Fifa president Sepp Blatter and European football chief Michel Platini are facing an investigation by Fifa’s ethics committee. The move comes after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against Blatter, 79. He is accused of signing a contract “unfavourable”…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to establish a $2bn (£1.3bn) fund to assist developing countries and to significantly increase investment. Addressing a UN summit on development goals, Mr Xi said investment would reach $12bn over the next 15 years.…
Two minor girls drowned in the Bay of Bengal at Kalatali point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach here on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Tahmina Akhter, 10, daughter of late Lokman Hakim, and Mina Akhter, 12, of Ularpara in…
Cricket Australia says it has delayed the departure of its test team for a two-match tour of Bangladesh due to concerns about the safety and security of the team. Chief executive James Sutherland said in a statement late Saturday that…
By Leo Byrne No, not zombies – absence of medical care, standard funeral homes means some are declared dead prematurely I know there are many funeral halls in South Korea. But there were none in my hometown in North Korea.…
Eighteen people, including six members of a single family, were killed and 29 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Gopalganj, Chuadanga, Magura, Comilla and Munshigannj districts on Saturday. In Gopalganj, six members of a family and another person…
Saudi Arabia’s most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said Thursday’s stampede that killed more than 700 people at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkaah was beyond human control. He told the interior minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, that…
Rachel Kyte Washington DC – In less than 80 days, world leaders will have the opportunity to strike a once-in-a-generation agreement in the fight against climate change. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December could mark a…
BNP on Wednesday condemned the pressing of sedition charges against its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman saying it was an unjustified and undemocratic move. “It can’t be a logical step in any way to bring sedition charges against our senior vice-chairman…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged Eid greetings with expatriate Bangladeshis in New York. The premier who is there to attend the session of the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) which is scheduled to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, replacing the…
Switzerland has temporarily banned the sale of Volkswagen (VW) diesel-engine models which could have devices capable of tricking emission tests. It said the move could affect 180,000 cars – not yet sold or registered – in the Euro5 emission category.…
Saudi Arabia on Friday suggested pilgrims ignoring crowd control rules bore some blame for a crush that killed over 700 people at the Hajj pilgrimage in the annual event’s worst disaster for 25 years.
The government for the first time this year designated 538 spots across Dhaka for slaughtering of animals during Eid-ul-Azha, but the initiative has failed to get much response from the people.
World leaders on Friday adopted the most sweeping agenda ever of global goals to combat poverty, inequality and climate change, described by the United Nations secretary-general as “a to-do list for people and planet”.
By Nava Thakuria He was an honest, brave and impartial journalist, who used to raise voices relentlessly against the separatist militants of the troubled northeast India. Moreover, he was also vocal in favor of basic minimum facility & rights for the working…
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated on Friday across the Bangladesh, as elsewhere in neighbouring countries, with due solemnity and religious fervor. The festival began in the morning with offering of Eid…
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia told a meeting in London on Thirsday that the people were united behind her party. Misrule, repression and opperssion of the present unelected government has made people extremely desperate, she said.
Iran has led growing criticism of Saudi Arabia after at least 717 people died and 863 were injured in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council accused the Saudis of “incompetence” and…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered a safety review for the Hajj pilgrimage after at least 717 people died in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca. Another 863 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred…
Road traffic accidents in Bangladesh amid the Eid holiday rush on the highways have left 11 people dead. The accidents in Bogra, Narayanganj, Faridpur, Feni, Netrokona and Jhenaidah on Thursday also saw at least 20 others injured, police said. Muslims…
At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, the Saudi authorities said, the worst disaster to strike the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years. At least 863 others were injured…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met Narendra Modi in New York where both leaders are currently staying to attend the 70th UN General Assembly.
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader, who had promised Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers traffic snarl-free commute, has begged their forgiveness for failing to keep his word. He inspected the Dhaka-Tangail and Nabinagar-Chandra highways on Thursday.
Traffic is almost at a standstill on a 35-km stretch from Gazipur’s Chandna intersection to Tangail’s Gorhai. Meanwhile, movement of vehicles is also very slow on the 21-km stretch between Gazipur’s Chandra to Nabinagar.
Thousands of home-goers were stuck on three highways and connecting roads on Thursday due to serious traffic jam as a large number of vehicles left the capital with homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Serious traffic jam was reported on Dhaka-Chittagong,…
by Sunita Narain This is our season of despair. This year, it would seem, the gods have been most unkind to Indian farmers. Early in the year came the weird weather events, like hailstorms and freak and untimely rains that…
Sudhirendar Sharma No sooner had I blessed myself for being first in the queue, and had dug myself into reading a noted historian’s much-talked about interview on ‘past is present’, my ‘present’ was shattered by a middle-age intruder who had…
Robert J. Burrowes In his just-released book, ‘Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe’, http://www.versobooks.com/books/1985-disaster-capitalism Antony Loewenstein offers us a superb description of the diminishing power of national governments and international organisations to exercise power in the modern world…
As you know, over one hundred Heads of State and Government will gather this week to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda is intended to make the United Nations (UN) ‘fit for purpose’, but it is important…
But CNN told that observers are “very wrong” to consider key October 10 anniversary as launch date Researchers from North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) told a U.S. journalist visiting Pyongyang that a satellite launch is “imminent,” CNN said…