Dhaka – Chief scientific officer of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) Dr AKM Fazle Kabria on Saturday said uranium of 500 ppm has been found in Sylhet and Moulvibazar areas. He, however, said this is still at the study and…
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UNGA adopts Bangladesh resolution on “Culture of Peace”
Dhaka – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution titled “Culture of Peace” proposed by Bangladesh. According to a message received here today, the resolution was adopted at a UNGA meeting on Thursday (Yesterday). As many…
Nomination submission deadline ends for municipal election
STAFF REPORTER A total of 1,223 aspirants have filed their nomination papers for mayoral posts while 9,798 for councillor posts and 2, 668 in reserved councillor posts to contest in 235 municipalities.
Chennai Airport runway, ‘built on river is doomed to suffer’
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport. On Tuesday, December 1, that’s exactly what happened when the otherwise…
Six suspects of Al Mujaheed on remand
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) placed six suspects of new militant organisation, Al Mujaheed of Bangladesh, on a six-day remand each in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Flooded street in Chennai
If the runway of a city’s airport is built over a dry river, there is that once-in-a-lifetime possibility of the river running over its banks and flooding the airport.
ACC depositions recorded on Zia Orphanage & Charitable Trust cases
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed December 10 for next Hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others.
Delegates under pressure as negotiations reach frenzy mode
Paris, 2 December (Meena Raman and T. Ajit) — Negotiations to reach a deal on the Paris agreement is in a frenzy mode, as delegates are under intense pressure to conclude their work by the evening of Thursday, 3 December,…
COP21 climate negotiations update
Paris, 30 November (TWN) ‘” Incoming French President of the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Laurent Fabius, assured Parties that theprocess of reaching an agreement in…
Four-country motor rally leaves Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) 4-country Friendship Motor Rally under the Motor Vehicle Agreement, which had started from Bhubaneswar in Orissa of India on November 15, left Bangladesh via Benapole border on Tuesday night after flagging off…
2 more people testifies on Blogger Rajib murder case
Two more people testified before a court here on Tuesday in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case.
HC says 7-murder chargesheet contained serious error
The High Court on Tuesday said there is a serious error in the chargesheet submitted by detectives in the sensational seven-murder cases of Narayanganj.
Rockey road from Durban to Paris
30 Nov, Paris (TWN) — Around 7 am on a Sunday, 11 December 2011, the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) concluded in Durban, South Africa, with the establishment of a new subsidiary body to the…
No surprises in Paris, assures French Presidency
Paris, 30 Nov (TWN) — Incoming French President of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations climate treaty, Laurent Fabius, assured Parties that the process of reaching an agreement in Paris would be transparent and any text…
The verdict in the nine-year-old schoolboy Abu Sayeed murder case will be delivered on Monday.
2 police sent to jail for killing businessman
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday sent three persons including two Sub-inspectors of police to the jail in a case filed for killing a businessman in 2012.
Army man killed 3 others injured in cannon blast during exercise
An army personnel was killed and three others injured from a cannon blast during the military’s winter exercise at Monkhali area in Ukhia upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Khalil, Corporal of Bangladesh…
BD appreciated at the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Convention.
Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Üzümcü has highly appreciated Bangladesh’s role as a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Canadian Prime Minister keen to see the changes in Bangladesh
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he is keen to see the changes that have taken place in Bangladesh since his visit to Bangladesh at the age of 13 with his father, the then Prime Minister of Canada.
Australia withdrawing volunteers, want staff depedents back
Dhaka – The Australian government has authorised the dependents of posted Australian staff in Bangladesh to return to Australia on a voluntary basis apparently considering the ‘overall situation in Bangladesh’. Australia will also withdraw its government funded volunteers by December…
Russia raiding Turkish firms and sending exports back
Moscow also preventing Turkish tourists from entering Russia, businessmen say, in apparent response to downing of plane. Russian police have been raiding Turkish companies in different regions of Russia and, in some cases, have suspended their operations, two Turkish businessmen…
Japanese women’s body to be exhumed
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday directed the concerned authorities to take necessary steps to exhume the dead body of Japanese woman Hiyori Miyeta.
Four to die for killing 4 of a family in Keraniganj
Court Correspondent The District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Thursday sentenced four persons to death for killing a couple, their five-year old son and three-year old daughter in South Keraniganj.
DB arrets an ISIS suspect in city
Dhaka– The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a suspected member of Middle East-based militant outfit Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from Badda area of the city on Tuesday night.
Porimol gets life term for molesting schoolgirl
Court Correspondent The Women and Children Repression Prevention-4 of Dhaka on Wednesday awarded Parimal Joydhar, a sacked teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, life term imprisonment for molesting a class- X student of the same institute in 2011.
Bnp doubts fairness of municipal polls under present EC
Dhaka – BNP on Tuesday expressed doubts about the fairness of upcoming municipal polls as those are going to be held on party lines. “The government has hurriedly announced the schedule for municipality polls. We’re in doubt whether the elections…
HC asked to ensure needed gas supplies in the capital
The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to ensure adequate gas pressure in the household gas connections in the capital.
Fakhrul, Rizvi secure bail from Supreme Court
Court Correspondent The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Tuesday) granted three months’ bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three sabotage cases filed with Paltan Police Station of the city.
3 women among 5 killed one hurt in Comilla truck-CNG collision
Comilla – Five people including three women were killed and another injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Comilla-Noakhali regional highway at Fatehpur in Laksam upazila headquarters on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified…
Bangladesh won’t accept ‘negative reaction’ from any country:Shahriar
Bangladesh will not accept any ‘negative reaction’ from any country in the world on war crimes trial, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday.