Dhaka – BNP-Jamaat’s Blue panel won landslide victory in Dhaka Bar Election 2017-2018 defeating the pro-Awami League White panel.
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Fasting diet ‘regenerates diabetic pancreas’
The pancreas can be triggered to regenerate itself through a type of fasting diet, say US researchers. Restoring the function of the organ – which helps control blood sugar levels – reversed symptoms of diabetes in animal experiments.
BNP opposes gas price hike calling it illogical
Dhaka, Feb 23 – Terming illogical and anti-people the government’s decision to hike gas prices, BNP on Thursday urged the government to rescind it.
Renewable energy mission needs a robust grid network
What is the Problem? Air pollution in Delhi and metropolitan cities of India has dominated much of the recent conversation in the judiciary, government and media. Half of the world’s 20 most polluted cities, according to World Health Organization, are…
Arms recovered from Kader Khan’s Gaibandha house
Dhaka, Feb 23 – Police recovered two firearms and six bullets from the house of former Jatiya Party MP Dr Abdul Kader Khan, who was arrested for his suspected involvement in the killing of Gaibandha-1 MP Manjurul Islam Liton, early…
NATO pilots intercept Russian fighter jets
According to Newsweek, the jets came close to allied airspace on February 14 and 16 and only the bomber had its transponder on. A submitted flight plan was only recorded for one of the three planes in the second flight,…
Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with $350 million discount
San Francisco, Feb 22 (AP/UNB) — Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user…
Syria: Make human rights priority of Geneva talks
Participants in the February 23, 2017, UN-sponsored Syria peace talks in Geneva should prioritize five key human rights issues during negotiations, 40 human rights and other organizations said today. The priorities are to end unlawful attacks, ensure aid access and…
Israeli leader turned down secret peace initiative, ex-officials say
Israel’s prime minister turned down a regional peace initiative last year that was brokered by then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, former American officials confirmed Sunday, in apparent contradiction to Benjamin Netanyahu’s stated goal of involving regional Arab powers in…
Verdict in Masud-Munier accident deaths case Wednesday
Tangail -The verdict in the case filed on the tragic road accident that killed 5 persons including renowned filmaker Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier will deliver on February 22, Wednesday.
Britain attempts to brand journalists as spies
British journalists could be treated as spies, and given up to 14 years in prison for handling state secrets, if proposals by the UK’s Law Commission become law. In 2015, the Commission, whose remit is to review and recommend reforms…
Zuckerberg Manifesto is blueprint to destroy journalism?
Lip service to the crucial function of the Fourth Estate is not enough to sustain it. It’s not that Mark Zuckerberg set out to dismantle the news business when he founded Facebook 13 years ago. Yet news organizations are perhaps…
Tony Blair calls for people to ‘rise up’ against Brexit
Tony Blair has said it is his “mission” to persuade Britons to “rise up” and change their minds on Brexit. Speaking in the City of London, the former prime minister claimed that people voted in the referendum “without knowledge of…
For civil society networking, HR status info sharing in South Asia
The regional consultation of South Asian Citizens’ Voices on Democracy and Peoples Security was attended by representatives of the civil society from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. During the two day consultation they had many…
Trump Should Press Netanyahu on Settlements
For Israel and Palestine, 2017 marks several major anniversaries: the 100th of the Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed British support for establishing a national home for the Jewish people in historic Palestine, the 70th of Palestine’s partition into Jewish and Arab…
Pesticide firms challenges ban on bee-harming pesticides
A pesticide industry legal challenge to current EU restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides is taking place Tuesday and Wednesday (15-16 February).
Former Prime Minister of Togo to head IFAD
Rome, 14 February – Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, former Prime Minister of Togo, has been appointed as the sixth President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized United Nations agency and international financial institution that invests in eradicating…
Charge framed against former JMB chief
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charge against former chief of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Moulana Saidur Rahman in a case lodged for creating subversive activities in 2010.
Cheap solar ambulances to speed into service in rural Bangladesh
An inexpensive, solar-powered ambulance that can fit down narrow laneways is set to hit the road in rural Bangladesh this year, its manufacturers say. The three-wheeled van, as well-equipped as ambulances used in Bangladesh’s cities, runs entirely on solar power…
Joy inaugurates Voice Mail Service
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) today introduced Voice Mail Service (VMS) for the convenience of mobile phone users in the country. Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated the VMS through sending greeting message to BTRC Chairman Dr…
17 named for Ekushey Padak
Dhaka, Feb 12 – Seventeen eminent personalities have been picked for this year’s Ekushey Padak in recognition of outstanding contributions to their respective fields.
Rohingyas to be shifted to protect Cox’s Bazar: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar who entered Bangladesh illegally will be rehabilitated to Thengarchar in Hatiya for protecting the beach town of Cox’s Bazar. “The Rohingyas will be rehabilitated to…
Allegation of corruption was there, says Fakhrul
Dhaka – The BNP thinks the allegation of graft in Padma Bridge project is the issue, and the Canada court verdict finding ‘no proof’ of bribery conspiracy in the case is not worthy of consideration, bdnews24.com reported on Saturday.
Canada court dismisses Padma Bridge graft allegation
Dhaka, Feb 11 – A Canada court has dismissed the graft allegation in Padma Bridge project and acquitted three business executives of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. throwing out wiretap evidence and saying the wiretap applications were based on gossip and rumour,…
India dominates Bangladesh on Day 2
Dhaka – Bangladesh 41 for 1, India 687/6. Another series. Another double-hundred for Virat Kohli. The opposition buried under a mountain of runs. The theme first unfolded in Antigua in July 2016, then in Indore and Mumbai. On Friday in…
‘Drug addict’ kills Imam of mosque in Chandpur
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The imam of a local mosque was killed in an attack by a ‘drug addict’ at Daspara in Matlab Dakkhin upazila of Chandpur on Thursday.
Reject Rohingya Refugee Relocation Plan: HRW
The Bangladeshi government should immediately drop its plan to transfer Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited, undeveloped coastal island, Human Rights Watch said today. Relocating the refugees from the Cox’s Bazar area to Thengar Char island would deprive them of their…
American women are rushing to get birth control
Usage of highly effective, long-lasting birth control has jumped after Donald Trump’s victory in the November presidential election, as American women consider what a Republican effort to reverse the Affordable Care Act could mean for access to intrauterine devices (IUDs)…
BNP urges President to reconsider CEC
BNP on Wednesday urged President Abdul Hamid to reconsider the appointment of KM Nurul Huda as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as he is a ‘controversial person’. “A controversial person has been appointed the Chief Election Commissioner. Even a crazy…
Eight teenagers held over Uttara schoolboy murder
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight members of two teenage groups from Uttara in the city on Wednesday morning in the schoolboy Adnan murder case.