Dhaka – The UN Security Council is preparing a response to North Korea after it test-launched two mid-range missiles, China’s UN ambassador Liu Jieyi has said, according to reports. The two launches on Thursday came after a similar test on…
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Two shot dead in Laxmipur
Dhaka – Two people were shot to death by miscreants at Rajibpur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipurf, about 200 kilometres southeast of Dhaka early Friday, unb news agency reported.
Bangladesh Supreme Court to rehear 168 cases mostly of one retired justice
Dhaka – The Supreme Court will rehear 168 cases the verdicts of which former Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain and former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury could not write while in service, unb news agency reported. Of the cases, 161 cases…
Celebrate Plant Something Day
Danielle Nierenberg Since 1950, the number of people residing in urban areas has increased from 746 million to 3.9 billion. By 2050, according to the United Nations, 66 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities. There are…
Special security measures at Sundarbans forests Chandpai Range
Bagerhat – The Forest Department has issued a special ‘alert’ in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans East Zone following the fourth fire incident there in four weeks, unb news agency reported. The Forest Department has put in place a number…
Kerry phones Bangladesh PM, urges her to arrest Xulhaz killers
Dhaka – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday night phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and requested her to take necessary steps to bring the killers of Kalabagan murder to trial, unb news agency reported. According to the Prime…
Charge framing in Rana Plaza murder case on May 15
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday fixed May 15 for framing charges against 42 accused in a murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse, unb news agency reported. Dhaka District and Sessions Judge SM Kuddus Jaman set the date…
Russia’s brand new cosmodrome launches first-ever rocket
Russia’s new Vostochny Cosmodrome has conducted its first space launch on Thursday. A Soyuz rocket boosted three scientific and distance viewing satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place at 5:01am Moscow time (2:01am GMT) and some 8 minutes 44 seconds…
experts oppose radar installation at Shahjalal Airport under PPP
Dhaka – As the aviation authority is moving ahead with a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project for the installation of a multimode surveillance system including radar and other equipment at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), experts raise eyebrows as they think…
Breaking free from fossil fuels
by Payal Parekh BERN – There has never been a better time to break free from fossil fuels. Record-breaking global temperatures, plummeting fossil-fuel prices, historic investments in renewable energy, and global pressure to honor climate pledges are all coming together…
Military buildup, fightings mark end of Syrian cease-fire
Beirut (AP/UNB) – A military buildup in northern Syria, coupled with heavy fighting and mounting civilian casualties, spells the end of a cease-fire that for two months brought some relief to a war-weary country. The renewed violence is ushering in…
Owners stop plying water transports
Dhaka – A day after workers’ withdrawal of strike, owners have now stopped plying goods-laden vessels to press for their demand, unb news agency reported. Cargo Owners’ Association Senior Vice-president Khurshid Alam told UNB that they went on the indefinite…
Dance Festival at Shilpakala Academy
Dhaka – A three-day dance festival, titled ‘Nrityanchal Utsab’ began at Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday, unb news agency reported. Dance school Nrityanchal organised the festival in association of Shilpakala Academy. Legendary Indian ‘Bharatnatyam’ dancer Leela Samson was present at the…
Rare ice data collected by early ‘Citizen Scientists’ confirms warming
In 1442, 50 years before Columbus “sailed the ocean blue,” Shinto priests in Japan began keeping records of the annual freeze dates of a nearby lake. Along a Finnish river, starting in 1693, local merchants recorded the date the ice…
Switzerland refuses to join consensus on FENSA emergency exception
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – Switzerland refuses to join the consensus on the emergency exception to the World Health Organization’s Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA). While there is a consensus on most of the text, Switzerland objected to…
Anti-vaccine parents were found guilty in the death of their Toddler
By Tamara Khandaker An Alberta couple has been found guilty of failing to provide their son with the necessaries of life, four years after he died of bacterial meningitis. The parents, whose preference for natural remedies over traditional medicine is…
HOPE Maternal Health and Fistula Conference held
HOPE Kicked off the First-Ever HOPE Maternal Health and Fistula Conference. The Conference took place March 19-20, 2016 at the Long Beach Hotel and Resort in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in collaboration with Fistula Foundation, USA. The conference was also supported…
RU students continue protests for arrest of Prof Rezaul killers
Demanding the justice against the killing Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a teacher of English department of Rajshahi University, Students continue their movement on the Campus for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday.
BAU employee beaten up by BCL leader
A group of activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League, a student wing of Awami League, at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh beat up an employee on Tuesday evening. The victim was Labib Hasan Mithun, a typist of Agricultural Economics and…
Mother’s day special
It is the day for family get-togethers and there is no one more special than Mom on this Mother’s Day. Celebrate Mom’s special place in your life with an unforgettable getaway to Hotel Amari Dhaka. To fete Mum, celebrate all…
Non Communicable Diseases Forum meet 29 April
Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death worldwide. Almost two-thirds of all global deaths are due to NCDs. In 2005, NCDs accounted for 60% of all deaths and 47% of global burden of diseases. By 2020 it…
Killings, disappearances on rise for lack of democracy, says Bnp
The BNP Wednesday alleged that incidents of killing and enforced disappearance are rising in the country in absence of democracy. “The incidents of killing and forced disappearance are occurring one after another as there is no democracy and people’s rights…
EU for bringing murderers of activists to justice, safety of all
Yesterday two Bangladeshi LGBTI activists were brutally murdered in a horrifying attack in Dhaka, which also left a policeman and a security guard injured. With the killings of a law student on 6 April and of an English language professor…
The size, stench of dead whale bemuse onlookers in California
San Clemente – The massive, reeking carcass of a 40-foot gray whale rotted Tuesday at a popular California surfing spot, luring dozens of gawkers while authorities decided whether to tow it out to sea or cut it into pieces and…
Three alleged ‘robbers’ lynched by mob in Chittagong
Dhaka – Three suspected robbers were lynched in a mob attack in Uttar Kathtali Beribandh area of the port city of Chittagong, about 300 kilometres southeast of Dhaka early Wednesday, unb news agency reported. Two of the deceased were identified…
Alleged outlawed party leader killed in Kushtia ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged regional leader of the outlawed party Ganobahini was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Housing Mondal Filing Station area of Kushtia district town, northeast of capital Dhaka, early Wednesday, unb news agency reported. The…
54th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla today
Dhaka – The 54th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque is being observed today (Wednesday) with due respect, unb news agency has reported. Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla, died on April 27, 1962.
France wins bid to build Australia’s new submarines
SYDNEY (BSS/AFP) – French naval contractor DCNS Tuesday won a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia’s next generation of submarines, beating competition from Germany and Japan in the country’s biggest ever defence procurement programme. The announcement…
AQIS claims responsibility: Killings to put govt in fix – AL
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has reportedly taken responsibility for killing Bangladeshi gay-rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy. SITE, a US-based intelligence site, published a report on Tuesday, a day after the two were hacked…
Water transport workers withdraw strike
Dhaka – River vessel workers, who have been enforcing a strike from April 20 to press home their demand to review the minimum wages in the sector, have decided to withdraw upon assurances from the government of meeting their demands.…