Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade • Around three billion people cook and heat their homes with polluting solid fuels • The resulting lung diseases can cause early death and stunt children’s development • Women and children can be most at risk…
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86th social business design lab held in city
The 86th Social Business Design Lab took place today 22 June 2015 at the Grameen Bank Auditorium. About 150 participants and observers, from national and international organizations with diverse background attended the program, including a large number of international visitors.…
ICT withdraws warrant against Dr. Zafrullah seeing HC stay
A tribunal here on Sunday withdrew the warrant it issued earlier for the arrest of Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on contempt of court charges. The International Crimes Tribunal-2 recalled the arrest warrant after Zafrullah Chowdhury submitted the copy…
Khaleda takes iftar with orphans on Friday 1st Ramadan
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday took her iftar with orphans and ulema on the first day holy Ramadan at Eskaton Ladies Club in the city.
Dr Zafrullah Chowhury faces ICT 2 warrant of arrest despite SC stay
The International Crimes Tribuna (ICT-2) on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on contempt of court charges. The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the order as he failed…
Food fortification with Vitamin A on anvil
The government is actively considering gradually fortifying all food items with Vitamin A alongside edible oil to prevent the diseases caused by the deficit of the crucial vitamin. Industries Secretary M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan on Wednesday disclosed this at a…
Cities: Asia’s main battleground for climate change
From “climate-proofing” cities to harnessing the potential of renewable energy sources, engineers have a vita role to play in tackling environmental challenges, says Dr Bindu N. Lohani, VP at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and plenary keynote speaker at the…
Jamaat calls 24-hour hartal protesting SC verdict on Mozahid
Jamaat-e-Islami has called a 24-hour nationwide hartal from today morning protesting the Supreme Court Appellate Division verdict that upheld the death penalty of party secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid for his wartime offences. Makbul Ahmad, acting ameer of the…
Swift action to make binding low-carbon acccord in Paris urged
Ambassador of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Tuesday said the year 2015 is a decisive year for climate negotiations mentioning that the quick act together will ensure maximum benefit. “Serious risks are associated to climate…
Khaleda invites Hasina to Iftar on 21 June
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has invited Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina to attend an iftar party organised by the former premier on June 21 The BNP chairperon’s iftar party in honour of political leaders will be held…
Historic Nepal sites set to reopen after quake
Nepal is set to reopen all the heritage sites in the Kathmandu valley to the public, in a bid to attract tourists after April’s devastating earthquake. Among those sites set to open are the historic Durbar squares or “noble courts”,…
Khandakar Mosharraf charge hearing July 23
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing against Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to July 23 in a case filed for money laundering. Judge Ataur Rahman of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-1 passed the order after hearing on…
2 hit by trains at Airpirt, Nakhalpara stations killed
Two unidentified people, including a woman, were killed as speedy trains hit them in two separate incidents in the city’s Nakhalpara and Airport railway station arias. Sources at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital said, a-40 years unidentified woman was hit…
UN Peacekeepers exchanged luxuries for sex?
By Samuel Oakford United Nations peacekeepers had “transactional sex” with more than 200 Haitian women, according to the organization’s watchdog, which is warning sexual exploitation at UN missions remains underreported. A report by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services…
Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq next chief of army
The government has appointed Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) Lieutenant General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq new Army Chief. Contacted, director of the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) Shaheenul Islam on Wednesday confirmed the appointment…
Mobile court fines Taka 1 lakh for making unhygienic icecream
A mobile court mibilised by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) fined of Tk 1 lakh to a icecream factory owner on charge of producing icecream in a unhygienic environment and damaged 15,000 pieces of ice-cream in the city’s West Nakhalpara on…
Arrest warrant against 28 Bnp leaders in car torching case
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday issued arrest warrants against 28 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance in a case filed on the charge of crude bomb attack on a passenger bus in Mirpur area of…
India’s cooperation to restore democracy to be sought: BNP
Meanwhile, ASM Hannan Shah yesterday said they would seek Modi’s cooperation in establishing democracy in Bangladesh Addressing a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club to mark the death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman, he termed Modi as a…
Accused confesses to Garo woman rape
An accused in the Garo woman gang-rape case yesterday (Thursday) made confessional statement to a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the incident. Magistrate SM Ashiqur Rahman of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka recorded the confessional statement…
Bus hit by another overturns at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar, 1 killed
A passenger bus has overturned while racing another on a traffic-free street in the heart of capital Dhaka, killing a man and injuring several others. The accident occured at Karwan Bazar at around 6:30pm on Wednesday, a public holiday after…
People fought liberation war not to remain speechless: Rab
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president ASM Abdur Rsb said on Monday that the people did fight the War of Liberation not to remain deprieved of the dmocratic rights of freedom of speech and expression Addressing a citizens’ rally organised by the…
Reshuffle in police administration
Four senior police officers, rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), have been given new postings on Monday. The Home Ministry has already issued a circular in this regard. According to the notification, DIG of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Md…
US surveillance powers to expire as Senate deal fails
US anti-terror provisions that allow security services to bulk collect phone data are set to expire after the Senate failed to reach a deal. Key provisions of the law, known as the Patriot Act, will expire at midnight local time…
Weather threatens Solar Impulse Pacific crossing attempt
Poor weather conditions could hamper a record-breaking attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean using a solar-powered plane. The Solar Impulse craft is a day into what was expected to be a 130-hour journey from China to Hawaii. However, meteorologists say…
Solar Impulse takes off for six-day, six-night Pacific flight
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Sunday for a six-day, six-night flight over the Pacific Ocean, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun. Pilot Andre Borschberg, 62, left…
Tension in National Press Club over election
Tension prevailed in the National Press Club Dhaka for the second consecutive day on Saturday as a committee chosen from amongst workers of the pro-Awami League members taking 10 out of 17 seats and a pro-Bnp dissident group taking seven…
Ziaur Rahman’s dath anniversary Saturdy
30 May is the 34th death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). On this day in 1981 some misguided members of the Army assassinated Zia at the Chittagon Circuit House in the dead…
Accounts from Rohingya boat people
Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma andBangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said today. A regional meeting scheduled on May 29, 2015,…
Irish same-sex vote ‘defeat for humanity’ – Vatican official
A landmark vote to allow same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland was a “defeat for humanity”, a senior Vatican official has said. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said he was “very saddened” by the result.
Witnesses testify in blogger Rajib murder case
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Wednesday recorded the depositions of the complainant of the blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider murder case. Later, Judge Syeed Ahmed of the tribunal fixed June 2 for recording the deposition of other witnesses. The…