Dhaka, UNB Having strongly condemned the terror attacks in Brussels as a brutal assault on democracy and core human values, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Wednesday called for a wide range of actions to counter the growing global threat of terrorism. In a resolution on peace and international security adopted at the conclusion of the…
BBC Inside the greenhouse, tiny leaves of wild rocket, iceberg lettuce and pak choi poke through the dirt, each as small as a fingernail. Planters hold calla lilies and dragonfruit, sea samphire and gerberas. Bright strawberries dot buttery green leaves. And there are row after row of vines, draped over wires, leaves as big as…
Sayeed Muhammad: Two suspected drug dealers were killed in separate incidents in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed was gun fights in Sadar upazila of Feni. With the latest casualties, the number of deaths stood at 223 across the country since May 12 after the government launched a crackdown on drug abusers and traders, reports…
India Vs Bangladesh match was in very hype. But the match gone one sided. India won by 9 wickets. Bangladesh needed to add some more runs to fight well. India won the toss and chose to field. Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal did 70 runs from 82 balls. Mushfiqur Rahim and Mashrafee…
UNB A young man was stabbed to death by rival over previous enmity at Panchkitta village of Muradnagar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, 24, son of Abdul Malek, a resident of the village. Quoting locals, Mohammad Nurul Alam, sub-inspector of Muradnagar Police Station, said there had been an enmity…
Desk Report: Over 150 Eid congregations also known as jamaats will be held in the Rajshahi metropolitan area as the main congregation is scheduled to be held at Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah Maidan at 8 am on Wednesday, reports Financial Express. Islamic Foundation officials here said on Monday the main Eid congregation will be held…
Suzana Rahman Earlier tsunami threat to Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands is cancelled after powerful and shallow quake. An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 was felt across northern Central America, briefly prompting a tsunami warning for disaster-hit Puerto Rico and the British and US Virgin Islands that struck in the Caribbean Sea…
Desk Report: The government has taken an initiative to set the economic lifespan of buses and trucks to bring discipline in the public transport sector, reports Daily Sun. The rise in road fatalities caused mainly by unfit buses and trucks has prompted the government to make plans for setting the economic lifespan of the vehicles….
Kabir Humayun: Banpara highway police officer-in-charge (OC) has been closed following Natore road crash that left 15 people dead last Saturday. GM Shamsur Nur, the highway police officer, has now been attached to the office of Bogra highway police’s superintendent – effective from yesterday, reports The Daily Star. The OC has been closed as he…
The Guardian, UK: Defen-dants are “gaming the system” in specialist domestic violence courts by intimidating partners into not appearing in the expectation that magistrates will drop charges, a critical report has said. The report, commissioned by the police and crime commissioner for Northumbria, Dame Vera Baird QC, was based on the monitoring more than 220…