Dhaka – State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Saturday said most of those who have been opposing Rampal power plant project are linked with Jamaat and Shibir, UNB news agency reported.
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IBBL MD honoured with Sardar Patel Award in Gujarat
Dhaka – Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director & CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has received the Sardar Patel award 2016 from Her Highness Rajmata Shubhangini Raje Gaekwad, the Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.
Lions Clubs Int’l holds humanitarian activities in Dhaka
Dhaka – The local chapter of Lions Clubs International organised daylong humanitarian activities on Friday to mark the October Service Week 2016, an international service week across the world that features a lot of welfare activities towards the development of…
Suspected extremist outfit ‘JMB’ man held in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with five crude bombs, two petrol bombs and huge jihadi books from Shibpur area in Puthia upazila under Rajshahi district on Thursday, UNB news agency…
Closing broadband divide to connect people in Asia-Pacific
By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar GreenWatch Dhaka Desk – (IPS, Bangkok) Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been instrumental in shaping and leading socioeconomic transformations across Asia and the Pacific. One key to this transformation is the technology bundled…
Durga Puja begins Friday
Dhaka: The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins across the country on Friday. The annual festival will begin through Mahashashthi Puja on Friday and end with the immersion of the goddess’ idols on Bijoya…
Security of Dhaka’s Hoseni Dalan being tightened for Ashura
Dhaka – A three-tier security measures will be taken around Imambara Hoseni Dalan to ensure smooth observance of Holy Ashura, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
No change in Khadiza’s condition: Physicians
Dhaka: The condition of college girl Khadiza Akter Nargis, who was injured critically in a knife attack allegedly by a BCL leader in Sylhet, remained unchanged as she was still on life support at Square Hospitals Ltd in the city…
4 killed as truck overturns in Tangail
Dhaka – Four people were killed and four others injured as a truck overturned on the approach road of Bangabandhu Bridge at Jokarchar in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Wednesday morning, UNB news agency reported. Identities of the deceased could…
Celebrate US National Farm to School Month
Danielle Nierenberg October is US National Farm to School Month and communities across the United States are celebrating the importance of farm to school programs. These programs, implemented in more than 42,500 schools in the United States, can help…
BD to be with India in case of enemy attack: Minister
Dhaka – In the wake of escalating tension between India and Pakistan, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said Bangladesh must be with India if it is attacked by any enemy, UNB news agency reported.
HIV patients ‘getting old before their time’
Melbourne – While combination antiretroviral therapy has meant that people with HIV can live longer lives, research shows that the virus makes fundamental changes to the immune system by increasing the risk of developing age-related conditions.
BBC Bangla marks 75 years of broadcasting
Dhaka – BBC Bangla will present a series of programmes and events with audiences in Bangladesh and India to mark 75 years of broadcasting. It will engage with audiences via Facebook Lives and radio to discuss the global and national…
Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris hotel room
Kim Kardashian has been held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room. Her husband, rapper Kanye West, abruptly left his set early at the Meadows Festival in New York on Sunday night after learning of the news.
After defeat Colombia’s leader pledges to push ahead on peace
Bogota (AP/UNB) —Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of painstaking negotiations and delivering a strunning setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire…
Gazipur mill fire tamed; building collapses
Dhaka – A fire broke out at a spinning mill at Shafipur in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early Sunday, UNB news agency reported.
Maldives wants conducive environment for Saarc Summit
Male With Pakistan announcing that the Saarc Summit scheduled to be held in November will be postponed, Maldives has sought a “conducive environment” for the eight-nation bloc’s gathering. “The Government of Maldives has urged the member states of the South…
Pakistan captures Indian soldier as its 2 soldiers killed in attack
(CNN)Pakistan captured an Indian soldier on its side of the disputed Kashmir border Thursday, Indian officials told CNN, as tensions continue to rise between the two nuclear neighbors. The soldier inadvertently crossed the border to the Pakistani side of the…
Kashmir attack: Villagers evacuate after India ‘surgical strikes’
Indian villagers living close to the border with Pakistan are fleeing, one day after India said it launched strikes targeting militants in Kashmir. India said it conducted “surgical strikes” along the de facto border. Pakistan denied that, saying two of…
Third Int’l Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference opens
Nairobi – More than 500 participants gathered in Nairobi today for the opening of the third International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC). Organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the conference aims to boost electricity access through the development…
Beijing calls on Pak, India to solve differences over Kashmir
Beijing Sept. 28 (ANI): As tensions mount between India and Pakistan following the recent terrorist attack in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir in which 18 Indian soldiers were killed, China on Wednesday called on both the arch-rivals to solve…
‘US not restoring GSP facilities on political ground’
Dhaka – Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday claimed in Parliament that the USA is not providing Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facilities to Bangladesh on ‘political ground’, UNB news agency reported. The made the claim while responding to a supplementary…
9 Kalyanpur militants buried as unclaimed bodies
The nine militants, killed during a police operation in the city’s Kalyanpur area on July 26, were buried at Jurain Graveyard in the city on Wednesday as no one claimed their bodies.Eight of the militants were identified as Abdullah, Abu…
Five ‘Islami Chhatri Sangstha activists’ held in Chittagong
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested five activists of Islami Chhatri Sangstha, female student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, along with some jihadi (religious uprising) books from Purba Gumdondi area of Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong on Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
Girl killed as building collapses on tin-shed house in city
Dhaka – A teenage girl was killed and her nephew injured after an abandoned building of an adjacent government-run vagabond shelter collapsed on their tin-shed house at Rainkhola in the city’s Mirpur area early Tuesday, UNB news agency reported. The…
Journalist Ataus Samad, recalled, eulogised
Noted journalist and former leader of the journalist community Kamal Lohani said on Monday that the works of Ataus Samad should be preserved as an asset for the development of the journalists’ skills and practical knowledge.
Nanotech bandage heals wounds in days
Hazem Badr [Cairo] Egyptian researchers have developed a bandage embedded with nanoparticles for the treatment of wounds using the anti-epilepsy drug Phenytoin, known for its capacity to treat skin injuries. The bandage can heal wounds in a few days, after…
Minister Consular of BD Embassy in Bangkok passes away
Dhaka – Khondoker Aynul Jamal, Minister Consular of Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok, died at a hospital on Monday afternoon, UNB news agency reported. He breathed his last at Bangkok General Hospital after he was whisked off to the hospital following…
18 ‘residence towers’ to be built for police
The government has taken a project to construct 18 ‘residence towers’ across the county under the annual development programme (ADP) keeping in mind the security of police personnel, including the officials.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made the disclosure while responding to…
Kalyanpur arrested militant Reagan on 6-day remand
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed Raqibul Hasan Reagan on remand for 6 days to interrogate him in Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery Attack case.