Twin quakes kill 89 in China
Rescuers battled through landslides and clogged roads in a bid to reach victims of twin earthquakes in northwest China yesterday which killed 89 people, injured almost 600 and damaged more than 20,000...
View ArticleIndia attorney general wants election poll ban: report
India’s top law officer has called for a ban on opinion polls during campaigning in next year’s general election in the world’s largest democracy, a report said yesterday. Attorney General GE Vahanvati...
View ArticleRussia discussing giving loan to Damascus: Syria
Russia is discussing extending a loan to Damascus to help its war-battered economy and is still committed to delivering S-300 missiles in defiance of the West, a top Syrian official said yesterday....
View ArticleSearch called off for Iranian climbers in Pakistan
Rescuers have called of the search for three Iranian climbers who went missing in the mountains of northern Pakistan, an official said yesterday. The Iranians sent a distress call just after summiting...
View ArticleClarification
The Daily Star report headlined “War trial a joke” on its July-22 issue mentioned that Chowdhury Mueen Uddin is a trustee of Muslim Aid. Bangladesh field office of Muslim Aid-UK in a statement...
View ArticleGrenade attack kills two, wounds six in Karachi
A hand grenade attack targeting the office of a political party late Sunday killed at least two people and wounded six others in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said. The attack, which took...
View ArticleVertical farms
It’s a difficult conundrum faced by many countries around the world — how to produce enough food for an ever-increasing population when land and space is rapidly running out. But it appears China may...
View ArticleDhaka gives no timeframe
Bangladesh has asked India to immediately arrest and hand over the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and said there was no timeframe for deporting Anup Chetia, leader of the Indian...
View ArticleThree-day DC conference begins today
The deputy commissioners need more authority in order to conduct mobile courts effectively, an issue that will top the agenda in a three-day DC conference that begins in the capital today. Prime...
View ArticleAbsence of defence delays war crime trials
Proceedings at both the international crimes tribunals were hampered yesterday due to delay and absence of the defence counsels in Mobarak Hossain and AKM Yusuf’s cases. The International Crimes...
View ArticleNU gives in to protests
In the wake of street agitation, the National University authorities decided to promote first year honours students, each obtaining maximum five “F” grades, to second year on special consideration. In...
View ArticleGovt raises allowances for decorated war heroes
The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to increase monthly allowance for the freedom fighters honoured with different titles for their gallantry during the 1971 Liberation War. According to the...
View ArticleJournos for arrest of MP Rony
Journalists yesterday demanded the arrest of Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony within seven days and cancellation of his parliamentary membership for assaulting two staff of Independent...
View ArticleSC concludes hearing today
The Supreme Court is likely to conclude the hearing on the appeals of war crimes verdict against Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah today, as the defence counsel and amici curiae wrapped up their...
View ArticleCouncillors’ debts higher than assets
The debts of at least 16 councillors-elect of Gazipur City Corporation were bigger than the assets shown in their affidavits, says a report of Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan). According to analysts,...
View ArticleSmall venture, huge impact
The Brahmanbaria Rupali Kutir Shilpo, a small cottege industry enterprise, started by Aklima Akter Shiuly in 2005, has slowly become a source of living for dozens of poor, jobless women and girls. Each...
View ArticleRescue 27 expatriates
Some 27 Bangladeshi workers, who have been confined in a labour camp in Iraq for the last four months, are leading a miserable life for want of jobs, money and sufficient amount of food. Families of...
View Article5 children ‘drown’ in Padma
Five schoolgirls are feared drowned as their boat capsized in the Padma near Kolchori ghat in Pabna Sadar upazila yesterday morning. Students of Vaduradangi Govt Primary School in the same upazila,...
View ArticleGovt to step up factory watch
Appointment of 23 factory inspectors is underway as part of the roadmap for regaining the GSP status in the US market. The move followed the Obama administration’s suspension of the trade benefit on...
View ArticleNow BNP goes for ‘changes’
BNP plans to come up with some big promises ahead of the next parliamentary polls to bring qualitative change in the country’s confrontational political culture as well as the system of governance to...
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