A man has survived falling 20m (66ft) down a cliff in Australia, police say. The 25-year-old man was on his parents’ property in Sydney when he plunged into dense bushland late on Sunday night, sparking a complex rescue operation.
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17 get Ekushey Padak,2017
Dhaka, Feb 20 – Seventeen eminent personalities on Monday were given the Ekushey Padak, 2017 in various categories for their outstanding contributions to their respective fields. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presented the prestigious award to the recipients at a ceremony…
Shahid Afridi says goodbye to international career
Dhaka, Feb 20 – Shahid Afridi has said “goodbye to international cricket” following his 28-ball 54 for Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings in the ongoing PSL, indicating that he will not attempt to make a comeback in T20Is – the…
Probe report about technical glitch in PM’s flight deferred
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the deadline for submission of the probe report about technical glitch of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ plane that was carrying the Prime Minister to Hungary.
‘BD textiles hindered by inadequate gas, electricity, land’
Dhaka – Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) President Tapan Chowdhury has indicated three things as a hindrance of textile sector investment, these are, inadequate gas, scarcity of electricity and land deficiency.
BGMEA wants quality power supply for better output
Dhaka – Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) demanded quality power supply to ensure high productivity improving existing old transmission system. “Power generation upgraded in Bangladesh compared to earlier, but transmission system is yet to improve that hamper production,”…
MP Sanwar rejects report he was slapped by Obaidul
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League lawmaker MP Sanowar Hossain yesterday brushed aside the media reports that the party general secretary Obaidul Quader slapped him on Saturday night at the Padma rest house of Jamuna Resort in Tangail.
Verdict in Masud-Munier accident deaths case Wednesday
Tangail -The verdict in the case filed on the tragic road accident that killed 5 persons including renowned filmaker Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier will deliver on February 22, Wednesday.
আমারি ঢাকার রুফটপে মনোরম বারবিকিউ বুফের আয়োজন
ঢাকা, ফেব্রুয়ারী ২০১৭: রুফটপের মনোরম পরিবেশে মজাদার সব বারবিকিউ আইটেম নিয়ে হাজির আমারি ঢাকা| আপনার প্রিয়জন এবং বন্ধুদের নিয়ে আমারি ঢাকার মুখরোচক বিভিন্ন বারবিকিউ আইটেম এর স্বাদ নিন চমৎকার ডেক ৪১ এ| জনপ্রিয় রুফটপ রেস্টুরেন্ট ডেক-৪১ সবাইকে আমন্ত্রণ করছে আকর্ষনীয়…
Trump motorcade hit by 2×4, 5 students face charges
West Palm Beach, Feb 19 (AP/UNB) — Authorities say a vehicle in President Donald Trump’s motorcade was struck by a “2×4” and five middle school students are now facing charges.
Suspected robber killed in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Feb 19 – An alleged robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Bhutpara area of Rajshahi city early Sunday.
Oil-laden vessel catches fire in Barisal- 4 injured
Barisal, Feb 19 – Four workers suffered burn injuries as a fire broke out at the engine room of an oil-laden vessel at Beltala on the Kirtankhola River on Saturday night.
Special Indian visa camp held at Dhaka cantonment
Dhaka, Feb 18 – Indian High Commission here on Saturday organised a special visa camp for family members of serving and retired Armed Forces personnel at Sena Malancha of Dhaka Cantonment.
Rich people literally see the world differently
By Drake Baer The way you view the world depends on the culture you come from — in a granular, second-by-second sense. If you present a Westerner and an East Asian with the same visual scene, for instance, the former…
Zuckerberg Manifesto is blueprint to destroy journalism?
Lip service to the crucial function of the Fourth Estate is not enough to sustain it. It’s not that Mark Zuckerberg set out to dismantle the news business when he founded Facebook 13 years ago. Yet news organizations are perhaps…
Solar-Powered Trike Ambulance In Bangladesh
by Steve Hanley A solar-powered, three-wheel ambulance may look like a crude oddity to those of us who are fixated on whether a Tesla Model S P100D with Ridiculous Mode is faster than a Lucid Air or a Faraday Future…
PM seeks int’l support to relocate Rohingyas
Munich (Germany), Feb 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the international community, including Germany, to temporarily relocate illegal Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to Thengar Char in Noakhali for providing them with all sorts of…
Remove draft law provision for marriage under 18: HRW
Dhaka, Feb 18 – Bangladesh should remove the provision in the draft law permitting marriage under the age of 18 to work toward a Bangladesh free of child marriage, says a senior official of the Human rights Watch (HRW), UNB…
Teachers’ Day observed at RU with due solemnity
Rajshahi – Commemorating the martyrdom of former Chemistry department teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Dr. Shamsuzzaoha, the Teachers’ Day was observed on the campus on Saturday with due solenmity. The day’s programme began with hoisting black flags atop the…
Trade deficit with all SAARC countries except Nepal
There are lots of huge costly posters here there mostly depicting development of Bangladesh on those. It is noticed by everybody. The advocacy of development is such as if Bangladesh has got the Lamp of Aladin.
Expressway on Dhaka-Chittagong life-line highway nodded
Dhaka, Feb 18 – The government has finally decided to build a complete elevated expressway over the existing Dhaka-Chittagong Highway shelving its previous plan to construct an at-grade six-lane expressway. The decision was finalised as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has…
Sykes’s Nightjar bird spotted in Bangladesh: IUCN
Dhaka, Feb 18 – A new species of — Sykes’s Nightjar — has been spotted for the first time in Bangladesh showing a change in its distribution range. Sykes’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis), is a semi-desert species of bird, is generally…
Project to help workers resularise their status in Bahrain
A pilot project aimed at helping thousands of undocumented workers in Bahrain regularise their status will be launched in April, according to a senior official.
Bangladesh poised to enter global ocean cruise map in tourism
-By Raquib Siddiqi Bangladesh tourism is now at the threshold of a new era. The country is poised to enter global ocean cruise map, ushering the new era in tourism industry.
About morals, values and ethics
Masum Billah Morals and values play a significant role in determining the path of an individual. It also helps shape the individual to the type of person he will be in future. Morals guide an individual to the right path…
JP chief HM Ershad Global Dignity Award
Princess Raden Dato-Seri Maria Amor Torres, founder and president of “We Care for Humanity (WCH), a US-based non-government global organization, is handing over the third WCH Annual Global Dignity Award to former Bangladesh President and Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad…
UN Rights Office ‘dramatically and chronically underfunded’
Geneva, 16 Feb (Kanaga Raja) – The United Nations Human Rights Office has launched an appeal of nearly US$253 million in extra-budgetary funding for its work programme in 2017, with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights lamenting that his…
NY seminar: Bhasani in movements for justice, liberation
New York – A community-based seminar on ‘Necessity of Bhasani in Our Movements for Justice and Liberation’ being organised and hosted by the Maolana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (MAKKB) Foundation in New York will be held at Kabab King, 73…
Funny debate competition at BAU
Mymemsingh – A funny debate competition was held at ‘Mukhtomoncho’ of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Valentine’s Day.
Huge current net seized in Satkhira
Dhaka, Feb 17 – Coast Guard members in a drive seized 11,000 metres of current net, worth Tk 4 lakh, from the Madar River in the Sundarbans under Satkhira district on Thursday.