Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday directed 154 tannery owners located at Hazaribagh to deposit Tk 30.85 crore to the state fund in two weeks as compensation money for damaging the environment.
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Snap share price soars on debut
Shares in Snap, owner of messaging app Snapchat, have begun trading on the US stock market. In its opening minutes, its price hit $24.48 a share, a jump of about 40 per cent. The flotation valued the company at $17…
Why does NC Textbook Board play confusing games?
Masum Billah Mysterious things continue happening in NCTB and more importantly they happen without any reason and things seem that they hardly bother about the people concerned and national criticism. The Education Policy 2010, free distribution of textbooks among school…
Cardiac stents put under price control in India
On 13 February India’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) issued an order to fix the ceiling prices for the two main categories of cardiac stents. The order stated that “huge unethical markups at each stage in the supply chain” resulted…
Nigerian engineer handed written test at New York airport
A Nigerian software engineer claims he was handed a written test by a US border officer at New York’s JFK airport to prove his tech credentials, and Filipinos on social media criticise a proposed death penalty bill. Tech test for…
Row over US AG mJeff Sessions meeting Russian ambassador
Attorney General Jeff Sessions met Russia’s ambassador twice during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last year, the US government has confirmed. Mr Sessions, a senator at the time, did not disclose the contacts at his January confirmation hearing.
Militants looking for right path to be rehabilitated: PM
Dhaka, Mar 1 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that her government will take steps to rehabilitate those militants who want to return to the right path alongside giving them the necessary legal assistance. “Bangladesh is now…
Robber suspec killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Dhaka, Mar 2 – A suspected forest robber was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Sukhpara Char under Sundarbans east zone in Sharankhola upazila early Thursday. The deceased, Billal Mir alias…
Hustand kills housewife, infant girl in Gaibandha
Dhaka, Mar 2 – A housewife and her four-month-old baby were strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Khamarballomjar village in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha early Thursday.
Three killed in Pirganj bus plunge
Dhaka, Mar 2 – Three people, including two women, were killed and 22 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Pirganj upazila headquarters under the same district early Thursday.
Suspected Neo ‘JMB member’ killed in Bogra ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 2 – A suspected neo JMB member was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Jamnagar in Sherpur upazila of Bogra district early Thursday.
Detectives arrest 8 suspects for SSC question paper leak
Dhaka, Mar 2 – Detectives arrested eight suspected members of a gang involved in leaking SSC examination question papers from different districts on Wednesday night.
Will democracy survive big data, artificial intelligence?
We are in the middle of a technological upheaval that will transform the way society is organized. We must make the right decisions now By Dirk Helbing, Bruno S. Frey, Gerd Gigerenzer, Ernst Hafen, Michael Hagner, Yvonne Hofstetter, Jeroen van…
How I tricked myself into reading more books
Patrick AIlan love books. I can’t leave a bookstore without at least one. But I also have a tendency to buy books and not actually read them. Somewhere along the way reading fell by the wayside in favor of other…
Blood donation camp at BSMR Maritime University
Dhaka, 01 March – The only and first specialised maritime university of the country, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University organized a daylong “Voluntary Blood Donation Camp” at the temporary campus located at pallabi in the capital city.
One in 10 people think air quality bad even at toxic levels
• 38 out of 43 air quality zones across the country are breaching legal limits for air pollution • Friends of the Earth launches nationwide citizen science air pollution experiment Friends of the Earth is calling on the UK public…
BNP blames govt minister for ‘transport strike anarchy’
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that a government minister has instigated the transport strike that created an anarchy in the transport sector.
BNP’s sit-in protest against gas price hike Thursday
Dhaka – The BNP will stage a two-hour sit-in programme in the city and elsewhere in the country from 10:00am Thursday protesting the recent hike in gas prices.
Australia’s economy gains momentum
Australia’s economy gained momentum in the last quarter of 2016, allowing the resource-rich economy to extend its 25-year streak without recession. It brings the country close to breaking the Netherlands’ record of modern-era uninterrupted economic growth.
Donald Trump softens voice: Congress speech in full
US president marked his 40th day in office with the delivery of his first address to a joint session of Congress. Here is Donald Trump’s Congres speech in full: Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black…
Aviation, travel industry potentials hardly harnessed in 26 years
By Raquib Siddiqi It is sad to note that aviation has not only failed to keep pace with global development through up gradation of facilities, but also suffered punitive actions for poor and outdated facility and security systems. 26 years…
Barack, Michelle Obama agree Penguin book deal
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have agreed a book deal with Penguin Random House. “The company has acquired world publication rights for two books, to be written by President and Mrs Obama respectively,” the publisher said.
South Indian actress speaks out against ‘casting couch culture’
In a note that she titled “Needs to be said”, South Indian actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar opened up on Twitter, about the issue of sexual harassment within the film business. Varalaxmi, who works in the Tamil film industry, wrote that in…
Two women charged with Kim Jong-nam murder
Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, have been charged with his murder. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, allegedly smeared deadly VX nerve agent on Mr…
Two held with 4000 Yaba tablets in Jessore
Jessore, Mar 1 – Detectives arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 4000 pieces of Yaba tablets from in front of NavaranFajilatunnesaGirlsCollege in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
Knifed by friends, schoolboy dies at DMCH
Dhaka, Mar 1 – A schoolboy, who was stabbed allegedly by his two friends over a trifling matter at Pashchim Shewrapara in the city’s Mirpur area on Tuesday night, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning.
Writ seeks transport strike withdrawn in 24 hours
Dhaka, Mar 1 – A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of the ongoing countrywide transport strike and seeking an order to stop the strike within 24 hours.
Chaos on roads across country as transport strike continues
Dhaka, Mar 1 – The countrywide indefinite transport strike, enforced by Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, protesting the life term imprisonment of a bus driver in a case filed for a road accident that killed five people, including noted filmmaker…
Ekushey fair marks 3646 new books, Tk 57 cr sales
Dhaka, Feb 28 – The month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela’ ended in the capital on Tuesday with a huge turnout of book-lovers and sales. A total of 3646 new books came out during the month-long book fair. A closing ceremony…
Miscreants torch Primary school in Brahmanbaria
Dhaka, Mar 1 – Unidentified miscreants set fire to a primary school at Tarua in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday morning.