Dhaka, Dec 16 – BNP on Monday paid homage to the martyred freedom fighters who made the supreme sacrifice for the country during the Liberation War in 1971 by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum in Savar, marking the 49th…
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Brahmanbaria Victory Day event vandalised
Brahmanbaria, Dec 16 – Miscreants attacked the Victory Day programme at the Zilla Parishad premises on Monday and vandalised photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A fair Brexit
by Philippe van Parijs on 16th December 2019 @pvpbrussels For the free-market Tory right, Brexit is a means towards a beggar-my-neighbour buccaneering adventure—not ‘future relations’ to which the EU27 can agree.
Mass grave with remains of 643 civilians found in Iraq
Joanne Serrieh, Al Arabiya English A mass grave dating back to 2016 has been discovered in Iraq containing the remains of 643 civilians believed to be victims of the Saqlawiyah massacre, about 5 kilometres north of Fallujah, in Anbar Governorate.
Citizenship Law protests rock India: HRW
Police have clashed with demonstrators in parts of the Indian capital, Delhi, during protests over a controversial new law on migrants.
‘It’s unprecedented,’ says Khaleda about her bail denial
Dhaka, Dec 16 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has described her bail denial by the apex court in Zia Charitable Trust graft case as ‘unprecedented’, said her sister on Monday.
রাজধানী দিল্লিতে সারারাত বিক্ষোভ করেছে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় শিক্ষার্থীরা
রবিবার সংশোধিত নাগরিকত্ব আইনের বিরুদ্ধে হওয়া মিছিল নিয়ন্ত্রণে পুলিশের ভূমিকার প্রতিবাদে শিক্ষার্থী ও অ্যাক্টিভিস্টরা সারারাত বিক্ষোভ করেছে।
Major emitters accused of blocking progress at climate talks
By Matt McGrath BBC’s Environment correspondent Delegates from developing countries have reacted angrily to what they see as attempts to block progress at the COP25 meeting in Madrid. One negotiator told the BBC that the talks had failed to find…
President, PM pay tributes to Liberation War martyrs
Savar (Dhaka), Dec 16 – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial marking the 49th Victory Day.
Swadhin Bangla Betar artistes’ reunion at Shilpakala Academy
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Marking the 49th Victory Day of the country, the artistes of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra (Free Bengal Radio Centre) reunited and performed at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on Sunday.
Govt agents have infiltrated BNP to mislead workers: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that government agents infiltrated BNP to create confusion and misguide the party’s rank and file.
Frequent bank burglaries in Comilla leave clients worried
Comilla, Dec 15 – Burglaries at two bank branches as well as an ATM booth in the district in a span of only six months have created panic among clients. Burglars took away Tk 20.33 lakh from the two bank…
Satellites help track ocean acidification in the Bay of Bengal
by Sahana Ghosh on 13 December 2019 • Scientists are exploring the use of satellites to track ocean acidification in the Greater Caribbean, the Amazon Plume and the Bay of Bengal. • Under a European Space Agency funded project, researchers…
Bangladesh Institute of Nuke Agriculture field day observed
Mymensingh, Dec 15 – Field day was observed at the Sutiakhali area of Mymensingh Sadar by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) to increase rice yield through irrigation and fertilizer management.
Nation to celebrate 49th Victory Day Monday
Dhaka, Dec 15 – The nation is set to celebrate the 49th Victory Day on Monday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War in 1971.
Keraniganj plastic factory fire toll 17 as 5 more victims succumb
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Five more victims of Keraniganj plastic factory fire succumbed to burn injuries yesterday. Among the five, four at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), and another one…
Lowest temperature 8 degrees Celsius recorded in Tetulia
Dhaka, Dec 15 – Bangladesh recorded yesterday its lowest temperature of this winter so far after the mercury fell to 8 degrees Celsius at Tetulia Upazila in Panchagarh at 6 am. Tetulia Upazila is located at the foot of Himalayas.
Middlemen helping people come to BD for ‘free food’: FM
People except Bangladesh citizens to be sent back, he says Dhaka, Dec 15 – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said that India is not pushing anybody in inside Bangladesh rather some people in connivance with middlemen are entering…
10 dead in Gazipur electric fan factory fire; probe body formed
Dhaka, Dec 15 – “Ten workers of an electric fan factory died from smoke inhalation,” said Mamunur Rashid, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defence. It was the third factory fire incident in the last four days…
Govt publishes list of 10,789 Razakars (collaborators) of 1971
Dhaka, Dec 15, 2019 – The Liberation War Ministry on Sunday published a list of 10,789 Razakars who were collaborators of the Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation War in 1971.
Man dies falling off building rooftop in Shyampur area of city
Dhaka, Dec 15 – A man died as he fell from the rooftop of a multistorey building in the city’s Shyampur area on Saturday night.
Cargo vessel collides with launch in Kirtankhola, sinks
Barisal, Dec 15 – A cargo vessel capsized in the Kirtankhola River near the Barisal river port in Sadar upazila on Saturday night after a collision with a launch.
Football championship dilutes grief on Newtown anniversary
NEWTOWN, AP/UNB, CONN. DECEMBER 15, 2019 – Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community’s high school football team — with a shooting…
Looking back: Deadly attacks on houses of worship in 2019
AP/UNB – DECEMBER 15, 2019 – On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country where the Christian minority is increasingly a target of attacks.…
Guterres for more climate ambition as COP25 goes into night
14 December 2019 – Guterres the UN chief, side strongly with science, and commit to stronger action.
Jamaica crowned Miss World
Miss World Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh has been crowned the 69th Miss World London, 14 December 2019 – Today at ExCel London Toni-Ann Singh aged 23 has been crowned the 69th Miss World by her predecessor Vanessa Ponce de Leon at…
Workshop on Investigative Reporting held at RU
Rajshahi, Dec 14 – A day-long workshop on “Investigative Report and Safety of Journalists” was held at Rajshahi University (RU) campus on Friday.
The nine-year-old Palestinian with 100 wounds
By Ramzy Baroud Kafr Qaddum is a small Palestinian village located between Nablus and Qalqilya in the northern West Bank. The inhabitants of the village feel angry and abandoned, with most of their land located under total Israeli military control.…
How US-China trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot
Washington, (AP/UNB) December 14, 2019 – The limited trade deal that the Trump administration and Beijing announced Friday means Americans will avoid a holiday tax increase on imported toys, clothing and smartphones. U.S. farmers can sell more soybeans and pork…
21 Bangladeshi students on top in Cambridge Int’l Exams
British Council playing an exemplary role in creating opportunities, says British envoy Dhaka, Dec 14 – Cambridge International has conferred an impressive 82 outstanding ‘Cambridge Learner Awards’ on Bangladesh students as 21 students across Bangladesh have won ‘Top in the…