Jan 8: After a four-day suspension, traffic through Meghna and Meghna-Gomati bridges on Dhaka-Chittagong highway resumed Tuesday morning as first phase renovation of the bridges are complete. But all heavy vehicles will remain closed till 12:00am on January 13 on…
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14cr-year old living species: Limbless amphibians found in Bangladesh
Jan 8: Two members of ‘Chikila Fulleri’, the 14 crore years living limbless amphibians, have been discovered hiding in the soils of Lawachara under the district Wednesday last. Wild life specialist Reza Khan and wild life researcher Tania Khan found…
Schwarzenegger says film violence not linked to school shooting
Jan 8: Arnold Schwarzenegger may be one of the world’s biggest action stars but the former governor of California says violence in films is entertainment and should not be linked to tragic events like the Connecticut school shooting in which…
Police bar MPO-seeking teachers’ demo
Jan8: Police frustrated an attempt to besiege Shikkha Bhaban on Tuesday by the teachers of educational institutions not included under the government’s Monthly Payment Order (MPO). The law enforcers intercepted a procession of those teachers around noon when they were…
Govt to nationalise primary schools
Jan8: The government has decided to nationalise 26,193 non-government primary schools across Bangladesh. Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen says Sheikh Hasina will make an announcement to this effect on Wednesday from a rally of the non-government primary school…
ACC Chairman says: Decision on 3 foreigners after WB report
Jan 8: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Ghulam Rahman said the commission would take decision on the three foreign accused after getting World Bank (WB) report over the Padma Bridge graft allegation. The three foreign accused are Ramesh Saha, Ismail…
Fuel prices hike: Left parties’ hartal on Jan 16
Jan 8: The left-leaning parties of the country called a countrywide half-day hartal on January 16 in protest against the latest fuel price hike.
PM says: Gas connection in Noakhali soon
Jan 8: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday categorically said the people of the district would be provided with gas connection and others privileges soon. “The gas of Sundalpur and Shahajadpur will not only be added to national grid, but…
Country lacks rule of law: BNP
Jan 8: Opposition BNP Standing Committee Member MK Anwar said rule of law has been halted in the country due to the verdict of former Justice ABM Khairul Haque over the issue of caretaker government. The senior leader of the…
Galaxy phones drive Samsung to record profit
Jan 8: Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, said it likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion, as it sold close to 500 handsets a minute and as demand picked up for the flat screens…
Goldstein ‘optimistic of WB financing’
Jan 8: The World Bank’s Bangladesh Country Director said on Tuesday she remains ‘optimistic’ about the global lender financing the Padma bridge project.
Hire more from Bangladesh: Khaleda to Saudi Speaker
Jan 8: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia urged Saudi Arabian Assembly Speaker on Tuesday to recruit more workers from Bangladesh.
No Saudi pressure to stop war trial: Dipu
Jan 8: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Tuesday denied any pressure created by Saudi Arabia on Bangladesh government to stop trial of crimes against humanity committed during liberation war in 1971.
Nirmal Sen dead
His family said he died at around 6.30 pm on Tuesday at a hospital in Dhaka of septicemia, a lung infection that spread into his blood stream. Within minutes, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled in a message her long association…
The end game: Tackling retirement
Retirement terrifies sports stars. The end of a glittering career can feel like falling off a cliff to an athlete who thrives on fame and fortune. And the longer the career, the harder the end game seems to be. For…
HBO will continue screening Universal movies
HBO said Sunday that it is renewing its deal with Universal Pictures to be the exclusive pay-TV provider of the studio’s movies for another decade, the companies said. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. HBO, part of Time…
Hurricane Sandy relief bill – good coastal policy?
Rob Young, from YALE Environment360 Next week, the U.S. Congress is expected to vote on the bulk of $60 billion in emergency spending to provide for recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Clearly, significant aid is needed to repair the damage left…
Rafiq murder, double shock to people
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The recovery of the handcuffed body of a Dhaka city unit BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder from a field in Jhenidah on Saturday night came as a double shock to common people not only for the cold…
Messi wins record fourth Ballon d’Or
Lionel Messi won a record-breaking fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or at an awards ceremony in Zurich.The 25-year-old Argentinian took the honour ahead of Barcelona team-mate Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Oscars are to pay tribute to Bond films
“We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday,” said the producers of this February’s Oscars show, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
New doubts on link between global warming, drought
There have been devastating droughts in the past few years in places like Africa, Australia, and the United States. Last summer, the drought in the central US caused the loss of massive crops, causing a major economic hit for the…
Rafiqul killing planned: Tariqul
BNP Standing Committe member Tariqul Islam on Monday has alleged that the government was behind the killing of the BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder. The senior BNP leader was speaking to journalists at headquarter premises in Naya Paltan before the…
US embassy starts visa facilitation programme
The US embassy in Dhaka launched a new initiative on Sunday exempting ‘certain qualified’ returning foreign visitors from another interview with a consular officer. According to a media release, the programme was designed to reduce waiting time for ‘qualified’ foreign…
Parliament’s winter session from Jan 27
Parliament will convene its winter session on Jan 27. It will be 16th sitting of the ninth Parliament. President Mohammad Zillur Rahman on Monday summoned Parliament into the session in line with the constitutional obligation of holding a sitting within…
Judge gets bail
Senior Assistant Judge Javed Imam on Monday secured six-month’s ad-interim bail from the High Court after being held for allegedly possessing contraband Phensydyl syrup. The bench of justices Quamrul Islam Siddiqui and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain also asked the Deputy…
River commission act okayed
The cabinet Monday approved ‘National River Protection Commission Act-2013’ as a part of steps to save all rivers in the country. The approval came from a regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Emerging from the…
DGEN closes lower
The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange shed more than 36 points to stand over 4,126 points at close on Monday amid a low turnover. Shares and mutual funds worth over Tk 1.21 billion changed hands with 42 issues…
Govt success claims false: BNP
BNP Standing Committee Member Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday described claims of government successes “as nothing but false information.” “What the government gifted in the last four years is corruption and embezzlements, including the one took place in Padma bridge…
Police say quoting gang-member: 11 BD fishermen killed, trawler snatched
A detained Rohingya member on Sunday confessed that a gang of his country-men killed some 11 fishermen at Sonachar sea channel in Barguna district on January 2, police said. The gang also snatched a trawler from the procession of the…
Fire at Mohakhali slum
Jan7: A devastating fire broke out at Lichutala Slum at Mohakhali in the city on Monday night. A fire service official told banglanews that the blaze began around 8:00pm at the slum adjacent to Metropolitan Hospital in the area.