Bangladesh’s cricketers have responded to all the attention surrounding their 100th Test match by earning a hard-fought victory by four wickets- only their 9th overall, of which just four have come away from home. Given that the first two came…
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Bangladesh: Population movement emergency appeal launched
This Emergency Appeal is being launched on a preliminary basis and seeks a total of 3,265,766 Swiss francs to enable the IFRC to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to deliver assistance and support to some 25,000 people for…
Next refugee crisis will be caused by environmental disasters
The next big migration wave won’t be caused by war or hunger. It will be caused by environmental disasters. People will be fleeing cities and countries to escape environmental pollution that makes life short, sick, and unbearable. The global consequences…
Militancy govt’s political capital: BNP
BNP on Saturday alleged that the government is not forging a national unity to eliminate militancy as it is trying to perpetuate its power by using the issue as its political capital. “Being isolated from people, the government is indulging…
PM reiterates tough stance against militancy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the stern stance of the government against militancy and terrorism will continue. “There’ll be no place of militancy and terrorism on Bangladesh soil… the stern stance that we’ve taken against it will continue,”…
Case filed over Ashkona blast
A case has been filed with Airport Police Station in connection with Friday’s suicide bomb explosion at a barrack of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ashkona in the city that killed the attacker. Rasheduzzaman, sub-inspector of the police station, filed…
Anti-militant drive on at Ctg Lalkhan Bazar madrasah
A team of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) launched an anti-militant drive at a madrasah in Lalkhan Bazar of the port city on Saturday afternoon. Additional deputy commissioner of the CMP (north) Mohammad Waresh said a CMP team started the drive…
Khilgaon ‘attacker’s’ body bears 6 injury marks: Doctors
Doctors found six marks of ‘bullet wounds’ in the body of the unidentified miscreant who was shot dead during his attempt to intrude into a Rab checkpost in the city’s Khilgaon area early Saturday. Talking to reporters on completion of…
Trump and Mussolini: 11 Key Lessons from Historical Fascism
I’d like to draw some comparisons and contrasts between our present situation and that of fascist Italy between 1922 and 1945. I choose fascist Italy rather than Nazi Germany because it has always seemed to me a better comparison. Nazi…
Perils of climate change: Spring to recede from Pakistan
The meteorological department in Islamabad has announced that climate change will strongly impact spring in Pakistan. The highest temperature recorded in the capital in March was 25 degrees Celsius. It is expected that spring will cease to exist in the…
‘Akkhep’ got released
Akkhep, a social awareness based short film was released on March 15 with festivity, which drew a huge response from the viewers on YouTube. This short film was written and produced by Khaledun Ratul, a 39th batch student of Jahangirnagar…
Make Teesta deal condition for other treaties: BNP
The BNP yesterday demanded the government of giving a condition to New Delhi to sign an agreement on Teesta water sharing before signing any agreement with it during the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India. Standing committee member Goyeshwar…
31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast
Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter reportedly attacked the boat they were travelling in. Coastguard Mohamed al-Alay said the refugees, carrying official UN refugee agency (UNHCR) documents, were travelling from…
Security beefed up at airports, prisons
Security has been beefed up at airports and prisons across the county following the suicide bomb attack on the proposed site of Rab headquarters at Ashkona in the city on Friday. Under the new security measures, jail guards have been…
‘Suicide bomber’ killed in Dhaka’s Rab barrack blast
A suspected suicide bomber was killed as four bombs carried by him exploded at a Forces Barrack of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ashkona in the city on Friday noon. Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of legal and media wing of…
Tigers take 129-run 1st innings lead
Bangladesh resurged on the 3rd day to take a 129-run lead against Sri Lanka in the 1st innings on Friday after suffering a quick collapse in the 2nd day’s last session of the 2nd and last Test of the Joy…
Stocks maintain upward trend with higher transaction
Stocks maintained upward trend on Wednesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities. Among the rising major sectors were cement, textile and financial institutions. Bank…
11 held in city over ATM card forgery
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested 11 people from different areas of the city for their alleged involvement in ATM card forgery. The arrestees are Md Jalal Hossain Sumon, 27, Md Shah Aziz Sohel, 36, Md Nur-e-Alam, 45,…
Sri Lanka 238/7 at stumps vs Bangladesh after day 1
Bangladesh bowlers showed good form in their landmark 100th Test as they restricted Sri Lanka to 238/7 in their first innings at stumps on day 1 in their 2nd and last Test of the Joy Bangla Cup series at P…
Police foil left parties’ bid to lay siege to ministry
Police on Wednesday foiled the march of three leftist parties- Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Ganatantrik Bam Morcha and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD)- towards the secretariat protesting the recent gas price hike and demanding scrapping of the government decision. Police…
‘Militant dens’ busted in Ctg; couple held
Dhaka – Police unearthed two ‘militant dens’ in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements of two suspected militants — Hasan, 30, and Jasim, 32, arrested from Chandina upazila in Comilla while hurling bombs at police —…
Australia slammed for not backing probe of Rohingya Repression
The Turnbull government has refused to back an international investigation into atrocities against Rohingya Muslims despite a motion passed in the Senate urging Australia to call for a United Nations commission of inquiry. Australia’s statement at the UN Human Rights…
Russia appears to deploy forces in Egypt, eyes on Libya role
Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that would add to U.S. concerns about Moscow’s deepening role in…
PM to visit India April 7-10
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay her 4-day official visit to India from April 7 to 10. During her visit, the Prime Minister will hold an official talk with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 8,…
PM seeks AL’s reelection for continuation of dev
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday again urged the country’s people to cast their votes in favour of Awami League and its symbol ‘Boat’ in all the future elections for the continuation of development activities. “Awami League means development, so…
White House Seeks to Cut Billions in Funding for United Nations
State Department staffers have been instructed to seek cuts in excess of 50 percent in U.S. funding for U.N. programs, signaling an unprecedented retreat by President Donald Trump’s administration from international operations that keep the peace, provide vaccines for children,…
EU court allows ban on headscarf in workplace
The court issued a complicated judgement Tuesday on two cases, involving a veil-wearing software engineer in France and a headscarf-wearing receptionist in Belgium, centered on the EU-wide law known as the anti-discrimination or equal treatment Directive 2000/78. “An internal rule…
Charge framing in cases against Khaleda March 28
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday deferred charge framing in 11 cases including one of sedition against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to March 28. Judge Kamrul Hossain Molla of the court passed the order…
Overseas employment minister rejects TIB’s graft claim
There is no any syndicate in Bangladesh in sending workers to Malaysia—but there in Malaysia may have such syndicate, expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Nurul Islam said yesterday. Besides, the minister has also rejected the TIB report that published…
Budgetary allocations for jobs declining in BD: Experts
BIDS experts urged the government for budgetary allocation to create jobs in formal sector as the recent trend shows the formal sector job is declining in comparison to informal sector. Senior Visiting Fellow of CDER Rizwanul Islam said “During the…