ANCHORAGE — Genetic tests confirm that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen roams the northern Pacific Ocean, according to research published this week. The testing shows the black whales, with bulbous heads…
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Drone technology aids whale research off Hawaii
Honolulu (AP/UNB) — Federal researchers returning from a 30-day expedition to study whales and dolphins around the Hawaiian islands are looking for clues to help sustain healthy populations of the marine mammals. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists told reporters…
Two ‘criminals’ killed in Pabna, Jessore ‘gunfights’
Dhaka – Two alleged criminals were killed in two incidents of ‘gunfight’ with police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Pabna and Jessore districts early Friday. In Pabna, an alleged robber gang leader was killed in a gunfight…
All prisoners of Dhaka central jail shifted to Keraniganj jail
Dhaka – All the inmates of the Dhaka Central Jail have been moved to the new prison facility at Rajendrapur in Keraniganj. Six vans carrying the last batch of 184 prisoners entered the new jail at 9:50pm on Friday, ending…
‘Frustrated youth ‘militants’ ready to die to take control,’ says Police
One shouldn’t undermine the enemy, says police official Dhaka – The militant suspects, arrested recently, are highly motivated as they are ready to die to implement their agenda and they want to bring the whole country under their control within…
The psychology of ideology and religion
Robert J. Burrowes Two of the drivers of world affairs that manifest in the daily decisions that affect our lives are ideology and religion. Ideology is the term widely used to describe the underlying set of values, myths, ideas, attitudes,…
Mangroves deserve a global day of celebration
Steve Williams Tuesday was International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, or World Mangrove Day, and Sri Lanka’s prime minister celebrated by opening a museum dedicated to mangroves. But mangroves are important to the entire world, not just…
Mahasweta Devi dies in Kolkata at 90
Renowned Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi died in a Kolkata nursing home on Thursday, leaving behind a formidable literary legacy that focused on the lives of marginalised communities. The 90-year-old died of cardiac arrest due to multiple-organ failure. She…
Second France church attack suspect named
French prosecutors have identified the second man involved in the killing of a priest in a Normandy church on Tuesday as 19-year-old Abdel Malik Petitjean. Like the other attacker, Adel Kermiche, he was known to the security services.
Lloyds cuts further 3,000 jobs, doubles branch closure plan
Lloyds has accelerated its job-cutting scheme, axing a further 3,000 roles, even as it reported a 101 per cent increase in pre-tax profits. It has also doubled its planned branch closures, with 200 more set to vanish from High Streets…
Russia sees off first contestants on flight to Brazil
About 70 members of Russia’s Olympic team have left a Moscow airport for Brazil to take part in Rio 2016 while others stay at home, banned for doping.
NATO orders four additional battalions to Russian border
By Thomas Gaist The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sending 4,000 additional troops to Eastern Europe in the name of reassuring Poland and the Baltic states, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed on Monday. “We will agree to…
3 Comilla college girls, 31 Sylhet suspects held for militancy links
Dhaka – Police arrested three female students of Comilla Victoria Government College for their suspected link to militancy from a college dormitory at Dharmapur here early Thursday. In Sylhet 31 suspects, mostly Jamaat activists were held, UNB news agency reported.
Ten including 9 killed in Tuesday’s police operation sued
Dhaka – A case was filed accusing 10 people over the busting of Kalyanpur ‘militant’ hideout at Kalyanpur in the capital under the Anti-terrorism Act. The accused included the nine suspected militants who were killed in an operation by a…
Pro-BNP panel sweeps BAU Academic Council poll
Pro-BNP backed teachers association ‘Sonali Dal’ Panel swept the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) academic council polls on Tuesday, bagging all of the nine posts while ruling party minded teachers association ‘Gonotantrik Shikkokh Forum’ failed to capture any of them.
Mobilisation of public opinion to protect rivers urged
Dhaka – Water experts and activists on Wednesday called for mobilising public opinion in favour of the protecting rivers which are basic to life and livelihood to 160 million people of Bangladesh. They made the call at an opinion exchange…
Maj Gen Kabir appointed UNFICYP Force Commander in Cyprus
Dhaka – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appointed Bangladesh’s Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), UNB news agency reported. Major General Kabir will succeed Major General Kristin…
FBCCI demands arrest of those behind Khaled killing
Dhaka – The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Tuesday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators involved in disappearance and subsequent killing of businessman Md Hassan Khaled, UNB news agency reported.
Arrested Rakibul’s coaching centre vandalised in Bogra
Bogra – Miscreants went on rampage at Retina and Focus coaching centres in the district town on Tuesday, alleging that Rakibul Hasan alias Regan, arrested by police during the Kalyanpur raid in the capital as a suspected militant, was a…
Why only 199 colleges to be nationalised?
Masum Billah The recent decision which has been flashed in different news media that the government is going to nationalize 199 colleges has sparked mixed feelings across the country. The teachers who have got the good news are doing pleasant…
Bernie let his supporters down, not Democrats or Americans
Bernie Sanders supporters were disappointed as he lent his total support to Hillary Clinton as the nominee of the Democratic Party in the presidential election. They thought Bernie sacrificed the political revolution he talked about during the primaries in the…
Traditional medicine for modern times: Facts and figures
Andrea Rinaldi and Priya Shetty review the facts, figures and challenges of mixing modern and traditional medicine. For millennia, people have healed with herbal or animal-derived remedies, using knowledge handed down through generations. In Africa, Asia, Latin America and the…
Ancient parasite remains a modern scourge
Jon Spaull Leishmaniasis is a disfiguring and potentially deadly neglected tropical disease that affects more than one million people in 98 countries worldwide. It is caused when the leishmania parasite is transmitted by sand fly bites. This photo gallery looks…
It’s BNP not AL who destroyed democracy with militancy: Asad
Dhaka – Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said that all information about the recent acts of terrorism and militancy have come to the hands of the members of law enforcing agencies.
Govt committee to investigate BD Peace Schools
Dhaka – Education ministry has formed a committee to investigate the activities of the Peace Schools in the country. The committee has two members who would submit the report to the ministry within two weeks, ministry sources said. One of…
LPG will provide energy alternative to people: Energy Adviser
Dhaka – To take the country’s LPG sector into a fast lane, Bangladesh based Star Consortium yesterday joined hand with Iran based Servigas to implement production facilities of LPG Bulllet trucks, LPG Industrial storage tanks, household cylinders for cooking stove…
Who is talking about current world news and why
Find Out Who is Talking About Current World News and Why You Should Be Concerned Yet, there’s always some great news. You’ll eventually be presented with various current world news story thumbnails. You can refrain from being this kind of…
New world map shows all country’s major exports
Dhaka – Bank of America Merrill Lynch has recently brought out a world map which highlights the major exports of all the countries across the globe. Using the 2014 CIA World Factbook, the map demonstrates the global trends of exporting…
Case filed over killing minor by ‘pumping air through back’
Narayanganj – A case has been filed against 6-7 unidentified people for killing a 10-year-old boy allegedly by pumping air into his body through the anus at a textile factory in Rupganj upazila on Sunday.