A three-day long Digital Innovation Fair-2015 will begin on Independence Square of the town here from January 22 under Access to Information Programme of Prime Minster (PM) Office.
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Digitisation building middle income Bangladesh: Speakers
Speakers in the concluding ceremony of a three-day digital innovation fair-2015 here last night said digitisation has become the driving force for building a middle income digital Bangladesh in reality.
Youth commits suicide in Rajshahi
A young man committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling of his room in the city on Tuesday night.
3 firearms, bullets recovered in Satkhira
Police recovered two pistols, one shutter gun and six rounds of bullet from a house at Kajla Kashibati village in Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday morning.
3 human skeletons recovered in Rajshahi
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered three human skeletons from Schoolpara area under Rajpara thana in the city early Wednesday.
Tributes paid to Coronation Street’s Deirdre, Anne Kirkbride
The cast of Coronation Street have led tributes to actress Anne Kirkbride, who played one of the soap’s best-loved characters Deirdre Barlow for 42 years.
State of the Union: Obama demands spread of wealth
US President Barack Obama has declared an end to the financial crisis and pledged economic policies to benefit all Americans, in his annual State of the Union address to Congress.
X-ray technique ‘reads’ burnt Vesuvius scroll
For the first time, words have been read from a burnt, rolled-up scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
Australian Open: Second seed Sharapova survives scare
Maria Sharapova survived a huge scare as she saved two match points to beat world number 150 Alexandra Panova at the Australian Open.
4 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Tangail
At least four people were killed and two others injured as a truck collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Charbhabla near the Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge (East) Police Station on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Golam Kibria,40, a resident…
Palestinian shot after he stabs Tel Aviv bus passengers
Israeli police say they have shot a Palestinian man from the West Bank who stabbed at least 10 people in an attack on a bus in central Tel Aviv. The incident occurred on Maariv bridge where the suspect attacked people…
Law enforcers given free hand to kill people, alleges BNP
Accusing the government of adopting burn and desert policy, BNP on Wednesday alleged that it has given law enforcers a free hand for committing crimes against humanity like secret killings and enforced disappearances in a bid to suppress its movement.…
Khaleda Zia to be tried as ‘killer’: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia would have to stand for trial as a “killer” for killing innocent people for her personal interest. The PM told Parliament Khaleda’s movement is not for any national…
Many renewable sources ‘now cheaper than fossil’
The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies, the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) has revealed. Irena’s “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014” report concludes…
Tackling poverty, climate change two sides of the same coin
This year presents significant opportunities for the global community to lay the foundation for a development agenda that puts efforts to tackle climate change and poverty on the same path. In recent years, the development community’s efforts to eradicate extreme…
Resolve crisis before it’s too late: Bangladeshis in US urge
Leading Bangladesh expatriates living in the United States and Cana in a joint press statement issued from New York urged the government to create an atmosphere conducive to dialogue to resolve the prevailing political crisis and said, there is no…
Bnp distances from arsonists, demands their punishment
Describing those who burn people by setting fire to vehicles as criminals, BNP senior leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman on Tuesday demanded the government bring them to justice. “Those who are burning people during our peaceful blockade programme are…
Asaduzzaman declares reaward for catching ‘miscreants’
Citizens who catch miscreants responsible for violence during strikes and blockades will be rewarded, the state minister for home has said. “There are rewards for those who hand over to police miscreants, who set fire to public property or throw…
Steven Finn & James Anderson lead England to win over India
Steven Finn and James Anderson led England to a morale-boosting nine-wicket thrashing of India in Brisbane.
BBC Democracy Day: Europe ‘faces political earthquakes’
Political earthquakes could be in store for Europe in 2015, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the BBC’s Democracy Day.
Chinese reporters photograph dead singer
A local Chinese newspaper has apologised after secretly photographing late singer Yao Beina during surgery to donate her corneas following her death.
Soviet Union collapse ‘affected region’s wildlife’
The socioeconomic shocks following the collapse of the Soviet Union also affected the region’s wildlife, researchers have suggested.
Shun violence, force; adopt peaceful means to bridge gap: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the on-going inhuman and cruel manifestation of violence and use of force in an unhealthy competition for power at the cost of basic rights of the people and prospect of…
No political crisis; blockade revenge against people: Hanif
Joint Secretary of ruling Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif, MP said on Tuesday BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has announced to continue the nationwide blockade to take revenge against the people for not supporting their destructive programs. He came up…
20-Party 2-day Dhaka, Khulna div hartal from Wednesday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will enforce a 48-hour hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions from Wednesday morning side by side its ongoing countrywide blockade programme, protesting extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance and arrest of its leaders. BNP joint secretary Ruhul Kabir…
Greenpeace fund freezing arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday unblocked the funds that were frozen by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs in June last year. The environmental NGO Greenpeace hailed the decision as a victory for democracy and free speech, and recognition…
Japan worker killed in Fukushima nuclear plant accident
A Japanese worker has died at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after falling into a water tank. He is the second person to have died at the plant that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Waves from…
IMF lowers global growth forecast to 3.5 percent
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth for this year and next. The IMF now expects growth of 3.5pc this year, compared with the previous estimate of 3.8pc which it made in October. The…
Crude bombs hurled at JSD (Inu) leader Badal’s Ctg house
Uindentified miscreants threw three crude bombs at the village house of Jasad MP Mainuddin Khan Badal at Sarwatoli village in Boalkhali upazila on early Tuesday. Witnesses said a group of unidentified miscreants hurled the crude bombs at the house of…
Bnp’s student affiliate activist killed in city ‘gunfight’
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student affiliate of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the city’s Khilgaon area…