Dhaka, Feb 2 – Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said a policy on managing e-waste was at its final stage. “It is currently with the law ministry,” he said at a roundtable discussion on ‘E-waste…
Chattogram, Feb 2 (UNB) – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday characterised the BNP’s demand for reelection as a ‘childish desire’. “If anyone loses a football match and demands holding the match again, it’s nothing but the tears of…
Dhaka – Cricket fans will have to spend more to watch the eliminator, qualifiers and the final of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced new ticket prices for the matches. One will…
Dhaka – Rangpur Riders have secured the top place in the points table beating Comilla Victorians by nine wickets on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Defending champions Riders ended the league stage of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced the new central contract for national players. BCB President Nazmul Hassan announced names of 17 players after a board meeting at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Left-handed opener Imrul Kayes, who was overlooked…
Dhaka – Defending champions of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Rangpur Riders captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on Saturday said the absence of Hales and Villiers will bother them in the upcoming matches of the league. The Bangladesh ODI captain Masrhafe said…
Dhaka- Bangladesh U-19 cricket team beat touring English youth team by 63 runs in the third and final Youth ODI at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. An all-round performance by Shamim Hossain guided the hosts to…
Dhaka – Bangladeshi pace-bowler Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out from the upcoming ODI series against New Zeland with a twisted ankle. Debashish Chowdhury, the chief physician of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), said there is no possibility of Taskin’s participation…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday decided to construct an international cricket stadium named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the capital’s Purbachal within the next three years. The decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the…
Dhaka – Grand Master Ziaur Rahman clinched the first-ever title of the day-long Chittagong Samity Chess Competition, organised by Chittagong Samity-Dhaka and sponsored by Ispahani Group, at the samity auditorium in the capital on Saturday. Country’s another Grand Master Enamul…
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 2019 (IPS) – The steady decline in multilateralism—accompanied by a rise in unilateralism– is beginning to threaten democratic norms, including press freedom, global governance, civic participation and human rights across Asia, Africa, South America and the…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jan 31 2019 (IPS) – They said they cared about climate change but they flew in on private jets in record numbers. They said they cared about inequality but laughed off the idea of higher taxes for…
Actress Deepika Padukone has replaced producer Kiran Rao as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), which organizes the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star. “Kiran Rao had decided to step down (as the chairperson of…
Delhi is the world’s most polluted major city, its toxic cocktail of vehicle fumes, dust and smoke choking the chaotic metropolis and taking years off its 20 million inhabitants’ lives. But despite this, with levels of airborne pollutants routinely eclipsing…
GEORGETOWN, Feb 1 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD’s) Drought Initiative is in full swing with dozens of countries signing up to plan their drought programme. The Drought Initiative involves taking action on national drought…
Entertainment desk Cultural personalities at a function here have stressed preserving, flourishing and nurturing of the century-old ‘Bhaoyaiya’ songs to entertain the common people. They also made a call for preserving the folksongs at the launching function of a two-day…
Sonam Kapoor is currently gearing up for the release of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga alongside Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla. While Rohit Shetty’s last film Simmba starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan was a…
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 2019 (IPS) – One month on since the Global Compact for Migration was approved, civil society has highlighted the need to turn words into action, supporting those who have been displaced or forced to migrate as…
Chattogram, Feb 01 (UNB) – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal met with Hefazat-e-Islam Ameer Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam, also known as Hathazari Madrasa on Friday. The minister paid the courtesy call at the…
Dhaka, Feb 01 – The publication ceremony of ‘Satyer belshoot’ a new book by Sohel Mahmud Sagor was held at the Samaj Kalyan Sanity Bhaban in the Mohammadpur area of the capital on Friday. Another book titled Theosophy by the…
This is the time to talk about freedom of expression. We expected it to become better, but it’s becoming worse and worse. —Maung Saungkha, activist and poet, Yangon, April 2018 They are not using the law to protect the people…
Dhaka, Feb 01 – At a time when cancer is spreading at a disturbingly fast pace across the globe, an Israeli biotech company has claimed that they will have the cure for this deadly disease by 2020. Although different types…
Dhaka, Feb 1 – The 33rd edition of ‘Jatiya Kobita Utshab’ (national poetry festival) started on Friday at the Dhaka University’s Central Library square. This year’s slogan of the two-day festival is ‘Bangalir joy kobitar joy’ (the victory of Bangali…
Dhaka, Feb 1 – BNP Vice-chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Friday urged their party leaders and activists to heat up the streets to have their chairperson Khaleda Zia freed from jail. “It would be very tough to free Khaleda Zia…
Dhaka, Feb 01 – The opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front on Friday hailed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for inviting its leaders to her today’s tea party at her official residence Ganabhaban regretting their inability to take part in it. The…
Dhaka – Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by one run on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the Bangladesh Premier League. Victorians posted 127 in 20 overs but Dynamites failed to chase it down in spite of superb efforts…
Dhaka, Feb 1 (UNB) – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP’s decision not to join the Ganobhaban tea party at the invitation of the Prime Ministers has exposed the party’s old negative political attitude. Speaking at…
Dhaka – With Andre Fletchers 66 off 53, Sylhet Sixers posted 165 in 20 overs in their last match of the ongoing season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) against Chittagong Vikings at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Friday.Vikings have…
Dhaka, Feb 1 (UNB) – Bangladesh filed a case against Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) of the Philippines’ over the heist of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The case was filed…
Dhaka, Feb 1 (UNB) – The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, a yearly event for booklovers and publishers, began on the Bangla Academy premises and at adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the…