By Farhana Haque Rahman Rome, Jan 6 2020 (IPS) – Let’s face what lies ahead with open eyes: 2020 is going to be a very tough year for the world, and developing countries in particular. The infant decade has already…
Month: January 2020
IBBL inaugurates Internship Program for University Students
Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) inaugurated its Internship Program for the students of Public and Private Universities on 2 January 2020 at the conference room of the academy.
Good meeting between Bahrain authorities and labourers
Happy that not drastic changes are happening due to the Trade Union Awareness, constantly we are Making.
Trump threatens war crimes against Iran
Laws of War Prohibit Deliberate Attacks on Cultural Property: HRW Washington – United States president Donald Trump’s public threat to attack Iranian sites of cultural importance would be war crimes if carried out, Human Rights Watch said today. The US…
Why massive Australian bush fires are causing thunderstorms
Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say and reports India Today.
Congress demands answers from Trump about Soleimani killing
President Donald Trump insists that Iranian cultural sites are fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy…
Stop polythene use, one-time plastic products within a year
The High Court on Monday directed the government to take necessary steps to stop the use of polythene bags and one-time plastic products across the country, including the coastal region, within a year.
Court orders freezing 194 bank accounts of GK Shamim
A court here on Monday asked the authorities concerned to freeze 194 bank accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in a money laundering case.
Offender was alone, says DU rape victim: Govt assures action
The rape victim, a second-year student of Dhaka University (DU), on Monday informed police that the perpetrator was alone who violated her in the city’s Kurmitola area.
Khaleda wants treatment at advanced health centre: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their Chairperson Khaleda Zia informed them that she wants to go to any advanced health centre as she is not given proper treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
Ottis Gibson maintaining close touch with BCB
Dhaka — Former West Indian cricketer and coach Ottis Gibson is maintaining close touch with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to fill the vacant place of Bangladesh National team’s bowling coach. Bangladesh’s last bowling coach and former South African cricketer…
Two Bangladeshi umpires will conduct ICC U-19 World Cup matches
Dhaka —Two Bangladeshi umpires— Sharfuddowla Ibne Shahid Saikat and Masudur Rahman Mukul—brought themselves to a new height as they for the first time got the direct match allocations in the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa this month.…
National football captain Jamal Bhuiyan tied the knot
Dhaka – Jamal Bhuiyan, the captain of Bangladesh National Football team and the skipper of the Premier Division Football Club Saif Sporting Club got married in Denmark recently. He tied the knot in the Danish capital Copenhagen at the Golden…
BFF accords reception to Harun-ur- Rashid
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) accorded a warm reception to its executive committee member Harun-ur-Rashid after being elected as Youth and Sports Secretary of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League for second term. Harun-ur-Rashid is also acted as the chairman…
Taekwondo Fed to accord reception to SA Games medalists
Dhaka – Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation will accord its South Asian Games medalists at the gymnasium of the National Sports Council’s (NSC) old building here on Tuesday. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Hasan Russell MP will present as chief…
Photography exhibition ‘Flash on Rohingya Genocide’ underway at BSA
Culture Desk A week-long photography exhibition titled ‘Flash on Rohingya Genocide’ is underway at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segunbagicha in the city. Inaugurated on January 2, the exhibition will continue till January 8.
Australia declare 217-2, New Zealand face 416 to win
Australia declared their second innings at 217 for two on Monday, leaving New Zealand the improbable task of scoring 416 runs for victory in the third Test.
Gain public trust, PM tells police
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the police personnel to gain public trust and confidence by developing themselves as the ‘force of people’.
Bogura agriculture at stake as topsoil goes to brick kilns
Dozens of illegal brick kilns, set up in arable land near schools and colleges, have formed a powerful clique who are removing the fertile topsoil for making bricks, rendering the fields unusable for agriculture.
“1917,” “Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood” win Golden Globes
The 77th Golden Globes were meant to be a coronation for Netflix. Instead, a pair of big-screen epics took top honors Sunday, as Sam Mendes’ technically dazzling World War I tale “1917” won best picture, drama, and Quentin Tarantino’s radiant…
45 dengue patients being treated at hospitals
Forty five dengue patients, including 35 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country.
Those failed to wage movement can’t win polls: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said those who failed to wage a movement will never be able to win any election.
Golden Globes 2020: Fleabag and Olivia Colman win awards
The 77th Golden Globe Awards are under way in Los Angeles, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge among the early winners.
Iran abandons nuclear deal limits after US kills general
Teheran, AP/UNB, Jan 06 – Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, abandoning the…
Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed
Nairobi, AP/UNB, Jan 06 – Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defense personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled,…
Fire guts 3 chemical warehouses in Keraniganj, 10 hurt
Dhaka, Jan 05 – Three chemical warehouses were gutted as a fire broke out following an explosion in one of them in Purba Bandadakpara residential area on Sunday noon.
BD to send 750,000 workers abroad this year: Minister
Dhaka, Jan 05 – Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Imran Ahmad on Sunday said the government has set a target to send more than 750,000 workers abroad this year.
Nobel laureates Abhijit, Esther urge India to rethink NRC, CAA
Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo hoped that India will rethink its decisions about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
নতুন পাঠক্রম শিশুদের মধ্যে অনৈতিকতা বাড়াতে পারে
এবারই প্রথম প্রাথমিক থেকে দ্বাদশ শ্রেণি পর্যন্ত একযোগে শিক্ষাক্রম পরিমার্জনের যজ্ঞ শুরু হচ্ছে। বিরাট মহাযজ্ঞ। যে চার দলিলের ভিত্তিতে এই নতুন কারিকুলাম দাঁড় করানো হচ্ছে, তার গোড়াতেই বড় গলদ। ২০১০ সালের জাতীয় শিক্ষানীতিতে পষ্টাপষ্টি বলা আছে, প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা হবে আট…
IBBL inaugurates sub-branch at Natun Bazar, Magura
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has inaugurated its sub-branch at Natun Bazar in Magura recently. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank inaugurated the sub-branch as chief guest.