By Andrew Restuccia and Eric Wolff President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to formally commit their nations to last year’s Paris climate change agreement in the coming days, a move that would increase pressure on other…
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Mir Quasem not to seek presidential clemency: Jail super
Death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali has decided not to seek presidential mercy, said Kasimpur Jail super Proshanto Kumar Banik.Mir Quasem informed his decision to the prison authorities around 3.30pm, the jail super said.On Thursday, he sought further time…
BD road accidents fall 31 pc: 2,376 killed till Aug
Dhaka – The country witnessed a 31 percent decrease in road accidents and casualties in eight months of this year 2016 compared to the same period in last year, according to a survey carried out by a non-government rights body,…
Airport secreening as 10 Bangladeshis get Zika in S’pore, one at home
Dhaka – Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said on Thursday the government has strengthened airport screening for the passengers coming from Singapore following Zika virus outbreak in the city state. The minister on Thursday said they had already asked the authorities…
Don’t build Rampal plant, choose another site – Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called upon the party leaders and activists to work together and get united by shunning all differences among them. “The party got a batch of new and youthful leaders. The party leaders and…
2 ministers’ contempt: SC releases full text of verdict
The Supreme Court released the full text of verdict that fined ministers Qamrul Islam and AKM Mozammel Huq Tk 50,000 each for their controversial comments about Chief Justice SK Sinha in connection with the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader…
‘Village rationing’ for poor very soon: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is going to launch ‘village rationing’ very soon for the country’s extreme poor and people with disabilities.”We’re going to introduce village rationing very soon …those who have ration cards will be…
Fertilizer factory gas tank blast: Two officials found liable
Dhaka – A probe body has recommended withdrawal and divisional action against two top officers of Di-Ammonium Phosphate Fertilizer (DAP) Company Ltd in Anwara upazila over the ammonia tank explosion nine days ago, causing at least 50 workers to fall…
Stay ready for any sacrifice, PM tells AL’s student leaders
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all to remain always ready for any type of sacrifice for the country’s sake, UNB news agency reported. “We all have to keep in mind that if we want to build…
Mir Quasem to get seven days to seek mercy: IG Prison
Dhaka – Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin on Wednesday said death-row war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali will get reasonable time for seeking presidential clemency. “We’ve asked Mir Quasem whether he’ll seek presidential mercy and…
Khaleda asked to appear in court over Aug 15 birthday
A Dhaka court has summoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after taking cognisance of a case filed over celebrating her birthday on Aug 15, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in 1975.Gazi Zahirul Islam, a former joint general secretary…
Contamination Threatens One of the World’s Biggest Freshwater Supplies
Three-quarters of a billion people across four South Asian nations rely on one vast water basin for much of their irrigation and drinking water. Called the Indo-Gangetic Basin, it stretches east to west over 618 million acres, sitting like a…
SC turns down Mir Quasem’s review of death penalty
Dhaka – The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday upheld the death penalty of Mir Quasem Ali for crimes against humanity. The apex court rejected a petition filed by the Jamaat-e-Islami leader seeking a review of its earlier verdict that upheld…
Rampal project to harm BD-India ties: Nat’l Committee
Dhaka – Renewing the committee’s vow to continue its movement against Rampal power plant, leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources and Power Port on Monday said the power plant project will impede Bangladesh’s relations with neighbouring India once…
After Khaleda meets Kerry, BNP hopes to ‘restore democracy with US help’
Khaleda Zia has discussed the next general elections with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry.The chief of the BNP that boycotted the 10th parliamentary elections held in 2014 met Kerry at the US chancery complex in Dhaka on Monday.After…
BD, US to fight against terrorism together: Kerry
Offering US help in Bangladesh’s fight against terrorism, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday expressed his country’s eagerness to closely work with the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh.He came up with his country’s desire during a meeting with Prime…
John Kerry in city on 9-hour visit: Lots of “offers,” says Bernicat
Dhaka – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Monday morning on a nine-hour visit packed with a series of meetings to discuss bilateral and global issues that both sides expect to take the relations to ‘new heights,’…
PM urges exporters to explore new markets, product diversification
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the exporters to take initiative to explore new global markets as well as diversification of their export products considering the changing demands of the people in different countries.She said Bangladesh over the last few…
Jhalakati judges killing: SC upholds death for JMB man Arif
The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday cleared the way for executing Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Asadul Islam alias Arif for killing two judges of Jhalakati in 2005.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha…
Police identify another militant killed in N’ganj drive
One of the two militants killed in Narayanganj operation has been identified as Fazle Rabbi while another might be Tausif, said Additional Commissioner and head of DMP’s Counter Terrorism and Trans-national Crime (CTTC) Monirul Islam.“One of them has been identified…
Greens vow to stop plant near Sundarbans, Govt to deter ‘anarchy’.
Dhaka – Is Ramphal coal-powered thermal power plant going to be the next flash point? This question is being asked by neutral obserers as the National Committee on Oil, Gas and Ports have vowed to stop the prospect by utilising…
Dhaka ready to respond to war criminals’ trial, if raised
Dhaka: Bangladesh is likely to convey its ‘firm position’ on continuation of war criminals’ trials apart from conveying tougher stance against terrorism and violent extremism during the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry to Bangladesh on Monday. The…
PM smells conspiracy behind Khaleda’s anti-Rampal stance
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina smelt a conspiracy behind BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sudden open stance against the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal.“An anti-development vested quarter has long been trying to create a negative attitude among people about the Rampal…
Tamim Chy ‘Gulshan attack planner’ among 3 killed in N’ganj raid
Dhaka – Three militants, including alleged Gulshan café attack mastermind Tamim Chowdhury, were killed in a special police operation, ‘Hit Strom’, in a hideout of ‘New JMB’ at a building of Narayanganj sadar upazila in the outskirts of Capital Dhaka…
Police operation on militant JMB’s N’ganj hideout starts
Dhaka -The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) started busting a suspected den of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) after its discovery in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj district early Saturday, UNB news…
Redicalised extremist youths think themselves ‘popular’- Police survey
Dhaka – Though they have no real support in the community, the ‘wrongly-motivated’ young extremists think themselves popular, UNB news agency reported quoting from the summary of a survey conducted by the Police Headquarters recently. Law enforcers are now looking…
BNP wants no power plant within 25 kms of Sundarbans
BNP on Friday hoped Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will come up with an announcement at her Saturday’s press conference that no power plant to be set up within 25 kms of the Sundarbans.
Water level in Padma rises as Farakka Barrage opened
Floods triggered by the rise in water level of the Padma River after India opened the floodgates of the Farakka Barrage to ease Bihar flood situation left some 60,000 people in 30 villages of Daulatpur upazila marooned.
Kaptai Park is great wildlife abode in Bangladesh
Kaptai National Park appears to be greatest wildlife abode despite its relatively smaller size with an integrated study suggesting it to be the home of 50 percent of the country’s total wildlife species.”Kaptai National Park in Rangamati appears to be…
Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia to strengthen military cooperation
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have emphasised further bolstering military cooperation between them.Visiting Saudi Deputy Minister of Defence Mohammad Bin Abdullah Al-Aish and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shared such a view when he called on her at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on…