UNB, Dhaka The body of Bangladeshis peacekeeper Ashraful Islam, who died of cardiac arrest while serving under the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Congo, will be brought back home on Saturday morning. Senior police officers will receive the body which will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8am, said sources at the Police Headquarters….
UNB, Jhenidah An accused of two drug cases allegedly committed suicide in police custody at Shailkupa Police Station on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Kajal Mandal, 28, son of Julhas Mandal, a resident of the Rajapur village of Kushtia district. He is an accused of two drug cases filed with Islamic University Police…
UNB, Dhaka The real-life “Death Star” that astronomers recently caught in the act of destroying a planet is continuing to disintegrate nearby orbiting objects, researchers say, reports Space.com. This finding could shed light on how dead stars rip apart their planetary systems — a phenomenon that could happen in Earth’s solar system billions of years…
UNB, Dhaka Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) will launch a month-long mass signature campaign on March 15, demanding the arrest of the killers of journalist couple Sagor and Runi. On completion of the campaign, the DRU will submit a memorandum with the signatures to the Prime Minister’s Office to press home the demand. The DRU leaders…
UNB, Dhaka State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Friday said gas supply to industries will increase within one year. He made the remarks while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 3-day international expo on green energy that began at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city. “We started giving new gas connection…
UNB, Dhaka BNP on Friday demanded the resignation of Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman over the stealing of $ 101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account in the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ‘The Finance Minister and the Bangladesh Bank Governor are responsible for turning the country’s…
Abid Sarker Shohag It took Bangladesh quite a long time to understand the format. But it seems Bangladesh has now unlocked the secret to cricket. They played a successful Asia Cup where they finished as runners-up. Now the question is can Tigers win their first major ICC tournament? I will give you a few reasons…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin •It has been seen that cats are able to make about 100 different sounds, while the more intelligent dogs can make only 10. •In the era of Middle Ages, cats were associated with witchcraft. On the events of Saint John’s Day, peo ple in Europe would collect them in backpacks and toss…
Md Taqi Yasir The main concept of Saving Sundarbans is the closure down of Rampal Power Plant. The Rampal power plant can have a hazardous effect over the natural environment of Sundarbans. The government, until now, is establishing the India-Bangladesh joint venture 1,320 Mega Watt coal-fired power plants. This is a 14 kilometers upstream of…
Marilyn Thipthorpe From the recent devastating loss of Artists Khalid Mahmood Mithu to the loss of filmmaker Tareq Masud, Bangladesh\s roads have become a deadly place to be. These are just the high profile cases that get reported but what of the lowly commoner, who tells his story? The Bangladesh Passengers Welfare Association reveled in…