Egyptian women are number one in beating their husbands, says UN crime statistics.While the East is not known for ‘abusive’ women, surprising statistics revealed by the UN indicate that Egyptian women are ‘world number one’ in abusing and beating their…
Noted sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who was persecuted by Pakistani occupation army and its local collaborators during the Liberation War, has obtained the freedom fighter status.The Liberation War Affairs Ministry published a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. source:UNB
A Caritas official has joined calls by environmental activists for the Bangladesh government to ban all industrial activity near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.Environmentalists have expressed alarm after leading Bengali daily Prothom Alo reported Aug. 9 that about…
Kim Jong Un’s executed uncle, Jang Song Thaek, appeared to briefly reappear on North Korean state-run media on Tuesday, during a one hour documentary about 11 historical North Korean figures.The emergence of Jang in a 1990s photo adjacent to the…
A fire ripped through a maternity ward at a Baghdad hospital overnight, killing 12 newborn babies, government officials said Wednesday, a deadly blaze that was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring.By morning, grief-stricken fathers searched for their missing newborns in…
Within two weeks of its release last month, Pokemon Go, the augmented reality gaming sensation, surpassed, by one estimate, Twitter, Facebook, and Netflix in its day-to-day popularity on Android phones. Over on Apple devices, the game was downloaded more times…
Alliance Française de Dhaka requests the pleasure of your company on the occasion of a solo Mime show titled ‘Circle’ by Mir Lokman at AFD Auditorium on Friday, August 12 at 6.30 PM. Your presence will be highly appreciated. Marcel…
One of India’s most prominent political activists ended a 16-year hunger strike Tuesday, licking honey from her hand and declaring “I will never forget this moment.”Irom Sharmila had been force-fed through a tube in her nose and held by police…
A Chinese tourist spent nearly two weeks in a German migrant hostel after mistakenly applying for asylum when he actually wanted to report a theft.German media say the 31-year-old backpacker, who spoke neither German nor English, underwent a medical check…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke via video stream at the Green Party convention in Houston, Texas, over the weekend. Assange has been confined to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for more than four years, fearing that if he were to…
North and South Korea gymnasts at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have shown the world a brief moment of unity, in the form of a selfie.Lee Eun-ju of South Korea and Hong Un-jong of the North took a quick smiling…
A court here on Tuesday sentenced six people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in 2001.The condemned convicts are Rafiqul Islam, Atiqul Islam, Atique Sheikh, Selim Sheikh, Anwar Hossain Sheikh and Nayan Sheikh…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged all to remain alert so that anyone cannot be involved in militancy from one’s own position.”We’ll have to remain vigilant that anyone cannot be involved in this social menace from one’s own position,…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday asked senior police officials to strengthen security for the foreign nationals working in construction sites of power plants, roads and bridges across the country.“Ensure security at the construction sites of important power plants, roads…
Vigorously opposing the government`s proposal to raise gas price, consumer rights groups, apex trade body FBCCI and different left-leaning political parties on Sunday during the first day of public hearing said that there are no logical grounds to the proposal.”The…
The decision to ban Russian athletes from next month’s Rio Paralympic Games over doping allegations was a grave abuse of human rights, according to the head of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC).The entire Russia team was banned from competing in…
Republican leaders are watching Donald Trump’s campaign with growing alarm as they fear a landslide at the top of the ticket could wipe away their hard-fought congressional majority.For months, top GOP leaders had counseled their candidates to run their own…
A suicide bomber has killed at least 70 people at the main gate of a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, where lawyers had gathered to honor a prominent colleague who was shot dead earlier the same morning, authorities said.The extremist group…
Disagreeing with the nearly doubled (95 percent) on average gas price proposal by Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company, a technical evaluation committee (TEC) of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has failed to find grounds for raising the price…
Glasgow Commonwealth Games silver winner shooter Abdullah Hel Baki sadly disappointed the home crowds as he finished 30th position and failed to qualify for the final round in shooting event of 10m air rifles qualification round in Rio Olympic held…
A clear majority of Thai referendum voters have backed a draft constitution written by an army-appointed committee.Unofficial tallies show that 61.45% voted in favour.The military threw out the old constitution when it took power in 2014, after months of political…
A three-member Indian rescue team today left Jamalpur on the their way back home virtually leaving to Bangladesh officials the task of salvaging an elephant which was washed across the border by flood waters nearly six weeks ago.“The elephant is…
Imagine one of the largest solar farms ever at the site of the world’s worst man-made nuclear disaster that struck Chernobyl in modern-day Ukraine and sowed panic across Europe.That is the grand vision of Ukrainian Environment Minister Ostap Semerak, backed…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised vigilantes who portray themselves as protectors of cows – an animal considered sacred by Hindus.Mr Modi, a Hindu nationalist, said such people made him “angry”, and any such attacks must be investigated, reports…
Three sisters were killed and their mother was injured as hornets put poisonous stings in their bodies at Araji Loskora village in Birganj upazila on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Hadisa Khatun, 5, Farzana, 3, and Mim, 1, daughters…
2 billion dollars, the estimated cost of this year’s presidential election, is big money, but it is not huge money. Two billion is one-tenth of NASA’s annual budget, one-twentieth of the Harvard endowment, one-thirtieth of the personal wealth of Warren…
Hours after he was made a BNP vice chairman, Mosaddek Ali Falu on Saturday quit his post on ‘personal and health ground’.Sources at BNP said Falu’s resignation letter was sent to BNP’s Nayapaltan central office around 4pm.In the resignation letter,…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque on Saturday stressed the need for waging a social movement against militancy.“All will have to work from their respective positions to create social awareness against militancy,” the police chief said while addressing…
Police detained 44 Nepalese nationals from Mirpur DOHS in the city on Friday for allegedly overstaying in the country.Tipped off, a police team of Pallabi Police Station launched a drive in the building and detained the Nepalese citizens as they…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday reiterated that there is no presence of Islamic State (IS), the militant outfit based in Middle-East, in Bangladesh.”The collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation War of 1971 had been carrying out militant…