Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) – Bangladesh and China plan to take their ‘strategic partnership’ to a new height when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits the country next month. Beijing has invited Prime Minister Hasina to pay an official visit from…
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Restaurants could be 1st to get genetically modified salmon
New York, Jun 21 (AP/UNB) — Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in indoor tanks, they could…
Stars put on tribute for late Karl Lagerfeld in Paris
Paris, June 21 (AP/UNB) — Portraits of Karl Lagerfeld, who died in February, lined the walls of Paris’ Grand Palais as VIP friends of the Chanel designer staged a final tribute to his iconic life Thursday. Claudia Schiffer, who referred…
BNP finds govt’s ‘naked interference’ in all state organs
Dhaka, Jun 21 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday accused the government of ‘nakedly’ interfering in all the state organs, including the judiciary and parliament. “The government is not only nakedly interfering in the judiciary,…
At least 30 dead in fire at Indonesia home used as factory
Indonesia, June 21 (AP/UNB) — At least 30 people including children were killed in a fire that swept through a house that doubled as a match factory in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, a disaster official said Friday. Irwan Syahri, from…
Saline water leaves BD croplands barren in 37 Satkhira villages
Satkhira, June 21 (UNB) – Farmers in Sadar uapzila of the district had harvested paddy from wetlands in a festive mood even last year, but this year they are struggling to remove saline water from their paddy fields, let alone…
Suspected robber’ killed in Gazipur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) –A suspected robber and a ‘drug trader’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in Gazipur and Meherpur districts early Friday. In Gazipur, a suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members at…
5th Int’l Day of Yoga celebrated at Bangabandhu Stadium
Dhaka, June 21 (UNB) – The 5th International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated by the Indian High Commission here on Friday with around 7000 people doing Yoga together at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen,…
Mother’s folly, daughter’s death at hands of fake exorcist
Narayanganj, Jun 20 (UNB) – A housewife of an expatriate was allegedly tortured to death in the name of performing exorcism, that her mothgd in Chowdhuripara of Sidhirganj on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Shahnaj Aktar Sikha, 25, daughter…
Low in Bay of Bengal – Signal 3 for BD maritime ports
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3. A low has been formed over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of the…
39 killed as bus falls into deep gorge in northern India
New Delhi, Jun 21 (AP/UNB) — A bus fell into a deep gorge along a sharp curve on a mountainous road in northern India, killing 39 people, police said Friday. Twenty-one people with injuries were hospitalized in Kullu, a town…
BD admin file 370 cases against shops keeping expired drugs
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Director General of the Directorate of Drug Administration Major General Md Mahbubur Rahman on Thursday said 370 cases were filed and Tk 58.57 lakh was realised in fine for keeping expired medicines in pharmacies across…
51 pc rise in unnecessary BD C-sections in two years
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)- Medically unnecessary caesarean operations increased by 51 percent in Bangladesh over the last two years costing patients 483 million dollars per year, according to a report revealed on Thursday. The report published by Save the Children…
Showbiz whales freed from captivity arrive in Iceland
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)- Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have arrived in Iceland to be taken to a whale sanctuary there, reports BBC. The 12-year-old whales flew halfway across the globe in special containers. Born in the wild,…
China, North Korean leaders hold talks
Beijing, June 20 (AP/UNB) — The leaders of China and North Korea are holding talks in the North Korean capital. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down for talks Thursday…
3 suspects killed in ‘gunfights’ in Dhaka, Comilla, N’ganj
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Three people, including two suspected criminals and a ‘drug dealer’, were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers in Dhaka, Cumilla and Narayanganj on Thursday. In Dhaka, a suspected criminal was killed in a ‘gunfight’…
Christchurch attack: NZ launches gun buy-back scheme
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – New Zealand has launched a gun buy-back scheme in the wake of the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings, reports BBC. More than $208m New Zealand dollars (£108m, $136m), have been set aside to compensate owners of…
Ex-minister Menon slams anarchy in banking sector
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – Though Bangladesh has made a good progress on economic front, the crisis in the economic sector remains to be a barrier to its way to further development, Workers Party chief Rashed Khan Menon said…
Health insurance for people on cards, pilot project on: PM
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – The government has planned to introduce health insurance to ensure healthcare services for people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. As part of the plan, she said, the government has already started…
Khaleda to walk out of jail with HC bail, hopes BNP
Dhaka, Jun 19 (UNB) – BNP on Wednesday hoped that its chairperson Khaleda Zia will be released soon from jail with bail from the High Court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. “We hope the High Court…
War crimes suspect dies in hospital
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – A war crimes suspect died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning. The deceased, 73-year-old Md Mojahar Ali Sheikh, was admitted to DMCH on June 13 after he fell sick at the…
Selima Rahman, Tuku in BNP standing committee
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – After over three years of the party’s national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP’s standing committee members. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the…
EVMs to be used in all future BD elections: CEC
Bogura, June 19 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all future elections in Bangladesh. “A legal framework has been prepared in this regard,” he said at…
Italian woman, Europe’s oldest person has died at 116
Milan, Jun 19 (AP/UNB) — A 116-year-old Italian woman who authorities say was the oldest person in Europe and the second oldest in the world has died. The Italian news agency ANSA said Giuseppina Robucci died Tuesday in the southern…
Prioritize Rohingya rights, safety: ASEAN lawmakers
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Progressive Voice on Wednesday said the government of Myanmar must ensure that the human rights of the Rohingya community…
Croatia to recruit manpower from Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)— Croatia has expressed its interest in recruiting quality human resources from Bangladesh in the near future. Croatia’s Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Pension System Drazen Opalic said that his country will soon forward…
World Cup final referee Pitana set to join politics
Brazil, June 20 (AP/UNB) — Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana, who worked in the 2018 World Cup final, will start in politics after his participation at Copa America in Brazil. The 44-year-old Pitana will run for federal deputy in October’s general…
The future of food according to Massimo Bottura
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Massimo Bottura has built his career by blending Italian culinary tradition with an avant-garde sense of design and experimentation. The chef’s three-starred Michelin restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has twice been named the world’s…
Int’l Day of Yoga celebrations at BB Nat’l Stadium Friday
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – The Indian High Commission will organise an event at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday to commemorate the International Day of Yoga. The programme will include yoga demonstrations and a mass yoga session from 6am…
Lop-sided election not good for democracy: EC Mahbub
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – Mentioning that the upazila parishad elections were lop-sided ones as opposition parties did not participate in the polls, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Wednesday said no one-sided election is good for democracy. He made the…