India did more than just spread the red carpet for Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh when she arrived in New Delhi on April 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi drove down to the airport to log a rare deviation…
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Changes in climate could bowl cricket out
Cricket’s global administrators love a board meeting – all mahogany chairs, glass tables and endless supplies of upmarket coffee. There is much to discuss, after all. Dollars. Participation. TV deals. Future tours. Behaviour. Match-fixing. Governance. But one subject is missing.…
Govt. hiding correst information of Rampal: Sultana Kamal
National Committee to Protect Sundarbans Convenor Sultana Kamal has alleged the government is hiding the correct information about the Rampal coal-fired power plant project from the public. Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday, she said the…
Drive against sitting bus services suspended
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended its drive against ‘sitting or gate lock’ bus services in the city for 15 days. However, the drive will continue against the buses that are charging additional fares and not keeping seats reserved…
Dinajpur boiler blast killes one burns 29
A female worker was killed and 29 people suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Gopalganj of Sadar upazila on Wednesday. Police and locals said the boiler went off with a big bang at ‘Jamuna…
Sanitation is a human right
A high-level international meeting on sanitation should address barriers to realizing the human right to sanitation with privacy and dignity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The United Nations and Sanitation and Water for All, a global…
Teesta remains a litmus test for India Bangladesh
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit this weekend will be her first bilateral visit in seven years. The two sides are expected to announce a slew of agreements on connectivity, energy and trade, but former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to…
Obaidur Quader asks BRTA to review decision on stopping
In the wake of public transport crisis in the capital following a BRTA drive, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday asked the BRTA authorities to review its decision of stopping ‘sitting service’ of buses in a bid…
Scientists take to street in global march for truth
Scientists and science supporters will take to the streets in a global March for Science on 22 April . What began as a small Facebook group in the US capital, Washington DC has spiralled into a global phenomenon that will…
US attack on Syria mosque likely unlawful
United States forces appear to have failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties in a March 16, 2017 strike that killed at least 38 people in western Aleppo in Syria, Human Rights Watch said in a report released…
Cuban sweet symbol of post hurricane challenge to agriculture
Early in the day, when a gentle dew moistens the ground and vegetation in the mountains of eastern Cuba, street vendor Raulises Ramírez sets up his rustic stand next to the La Farola highway and displays his cone-shaped coconut sweets.…
Disease burden growing as vector insects adapt to climate change
There were surprised gasps when University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor John Agard told journalists at an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in late November 2016 that mosquitoes were not only living longer, but were “breeding in…
Ocean garbge can help power homes
Mr. Trash Wheel is a solar and water powered trash cleaner that keeps garbage from the ocean and it’s then converted into energy, reports the CNN.
India eases medical visa rules for Bangladesh nationals
India has liberalised rules for medical visas for Bangladesh nationals in an effort to further strengthen people-to-people ties between the two countries. From now on, Bangladesh nationals visiting India for diagnosis will also be eligible for medical visas, said the…
90m smart ID cards distribution in Bangladesh by Dec
The Election Commission has taken additional measures to complete the distribution of 90 million smart national identity (NID) cards among voters across the country within the stipulated time of December next. Director General of NID Registration Wing of the Election…
Turkey’s ‘yes’ vote gives enormous power to president
With 51.3 percent of the vote, the “Yes” vote campaign has won Turkey’s historic April 16 referendum on a new political system giving enormous centralized power to the president. The campaign took place in a climate of unprecedented political repression.…
Hasina trying to woo Hefajat for Muslim votes: BNP
BNP on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is trying to woo Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh to get Muslim votes in the next general election. “She (PM) is now trying to bag Muslim votes in favour of her party as she…
Minister slams cheap politics over Dhaka-Delhi ties
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Sunday criticised those who indulge themselves in ‘cheap politics’ when it comes to issues relating to India. Apparently criticising the comments of opposition leaders on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s just-concluded New…
Enforced disappearances: BNP says AL to face trial one day
BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday warned that Awami League will have to face a trial of international standard someday for making around 500 BNP leaders and activists, including Ilias Ali, disappeared. “Our about 500 leaders and…
Remarks against anti-militancy drives encourage militancy: IGP
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Sunday said irresponsible remarks by some political leaders against anti-militancy drives encourage militancy. “Irresponsible remarks by several political leaders against anti-militancy drives drew my attention. Such statements encourage militant activities,” he…
Buses go off Dhaka roads over operation of special services
Although the so-called ‘Sitting Service’ and ‘Gate Lock’ buses took additional passengers on Sunday following a decision of Dhaka Sarak Paribahan Samity, they charged extra fares triggering fights with passengers in many cases. Again, the number of buses was thin…
Chinese tour operators halt tourist visits to N korea
Amid escalating military tension on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese tour operators have canceled travel packages to North Korea, according to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. The report said Sunday that state-owned China International Travel Services and Ctrip.com International —…
India won’t spoil ties with bd over water: Uma Bharti
Indian Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti has said India would not let politics spoil its relations with Bangladesh and that water is going to remain the basis of good relations between the two countries. “We won’t let politics spoil our…
Chief justice blamed vested quater for creating govt-judiciary distance
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Saturday alleged that a vested quarter is out there creating a distance between the government and the judiciary. “A vested quarter is there engaged in an evil design to create a distance between the…
No ‘gate lock’ or ‘sitting service’ from Sunday in Dhaka
No passenger bus will be allowed to ply the city streets in the name of ‘Sitting Service’ or ‘Gate Lock’ from Sunday, said Chairman of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Md Moshiar Rahman on Saturday. He came up with…
Trump signs law taking air at planned parenthood funding
President Trump signed legislation on Thursday aimed at cutting off federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other groups that perform abortions, a move cheered by conservatives who have clamored to impose curbs on reproductive rights. The measure nullifies a rule…
Thousands dead in Brazil yellow fever outbreak
A yellow fever outbreak is tearing through Brazil leaving thousands dead in its wake — thousands of monkeys, that is. The epidemic, the worst Brazil has seen in decades, has killed more than 200 people so far. But it’s also…
Pope speaks of humanity’s shame
Thousands of people, including nuns, families with toddlers, and young tourists, endured exceptionally tight antiterrorism checks to pray at the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, where Pope Francis expressed shame over humanity’s failings. Francis, wearing a plain white coat,…
Country to move forward in new year: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her firm optimism that Bangladesh will continue its march forward in the new year. “Bangladesh will make further progress in Bangla Nababarsha by removing all the wastes and trashes of the past year,…
Khaleda warns against interference in internal affairs
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday warned that people will not accept any other country’s interference in Bangladesh’s internal affairs. “As Bangladesh has achieved huge progress over the last 25 years, many countries now want to interfere in its internal…