BSS, Dhaka The World Meteorological Day 2016 will be observed in the country today. The theme of the day this year is ‘Hotter, Drier, Wetter: Face The Future’. President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today gave separate messages on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day 2016 and wished the observance of…
Reuters: China blasted Canada for “irresponsible” remarks on Tuesday after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the country of “arbitrarily” sentencing a Canadian to death for drug smuggling, aggravating already icy relations. Beijing and Ottawa have been at odds since early December, when Canadian police arrested Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co…
Mohammad Ali Sattar The time of ecstasy and joy is back once more. We are in the midst of yet another great day to celebrate. Long before the Eid comes people are somehow lost in the other planet. They are out of touch of this mundane living style. The sense of spirituality and piety stealthily…
UNB A college student was hacked to death by miscreants in broad daylight in front of Shah Sultan College gate in the district town on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rakibul Hasan Hridoy, 19, second year student of Shah Sultan College and son of Mosharraf Hossain of Thantania area here. Sub-inspector Haridas Mondol of…
Russia Today: Donald Trump has threatened to impose even more tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing dares to impose tit-for-tat measures in response to Washington’s latest package of levies targeting some $200 billion of Chinese exports. Trump has cautioned the world’s second-largest economy to think twice before engaging in a trade war in which,…
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, people in Europe would collect them in backpacks and toss them…
Zakaria Swapan, Technologist: It is great to have Bangabandhu I satellite. It also feels good. And there is no reason for feeling bad in this regard. Like the rest of the countrymen, I also feel proud over matter of the satellite being sent into the space. Though we did not manufacture it, Bangladesh owns Bangabandhu…
Reuters: China on Friday warned Britain ties were at risk unless it took steps to “rectify” the situation, after a British warship sailed close to South China Sea islands claimed by China, while a major newspaper said sealing a free trade deal could now be harder. China was infuriated by the HMS Albion, a 22,000-ton…
NDTV: A nine-year-old boy in Denver, Colorado, has committed suicide on the first week of school after being bullied by classmates for coming out as gay, his mother says. Leia Pierce told local media that her son, Jamel Myles, killed himself at their home last Thursday after enduring several days of homophobic bullying. “Four days…
Desk Report: Detective police arrested seven members of a gang of carjackers and recovered 10 vehicles from Mirpur, Demra and Shyampur of the capital, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), reports Daily Sun. A team of sleuths (west division) of the DMP arrested Lokman Hossain, 25, Niamul Sharif, 25, Sheikh Jamal, 22, Abdur Rashid Mridha, 20,…