Police arrested a suspect Friday from Dhaka’s Jatrabari for the murder of BNP-backed Sirajganj councillor-elect Tariqul Islam Khan just minutes after his victory in the recently concluded phase-II municipal elections.
Day: January 22, 2021
3 including 2 kids killed in Moheshkhali Gas cylinder blast
Three persons, including two children, died and eight others were injured after a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded in Moheshkhali under Cox’s Bazar district.
Myanmar committed to repatriating Rohingyas as per 2017 deal
Myanmar has said they are committed to beginning the repatriation of Rohingyas as per the bilateral agreement signed with Bangladesh in 2017.
4 hundi traders arrested in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four suspected hundi traders with US$ 190,000 from Hamidpur in Jashore on Friday.
Rohingya man in alleged Yaba trade killed in ‘gunfight’ with BGB
A Rohingya man alleged to be a Yaba trader was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) near Baishphari border outpost (BOP) under Naikhongchhari Upazila in Bandarban early Friday.
Man killed as gas cylinder explodes in Barguna ice factory
A 55-year-old man was killed and around 50 people including two fire fighters fell sick inhaling ammonia gas after a gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory in Barguna’s Patharghata Upazila early Friday.
The landscape of contradictory impulses
Delhi may have been slowly forgetting its past but the Ridge, the green lungs of the sprawling megapolis remain living fossils in the history of its making.
IBBL Chattogram South Zone’s view exchange meet with clients
Chattogram South Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a view exchange meeting with the clients at Best Western Heritage, Coxbazar on 21 January 2021.
দেশের সঙ্কট মোকাবেলায় যুবকদের অগ্রণী ভুমিকা পালন করতে হবে
ইসলামী অন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতি সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম (পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই) বলেছেন, দুর্নীতিমুক্ত সমাজ গঠনে আদর্শবান যুবক ছাড়া সম্ভব নয়। তাই দেশের সঙ্কট মোকাবেলায় যুবকদের অগ্রণী ভুমিকা পালন করতে হবে।
Russia: Crackdown Ahead of Pro-Navalny Protests – HRW
Russian authorities are harassing, intimidating, and detaining activists and students ahead of protests planned for January 23, 2021 in solidarity with the detained opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Human Rights Watch said.
Pandemic gives us opportunity to protect the world
‘No Going Back’ to that world because it was heading towards the end of human existence on this planet — as a result of global warming, the process of extreme concentration of wealth in a few hands, and invasion of artificial intelligence to make human beings redundant in the world.
Annual adaptation cost in developing countries is $ 70bn: UN
A newly released UN report on adaptation to climate change impacts, estimates that annual adaptation costs in developing countries currently is USD 70 billion.
Addressing Food, Nutrition Security Challenges of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound implications for food security and nutrition. A number of overlapping and reinforcing dynamics have emerged such as disruptions to food supply chains; loss of income and livelihoods; a widening of inequality; disruptions to social protection programs; altered food environments; and uneven food prices in localized contexts.
Dense fog disrupts ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route
Poor visibility caused by thick fog has disrupted ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route on Friday morning.
High Court summons 280 People’s Leasing defaulters
The High Court on Thursday summoned 280 loan defaulters from non-banking financial institution People’s Leasing and Financial Services.
‘Padma Cruise’ launched to boost river tourism
‘Padma Cruise’ was launched on Thursday at Shimulia ferry terminal in Lauhajang to boost river tourism on Padma River.
In Zimbabwe there is ‘no Freedom After the Speech’
A long-running gag says “in Zimbabwe, there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after the speech”. But for journalists and activists who have been forced to endure nights in the country’s overcrowded and filthy holding cells, this is no laughing matter as prison inmates have no personal protective equipment to guard against COVID-19.
Biden: The Task of a Good Loser
What for Donald Trump was an insult, for Joe Biden is an acknowledgement: the new president of the United States is the establishment in its purest form. No other similar case is remembered of having reached the presidency with better preparation.
International migration disrupted by COVID-19, says UN
Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may have reduced the number of international migrants by around two million globally by mid-2020, a decrease of around 27 per cent in the growth expected from July 2019 to June 2020, the United Nations has said.
Peace restored on campus, teachers, students play your part
The government has restored academic atmosphere in all the educational institutions and now it is the responsibility of teachers and students to perform their part.
20 lakh Oxford vaccine doses reach Dhaka as India’s gift
Twenty lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine gifted by India reached Dhaka on Thursday.
Conspiracy on to keep Bangladesh subservient, alleges BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that a conspiracy is there to keep Bangladesh subservient to others weakening its existence and sovereignty.
RU teachers, students protest KU teacher-student expulsions
Teachers and students of Rajshahi University on Thursday protested against the Khulna University authorities’ decision of expelling three teachers and two students.
BPL Football: Saif SC beat Mohammedan SC 2-1
Dhaka — Saif Sporting Club beat Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 2-1 goals in their second league match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football on Thursday. Saif SC now have four points with a 1-1 draw against Rahmatganj MFS in the…
BPL Football: Sheikh Jamal take joint lead beating Muktijoddha
Dhaka – Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi took a joint lead in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, beating Muktijoddha Sangsad 2-1 on Thursday. With the victory at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Sheikh Jamal shared the top spot in…