State-owned Masdar Institute of Science and Technology is ramping up its efforts to support the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in achieving its goal of sending an unmanned space probe to Mars by 2021, a media report said on Saturday.The initiative…
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‘Tourism Year’ stuck in papers
Government plans to promote Bangladesh tourism remains hazy even three months after declaring 2016 as the Tourism Year.People involved with the tourism industry say they are ‘unaware’ of any initiatives based on the government’s ‘mega plan’ to develop the sector.
Stop flight of money: Civil society groups urge
Civil society members and some right groups yesterday demanded of the government for taking specific measures including stopping of illicit finance flow out of the country. Many people and traders are involved in laundering money from the country in different…
Graft of powerful quarters put migrants to catastrophe: TIB
Expressing deep concern over the sufferings of Bangladeshi nationals floating on the sea, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) held lack of good governance in migration sector, weakness in implementation of law and corruption of powerful people responsible for the human trafficking.…
6th Social Business Day focus – Youth unemployment
The 6th annual Social Business Day organised by Yunus Centre will be held on May 28 with the theme of “We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers—Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship” at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka. The gathering is…
Evolve sustaibale election policy thru’ dialogue: Bnp
Bnp expects that the government would soon evolve a sustainable election policy after discussion with opposition parties. “We hope that the government will launch a meaningful dialogue with all political parties including the BNP to hold free and fair election…
Tousands of Nepalis flee to safety as landslide blocks river
Thousands of people have fled to safety following a landslide in western Nepal which blocked the flow of a river. The Kali Gandaki River in Myagdi district, about 140km (90 miles) north-west of the capital, Kathmandu, has created a deep…
Malaysia finds ‘migrant’ mass graves near Thai border
Several mass graves thought to contain bodies of migrants have been found in Malaysia, authorities say. Home Minister Zahid Hamidi was quoted by Malayia’s Star newspaper as saying the graves were found in 17 abandoned trafficking camps near the Thai…
Punish illegal migrants tainting image, alongside traffickers: PM
Against the backdrop of movement of the migrant people to other countries from Bangladesh in an illegal way, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday put emphasis on bringing them under punishment for tarnishing the image of the country side by…
Muggers snatch Tk 33 lakh shooting private co accountant
An accountant of a private company in the Moghbazar area of the capital was shot and Tk 33.27 lakh snatched from his possession by muggers on Sunday. Police quoting witnesses said Md Selim Akhtar, 30, an accountant of Aqua Marine…
Myanmar to cooperate in resolving ‘boat people’ issue
Myanmar has pledged to cooperate with Bangladesh and other countries to address the issue of “boat people” at sea, hoping that the issue will be resolved amicably with Bangladesh as the latter is a friendly neighbor of Myanmar, said a…
Int’l conference on urban health begins in Dhaka Sunday
A 4-day “International Conference on Urban Health 2015” is beginning in Dhaka on Sunday. More than 60 countries are expected to take part in the meet and dwell on the state of urban health with the objective of securing sustinable…
Sweden’s Mans Zelmerlow wins Eurovision Song Contest
Swedish singer Mans Zelmerlow has triumphed at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, beating Russia’s Polina Gagarina. Zelmerlow won with his upbeat pop track Heroes, which was accompanied by innovative animated visuals. Italy were third, followed by Belgium. Australia…
Circus elephant tramplates 3 including 2 women to death
Three people, including two women, were killed as an elephant of a circus troupe attacked three villages of Mollahat and Sadar upazilas on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman,35, son of Ful Miah, a resident of Bashabari…
Rapists get state instigation patronage: CPB
Strongly condemning the gang-rape of an indigenous woman in a moving vehicle in the city, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on Saturday alleged that the rapists are out on the prowl due to state instigation and patronage. In a statement,…
Vienna shakes off fusty image as Eurovision carnival hits town
Vienna hopes the final of the Eurovision Song Contest will show a new liberal and light-hearted side to the opulent Austrian capital when the jamboree of glitter, capes and power ballads hits town this weekend.Tourists associate Vienna with classic architecture,…
The Rohingyas – A glimmer of hope
By Chandra Muzaffar It is commendable that the Malaysian government has undertaken a systematic Search and Rescue (SAR) operation in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal aimed at saving the lives of thousands of stranded Rohingyas and Bangladeshis.…
Coast Guard recovers 1.38 lakh pieces of yaba
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized around 1.38 lakh pieces of contraband Yaba tablet with a street value of about Tk 6.90 crore from Chhera Deep island near St Martin’s island in Cox’s Bazaar district early Saturday. Sources at the…
2 siblings held with 10,000 Yaba pills
Police arrested two siblings in possession of 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Leda village in Teknaf upazila on Friday night.
Schoolgirl drowns in Laxmipur
A minor schoolgirl drowned in a pond in Shibpur area of Raipur upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Lamia Akhter, daughter of Latu Miah and a class II student of Kanchanpur Primary School.
Student unrest on JU campus over classroom allotment
The students of Computes sciences and engineering (CSE) and Geological Sciences (GS) department on Saturday besieged the administrative building for the third consecutive day locking up all the main entrance of the building demanding the settlement of classrooms crises among…
10 crude bombs recovered in Magura
Police in separate drives recovered 10 crude bombs from Shalikha and Mohammadpur upazila on Saturday morning. In Salikha upazila, a team of police conducted a drive in Arpara Bazar area around 9.00am and recovered nine crude bombs in an abandoned…
Two held with 700 bottles phensidyl
Two persons were arrested and 700 bottles of smuggled phensidyl syrup seized after searching truck at Thana Mour in Gobindaganj upazila town in Gaibandha this noon, police sources said.
10 killed as truck hits bus in Sirajganj
At least 10 people were killed and over 50 others injured in a triangular collusion between a truck and two buses at Shimantabazar on the western side of Bangabandhu bridge link road in Kamarkhand upazila on Saturday. Two of the…
Youth found hanged in Laxmipur
Police recovered hanging body of a young man from Chandipur village in Ramganj upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, son of late Bazal Haque of the same village.
Transport strike paralyses Khulna-Rajshahi divisions
Transport owners and workers in Rajshahi division have expressed solidarity with their Khulna Division counterparts and joined a strike enforced by the latter since Wednesday. Buses from the eight districts of the northern division of the country would stop operating…