Dhaka, Oct 11 (UNB)- Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said incidents like Abrar killing might not have occurred had the Buet administration been a little more careful.
Year: 2019
Buet bans student politics: Abrar murder response
Dhaka, Oct 11 (UNB)- Buet Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saiful Islam on Friday afternoon announced a ban on all kind of organisational student politics on the campus.
Turkey says 174 ‘terrorists’ killed in offensive
Beirut, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Turkey’s Defense Ministry says 174 “terrorists” have been “neutralized” in its cross-border military offensive, referring to Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Juba League leader stabbed to death in Feni
Feni, Oct 11 – A Juba League activist was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Fajilpur in Sadar Upazila on Thursday night.
Another dies ‘after taking liquor’ in Khulna, toll 9
Khulna, Oct 11 – A man died ‘after taking excessive liquor’ at Khulna Medical College Hospital on Thursday night.
Iran women attend FIFA football game for first time in decades
Tehran, Oct 11(AP/UNB) — They had to sit well apart from the men, and the stadium was practically empty, but thousands of Iranian women in merry jester hats and face paint blew horns and cheered Thursday at the first FIFA…
Reform WTO, resist protectionism: C’wealth trade ministers
London, 10 October 2019 – Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth today made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for international trade.
Girls take up the fight for a better world: UN experts
Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNB) – UN human rights experts have applauded the energy and sense of urgency, as well as courage and intellect, that girls and young women have brought to recognizing and confronting many of today’s struggles from climate…
BD software export to fetch $5 billion by 2021: Minister
Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNB) – Mentioning that Bangladesh earned US$1 billion from software export in 2018, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Thursday expressed the hope that the export earnings will reach US$5 billion by 2021.
Deals with India govt’s futile efforts to stay in power: BNP
Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday alleged that the government signed ‘anti-state’ bilateral documents with India as part of its ‘abortive’ efforts to stay in power by appeasing the ‘powerful’ neighbour.
2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe’s fault lines
Stockholm, OC T 11 (AP/UNB) — Nobel Prizes for literature were awarded Thursday to two writers enmeshed in Europe’s social and political fault lines: a liberal Pole who has irked her country’s conservative government and an Austrian accused by many…
Abrar’s mother Rokeya, dumbfounded ‘can’t lose another son’
Kushtia, Oct 10 (UNB) – The horrific murder of Buet student Abrar stunned the country, yet in the midst of unspeakable misery, his mother is now forced to worry over the fate of her younger, now only surviving son.
3 killed, 3 others injured as truck overturns in Gazipur
Gazipur, Oct 11 (UNB) – Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Garzaria Masterbari area in Sreepur upazila on Thursday night.
Diplomats’ words on Buet murder uncalled for: Minister
Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNB)- Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said statements from the foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Abrar Fahad murder are uncalled for.
Climate change activist climbs on plane, others stop traffic
London, OC T 11 (AP/UNB) — Protesters in New York City brought traffic to a standstill in the city’s busiest hub and an activist in London climbed atop a plane as climate change demonstrators entered the fourth day of rallies…
ঢাকা আহ্ছানিয়া মিশন কারাগারে মানসিক স্বাস্থ্য দিবস পালন করে
ঢাকা আহ্ছানিয়া মিশনের স্বাস্থ্য সেক্টরের উদ্যোগে রাগারে মানসিক স্বাস্থ্য দিবস পালিত ১০ই অক্টোবর বিশ্ব মানসিক স্বাস্থ্য দিবস। এবারের প্রতিপাদ্য -“মানসিক স্বাস্থ্যের উন্নয়ন ও আত্মহত্যা প্রতিরোধ”। দিবসটি উদযাপন উপলক্ষে ঢাকা আহ্ছানিয়া মিশনের স্বাস্থ্য সেক্টর কর্তৃক বাস্তবায়িত ও জিআইজেড বাংলাদেশ এর কারিগরি…
সম্মিলিত সামাজিক আন্দোলনের মানববন্ধন অনুষ্ঠিত
১০ অক্টোবর ২০১৯ – বুয়েটের ছাত্র আবরার ফাহাদ হত্যার দ্রæত বিচার ও মাননীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ঘোষিত চলমান শুদ্ধি কার্যক্রমের সাথে দুর্নীতিবাজ ও অসৎ ব্যক্তিদের বিরুদ্ধে কঠোর ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণের দাবিতে সম্মিলিত সামাজিক আন্দোলনের উদ্যোগে আজ বেলা সাড়ে ৩টায় জাতীয় প্রেসক্লাবের সামনে মানববন্ধন…
Climate Chance Summit -Africa 2019: Stepping up local action
Non-state actors at the heart of the fight against climate change The Climate Chance Summit – Africa 2019 will take place in Accra, Ghana, from October 16th until October 18th at the International Conference Centre. It will be a wide…
আবরার হত্যাকান্ডে দেশবাসি ক্ষুব্ধ -নেজামে ইসলাম পার্টি
বাংলাদেশ নেজামে ইসলাম পাটির সভায় আবরার ফাহাদ হত্যাকান্ডের বিরুদ্ধে তীব্র ক্ষোভ ও নিন্দা প্রকাশ করে বলা হয়েছে যে, অতীতে পৈশাচিক মনোবৃত্তি চরিতার্থকারীদের উত্তসূরীরাই যে এধরনের জঘন্য কাজের পুনরাবৃত্তি ঘটিয়েছে, তা আর বলার অপেক্ষা রাখেনা।
Bullying, ragging in universities would be stopped: Minister
Dhaka, Oct 10 – Education minister Dipu Moni yesterday expressed her concern regarding the torture on students in the name of ragging and bullying in the university level.
Bangladesh GDP growth 7.2 percent likely in 2019-20: WB
Dhaka, Oct 10 – The World Bank has forecast over 7.2% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the current fiscal year (FY2019-20) of Bangladesh, driven by manufacturing and domestic demands, while government’s projection for the same fiscal year in the…
Bangladesh A edge Sri Lanka A to level series
Dhaka — Bangladesh A beat Sri Lanka A by one wicket in the 2nd match of three-match one-day series at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.
BPL 2019 likely to be delayed by a week
Dhaka— This year’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 cricket bonanza may be delayed by a week.
Faraaz Cup Football: SEU, IUBAT reach semifinals
Dhaka – South East University and International University Of Business Agriculture & Technology (IUBAT) reached the semifinal of the United Group Faraaz Inter-University Gold Cup Football Tournament eliminating their rivals in the quarterfinals at Kamalpur Stadium here on Thursday. In…
FIFA, AFC Qualifiers: Bangladesh go down fighting against Qatar
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s footballers conceded a 0-2 defeat against Asian Champions Qatar in their home match of the joint Qualification round for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 at a packed Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) on…
Abrar Murder: Oikya Front plan ‘civic mourning rally’ Sunday
Dhaka – Jatiya Oikyafront will take out a ‘civic mourning rally’ in the city protesting the killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad.
Free student organisations from party politics: TIB
Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNB) –Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday demanded the government free all student organisations and educational institutions in the country including Buet from party politics.
25th death anniversary of SM Sultan being observed
Narail, Oct 10 (UNB) – The 25th death anniversary of renowned artist Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (SM Sultan) is being observed in a befitting manner on Thursday.
Breast cancer takes 6,844 lives in Bangladesh a year: Report
Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNB) – Some 12,764 women are detected with breast cancer in the country every year and 6,844 of them die of the disease, according to a report of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes
Stockholm, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday, a rare double announcement that came after no prize was announced last year due to…