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.
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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.
ACC arrests ‘two associates’ of PK Haldar
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested two suspected associates of Proshanto Kumar Halder, disgraced director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL), in a money laundering case.
Attack on Chittagong BNP office: BCL sues 45 BNP activists
A case has been filed against 45 BNP leaders and activists a day after an attack on BNP office in Chittagong city.
Dhaka urges Uzbekistan to recruit Bangladeshi workers
During the meeting, Bangladesh Ambassador requested the adviser to resume recruitment of Bangladesh workforce to the company.
ইলেকশন মনিটরিং ফোরাম
আসন্ন চট্টগ্রাম সিটি কর্পোরেশন নির্বাচন উপলক্ষে নির্বাচন কমিশন নিবন্ধিত দেশের বৃহত্তর নির্বাচন পর্যবেক্ষণ মোর্চা ইলেকশন মনিটরিং ফোরাম -এর উদ্যোগে পর্যবেক্ষকদের প্রশিক্ষণ কর্মশালা এবং নগর উন্নয়ন ও নাগরিক প্রত্যাশা শীর্ষক মুক্ত আলোচনা সভা ২৩ জানুয়ারী বিকাল ২.৩০ ঘটিকায় চট্টগ্রাম প্রেস ক্লাব বংগবন্ধু হলে আয়োজন করা হচ্ছে।
IBBL inaugurates Mirhajirbagh Chowrasta Sub-branch
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has opened its Mirhajirbagh Chowrasta Sub-branch under Gandaria Branch in Dhaka on Thursday, 21 January 2021.
Asia’s Water Security—the Glass is Still Half Full
Managing water resources effectively is becoming increasingly critical in Asia and the Pacific, with its fast-paced economic development, population growth, and changing climate.
Biden embodies confidence of Americans and world at large
The 46th President of the United States Joe Biden has by the stroke of pen on the very day of his inauguration started the process of changing America and its relations with the rest of the world.
HSC results sans exams: Reports on three bills placed in JS
Dhaka, Jan 21 – Reports on three amendment bills were placed in Parliament on Thursday, aiming to publish the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations by January 28 next.
Is the COVID-19 Vaccine a Potential Biological Weapon in Reverse?
Is the heavily-publicized Covid-19 vaccine in danger of being weaponized when over 159,000 Palestinians who have tested positive in Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are being denied treatment during a deadly pandemic?
On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus
With the stroke of a pen, Biden ordered a halt to the construction of Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, ended the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, declared his intent to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization and revoked the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said.
13 grabbed canals to be restored: Dhaka North City Mayor
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said illegally occupied parts of 13 canals, which are in the expanded wards of the DNCC, would be recovered.