I don’t want Modi as PM
Coming out strongly against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen yesterday said he does not want him to become India’s prime minister as he does not have secular...
View ArticleGMG not clearing Tk 150cr in dues
An international aircraft leasing firm and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh have filed eight cases against GMG Airlines in connection with around Tk 150 crore the carrier owes them. The Civil...
View ArticleSaline creeping into croplands
As fresh water flow has tapered off on the upper stream of rivers over the last four decades, due to human intervention mainly in neighbouring India, salinity has intruded into 100 rivers and affected...
View ArticleVerdict on Quader Mollah appeal any day
The Supreme Court will deliver a verdict any day on the appeals filed over the sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for war crimes as its hearing ended on Tuesday. Mollah, assistant...
View ArticleBus crash kills 19 in Thailand
Nineteen people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a lorry in central Thailand, reports say. At least 20 more people were injured in the incident, which took place in Saraburi province...
View Article10 hurt as NY plane’s wheel fails
Ten people were left with minor injuries after a plane’s nose wheel collapsed when it landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, officials say. Six of the casualties were taken to hospital after Southwest...
View Article1 killed in attack on pro-Morsi protest
One man was killed and 15 people were injured in an attack on a protest by hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi near CairoUniversity early Tuesday morning, state-run news...
View ArticleRushdie, Amis, McEwan appear in New York
Put Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan on a stage and expect a night of high art and school boy humor, of reading, writing and Christopher Hitchens. The three literary stars, all in their 60s...
View ArticleBrazil crowds greet Pope Francis
Pope Francis’s popularity on his Latin American home turf posed a challenge to Brazilian authorities yesterday after adoring crowds mobbed his car on his landmark visit to Rio de Janeiro. The fervor...
View ArticleRoad accidents kill 28 in India
Two road accidents have killed at least 28 people in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police said yesterday. A crowded bus plunged off a bridge into a lake in Hassan district on Tuesday, killing...
View ArticleCounsel for SQ Chy fails again
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday gave the defence of war crimes accused Salauddin Quader Chowdhury another chance to produce their witnesses. After their failure to produce their witness...
View ArticleJoy confident of AL’s win in next polls
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday said he hoped the Awami League would return to power. He said he had this information from the party’s polling, which is done by him. Joy,...
View ArticleDolphins call each other by name!
Bottlenose dolphins have distinct “names” that they use to identify individuals in their social group, according to a study by scientists who followed groups of the animals off the east coast of...
View ArticleCampaigners issue legal notice to govt
Campaigners against genetically modified crops have served a legal notice to government asking it to refrain from commercial release of Bt brinjal, a GM crop, in Bangladesh. On behalf of Farida Akhter,...
View ArticleBRRI in trouble
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) is in a deep crisis due to apparent breach of discipline at its headquarters in Gazipur for the last two days. BRRI Director General Dr Md Syedul Islam,...
View ArticleEC high-ups in the dark
The Election Commission has drafted an amendment to the electoral code of conduct, but surprisingly enough, its high-ups are “in the dark” about the draft. “We’ve not yet seen the draft of the...
View ArticleForced hiring hits project operation
Interference of local influential people, including a ruling Awami League leader, is hindering the operation of a government energy project in Ashuganj, say its officials. The $136 million project to...
View ArticleMueen, Ashraf led abductions
Enamul Huq Khan, son of martyred intellectual Serajul Haque Khan, yesterday testified that Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan led the abduction of his father and seven other intellectuals...
View Article17 kg gold seized at Ctg airport
A man was arrested with 146 gold bars weighing 17 kilograms at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong yesterday morning. The arrestee, Mir Mohammad Shahnewaz Morshed, had started for Dhaka...
View ArticleUnicef lauds Bangladesh
The United Nations children’s agency on Monday commended the Bangladesh government for its commitment to end preventable child deaths in the country before 2035, building on its success of lowering...
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