Chattogram, Apr 29 – Oil spilled into a canal after a freight oil tanker train carrying furnace oil derailed and the tankers skidded off the track in Egaromile area of Hathazari upazila on Monday afternoon. Md Ruhul Amin, Upazila Nirbahi…
Year: 2019
Shakib skips official photo session of Tigers’ World Cup squad
Dhaka – Bangladesh Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan on Monday skipped the official photo session of the Bangladesh team for the ensuing ICC World Cup. The all-rounder returned from the IPL on Sunday and was in the dressing…
Sayeed elected Hockey Federation general secretary
Dhaka – Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club Hockey Committee Chairman and Mohammedan SC councillor AKM Mominul Haque Sayeed was elected new general secretary of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) on Monday. Sayeed beat outgoing general secretary and first captain of Bangladesh…
BD cellphone provider GP offers enhanced maritime com
Dhaka, Apr 28 (UNB)- The fishermen and commuters around the Bay of Bengal will be able to communicate with a wider range of mobile network as Grameenphone has recently improved its deep-sea network capacity. Grameenphone is providing this deep-sea network…
New study says universe expanding faster and is younger
Washington, Apr 29 (AP/UNB) — The universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it’s about a billion years younger than we thought, a new study by a Nobel Prize winner says. And that’s sending a shudder through the…
People now hostage to a party whim: BNP
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – Stating that the current parliament does not represent people, BNP on Monday alleged that the country is now held hostage to the whim of a particular party. “We would like to clearly say the current…
4 other MPs-elect of BNP take oath leaving Fakhrul alone
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – Following the footstep of Zahidur Rahman Zahid MP (Thakurgaon-3), BNP’s four other MPs-elect took oath as members of the 11th Parliament on Monday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing-in around 5:40pm at the…
Ramadan office timing from 9 am to 3:30 pm
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – The government has rearranged the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9 am to 3:30 pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions. The decision was taken on Monday at…
BD President asks doctors to reduce consultation fees
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – President Abdul Hamid on Monday urged specialist physicians to serve patients more sincerely and take an initiative to reduce their consultation fees as these are beyond common people’s capacity. “You (doctors) are engaged in a…
Barisal University VC sent on leave
Barishal, Apr 29 (UNB)- Barishal University’s vice-chancellor Prof Dr SM Imamul Haque has been sent on a 46-day leave amid protests by students and teachers on the campus. An order issued Monday said the President, the university’s chancellor, granted the…
Pro-Govt Blue panel sweeps Dhaka University dean election
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – The Blue Panel of teachers, backed by the ruling Awami League, swept the Dhaka University (DU) dean election on Monday. The ‘Blue Panel’ candidates were elected deans of nine faculties, out of 10, while a…
BD Road Transport dept starts 10-day training for drivers
Dhaka, April 29, (UNB)- Bangladesh Road and Transport Authority (BRTA) on Monday launched a 10-day-long training for bus drivers in Dhaka. Md Nazrul Islam, secretary for road transport and highway inaugurated the training workshop at BRTA office in Banai aiming…
Gharials and mugger crocodiles coexist by separating resources
When one species encounters another, also occupying the same habitat, splitting up the resources available can help avoid competition. This is the strategy adopted by gharials and mugger crocodiles in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in northern India, according to a study…
1 killed in blast at cordoned off ‘militant den’ in Dhaka city
Dhaka, Apr 29 – A suspected militant was killed in an explosion after members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) cordoned off a tin-shed house at Bosila in Mohammadpur area of the capital early Monday, suspecting it to be a militant…
BNP slams govt for ‘dividing journalists’
Dhaka, Apr 28 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government has established its full control over the media by creating a division among journalists and their organisations. “This fascist regime has brought…
Rape accused killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
Chattogram, Apr 29 (UNB) – A rape accused was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Amirabad in Lohagara upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, owner of a coaching centre,…
Gono Forum creates some political clout, yet faces split?
