels, one of them as it was en…
No space for autocracy in Bangladesh: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, May 13 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said those who think of giving autocracy a permanent shape in Bangladesh are living in fool’s paradise as people will surely wake up like that of the…
Double life sentence for rape, burning victim to death
Cumilla, May 13 (UNB)— A man was sentenced to two life terms in prison on Monday for raping a girl on false promise of marriage and burning her to death when she was pregnant. Cumilla Women and Children Repression Prevention…
Mango harvesting begins in Meherpur on May 14
Mango harvesting is set to begin in Meherpur from May 14 in the current season. The decision has been taken in a meeting related to mango harvesting held at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner here today. Deputy Commissioner Md…
Indigenous Australians take government to UN over climate change
Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia will submit a landmark complaint with the United Nations on Monday accusing the government of violating their human rights by failing to tackle climate change. The Torres Strait Islanders will tell the…
Saturday Afternoon reviewed by Hollywood Reporter
Culture Desk Saturday Afternoon the latest big-screen production from Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has been reviewed by US film activist, festival director Deborah Young. Published on US magazine, The Hollywood Reporter the review hails the film for having a ‘breathless’ narrative…
Fakir Alamgir sings two new songs for ‘Mothers’
Culture Desk Veteran Gonosangeet artiste Fakir Alamgir has sung two songs for International Mothers Day. Yesterday marked the International Mother Day 2019. On this day the new songs by him were released on the YouTube channel of KolerGaan Multimedia. The…
Who will play Kader Khan’s role in the sequel of Coolie No. 1
Varun Dhawan will be seen in the remake of his father’s directorial venture Coolie No. 1. It is established that David Dhawan will be helming the project this time as well. Playing Karisma Kapoor’s character in the film will be…