DHAKA – State Minister for Youth and Sports Mohammad Zahid Ahsan Russell MP today said there are no substitute for the practice of sports in building a healthy and prosperous nation, said a press release today. He was speaking as…
Year: 2020
Adv Sara Hossain among 7 awarded Tallberg Eliasson Prize
Advocate Sara Hossain of Bangladesh is among seven who have been awarded the Tällberg Eliasson Global Leadership Prize for 2020. Other recipients of the prize are Bahia Shehab, Egypt, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda, Jared Genser, Jaykumar Menon, Nithya Ramanathan and Sylvia…
Wife Minni, 5 more awarded death for gruesome Rifat murder
Barguna, Sept 30 – Rifat Sharif’s wife Aysha Siddika Minni and five others have been sentenced to death for killing him in Barguna in broad daylight last year.
Disney to axe 28,000 jobs
New York, CNN, Sept 30 – Disney theme Park on Tuesday decided to lay-off 28,000 people in the United States as the coronavirus pandemic hits its parks and resorts business. Around 67 percent employees who are losing their jobs are…
Priest arrested for alleged rape at church
Rajshahi, Sept 30 – A priest, accused of raping a minor indigenous girl, was arrested from Bishop House at Amchattar in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh outraged by Myanmar’s fabrication of facts at UN
Dhaka, Sept 30 – Bangladesh is “outraged” to witness another “blatant demonstration of falsehood and fabrication of facts” by Myanmar in the ongoing UN General Assembly (UNGA) and shared the situation on the ground before the international community.
No more ‘ladies and gentlemen’ on Japan Airlines flights
If you’re stepping on a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane anytime next month, chances are you won’t hear the term “ladies and gentlemen” anymore.
Refugees Int’l Welcomes US Senate Bill on Rohingya Genocide
“Refugees International welcomes the introduction of Senate Bill (S.4659)—important legislation that would require the U.S. State Department to make a formal determination as to whether Myanmar’s attacks on the Rohingya constitute genocide within 90 days of passage. The bill would…
Food loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, UN chief says
29 September 2020 – New approaches and solutions are needed to address worsening food loss and waste, the UN Secretary-General has said, in a message marking the first ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction.
IBBL inaugurates 4 new branches
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 358, 359, 360 and 361st Branch at Bheramara in Kushtia, Khulshi in Chattogram, Kalai in Joypurhat and Ashulia in Dhaka on 29 September 2020, Tuesday.
Premier League returns 10 positive coronavirus cases
LONDON – Ten Premier League players or staff tested positive for coronavirus over the past week, the highest number of infections since the English top-flight returned from a three-month layoff in June. “The Premier League can today confirm that between…
Liverpool lay down Premier League marker in Arsenal win
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool came from behind to maintain a perfect start to their Premier League title defence as goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota saw off a resilient Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield. The Gunners had also won…
BFF mourn death of footballer Aslam’s brother
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) expressed deep shock at the death of Sheikh Masum Akter, elder brother of celebrated former footballer and BFF executive committee’s member Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, said a BFF press release today. Masum breathed his…
Bangladesh to visit New Zealand in next March
DHAKA — The Bangladesh national cricket team will visit New Zealand in March next year for three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals. This will be the first overseas tour by the Bangladesh team following the interruption to international cricket…
Tigers to revisit Christchurch massacres as NZ confirms itinerary
DHAKA — Bangladesh cricketers would have to revisit the Christchurch from where they narrowly escaped when a terrorist attacked two mosques of the city last year, leaving 51 Muslim worshippers dead and 40 severely wounded. As New Zealand confirmed the…
Breast milk may protect babies from coronavirus infection
Breast milk may help protect babies from being infected by the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests, reports Daily Mail.
India agree to resolve water-sharing issues
Bangladesh and India on Tuesday agreed to resolve the water-sharing issues of common rivers, including Teesta treaty, and bring down border killings to a zero level, says Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.
3-member probe body over MC College gang-rape
The Education Ministry formed a three-member committee on Tuesday to investigate whether there was any negligence of the college authorities in the gang rape incident at MC College dormitory.
US city warned as brain-eating microbe found in water supply
A deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the public water supply of Lake Jackson in Texas.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1,488 new cases, 26 deaths
Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases reached 362,043 on Tuesday after the health authorities recorded 1,488 news cases in 24 hours until Tuesday morning.
Tk 338-cr Bangladesh project for digital land zoning
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved four projects involving Tk 796 crore, including a Tk 338-crore scheme, to make mouza and plot-based national digital land zoning.
Worldwide death toll from COVID-19 passes 1 million
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live,…
How to Make Nutritious Food Affordable to 1 Billion Africans
By Dr Lawrence Haddad and Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko ADDIS ABABA, Sep 28 2020 (IPS) – One of the biggest revelations of the COVID-19 pandemic has been that people with pre-existing, diet-related conditions such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes,…
No More Excuses – Time for Global Economic Solutions
By Tove Maria Ryding, Pooja Rangaprasad and Emilia Reyes NEW YORK, Sep 28 2020 (IPS) – On 29 September, the world’s heads of state will come together (virtually) at an extraordinary meeting to discuss financing for development during the 75th…
Bangladesh Bank further relaxes loan repayments until Dec 31
Dhaka, Sept 28 – Bangladesh Bank has further extended its relaxed conditions for loan repayment till December 31 taking into consideration the impact of coronavirus on the country’s trade and business.
Violence against women, graft turn epidemic like corona: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 28 – BNP on Monday alleged that the country has been facing an epidemic of ‘corruption and violence against women’ alongside the corona pandemic.
MC College Gangrape: Rapists even took away their car
Sylhet, Sept 28 – The miscreants who gang-raped a woman after tying up her husband in a dormitory of Sylhet MC College, also snatched away the victim’s car and demanded Tk 50,000 ransom for it.
Regent Chairman Shahed awarded life in prison in Arms case
Regent Group Chairman Shahed Karim has been sentenced to life imprisonment in an arms case.
Bangladesh sees 32 coronavirus deaths, 1407 new cases
Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus tally reached 360,555 on Monday after the health authorities recorded 1,407 cases.
MC College gang rape: 2 accused on 5-day remand
Two accused, including the prime suspect in MC College gang rape, were sent on a five-day remand by a Sylhet court on Monday.