Dhaka, Apr 29 (UNB) – Though the party has got its representative to parliament 27 years after its formation, Gonoforum is likely to face a split due to internal feud among its leaders over party leadership and oath taking by its…
Future of Rohingya refugees in BD ‘hangs in the balance’
At the end of a joint visit to the country, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, head of UN migration agency (IOM) António Vitorino, and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, reiterated their commitment to find safe and sustainable solutions for Rohingya…
US, Western arms in Yemen signal potential war crime charges
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 2019 (IPS) – When US political leaders urged the Trump administration to either reduce or cut off arms supplies to Saudi Arabia – largely as a punishment for its indiscriminate bombings of civilians in the four-year old…
Improving the lives of millions of mothers and children
PEMBA, Zambia, Apr 26 2019 (IPS) – It is slightly after 3pm on a hot Wednesday afternoon in Chipata district, eastern Zambia, and a group of women are gathering for a meeting. It is Elizabeth Tembo’s turn to stand amongst the…
BD can prosper more with better jobs for women: WB
Dhaka, Apr 28 – Bangladesh can prosper further by ensuring more and better jobs for women, said a World Bank report released on Sunday. Bangladesh is among the few countries in South Asia that has increased female employment in the…
Suspected militant den cordoned off in Dhaka City
Dhaka, Apr 29 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) cordoned off a tin-shed house at Bosila in Mohammadpur area of the capital early Monday, suspecting it to be a militant den. Acting on secret information, a team of the…
India, Pakistan, and a planet in peril
By Dilip Hiro It’s still the most dangerous border on Earth. Yet compared to the recent tweets of President Donald Trump, it remains a marginal news story. That doesn’t for a moment diminish the chance that the globe’s first (and…
সকল যৌথ নদীর অববাহিকা ভিত্তিক ব্যবস্থাপনা চুক্তি দাবি
ঢাকা, ২৭ এপ্রিল – চুক্তি অনুযায়ী ফারাক্কা থেকে গঙ্গার পানি না পাওয়ার ভারত-বাংলাদেশ যৌথ নদী কমিশনে প্রতিপক্ষের কাছে বাংলাদেশের পক্ষ থেকে সম্প্রতি চিঠি দেয়া হয়েছে। আমরা জানি ১৯৯৬ সালে ৩০ বছর মেয়াদী পানি বন্টন চুক্তি সই হবার পর প্রায়ই এমন…
Writ to help heirs of 88 BAF officials convicted for mutiny
Dhaka, April 28 – A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking compensation for 88 inheritors of some Army and Air Force officials, who were convicted during Ziaur Rahman regime in various term of sentences including death…
SC stays HC order to investigate on JP leader RA Howlader
Dhaka, April 28 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to run the investigation against former Jatiya Party general secretary ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader relating to the allegation that he had…
Chief Justice concern over backlog of cases in courts
Dhaka, April 28 – Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday expressed grave concerned over the increasing of backlog of cases before the court and said that the backlog reached a critical stage. “There are so many cases pending in the…
Brac varsity student killing: drivers put on remand
Dhaka, April 28 – Covered van driver Anis, who allegedly crashed Brac University student Fahmida Haque Labannya under wheel and uber motor-cycle rider Sumon were on Sunday put on remand in the case filed in connection with the killing of…
দেশে আইনের শাসন না থাকায় মানুষ কোথাও নিরাপদ নয় -আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের সিনিয়র নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীম বলেছেন, বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার ৪৮ বছর অতিক্রম হলেও দেশের আইনের শাসন না থাকায় মানুষ কোথাও নিরাপদ নয়। সুদ, ঘুষ, দুর্নীতি, টেন্ডারবাজি, চাঁদাবাজি, খুন, ধর্ষণ মহামারি আকার রূপ নিয়েছে। সড়ক, বাসা-বাড়ি…
HC rule to enforce road transport law and regulate drivers
Dhaka, April 28 – The High Court on Sunday issued a rule a rule asking the government to explain within two weeks why its inaction to issue a gazette notification on the Road Transport Act-2018 in line with the sub-section…