RU Correspondent A two days long “Green Brain Competition-2015” will be held on the Rajshahi university of Engineering & Technology (RUET) campus on December 17 and 18, said a media release.
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Bnp has 58 rebel mayoral candicates in 235 municial elections
Dhaka – Despite its maximum efforts, BNP has not succeeded to ensure lone mayoral candidates in over 55 out of 200 municipalities as the party has got nearly 58 rebel aspirants in the December-30 election race. Apart from party rebels,…
Eight injured in Cox’s Bazar BCL-Shibir clash
At least eight people were injured in a clash between the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the district town on Thursday night The clash took place after Shibir activists allegedly slashed the tendon and…
HC asks for arrest of hospital staff for sexual abuse
The High Court on Thursday directed the Gulshan thana police to arrest United Hospital staff (brother) Saiful Islam and produce him before the court on December 7 for ‘sexually harassing’ a female patient. It also issued a rule asking the…
Mother-to-child AIDS transmission dealt a blow in zimbabwe
By Jeffrey Moyo Shurugwi, Zimbabwe (IPS) – With the battle to combat HIV/AIDS intensifying in Zimbabwe, the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission initiative (PMTCT) has increasingly become a success weapon in the war on transmission of the once dreaded…
Turkey will “regret more than once” what it did: Putin
By Reuters and VICE News Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a State of the Nation address that Turkey would regret “more than once” shooting down a Russian bomber jet near the Syrian-Turkish border last week, and declared retaliatory sanctions…
Group of-77, China detail on moving climate negotiations forward
Paris, 3 December (Chee Yoke Ling and Hilary Chiew) – The Group of 77 and China made a detailed proposal on moving forward the negotiations for the Paris agreement at a stocktake session of the Contact Group of the Ad…
Chennai Airport runway, ‘built on river is doomed to suffer’
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport. On Tuesday, December 1, that’s exactly what happened when the otherwise…
Six suspects of Al Mujaheed on remand
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) placed six suspects of new militant organisation, Al Mujaheed of Bangladesh, on a six-day remand each in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Flooded street in Chennai
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport.
Police arrests one RU Teacher
RU Correspondent Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) unit have arrested Assistant Professor of Islamic History and Culture department of the Rajshahi University (RU) Dr. Amirul Islam from university concerned with area binodpur on Thursday at evening.
ACC depositions recorded on Zia Orphanage & Charitable Trust cases
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed December 10 for next Hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others.
FF killed in Jhenidah road crash
A freedom fighter was killed as a bus ran over him at Ahsannagar on the Jhenidah-Kushtia road in Shailkupa upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Toazuddin, 65, son of late Gopal Mandol of Tripurakandi village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge…
COU ‘Ka’, ‘Kha’ unit tests Friday
The admission tests of ‘Ka’ and ‘Kha’ units for the first year Honours courses of Comilla University (COU) for the academic session 2015-16 will be held on Friday.The ‘Ka’ unit test will begin at 10:00 am and ‘Kha’ unit test…
One held with Bishnu statue in Moulvibazar
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with a touchstone Bishnu statue from Maizgaon area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Badrul Islam, 24, son of Monajjir…
2 workers killed as cement sacks fall on them
Two workers were killed and five others injured as some sacks of cement fell on them while they were working at a warehouse in Old Meghna Ferry Ghat area in Bhairab upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Milon Miah,…
Narail-Lohagara-Kalna road in appalling state
The 19 kilometre road from Narail to Kalna via Lohagara has become woefully unfit for use barely two years after its reconstruction. Potholes have developed in numerous places of the road making it difficult for the vehicles to ply and…
Jamaat men among 35 held in Satkhira
Joint forces in separate drives from Wednesday night to early Thursday arrested 35 people, including three Jamaat activists, in different places of the district on sabotage charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
One arrested with yaba in Barisal
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 in a drive arrested a drug trader with 1,000 yaba tablets from Kaunia Housing area in the city on Wednesday night.The arrested person was identified as Sazzad Ahmed Sajib, 28, son of Harun-Ar-Rashid of the area.
BSTI fines Tk 67,000 against confectioneries in Rajshahi
The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumer items and fined owners of five confectioneries Taka 67,000 in the metropolis yesterday. According to the officials…
3 Jamaat leaders arrested in Jamalpur
Police arrested three Jamaat leaders for plotting subversive activities in Bakshiganj upazila in the district on Thursday morning.The arrested were Maulana Sajjat Hossain, ameer of Bakshiganj upazila Jamaat, Maulana Abdul Aziz, president of Sadhurpara uinion Jamaat and Maulana Mizanur Rahman…
Student killed in Satkhira road accident
A school student was killed in a road accident at Nazmul Saroni road in the district town on Thursday morning.The deceased was Sakibur Rahman, 14, a student of class eight of Satkhira Government Boys High School and son of Shamsur…
UK launches airstrikes against IS in Syria
RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Four Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus shortly after MPs voted to approve bombing. The strikes…
Future business leaders for bold action on climate change: MIT
Rising leaders on environmental sustainability and climate change: A global survey of students from top-ranking business schools finds widespread consensus that business must lead on solutions to climate change and sustainability to attract and retain talent. A new global study…
Fight neoliberal trade, junk WTO – advance people’s trade agenda!
IBON International Statement on the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC10) Twenty years since its establishment, the World Trade Organization (WTO) remains one of the most important mechanisms used by the global monopoly capital to advance neoliberal trade and concentrate wealth…
Delegates under pressure as negotiations reach frenzy mode
Paris, 2 December (Meena Raman and T. Ajit) — Negotiations to reach a deal on the Paris agreement is in a frenzy mode, as delegates are under intense pressure to conclude their work by the evening of Thursday, 3 December,…
The Copenhagen-Paris Express
by Lars Christian Lilleholt COPENHAGEN – In 2009, when Copenhagen hosted the United Nations Climate Change Conference, I was there as a member of parliament, and I had the feeling that I was witnessing a world-changing event. For years, negotiators…
Pragmatism in Climate Policy
by Oliver Geden BERLIN – The diplomatic effort to forge an international agreement to mitigate climate change is undergoing a fundamental shift. The top-down approach that has guided the effort since 1992 is slowly being replaced by a bottom-up model.…
The arc of climate justice
by Sherry Rehman Islamabad – It is a painful irony of climate change that those least responsible for the problem are often the most exposed to its ravages. And if any country can claim to be the victim of this…
The long march to Paris
by Rana Kapoor,Johan Rockström,Khalifa Ababacar Sall,Feike Sijbesma PARIS – Over the next few weeks, Paris will once again dominate global headlines. This time, however, the news is likely to be positive, as world leaders come together to forge a meaningful…