Deadly bacteria in Gazipur soil
Scientists have recently found a fatal infectious bacterium in the soil of Kapasia in Gazipur, for the first time in Bangladesh. Known as Burkholderia pseudomallei, these bacteria can cause...
View ArticleHuge rush for shopping after hartal
After four straight dawn-to-dusk hartals, city dwellers seemed to have come out of their houses on a shopping spree — leading to huge tailbacks in many important parts of the capital yesterday. Most...
View ArticleFresh move for building safety
Hot on the heels of the Rana Plaza disaster in Savar, the government has made a move to enforce building safety standards accross the country. As part of the move, the Rajuk is going to triple the...
View ArticleIsrael-Palestinian talks ‘to resume’
Israel and the Palestinians have reached an agreement which establishes the basis for resuming peace talks, the US Secretary of State has announced. John Kerry was speaking in Jordan, after meetings...
View Article‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’ Obama
President Barack Obama has said that “Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago”, in his first comments on the case since last week’s verdict. The unarmed black 17-year-old was shot and killed in...
View ArticleUS outlines steps for GSP restoration
The US Trade Representative’s Office on Friday outlined a series of steps that it asked Bangladesh to take to improve factory conditions and workers rights in order to have US trade benefits restored....
View ArticleLarge rival rallies held in Egypt
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi have staged large new protests across the country. In Cairo, tens of thousands assembled outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, scene of a weeks-long...
View ArticleThai navy denies allegation of Rohingya smuggling
Thailand’s navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in...
View ArticleMan held with 400gm gold at airport
Law enforcers arrested a man with 400 grams of gold and electronic appliances worth Tk 70 lakh at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Friday midnight. The electronic goods include 52...
View ArticleJamaat leaders’ trial internal matter of Bangladesh: Pakistan
The Pakistan foreign office said on Friday that punishments handed over to the Bangladeshi war criminals Jamaat-e-Islami leaders was that country’s internal matter. Pakistan-based newspaper The News...
View ArticleBNP slams govt for not reaching consensus
BNP Parliamentary Party on Saturday came down heavily on the government “for not responding” to the BNP chief’s recent call to reach a consensus over the method of holding the next general elections....
View ArticleIsrael to free Palestinian prisoners
Israel says it will release a number of Palestinian prisoners as part of an agreement made with US Secretary of State John Kerry to resume peace talks. Yuval Steinitz, minister responsible for...
View ArticleLong march towards Sundarbans, if Rampal project not revoked
A citizen’s body, formed newly to protect the Sundarbans, will march towards the world’s largest mangrove from Dhaka on September 24, if the government does not backtrack on its decision to implement...
View Article20 Faridpur AL men hurt in intra-party clash
Around 20 leaders and activists of Awami League were injured in a sudden attack by their rival group in Shalta upazila of Faridpur Saturday. The attacker group damaged around 10 cars and set fire two...
View ArticleAL MP Rony ‘beats’ journos at his office
Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony allegedly assaulted two journalists of a private television channel at his office in the capital Saturday afternoon. Reporter Imtiaz Mamin Sony and cameraperson...
View ArticlePak clerics ban women from shopping alone during Ramadan
Clerics in northwest Pakistan have issued a temporary ban on women shopping unless accompanied by a male relative, a police official said on Saturday, in a step designed to keep men from being...
View ArticleGet ready for national polls: PM asks party men
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the leaders and activists of Awami League to take preparation for the next general elections to maintain the continuity of democratic process. In a short speech...
View ArticleTest popularity by holding general polls under non-party admin: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked the Awami League-led government to test its popularity by holding next general elections under a non-party administration. “We know people will reject this...
View ArticleHefajat ‘denied permission’ for Iftar party
Hefajat-e Islam leaders on Saturday claimed Dhaka Metropolitan Police did not give them permission to arrange an Iftar party Sunday at Hotel Imperial at city’s Bangabandhu Avenue. DMP however told The...
View ArticleKuwait court acquits 3 ex MPs of insulting emir
Kuwait’s appeals court yesterday overturned a three-year jail term on three former opposition MPs and acquitted them from the charge of insulting the emir, a rights activist said. In February, the...
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