Abu Dhabi – More than 8.1 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry – a five percent increase from last year – according to a report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at…
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AL syndicate raising commodity prices ahead of Ramadan: BNP
Dhaka- BNP on Tuesday alleged that a ruling party-backed business syndicate is plundering public money by shooting up the prices of essentials ahead of Ramadan.
Houses, roads damaged by ‘Roanu’ will be reconstructed soon: Maya
Dhaka-Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Tuesday said houses and roads damaged by cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ will be reconstructed very soon.
BBC censored during Obama’s visit to Vietnam: CPJ
Bangkok – Authorities in Vietnam ordered a British Broadcasting Corporation team to stop reporting on U.S. President Barack Obama’s three-day visit to the country, the BBC reported today. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the censorship and called on Vietnam…
Make Tonu’s 2nd autopsy report public: Civil society
Comilla- Civil society members here on Monday demanded that the report of the 2nd autopsy conducted on the body of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu be made public soon to put the killers on trial.
Thirty climbers sick on Everest after two deaths
About 30 climbers have suffered frostbite or become ill on Mount Everest, after two more died from apparent altitude sickness. Two Indian climbers have also been reported missing in the mountain’s so-called “death zone” near the summit.
Thailand school dormitory fire kills 17 schoolgirls
At least 17 girls have been killed by a fire which swept through their school dormitory in northern Thailand. The fire broke out on Sunday evening when many of the girls, aged between five and 13, were asleep, said police.
Khaleda offers fateha at husband, son’s graves
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night offered fateha at the graves of her husband Ziaur Rahman and younger son Aarafat Rahman Koko on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, unb news agency reported. The BNP chief first went to…
India records its hottest – 51C – day ever
A city in India’s Rajasthan state has broken the country’s temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says. The new record in Phalodi in the desert state comes amid a heatwave across India.
Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council places 7 point demand
Dhaka-The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) yesterday placed a 7-point demand including 60 reserved parliamentary seats for the minority community to ensure participation and representation in the parliament. They put the demands forming a human chain in front…
Terrorism likely cause of EgyptAir crash
Cairo — An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard veered wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. Egyptian and Russian officials said it may have been brought down…
Chinese national held for ATM card forgery on remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday placed Chinese national Zou Jian Hui, 38, arrested on Wednesday on the charge of stealing money from an ATM booth using a fake ATM card, on remand for a day.
‘Debris’ from EgyptAir plane found near Crete
A Greek military ship searching for the debris from the EgyptAir flight, which went missing over the southern Mediterranean, has found two floating objects close to where the plane disappeared. “There have been finds south-east of Crete, inside the Cairo…
Chinese defense minister likely to visit Dhaka this month
Dhaka – Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan is likely to be here on a three-day visit from May 28 which is expected to strengthen defense cooperation between the two countries, unb news agency reported.
Over 200 families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka
Elangapitiya Village (AP/UNB) — Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit by massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, with hundreds of families reported missing. y…
Mother confesses on killing her 18 months old son
Dhaka-Mother Fahmida Mir Mukti on Wednesday made confessional statement to a Dhaka court admitting her involvement in the murder of her 18 months old son Nihal Sadeque.
USA to help BD police in curbing terrorism in Bangladesh
Dhaka – United States of America (USA) will help Bangladesh police to enhance its capability and also both the police and the USA will work together in curbing terrorism in Bangladesh.
Jatiya Party embarrassed on Selim Osman
Dhaka-Jatiya Party keeps mum over the alleged involvement of its lawmaker AKM Salim Osman in publicly humiliating a school headmaster in Narayanganj.
DNA test finds rape evidence in Tonu’s body
Unlike the report of the first autopsy conducted on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found rape evidence on the body of the Comilla Victoria College student in its DNA test.
Aslam on 7-day remand
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday afternoon placed BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury with his personal assistant Asaduzzaman Mia and chauffeur on a seven-day remand each on the charges of plotting with Israel’s…
BNP’s 15-day prog to observe Zia’s death anniv
BNP on Sunday chalked out a 15-day programme to observe the 35th death anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman.
DB arrests BNP’s Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury
Staff Reporter Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested BNP’s newly appointed Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury from the capital for his alleged involvement to hatch conspiracy for toppling down the government in association with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad…
Drug overdoses take more life than traffic accidents
Satrurday, President Obama and Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore teamed up to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction. Macklemore opened up about his own experience with addiction: “I’m here with President Obama because I take this personally.…
Charmonai Pir for repeal of ‘atheistic’ education policy
Dhaka – The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim in a press statement has called upon the government to repeal of what he termed as atheistic education policy and law, and called for submission of memoranda to…
Had a plan to return to barracks: Ershad
Disclosing that he had a plan to return to the barrack in 1984 after holding a national election, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said his party would not have been created had the major political parties joined that…
Experts survey use of bamboo instead of iron rods in govt building
A team from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has visited the site of the Department of Agriculture Extension’s (DAE) under-construction building in Darshana of Chuadanga that gained notoriety for using bamboo sticks instead of iron rods in the…
Stay alert against militancy, IGP asks cops
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Friday asked his subordinates to remain watchful to prevent militant activities and the killing in the country.
No info that Turkish Ambassador has been withdrawn:Minister
STAFF REPORTER State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam yesterday said the government has no information over withdrawal of Turkish Ambassador from Dhaka.
False N.Korean official execution report backfires on Seoul
Seoul’s political motive possibly behind the false report: South Korean researcher JH Ahn The South Korean government was bashed by local media for releasing a false execution report on North Korean high-ranking official Ri Yong Gil, who was revealed to…
‘Single dose oral cholera vaccine protective in endemic setting’
Dhaka – A new study by icddr,b scientists has shown for the first time that a single dose of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol is effective in older children and adults in an area where cholera is endemic. These findings…