Dhaka, Dec 31 – Despite challenges, Bangladesh and Myanmar remain optimistic to start the repatriation of Rohingyas sometime in January following the ongoing negotiations with Myanmar bilaterally.
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Dhaka College Batch ’67: A dream transcends 50 years
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Dhaka College wore a festive look one day with posters of candidates contesting the students’ union election hanging from ropes tied to temporary poles from the main gate to the college building and on two sides of…
Did telegram impact the world more than the internet?
by David Child The Telegram Service, Launched in the 1830s, Invented by the UK, User calls telephone operator to dictate message, which is then sent by post to recipient The last clarion call of the Titanic, an announcement of the…
South Korea seizes vessel over ‘oil transfer to North’
South Korean authorities have reportedly seized and inspected a Hong Kong-flagged vessel after it secretly transferred petroleum to a North Korean vessel in international waters.
Fatiha-i-Yazdaham Saturday
Dhaka, Dec 29 – Fatiha-i-Yazdaham will be observed across the country on Saturday commemorating the death of Hazrat Abdul Quadir Jilani, a great saint of Islam.
JU senate registered graduates’ election Saturday
Savar, Dhaka – The election registered graduates’ representatives to the Jahangirnagar University (JU) senate, will take place on Saturday on the campus.
At least 15 dead in fire at rooftop Mumbai restaurant
New Delhi, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Fog halts flight operations at Dhaka airport for 9 hours
Dhaka, Dec 29 – The flight operations, disrupted by dense fog for nine hours at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, resumed on Friday morning.
Train derails snapping Rail link of Sylhet with rest of BD
Habiganj, Dec 29 – The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country remained suspended since Friday morning following derailment of a bogie of a freight train in Daudnagar level crossing area in Sayestaganj upazila. The bogie of…
Apple apologises for slowing older iPhones down
Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some ageing iPhone models. The company now says it will replace batteries for less and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone’s battery health.
The saga of Rohingya refugees
Mostafa Kamal Majumder A tiny tot, playing near a hand-pump beside shanties covered with polythene-sheet roofs was visibly worried as he saw a handful of visitors getting closer to him, and at one stage he ran away into one such…
JU barcodes DNA of 150 insects
Savar, Dhaka – DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) barcoding of a total of 150 insect-species has successfully been done in Jahangirnagar University (JU).
IBBL opens its 20th Agent Banking outlet at Matlab
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 20th Agent Banking outlet at Shaheb Bazar of Matlab Uttar Upazila of Chandpur on Sunday, 24 December 2017.
AC Land Biroda exempted from charge, granted apology
Dhaka, 28 Dec – Bhurungamari’s Assistant Commissioner (land) Biroda Rani Ray has been exempted from the charge over sentencing a lawyer illegally, after she offered unconditional apology.
Agora shop chief given 2 years in jail for adulterated ghee
Dhaka, 28 Dec – In a rare verdict, chairman of super chain shop Agora Niaz Rahim has been sentenced for two years in prison and fined Tk 50,000 in two cases on charge of selling adulterated ghee.
Jurisdiction to file graft case against Khaleda questioned
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Advocate Mahbub Hossain yesterday questioned the justification to implicate the former premier in Zia orphanage Trust graft case.
Corporal punishment doesn’t work: Time for change
“We are saying that (corporal punishment) is a horrible thing that does not work” – Professor of Psychology Alan Kazdin, Ph.D., Child Psychiatry at Yale University Sir Frank Peters Seemingly, it’s hard for some school ‘teachers’ to imagine or appreciate…
Bangladesh lost many famous faces in 2017
Dhaka, Dec 28 – Bangladesh achieved many things in the outgoing year – 2017 – but it also lost a number of prominent personalities, both in the political and cultural arenas – that will take time to heal the wounds.
Floodwater late to recede from BD’s Sunamganj Haors – Farming delayed
Dhaka, Dec 28 – Over 40,000 farmers in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district, in northeast Bangladesh are in trouble as the floodwater in Haor areas (large water bodies) still remains stagnated, hampering Boro cultivation.
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The Jerusalem vote and the US-Israel link
By Chandra Muzaffar One hopes that the overwhelming rejection of the Trump Administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on the 21st of December 2017 will compel Washington DC to rescind its…
Next proceedings in Grenade Attack Case Jan 1
Dhaka, 27 Dec – Judge Shahed Nuruddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 fixed January 1 for next proceedings of the case lodged over the August 21 grenade when prosecution will place their arguments on legal points.
Khaleda seeks acquittal from Zia Trust graft case
Dhaka, 27 Dec – On behalf of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her lawyer sought acquittal of his client on conclusion their argument for the 2nd day yesterday in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in sustainable food systems
Rome, Italy, 26 Dec – Bioversity International has recently published a book on mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in sustainable food systems. The book summarises evidence on the contribution of agricultural biodiversity to four interconnected dimensions: (1) diverse, healthy diets; (2) multiple benefits…
56 suspected ‘muggers’ held in special DB drive in city
Dhaka, Dec 27 – In a special drive, detectives arrested some 56 suspected muggers from different areas of the capital on Tuesday night.
Raw jute worth Tk 109-crore gutted in Khulna fire
Khulna, Dec 27 – Huge raw jute were burnt down in a fire that broke out at two godowns of a jute mill by Bhatpara-Bejerdanga road in Phultala upazila early Wednesday.
Bangladesh releases its first biotech rice
Dhaka, Dec 27 – Scientists in Bangladesh have developed country’s first biotech rice variety giving farmers an answer to the difficulties they face in harvesting the staple with machines. Stems of BRRIdhan-86, the variety that got official release approval Wednesday,…
PM takes salute at 75 BMA long course passing out parade
Dhaka, Dec 27 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the newly-commissioned officers of Bangladesh Army to remain always alert and ready for safeguarding the country’s hard-earned independence and sovereignty. “Keep in mind that the independence was earned in…
Google celebrates poet Mirza Ghalib’s 220th birth anniversary
Google on Wednesday celebrated poet Mirza Ghalib’s 220th birth anniversary with a doodle. A poet in Urdu and Persian languages during the Mughal era, Ghalib became famous for his Urdu ghazals. His poems and ghazals have been translated and recited…
RMG factory opens in BD prison
Dhaka, Dec 26 – Country’s first-ever mini-garment factory, set up in a jail to facilitate income-generating activities, for prisoners will be opened in Narayanganj on Wednesday.