Australia takes Japan to top UN court
Australia took its battle to stop Japanese whaling in the Antarctic to the UN’s highest court yesterday, in an emotionally charged case activists say is make-or-break for the giant marine mammals’...
View Article20 Syrians hurt in Beirut stabbing attack
At least 20 Syrians were injured in a stabbing attack yesterdaywhen their vehicle was targeted by a group of unknown attackers in eastern Beirut, a police source told AFP. “Three cars with tinted...
View ArticleStrike shuts Eiffel Tower for second day
The Eiffel Tower was closed for a second day yesterday at the height of the Paris tourist season due to a strike by workers for better work conditions and more pay. The influential CGT union called the...
View ArticleMandela on life support
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has been kept on a life-support system following deterioration of his health condition at a South African hospital where the 94-year-old leader was admitted three...
View ArticleDownload movie in 40 seconds!
South Korea’s largest mobile operator is launching what it says is the world’s fastest wireless network this week. The LTE-Advanced network can download data at speeds twice as fast as 4G networks and...
View Article2 die in century old temple collapse
Two brothers died when a 300-year-old temple in Jessore town collapsed on them last night. The victims were identified as Nipodo Kumar Ghosh, 60, and Sreebopod Ghosh, 55. They lived in Chachrar area in...
View ArticleBGB meets BSF in Rajshahi
Border Guards Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force held a high-level border conference at Party Point Community Centre in Rajshahi city yesterday. The BSF’s Inspector General (South Bengal)...
View Article3 petitions of SQ Chy rejected
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday rejected three petitions of war crimes accused Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and adjourned proceedings until June 30 as he fell ill. The three petitions were...
View Article30 AL MPs in Gazipur
A good number of ruling Awami League lawmakers and leaders have poured into Gazipur for electioneering in favour of mayoral candidate Ajmat Ullah Khan in the Gazipur City Corporation polls. The AL high...
View ArticleKhaleda wants army for Gazipur polls
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded that the army be deployed during the upcoming Gazipur City Corporation election. Talking to the party leaders and activists during Sylhet City Corporation...
View ArticleBadiuzzaman new ACC chief
The government has appointed Mohammad Badiuzzaman as the new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission and Nasir Uddin Ahmed as its commissioner. President Abdul Hamid approved their appointments...
View ArticleBNP demands NHRC chief’s resignation
The BNP has demanded resignation of the National Human Rights Commission chairman for asking Limon’s family to withdraw the case filed against Rab personnel. In a statement yesterday, Mirza Fakhrul...
View ArticleGB employees to campaign against AL
Grameen Bank employees yesterday threatened to launch a campaign against the ruling Awami League-led grand alliance ahead of the upcoming national elections as a last resort to protect the...
View ArticleOnly money matters
At the fag end of the Awami League-led government’s tenure, activists of Chittagong city unit of Jubo League and BCL are becoming increasingly desperate to win benefits using political identity....
View ArticleFreeze 260 accounts of Hall-Mark Group
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered freezing 260 Hall-Mark Group accounts in 21 banks in connection with 11 cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Judge Md Jahirul Haque of the Senior Special...
View ArticleFDI rises despite global downturn
Bangladesh recorded a rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, bucking a global downturn in cross-border investments, Board of Investment (BoI) said yesterday. Actual FDI inflows rose 13.75...
View ArticleJP activists campaigning against AL
Jatiya Party local leaders and workers are working against Awami League backed mayoral candidate Ajmat Ullah Khan in the Gazipur city corporation poll, in retaliation for the JP candidacy withdrawal....
View ArticleRMG workers hold the key
The Gazipur City Corporation polls certainly have a unique story to tell, as almost one-fourth of the voters there come from different parts of the country. A significant number of voters in GCC, which...
View ArticleDebate on GB heats up JS
Finance Minister AMA Muhith claimed that the government had no intention to change Grameen Bank’s structure. “The government has yet to do anything centring the Grameen Bank. The bank is running the...
View ArticlePadma bridge tender floated
The government yesterday finally floated tender for construction of the main bridge of the Padma project. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, however, said he was not sure if the work order could be issued by...
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